The Soccerlens Awards recognize excellence in football blogging. After the great success of the 2007 edition, SL readers and editors will gather again to choose among 20 different awards categories and crown the winner among 6 nominees. Yes people, YOU get to vote for your favorite blogs. The Soccerlens Awards give you, the public, the opportunity [. Click to continue reading...

Ahh... the INTERNET. For us soccer fans, it has been the greatest invention since television, keeping us all the more closer to the sport we all love so much. In fact, since the addition of P2P technology, you have no more excuses to even miss ONE soccer match of your favorite team, regardless of where [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea v. Manchester United Stadium: Stamford Bridge, London, England Date: Sunday 21 September 2008 Competition: Premier League Kick off: 13:00 GMT, 9:00 ET Manchester United will try and get their season on track against unbeaten Chelsea. Soccerlens will bring you the action live! Log on to the site 15 minutes before kickoff for the live blog. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United v. Villarreal Stadium: Old Trafford, Manchester, England Date: Wednesday 17 September 2008) Competition: UEFA Champions League, Group E Kick off: 18:45 GMT, 14:45 ET Manchester United will open their Champions League title defense with a match against Villarreal. Soccerlens will be bringing you the action live! Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you impersonate your daughter to become a high school cheerleader.... Martin Jol has led HSV to top of the Bundesliga - no, really. (Guardian Unlimited) Tottenham & Einstein. (SoccerLens) Man City not as keen on signing Ronaldo as Ronaldo is. (AFP) Analyzing Jan Schlaudraff. (Bundesliga Offside) The Mirror achieves irony. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea v. FC Girondins de Bordeaux Competition: UEFA Champions League, Group A Stadium: Stamford Bridge, London, England Date: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 Kickoff: 19:45 BST, 14:45 ET Once again, it's time for another season of the UEFA Champions League, the top club competition in the world. Soccerlens will be liveblogging the match between 2007-2008 runners-up, Chelsea, and French side, [. Click to continue reading...

Footballfilter.com is a dashboard for the best football sources and content on the internet - articles, news,images, videos, podcasts (which can be played via the site itself), blogs (including Soccerlens) and forums all centralised onto one page via rss feeds.  The idea behind football filter is to gather the best content in order to make the [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City v Chelsea Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Date: Saturday 13 September 2008 Competition: English Premier League Kickoff: 17:30 BST, 12:30 ET It's the Premiership's newest rivalry as Chelsea will visit Manchester City to contest the Billionaires Derby.  Soccerlens will be bringing you the action live! Click to continue reading...

Liverpool v Manchester United Stadium: Anfield Stadium Date: Saturday 13 September 2008 Competiton: English Premier League Time: 12:45 BST, 7:45 EST It's time for the Northwest Derby as Manchester United will resume their heated rivalry with Liverpool! Soccerlens will be bringing the action to you live! Click to continue reading...

Following Alan Curbishley's departure from West Ham yesterday, his transfer policy at the club has come under increased scrutiny. Soccerlens has rounded up Curbishley's worst forays into the transfer market. 1. Freddie Ljungberg from Arsenal Curbishley should have known that sneaky Arsene Wenger only sells his stars when they are past it. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you listen to a sermon about sex from a porn addict..... The exodus of Dutch talent from the Netherlands. (ESPN) The magic of the Real Madrid mercato lacked this summer. (Reuters Soccer Blog) "Jimmy Bullard - England's saviour?" (SoccerLens) Who Ate All The Pies bids adieu. (Who Ate All The Pies) What West Ham & Newcastle's [. Click to continue reading...

Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool Stadium: Villa Park Date: Sunday 31 August 2008 Competition: English Premier League Kickoff: 16:00 BST, 11:00 ET It was a scoreless draw between Liverpool and Aston Villa at Villa Park. Soccerlens brought the action (or lack thereof) to you live! Click below for the live blog! Click to continue reading...

Arsenal v. Newcastle United Stadium: Emirates Stadium Date: 30 August 2008 English Premier League Kickoff: 17:30 GMT, 12:30 ET Newcastle will hope to continue their early season success at the expense of Arsenal.  Soccerlens will be bringing the action to you live!  Join us 15 minutes before kickoff for the live blog. Click to continue reading...

The draw for the Group Stage of the UEFA Champions League 2008-09 took place in Monaco today, at 18:00 CET. (I LIVEBLOGGED the event over at Soccerlens by the way, for anyone interested) Inter Milan got the best draw of the lot, Juventus and Roma will be facing tough opponents such as Real Madrid and Chelsea [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City (Sturridge 65′, Elano 70′ 76′) 3-0 West Ham United Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Date: Sunday 24 August 2008 Competition: English Premier League Kickoff: 16:00 BST, 11:00 EST Manchester City thrashed West Ham, 3-0, to pick up a big [...] Click to continue reading...

Tottenham (Jenas 73′) 1-2 Sunderland (Richardson 55′, Cisse 83′) Stadium: White Hart Lane, LondonDate: Saturday 23 August 2008 Competiton: English Premier League Time: 15:00 BST, 10:00 EST Sunderland picked up a huge win at White Hart Lane against Tottenham Hotspur. Soccerlens had the action live! Click to continue reading...

Tottenham 0-1 Sunderland (Richardson 55′) Stadium: White Hart Lane, LondonDate: Saturday 23 August 2008 Competiton: English Premier League Time: 15:00 BST, 10:00 EST It's the second week of Premiership football and Tottenham Hotspur will take on Sunderland at White Hart Lane. Soccerlens has the action live! Click to continue reading...

