Amr Zaki is proving to be the "thinking out of the box" player that Wenger prefers. With a nice affordable price tag.

He is on loan to Wigan and it is because of his performance that pundits suspect that Wigan are better than they look. Steve Bruce is all praise for the EPL's top scorer.

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I stole this image from a Flikr stream created by "thisguyprints". I hope he doesn't sue me.

A few weeks ago I took out my frustration with the 2008 season on the Galaxy front office, sending a lengthy e-mail to my season ticket rep and laying out my conditions for renewal. I turned that e-mail into this post from September 10th.

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SAMI HYYPIA has revealed a burning desire to appear at Wembley before the end of his Liverpool career.

The Finland international defender skippered Rafael Benitez's side as they saw off Crewe Alexandra 2-1 on Wednesday to move into the last 16 of the Carling Cup.

Hyypia, who at 34 is now in his 10th season at Anfield, has reached the final of the competition three times with the club, winning the trophy in 2001 and 2003 and a beaten finalist in 2005. Click to continue reading...

Dean Windass is set for showdown talks with Hull boss Phil Brown after being left out of the side for the 2-2 draw with Everton. Writing for his ITV blog, the veteran striker has expressed his frustration at not being part of Brown's plans and says of this weekend's clash with Arsenal: "Whether I'll be involved [. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipediawhat started off with a bit of promise in columbus ended with the wheels seemingly coming off the new york red bulls on thursday night.

the 3-1 loss against the league-leading crew stopped our potential roll up the eastern standings. the only saving grace of the week was that dc united got trounced by the galaxy and we retained our two-point lead for fourth place. Click to continue reading...

QUICK RECAP:

Columbus pwned. Straight up. Especially in the second half. There was no fight.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

+ Play Rojas centrally.
+ Put Parke back in the middle of the defensive back 4 with Cichero.

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The Champions League group games started this week and languagecaster takes a look at how teams from la Liga and the Premier League fared. For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources with: Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists ** NEW ** Football language glossary Transcript Damian - The Spanish Teams Spanish teams usually feature among the favourites at the [. Click to continue reading...

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At the risk of upsetting the few lovely and loyal Newcastle supporters that frequent this site, I did find myself nodding at this article written by Matthew Syed in this weeks Times.

"The only way that Newcastle fans are ever going to be truly happy is when they have formed a collective to buy the club and have made a pig's ear, as they inevitably would, of a kind that would make Freddy Shepherd's last remaining strands stand on end. Click to continue reading...

Frustrated and disappointed with relief, those were the words that Arsene Wenger used in his post match interview to describe Arsenal's result in the Ukraine. Frustration after the first half performance which saw Arsenal fail to take their chances, the best falling to Adebayor who inexplicably shot wide from only 12 [. Click to continue reading...

Dynamo Kiev 1-1 Arsenal

For some inexplicable reason, I didn't switch the TV on to watch the game until mid-way through the second half. I was presented with an Arsenal side on the back foot being assaulted by a Kiev side 1-0 up and with a spring in their step. It wasn't a nice thing to be presented with.

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Everton gaffer Davie Moyes had a good moan at ref Alan Wiley at Stoke yesterday. The Scot first registered his frustration through the fourth official, was then sent to the stands, and finally, he admitted: "I think maybe I was too strong in my views about the penalty," "We had been 2-0 ... Click to continue reading...

Dirk Kuyt sounds annoyed in his Sportweek interview. The striker is known to keep the dirty linen inside, as we say, but he now expresses his frustration being a benchwarmer at Oranje. "I feel I need to be in the team. I want to play and I think I should play. Click to continue reading...

Nigel Worthington has spoken of his frustration at the indiscipline of his side, which he points out as the major reason why we failed to pick up any points against a side ranked 64th in the world rankings. Players could also be seen to be angry at their own performance, ... Click to continue reading...

When McClaren's England won 3-0 against Andorra many fans and pundits attacked the manager and team for not winning against a poorer opposition, tonight Cappello's England only managed a 2-0 victory.

So does this mean that once again that England will struggle and even fail to qualify for a major tournament? Click to continue reading...

As in the first two weekends of the Premier League season, there's another two incidents that have come under the spotlight of the Right Result. West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers had featured in the first fortnight's judgments and their meeting at Upton Park alerted the RR panel. Especially to the frustration of Rovers manager Paul Ince, [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool ace Steven Gerrard says he had no choice but to go under the knife to resolve his groin problem.

Gerrard underwent the groin operation earlier this week after the club decided the time was right to get the injury cleared up.

The injury will sideline Gerrard for up to two weeks and it means he will miss England's World Cup qualifiers with Andorra and Croatia next month. Click to continue reading...

IT clearly wasn't in Rafael Benitez's plans to get to a day from the end of the transfer window and be watching Gareth Barry playing for the opposition.

But it was the players missing from his own squad that proved the greatest frustration for the Liverpool manager.

Steven Gerrard's absence already assured Liverpool would be suffering from a lack of creativity – but having to make do for an hour without Fernando Torres, the one player who can make something happen out of nothing, left Benitez on a hiding to nothing. Click to continue reading...

