Birmingham City 0-1 Manchester United29 SeptemberSaint Andrew’sScorers : Ronaldo 51United: van der Sar (Kuszczak 45); Brown, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra; Carrick, Scholes, Ronaldo, Giggs (Saha 64); Tevez (O’Shea 89), RooneySubs not used: Anderson, PiqueThe …
Sunday's eagerly awaited local derby Metropolitan Cup tie with Dublin Bus was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch in the…
The first twenty minutes of the game at RFK showed TFC in rare form. Yes, in recent games, Toronto has had stretches of good play, (1st half against the Crew, many moments in Dallas) but this seemed to be a level above recent top gear. The passes were …
Hull City 3 Ipswich Town 1Coca-Cola ChampionshipKC StadiumKingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of YorkshireKingston-upon-Hull gets short shrift a bit more often than it is rightly due in my humble opinion even being named as the worst place to live in the U…
The omens were certainly not with “The Town” on Saturday 29th September 2007 as the confusion caused by the double-booking of our pitch by the League continued right through to the kick off against Tymon Rovers FC. The Club’s Development Officer, Ian M…
“And we’re back!”Sources close to the club are reporting that DC United most likely will have a shirt sponsor next season. Source states that the club is in “deep negotiations” with a national telecommunications company as well as a global automobile m…
The Women’s National Soccer Team is the closest thing that the United States has to dominance in soccer. After multiple world cups, Olympic gold medals and a number one ranking, Nike even created a campaign around “The Greatest Team You’ve Never Heard …
We just recently returned from Laos. A land that welcomed us with much warmth, a warmth emanating from simple things and simple men, who are constantly engaged in fighting the devastating consequences due to the difference between poverty and…
Word around MLS circles this morning is that the Houston Dynamo will be the latest team to be sold by AEG.
An announcement could come during MLS Cup weekend in November. No details yet as to whom the ownership group would include.
With the sale of Houston, AEG will be down to one franchise owned (Los Angeles Galaxy) in Major League Soccer. Only Hunt will own more than one club. Currently Hunt
Kildare’s second away game in one weekend was on Sunday when they travelled to Tolka Park. They were beaten 2-1 but it was an improvement on the most recent performance against Shelbourne.
The Kildare games of late have been scheduled at inconvenient times. Last game (against Monaghan) kicked off at the same time on [...]
Kildare had two games with 3 days. Starting with a successful trip to Monaghan. They came out 1-0 winners.
And if a picture can paint a thousand words, then what of a video ? Certainly alot more words than I type into my weekly blogs, so, enjoy!
Kildare Team
O’Neill (replaced by Cassidy)
Darren Stapleton
Ian Malone
Alan [...]
Brett Favre is happy with the 3-0 start put up by the Packers, but is still realistic…
Manchester United 0-2 Coventry City27 September 2007Old TraffordCarling Cup Third RoundScorers : Mifsud X 2Team Line-up: Kuszczak; Bardsley (Brown, 46), Pique, Evans (Carrick, 56), Simpson; Martin (Campbell, 46), O’Shea (c), Anderson, Nani; Eagles, D…
Finn Harps V Cobh Ramblers
Finn Park
8.00 pm - Sept 28th 2007.
This game could play a massive role in determining the destination of this season’s first division title. A win for Cobh and the Corkmen have a five point gap with six games to go, and a win for Harps would mark another key [...]
For Immediate Press Release - October 2007When the members of the ’94 Wilmington N.C Cape Fear Beakers Boys Soccer Club departed for Perugia, Italy, they did not know what to expect. They did know, however, that they would be training and participati…
Multiple sources are reporting this morning that Seattle to MLS for the 2009 season is a done deal which will be announced October 11th. An MLSR source contradicted a published report on a blog that stated the club’s name would be the Sounders. Th…
while injury time is near and dear in my heart, i do read other soccer blogs.a new sidebar (extra minutes) has been added to this blog with feeds i think are worth checking out. so every now and then, share the love with other soccer blogs and check ou…
Soccer by Ives is reporting that Seattle has been named Major League Soccer’s 15th franchise. It is expected that the current owners of the USL club, the Seattle Sounders, will play a role in ownership of the new franchise.
The club, which will be still be called the Sounders, will enter MLS for the 2009 season. The expansion fee is expected to be in the $30 million range.
Thoughts on Seattle
it’s too bad that we only got a point out of this game, but the upside is that we played really good soccer (mostly) and should be happy moving into our final stretch before the playoffs.the 2-2 tie against new england should have been a 3-0 win, but w…
The shock of Jose Maurinho’s sudden departure from coaching Chelsea has made it all the way to Dallas, Texas. The story is familiar to folks here in DFW. New, brassy club owner makes a big entrance into town, hires unproven yet intriguing coach in his …