Thursday 20 October 2011

The last two years the Sounders have lost players in the expansion draft (Letoux, Marshall, Nyassi) the MLS announced that November 23rd Montreal will have a chance to pilfer MLS teams. Seattle being the deepest team in the league will have a tough time figuring out who to protect?


The EPL game of the week is the Manchester Derby. It is also the decider who will retain the top spot in the EPL standings!! Lets see how the Keepers & Defense compare.


If you live in the South Puget Sound and have aspirations of playing Indoor Soccer then mark Oct 28th & 30th down on your calendar!


Start planning your trip! FIFA announced the game schedule for the 2014 World Cup!


Europa League Thursday, catch the scores here, or watch online here.


Viva Football Vol. 75



One American who might not play Thursday is the in-form Jozy Alitdore. AZ's coach Verbeek criticized Altidore's recent efforts on and off the field in comments to the local press. Verbeek, who is known as a strict disciplinarian, had previously expressed his displeasure with the forward's lack of fitness.



DC United 1 – Portland Timbers 1 (MLS, October 19, 2011)



Dwayne DeRosario is the most clutch player in MLS history? The guy scores goals but not any goal, clutch goals, game winning goals, and championship winning goals!


Chelsea 5 – Genk 0 (Champions League, October 19, 2011)



Juergen Klinsmann came to the US National Team with some big ideas. He preached patience, saying he was going to need time to experiment with several different kinds of lineups, formations and tactics. If given time, he justified, he would find the right combination of players to play an attacking style of soccer that was uniquely American. Or not?



Marseille 0 – Arsenal 1 (Champions League, October 19, 2011)



Chalk this up to having a World Cup Winning coach. If the name Diego Chávarri doesn’t move the needle for you, that’s not a surprise. This past spring, a handful of reports in the American press uncovered the fact that a young, up-and-coming winger down in Peru actually had a US passport.



Barcelona 2 – Viktoria Pilsen 0 (Champions League, October 19, 2011)



LeBron James is just the latest NBA player to embrace soccer. LeBron attended his first Premier League game over the weekend but the Heat forward is far from being a pioneer as several other NBA stars have showed interest in soccer.


AC Milan 2 – BATE Borisov 0 (Champions League, October 19, 2011)



Representatives of the 72 Football League clubs have voted to back a controversial overhaul of the player academy system that will make it easier for Premier League clubs to recruit young talent from smaller teams.


Shaktar Donestk 2 – Zenit St Petersberg 2 (Champions League, October 19, 2011)



In a team sport, it can often seem obscene – even absurd – to reward a single player ahead of the collective. But, equally, every match is no more than an accumulation of individual moments. Games are secured by unlikely saves, defined by timely tackles, unlocked with visionary passes and settled by important strikes.

Some players undoubtedly perform these specific tasks with greater consistency and to a higher quality than others. So, as difficult as it is for any player to perform in isolation, some are clearly more important to glories than their teammates.

Here is a look at the "100 Greatest Players of All Time"



Bayer Leverkusen 2 - Valencia 1 (Champions League, October 19, 2011)



Vegas is gettign closer to having professional sports! It sure would be fun to have a road trip once a year to Vegas to watch a soccer game!!!


Olympiakos 3 - Borussia Dortmund 1 (Champions League, October 19, 2011)