Sorry for the delayed post, here's the release about the match. On the Marinelli goal, I've seen elsewhere that Souter scored, but the refs said the initial fumble by Edwards went over the line and Souter pushed it in afterward. Enjoy the rest of the rundown.

KCW Reserves Defeat Toronto FC Reserves 6-0 Sunday

Kansas City Gets Hat Trick from Ivan Trujillo, Two Goals from Ryan Pore

MLS Reserve Division Match
Sunday, September 21, 2008 – 10:00 a. Click to continue reading...

Okay, let's look at the bright side.

Um...

I know there's something...

Oh, got one! Actually, more than one!

1) Jérémy Toulalan gets better every game, and is looking more attack-minded as well. He's becoming less wary about shooting from distance, which can knock defenses off guard a good thing, as our offense can be extremely predictable.

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After the delusion that was the Olympic games, the Azzurrini returned to the pitch to continue qualifying for the UEFA 2009 U21 Championships. The big story was the debut of Mario Balotelli, who after receiving Italian citizenship a few weeks ago was finally eligible to be called up. The Azzurrini needed a win to guarantee first place in the qualifying group, but anything less meant they would have to conquer qualification on Tuesday in Croatia.

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MARKHAM - After a strong season and better play this year, Pistolas FC dropped an unlikely 4-1 loss to Silver.

Missing many quality players in Ivano, David Breau, Gus, Jay Shumski and Andrew Traetto the team didnt have many options in changing things up or trying different options.

Poorly scheduled as an early start on the the Sunday of the long weekend, the game started quickly without necessary defencemen Rocco and Luch, and Silver got out to an early 2-0 scoreline. Click to continue reading...

MARKHAM - Late Saturday night, it was confirmed that Gus G. of the Pistolas FC Toronto would not play in Sunday's match versus Silver due to a lower back injury.

The injury, which limits his running and movement, affected him last game as well, and was visually obvious. There were strong hopes that with a weeks rest he'd be able to give a few shifts and provide an extra sub. Click to continue reading...

Summer signing Rodrigo Souza was the lone scorer in Panathinaikos' 1-0 win over Sparta Prague tonight in Athens. Leaving it late, Panathinaikos won the game as they did a fortnight ago to end Sparta Prague's Champions League run prematurely. A must-win game for the visitors was level until Souza tallied Click to continue reading...

SAFFC will be in the final for the second time after easily defeating Tampines Rovers 4-0 on aggregate.The scorer for SAFFC was none other than Singapore striker Aleksander Duric.He tap in two easy goals to gave Tampines the misery.The Stags did threatened their opponent,but to no avail.Khairul Amri shot hit the crossbar. Click to continue reading...

AC Milan and Chelsea have confirmed that striker Andriy Shevchenko is returning to Milan. Shevchenko was one of the best scorer's in the history of AC Milan, scoring 127 goals in 208 games during his time there.  However, since his move to Chelsea 2 years ago, Shevchenko hasn't seen much of the field, and has been unhappy and hasn't been able to score goals. Click to continue reading...

So far in this transfer window, Lyon have spent nearly €60m on incoming players. They are surely in the top five when it comes to overall spending this summer.

But it's not just the men's team getting the attention. Aulas stayed true to this promise and has strengthened the women's team as well.

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Atlanta Silverbacks are off to the Great White North to take on Montreal Impact tonight in a match that should help the Backs push closer to securing a playoff spot.

Impact will be looking to play spoiler though on their home field and could use a win to help them climb out of 9th position in the table. Click to continue reading...

Now that Barcelona are done batting their eyes and flipping up their skirt to Arsenal and Togo Emmanuel Adebayor, they've settled into reality: Star striker and Cameroon international Samuel Eto'o is staying.

Didn't we know this all along? Did any of us really think he was off to play in Antarctica or whatever place he was rumored to go? Click to continue reading...

Jamie McDonald/Getty Images Carlos Vela was acquired by Arsenal in late 2005, but due to work permit issues he was loaned to several Spanish clubs including Osasuna. Now, he is now permanently back in Arsenal's first team line-up. He was part of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup champions Mexico, and even the highest scorer of the [. Click to continue reading...

Would someone make up their minds about these players already?

One day, Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o is not wanted by Barcelona, new manager Pep Guardiola saying, 'We are putting a team together and they (Eto'o and Ronaldinho, who has since moved to AC Milan) aren't in our thoughts but we'll see what happens. Click to continue reading...

Sliven 2000, newly promoted to the Bulgarian A Group for the 2008-09 season, were founded on February 29, 2000. They are the successor to FC Sliven whose origins go all the way back to 1914 under a dizzying array of names. A few of the names - Sportist, Asenovets, DNV, DNA, General Zaimov, Mlada Gvardia, DFC Sliven, Slivenski Textiles, AFD Sliven and finally FC Sliven. Click to continue reading...

On my recent trip to Singapore I was lucky enough to have an interview their national team coach Radojko Avramović.

As a player Raddy played for Coventry City for one season and the first thing I asked his was whether he ever played against the Arsenal.

Not only did he play against us, he remembered the year, the score, the scorer and the weather. Click to continue reading...

Roberto Di Matteo the scorer of the fastest FA Cup Final goal (43 seconds) has taken over as manager at newly promoted MK Dons.

Roberto takes his first managerial job, without any experience BUT with the qualifications, from Paul Ince who has gone to Blackburn Rovers and who has been given dispensation by the Premier League to obtain his qualifications within two years. Click to continue reading...

The man who scored Spain's winner in Sunday's Euro 2008 final has acknowledged a debt of gratitude he feels to his English club and their fans.

Fernando Torres, the Liverpool and Spain striker, has been effusive in his praise of the Anfield club's fans for the part they played in his success with his country thi9s summer. Click to continue reading...

I can't bloody wait, the best league in the world is starting up again on August 16th. Take a look at the history of the Premier League.

It will also intereating to see how the mighty Hull fare this season, lets hope they don't lie down and give up like Derby did last season.


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So the news now is that Kansas City could be bringing back in former Wizard, Josh Wolff to try and help cure their scoring woes. Those woes include only scoring 10 goals this season, 1 less then Landon Donovan has himself. They also include a current scoreless streak of 320 minutes, and been shut out a total of 5 times, which is as many times they've shut out a team.

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By: Phillip Boran
Soccer City FC

Germany Stunned Against Croatia 1-2

Croatia took a huge stride in the right direction to get a quarter-final spot in the next round as they take down the early favorites in the group 1-2.
Mario Gomez was thought to be the game's first scorer but was later found offside in the 22nd minute. Click to continue reading...

Roque Santa Cruz has just completed a very successful debut season in the Premiership, finishing the 4th highest scorer with an impressive 19 goals. The Paraguayan striker looks to be the complete package, with his height (6′ 3″) and age (turns 27 this summer) also on his side, so it no surprise we are being [. Click to continue reading...

The original fixture was abandoned after Clive Clarke suffered a heart attack at half time in the dressing room. At the time Forest were leading 1-0, but agreed that due to the severity of the incident it would be best to abandon the game and reschedule. Leicester felt that this act of sportsmanship should be returned, [...] Click to continue reading...