I wrote on here on Friday that Shaun Wright-Phillips was back where he belongs. Most people felt that his move back to Manchester City was a good move for all concerned. Not many would have predicted that he would score two goals in his first game, a 3-0 win at Sunderland. The look of joy on his face after both goals portrayed all of his feelings of happiness and relief. Click to continue reading...

Every road point counts as the march to the playoffs continue. Satudays Primetime game featured lots of back and forth play, with 0 goals to show for it. The evening ended in a 0-0 draw But its a draw that feels like a win - a road point during an important playoff race, given to us by a choking Jaime Moreno!

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Liverpool advance in extra time, Arsenal cruise, Fiorentina advance and a team from Cyprus makes history...
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A night of frustration for Liverpool finally saw the Reds secure Champions League qualification. With only minutes separating the sides from penalties, Dirk Kuyt stole the win for the Reds. Click to continue reading...

When you talk about the Rapids' defense, you don't always call them great, but you usually don't call them sloppy. The goals themselves, particularly the first two, were pretty incredible, and it's hard to fault them for not stopping those, but they just allowed way too many chances for DC. DC had 15 shots.

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Not the most stirring of games.

But both teams got a valuable point.

And Chivas USA pulled into a tie with the Galaxy in the standings with an identical 6-9-6 record.

Preki wasn't happy:

"I'm disappointed we didn't get three points. I thought we were the better team on the night.

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Although feeling some sympathy, Dimitar Berbatov has been getting on my nerves recently. My frustration probably lies with the fact we have yet another 'transfer saga' on our hands in trying to secure this deal and I'm fed up of hearing without him we're going to win fuck all. Berbatov had the chance to join United [. Click to continue reading...

Match preview by du Nord Women's Soccer Major Tournament Correspondent Adam.

-Thu Aug 21
USA v Brazil
Kicks off at 8am central time.
See it live on USA Network.


US Takes on Brazil for Gold

The USA's semifinal win against Japan can teach them a few things about their clash with Brazil for the gold medal. Click to continue reading...

After a summer of postulating, mostly on the part of his agent, after a summer of rumours, links and frustration, Adebayor has put pen to paper and signed a new improved contract.  At no point did Adebayor ask to leave, instead he re-iterated his desire to stay at Arsenal, only to be told by his [.. Click to continue reading...

For 82 minutes, it was frustration for River Plate on Sunday afternoon, as their attacking intentions foundered against the spirited resistance of Rosario Central's defence and, in particular, a sterling performance from visiting goalkeeper Jorge Broun. It was left for captain Eduardo Tuzzio to finally put the champions ahead with a header from a corner [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal 1-0 WBA

The sun was out, there were a couple of chilled beers sitting in my stomach and I must confess, it was glorious to be back watching football at the Grove.

It's funny though, because every Arsenal fan I spoke to or overheard before the game was cautious in the extreme.

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Rafael Benitez insists he was never close to resigning as Liverpool boss - but has admitted his frustration at the Gareth Barry situation.

The Spaniard's interest in the Aston Villa midfielder has been this close season's longest-running transfer saga, and one which some reports suggest brought Benitez to the brink of leaving Anfield. Click to continue reading...

England and France had the start today and here are the big matches:
In the Premier League Arsenal won against Wes Bromwich at home with the new kid in the team Nasri scoring the winning goal early on. Also Liverpool won away at Sunderland with Torres scoring for them, let us see if he can have a better season than the last one in which he crowned himself European Champion along the Spanish national squad, he had a good start with a late winning goal in the 83rd minute in this match. Click to continue reading...

I did stay up to watch this one the other day. The thoughts are coming late 'cause I've been working like crazy recently.

Anyways, I came upset that Adu and Bradley has disqualified themselves from the match.

That anger went exponential when freakin' Orozco -- who I never want to see again -- throws a stupid elbow like a petulant child to get ejected. Click to continue reading...

This was not too long ago.

"Alexi Lalas believes David Beckham's legacy can be greater than Pele's for football in the United States."

Exciting times lay ahead. The crowds would come. The MLS could begin to write its epitaph as a retirement league. The LA Galaxy would be on level terms with the European super clubs.

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2008 hasn't been a great year for Arsenal and their fans. In February, they watched their hated North London rivals Tottenham win a major trophy (Carling Cup), something Arsenal hasn't done since winning the Premiership four seasons ago. They've watched Spurs bring in several high-profile players this summer already and significantly strengthen the team, whereas Arsenal has taken a step backwards with what they've done. Click to continue reading...

Los Angeles Galaxy owner Phil Anschutz has apparently seen enough and is threatening to make extreme changes within the organization if the club does not get back on track right away.

Anschutz, often referred to as the Godfather of Major League Soccer, reportedly sent AEG right-hand-man Tim Leiweke to the club's locker room before last weekend's game to communicate his frustration with the club's lack of recent success. Click to continue reading...

Craig Bellamy will find himself on the sidelines for the start of the season after limping out of West Ham's 5-3 victory over Ipswich. The Welshman was substituted after 24 minutes and his frustration was clearly evident as he proceeded to kick an advertising hoarding before exchanging words with a fan on the sideline. Click to continue reading...

FC Dallas 2 - TFC 0



This game could be the turning point in the season. Many of the bad things about TFC were on display today, including frustration and violent temper (which in this case go hand in hand). Don't get me wrong, there was lots of good on display, just that it was overshadowed by what happened in the second half. Click to continue reading...