The Carolina RailHawks are getting the July 4th weekend started a day early with a soccer doubleheader on Thursday night. The festivities start at 4pm on July 3rd as the Carolina RailHawks Women take on the high-flying Charlotte Eagles, who currently sit 2nd in the Atlantic Division with a 9-1-1 overall record. Click to continue reading...

While one of the greatest European Championships just wrapped up, UEFA is doing their best to make sure the next couples are a disaster. The executive committees of soccer's European governing body have decided to expand the field from 16 to 24 teams by the 2018 event. By doing this UEFA is going to water down the tournament.

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My name is Scott Kucirek and I and a few friends are on a mission to bring a Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) team to Northern California for the 2009 season. Our journey started March 1, 2009, when after nearly a year of talking about how Northern California would be the ideal location for a professional women's soccer team, I decided to dedicate my full time attention (i. Click to continue reading...

With Manchester United getting ready to report for preseason training in a couple of days, United have released their kits for the upcoming season. The home one will be a traditional red, which will number change. All of the jerseys will have the EPL winners patch on it.

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Okay, I thought I was taking a couple days off to collect myself, but then this juicy nugget floating down the old Inter-tubes. The fates, the muses and even perhaps the gentle bard himself must have smiled upon Raymond Domenech today. How else can you explain the thespian/manager keeping his job as head boss of the French national team? Click to continue reading...

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From the Willard Tigers website:

Coach Owens will be leaving the Willard School District after 14 years and has accepted the position of assistant principal at Bolivar High School. With his departure, Willard High School Activities Director Jeff Staley has announced that the new coaching staff for Willard High School will be Tim Magee and Geoff Meiss.

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In positive news from Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti has been cleared of all bribery charges by Romania's soccer Arbitrage Court and had the seven-point deduction that the LPF (Liga Profesionista de Footbal) overturned. This courts decision is final and cannot be appealed. The court additionally reduced sanctions against Steaua Bucureşti owner, Click to continue reading...

Happy 4th of July, from your humble writer in Queens!

Break out the BBQ!

Make sure the steak is still mooing!

Grab the 32 pack of Bud!

Watch TV, eat and just be as gluttonous and disgusting as you want to be!

Enjoy the fireworks folks. And have a great weekend.

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Well my tiny but much appreciated audience, does A More Splendid Life have a treat for you! Beginning tomorrow and continuing for the rest of the month, your temporarily-jobless but still-intrepid reporter will be bringing you stories daily (!) from the history of soccer in Hogtown. Yes, that's right! Click to continue reading...

Yesterday evening, AEK held a practise which was open to the fans to go and watch. The team practised for about two hours. They first did various exercises such as heading the ball and ball control exercises. They then did a passing exercise for about twenty minutes. At the end, for about half an hour [. Click to continue reading...

Strikers Mark Bridge, Nikita Rukavytsya, Archie Thompson Midfield David Carney, Billy Celeski, Stuart Musialik, Neil Kilkenny, Kristian Sarkies, James Troisi Defence Adrian Leijer, Trent McClenahan, Mark Milligan, Matthew Spiranovic, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Jade North, Ruben Zadkovich Goalkeeper Adam Federici, Tando Velaphi The Offsiders Everyone is talking about the exclusion of Burns and Djite. Click to continue reading...

I had the best of intentions for this Daily Dose. But it seems that most other soccer bloggers are taking the July 4 holiday off. Nothin' going on out there but several millions unsubstantiated transfer rumors. And I started to give you those links, but I....um.... aisyegiuahogiaoijoi;ioooooooooooooooooooozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Sorry. Click to continue reading...

As we celebrate our independence, we watch our MLS as well.  Last night, there were three matches and all lived up the their billing.  We start with a journey to Frisco Texas to see a reeling Dallas play host to a stalling Kansas City.  After the jump are the highlights.   Hot dogs and soccer, that's really [. Click to continue reading...

Sometimes athletes keep their families to close to them and with the two biggest sports stories of the summer season that is no different. During the last couple of weeks the families of former Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre and Manchester United's Ronaldo have kept their gums from flapping about both players situations. Click to continue reading...

Hope everyone is well on their way to a memorable holiday weekend. If you are kicking back at the beach, in the backyard or somewhere out of town, you're not alone. July has its share of compelling soccer moments ahead, with US Open Cup competition providing a nice, down-home contrast to the international vibe and SUM-generated hype of SuperLiga's second annual installment. Click to continue reading...