Tottenham v. Sunderland Stadium: White Hart Lane, LondonDate: Saturday 23 August 2008 Competiton: English Premier League Time: 15:00 BST, 10:00 EST It's the second week of Premiership football and Tottenham Hotspur will take on Sunderland at White Hart Lane. Soccerlens has the action live! Click below for the live-blog. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City v. West Ham UnitedWeek 2, English Premier LeagueStadium: City of Manchester StadiumTime: 16:00 BST, 11:00 EST Manchester City will take on West Ham United in a Week 2 clash between two squads desperate for respectability this year. Soccerlens will be bringing the action to you live! Join us 15 minutes before kickoff [. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham v. Sunderland Week 2, English Premier League Stadium: White Hart Lane Time: 15:00 BST, 10:00 EST It's the second week of Premiership football and Tottenham Hotspur will take on Sunderland at White Hart Lane. Soccerlens will be bringing the action to you live! Join us 15 minutes before kickoff for the live-blog. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City v. West Ham UnitedWeek 2, English Premier LeagueStadium: City of Manchester StadiumTime: 16:00 BST, 11:00 EST Manchester City will take on West Ham United in a Week 2 clash between two squads desperate for respectability this year. Soccerlens will be bringing the action to you live! Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while your gun shop gets held up by an 11 year old....... TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Cinderella story in the making. (SoccerLens) Did Rafa mastermind Lucas' red card in Beijing? (Liverpool Offside) Championship ain't all it's cracked up to be. (Guardian Unlimited) Liverpool's incredibly perplexing summer signing. Click to continue reading...

So you've read the Argentina squad profile for the Olympic Games that I wrote for Soccerlens, and still want more? You're in luck, because I was very busy this weekend. Another one has now gone up on new Australian online magazine The 84th Minute, edited by ocassional HEGS commentor Neil Zimmerman, who wanted to me [. Click to continue reading...

The Olympic Football Tournament kicks off on Thursday (yes, that is before the official start of the Games, which is on Friday), and Argentina, as the defending gold medalists from four years ago in Athens, will be red-hot favourites to retain the title, thanks in large part to an attacking lineup that would terrify most [. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you stay in the world's smallest hotel... Pachuca keeper photographed in compromising position (The Footie) Jack Wilshere impressing in pre-season (Goonerboy) 65 players looking for work at the Coverciano (Italy Offside) Brazilian Name Forest severely depleted (The Gaffer) Preseason problems in Greece (USA Today) An Olympic XI (SoccerLens) Say hallo to our latest player blog (Ronaldinho Offside) Click to continue reading...

MLS All-Stars v. West Ham United BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Thursday 24 July 2008 Kickoff: 19:00 EST The best players in MLS will take on English Premiership side, West Ham United, in the 13th annual MLS All-Star Game. Soccerlens will be bringing the action to you live! Join us 15 minutes before kickoff! Click to continue reading...

The Premier League season starts in 4 weeks and the Soccerlens 08/09 Fantasy Football League is now open for business. The private league is free to join, set up with premierleague.com's fantasy football game and like last season, there's prize money for the winner at the end of the season. Here's how you can play: 1. Click to continue reading...

This comes to us courtesy of a Chicago MLSR reader who claims "inside knowledge" of the Blanco determination at the US Soccer Federation.

"Hi, I wish to be anonymous but I can tell you I have a connection inside the USSF and that is where my info comes from. After reviewing video supplied to them by MLS and D.

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"Cashing In" on Goalkeeping: Oliver Kahn
by Steve Amoia for Keeper Skool

HypoVereinsbank is a premium partner of FC Bayern Munich.

Recently, they began a new initiative with the recently retired Bayern legend, Oliver Kahn. In what may be a first for the goalkeeper's union, Herr Kahn has a bank card named after him:

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The show's over folks, we can all get back to work. If you've missed anything, here's a quick recap of our Euro 2008 coverage: Post-Euro Euro 2008 Babes 10 Things I hated about Euro 2008 Euro 2008 Manager Ratings The Euro 2008 Soccerlens Awards English Premier League players at Euro 2008 - how did they do? Click to continue reading...

With Euro 2008 all over and the winners Spain still celebrating their great success and the losers Germany still licking their wounds, I thought I would take a hopefully 'light hearted' look at who might be awarded the Soccerlens 'alternative awards' for the tournament. There are many categories we could look at but I don't think [. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while under attack by birds, in Chicago: One more Euro 2008 babe collection (SoccerLens) Was it really a red card for Volcano Ironhand? (SoccerBlog) Why the Euros are better than the World Cup (EPL Talk) Villa alongside Modric and Click to continue reading...

Steve's Stats: Analysis of Goalkeeper Performance at Group B for 12 June 2008
by Steve Amoia for Keeper Skool

To complement Liviu's coverage of Euro 2008, let's take a look at a statistical analysis of goalkeeping performance for the second round of Group B matches.

Here are the game statistics, which are courtesy of the La Gazzetta dello Sport.

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Steve's Stats: Analysis of Goalkeeper Performance at Group A for 11 June 2008
by Steve Amoia for Keeper Skool

To complement Liviu's coverage of Euro 2008, let's take a look at a statistical analysis of goalkeeping performance for the second round of Group A matches.

Here are the game statistics, which are courtesy of the La Gazzetta dello Sport.

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Steve's Stats: Analysis of Goalkeeper Performance at Group D for 10 June 2008
by Steve Amoia for Keeper Skool

To complement Liviu's coverage of Euro 2008, let's look at a statistical analysis of goalkeeping performance.

Here are the game statistics, which are courtesy of the La Gazzetta dello Sport from Italy, for the keepers of today's Group D matches.

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