Longford were in town, I’d never had the pleasure of seeing them in the flesh before and felt as excited as Ronan O’Gara must have when he discovered platinum. I battled my way through the crowds at the schoolboy friendly in the shadow of Tolka Park. W…
Danny Szetela will become the only American soccer player in La Liga once he passes his physical for Racing Santender.
The Columbus Crew will rake in at least $150,000 in transfer fees from the deal. Szetela joins fellow Under 20 stars Freddy Adu and Sal Zizzo who previously had inked deals with European clubs this summer.
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August 9th, 2001Bray Wanderers 0 Ipswich Town 2FriendlyCarlisle Grounds, Bray, County Wicklow, IrelandBetween the Wicklow Mountains to the west and the Irish Sea to the east sits the coastal town of Bray. A short ride south out of Dublin on the DART ra…
For Immediate Press Release - September 2007Italian and International Soccer ToursIt is now the time to begin thinking about your soccer plans for the up coming Summer, 2008. Scuola Calcio offers not only International Soccer Tournaments for Girls and …
Irish Football Online: The latest League of Ireland disciplinary bulletin includes a €1,000 fine for Bohemians “for the unacceptable behaviour of their supporters v Longford Town”. Not that the object of the behaviour was Longford or its fans…
The Gypsies were also fined €100 after five of their players were carded in the same game. Owen [...]
Well, the first home football game is upon us. Tech will play at home this Saturday, September 1st against Urbana University (an NAIA school from Ohio). It will start at 1:00 pm. Admission is free for all students, faculty and staff, so I hope everyone who doesn’t go home for the holiday weekend comes out [...]
Winger Andy Welsh has been loaned by TFC to Blackpool in England, thus ending his time in Toronto. Apart from his salary, which is a lot to pay a MLS sub, he was due to be considered a Senior International rather than a Youth International next season …
MLSR is taking a day off this Friday, we’ll be back Monday . Hopefully we will have some big news to report. We may check in this weekend if anything breaks on other sites. In the meantime, enjoy the footb… soccer.
Here you have the Champions League draw. There isn’t really any group that will be classed as the Group of Death as the big teams seem to have been kept apart, for the time being!
Group A:Liverpool, Porto, Marseille, Besiktas
Liverpool and Porto should have absolutely no problem advancing to the next stage. Marseille, with Cisse, lost [...]
Mexican club CF Pachuca burnished its Best Soccer Squad in North America credentials and picked up a cool million dollars on Wednesday night, defeating the LA Galaxy 2-1 in penalty kicks at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, winning the inaugural Su…
Barca are obviously Spain’s crisis club, having drawn their first game away, a horrifying fate that has surely -Oh for God’s sake. Dictionary definition of ‘leaping to conclusions’, anyone?Barca 5-0 Inter Reserves (Joan Gamper Trophy)El Mundo Deportiv…
As anticipated in the video posted before the holidays, Roberto has visited China. On the 3rd of September has moved to Laos to promote, as FAO Ambassador, the World Food Day. As soon as Roberto will come back to…
Barcelona played their traditional season opener friendly against a Inter team missing most of their big stars. I could complain about that, and about the dubious scheduling of this match, but that’s a matter for another post. This post is dedicated to…
When I revamped the blog (what do you think, tidier to look at now?), I decided to link to Spanish sports dailies Marca and (Barcelona-based/biased) El Mundo Deportivo, along with the football section of El Pais, the big general daily, but not AS or Sp…
MLSR received this logo/crest from someone purported to be part of the marketing and design firm employed by an investment group looking to bring MLS to Philadelphia. Source claimed that it was “an early mock up for Philadelphia Independence FC” whic…
A minutes applause at the League Cup Semi-Final between Derry and UCD in memory of Ollie Byrne
Author: martyc1989
Keywords: Ollie Byrne tribute Derry city fc shelbourne
Added: August 29, 2007
Kildare County were beaten well at home against Finn Harps last Saturday. The final score was three nil. All of Harps goals came from headers. There is growing unrest among the Kildare fans with the team’s apparent inability to deal with corners and set pieces.
Harps now have 12 wins in the last [...]
MLSR has learned that within the next 24-48 hours Frank Yallop will be history. He may be gone before or soon after the SuperLiga final according to conflicting reports. Our trusted source states that how his departure would be orchestrated was discus…
MLSR has learned from one of our new sources that DC United midfielder Brian Carroll and last year’s MLS Defender of the Year, Bobby Boswell are currently on the chopping block for trade or movement within the league. With both Chicago and Dallas havin…
“Today has been one of the saddest days in the history of Sevilla FC,” Del Nido told the club’s official website. “The diamond left-footed player Antonio Puerta has left us, a player that changed our lives now leaves us.”The man who scored this goal in…