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Beckham Contra Blanco: Green Light For MLS Blockbuster
Major League Soccer's highest hopes for a red carpet finale took one step closer to becoming a reality this past weekend.Landon Donovan converted a penalty kick in the 73d minute Sunday (Nov. 8) to send his LA Galaxy into the MLS Cup "semi-"finals ve...
MLS Playoffs Minus 90 (min): And Then There Were 12
If you like playoffs and you like parity amongst league teams then the 2009 version of MLS is right up your alley.After 31 weeks of play and only 90 minutes from regulation, only three teams have been mathematically eliminated from this year's playof...
Dull U20 Final Brings Big Excitement to Africa
Ghana outlasted South American power Brazil to win last night's FIFA U20 World Cup Final in Cairo by the slimmest of margins: 0-0 a e t and 4-3 on the PSO.Reminiscent of the adult-sized World Cup final match of 2006, this one went the full distance a...
Does U20 World Cup Predict The Future?
This week saw the opening of group play for the finals of the FIFA U20 World Cup in Egypt.This version of FIFA's World Cup features age-limited national men's sides in a 24 team, 6 group playoff for a Y-shaped winner's trophy. (Presumably, the shape...
Brazil's Full House Beats Argentina's
Looking like a team at full-strength Brazil defeated Argentina, 3-1, Saturday night (Sep. 5) to secure a place in next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa.Did you think they would not be going?Argentina's position remains a good one, and they w...
Barca, Super Once Again; Messi, Best In Europe
Barcelona kept it late, but finally defeated Shakhtar--Ukranian champs of the last-ever Uefa Cup--1-0, to add the 2009 Uefa Super Cup to its bulging trophy case.The annual Super Cup match took place in Monaco's Stade Louis II, just down the beach fro...

