A light but compact crowd gathered at Bull McCabes in Durham on Friday night to watch the USL-1 Carolina RailHawks take on the Charleston Battery. It came as a surprise to some at the bar that such significant emotion could be generated for somthing that they did not heretofore know existed.
Yet, there it was, a handful of grown men screaming with arms raised when Matt Watson pulled the midfield lever that sent Hamed Diallo racing through to goal in the 8th minute. Click to continue reading...

DOMANI MONTENEGRO-IRLANDA.BRASILE,TORNA JUAN

Vucinic ci riprova con Trapattoni

Pronto a stupire ancora. Dopo l'exploit contro
la Bulgaria, domani toccherà di nuovo
a Mirko Vucinic guidare il Montenegro a
caccia della prima storica vittoria in una partita ufficiale. Click to continue reading...

Brazil moved to 2nd in the table after an impressive 3-0 win away to Chile in Santiago ... Click to continue reading...

Brazil are expected to start with three forwards against Chile in Sunday's crucial World Cup qualifying match in Santiago ... Click to continue reading...

Time marches on, and thus arrives the fourth weekend of the Primera A 2008 Torneo Apertura. This weekend sees another clásico as River Plate welcome former player Santiago Solari back to Argentine soil - he'll be stepping onto the pitch in San Lorenzo's colours against his old club. Racing have a tricky assignment: they're away [. Click to continue reading...

With the season having started, it's been a little while since we made mention of the transfer market, but there are a few deals being talked about at present which merit mention. Prior to this weekend's clásico with River Plate, San Lorenzo welcome a new arrival on a year-long loan, Santiago Solari, having beaten several [. Click to continue reading...

Dunga could be seeing his days numbred as coach of the Brazilian national team. The road is not very easy for the Canarinha as they face an inspired Chilean side in Santiago, they wil then follow that up with a fairly accessible match against Bolivia at home. The result sounds accessible [...] Click to continue reading...

In what may be his last act as coach (fingers crossed!), Dunga and the Brazilian Football Confederation announced the squad for Brazil's World Cup qualifiers against Chile September on 7th in Santiago and Bolivia ... Click to continue reading...

El próximo domingo 24 de Agosto de 2008, el Real Madrid recibirá al Valencia en el Estadio Santiago Bernabeu en partido correspondiente a la vuelta de la Supercopa de España, que enfrenta al campeón de Liga y de Copa del Rey cada año. Los pupilos de Schuster buscarán remontar una desventaja de un gol tras el [. Click to continue reading...

Rafael van der Vaart was officially unveiled as Real Madrid's newest player yesterday in a presentation the Santiago Bernabéu. As pictured above (photo courtesy of Real Madrid's official website), he was introduced by Real's President Ramón Calderón and President of Honor Alfredo Di Stéfano.Rafael van der Vaart is only 25-years old but has been playing [. Click to continue reading...

Il dirigenti del River Plate hanno accontentato il 'Cholo' Simenone regalandogli l'attaccante Santiago Salcedo, proveniente dal Newell's old Boys. Il giocatore arriva in prestito con opzione di acquisto. I Millonarios pagheranno 1 milione di dollari per il prestito. Salcedo dovrebbe arrivare domani a Buenos Aires per sottoporsi alle visite mediche e per unirsi ai nuovi compagni. Click to continue reading...

El Real Madrid C.F. y el Hamburgo SV han llegado a un acuerdo en la mañana del lunes para el traspaso por 5 temporadas del internacional holandés Rafael Ferdinand Van der Vaart. Dicho acuerdo está sujeto al reconociemiento médico y a la firma de su contrato federativo.

El jugador será presentado oficialmente ante los medios de comunicación el martes 5 de agosto a las 13:00 horas en el palco del estadio Santiago Bernabéu. Click to continue reading...

EL JUGADOR SERÁ PRESENTADO MAÑANA

El Madrid cerrará hoy a Van der Vaart

Pese a que el Hamburgo se ha puesto duro en las negociaciones con el Madrid, el club blanco espera cerrar el fichaje de Van der Vaart en las próximas horas y presentarlo el martes por la tarde en el palco de honor del Santiago Bernabéu. Click to continue reading...

One of the winter's longest-running transfer sagas has finally come to an end on Friday with the news that the apple of Diego Simeone's eye, Newell's Old Boys' Paraguayan striker Santiago Salcedo, has left Rosario to join River Plate. The champions have been ceded Salcedo's registration by Fernando Hidalgo and Eduardo López, a pair of businessmen who've just [. Click to continue reading...

One of United's modern greats has spoken out about the protracted saga that is Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid, stating Ronaldo would be "stupid" to ditch Old Trafford for the Santiago Bernabéu. Eric Cantona, the flamboyant Frenchman who graced the Premiership from 1992 to 1997, claimed that Ronaldo would be making . Click to continue reading...

Here are a few highlights from the Monterrey exhibition on Sunday.
The first video showcases the great pass made by Santiago Fusilier to put Martin Nuñ through on Los Rayados' goal. There was a bit of controversy around this play as it looked like a handball outside the box and possibly even a sending off for Denying an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity (DOGSO). Click to continue reading...

After collecting the exhibition Saturn Cup and New Mexico Cup, we moved to 2-0 in Open Cup matches. One was a play-in game, but a win is a win. We now play the Seattle Sounders next Tuesday at Qwest Field. Check kcwizards.com for a full recap.

Scoring Summary:
CAR – Santiago Fusilier (Ryan Solle) 44
CAR – Matthew Watson (Dan Antuniak) 58
KC – Ivan Trujillo (Michael Harrington) 68
KC – Claudio Lopez (penalty kick) 82
KC – Ivan Trujillo (Claudio Lopez) 94
KC – Ryan Pore (penalty kick) 119

Highlights from tonight:

Harrington's cut before serving to Trujillo for the first goal. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea and Arsenal apparently are the latest clubs linked to Real Madrid's Brazilian forward, with Manchester United also mentioned with regard to his future. Wagner Ribeiro, Robinho's agent, supposedly flew to London this week to spread the word about his client's interest in leaving the Santiago Bernabéu. Click to continue reading...

Sanfilippo sent off in the third minute for a tackle from behind in the box. RailHawks down 1-0 on a penalty from Salles, and down a man for 87 minutes to go.
Santiago Fusilier breaks up a pass in the Rhinos backline and pounces to equalize 1-1 after 18 minutes.
RailHawks now up 2-1 on a goal from Matt Watson in the 38th minute. Click to continue reading...

The amateur Brooklyn Knights gave Carolina a run for their money tonight in the US Open Cup first round, but in the end, it was a very professional play that differentiated the two sides by the end of the evening. While the first half was pretty even, Carolina had the better of play in the second half but couldn't seem to find a gamewinner. Click to continue reading...

This above kit is the new Real Madrid home jersey for the 08/09 season. Pictures of the home and away adidas shirts have been on the web for a while now, but Real Madrid will unveil next season's 08/09 kit during their title celebration ceremony at their Santiago Bernabéu stadium on 18 May.

The new home jersey includes a collar with black trim, while the away jersey is a cobalt blue with white trim. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday there was surprise in Valdebebas for the players and technical body of Real Madrid. Ramon Calderón, accompanied by his inseparable David Jiménez, wanted to visit his group after the training of the white equipment. The madridista president went one by one greeting his players as these were leaving clothes and arrived at the noble zone of the Sport City of Valdebebas, where the players has lunch and pecks after each session of training. Click to continue reading...

Direct running, a few jinky turns and an exquisite chip makes for a fantastic goal from the Argentinian league scored by Santiago Salcedo of Newell's Old Boys. Click to continue reading...