Tuesday 25 October 2011

Seattle goes into the MLS Playoffs looking to get out of the first round for the first time in team history.


The pundits are offering their forecasts for the postseason. FoxSoccer.com’s Ives Galarcep says “If anybody can hand the Galaxy their first home loss of the year, it’s the Sounders.”


Broken down into four categories -- teams, players, transactions, and miscellaneous -- the year's "honors" address some of the best and worst related to the league in this 2011 MLS season, which heads into postseason play this week. Top 10 Goals of the MLS Season.


Italian World Cup Winner Gennaro Gattuso has lost sight in one eye from a collosion during a game. He vows to come back and play!


Carling Cup games today have the Big Boys playing the longshots!It's also CUP week all over Europe you can watch online here.


Skill Show Vol. 54



What a game on Sunday! What a dazzling display of attacking soccer. What a comprehensive dismantling of a fierce opponent. And what a clarion call to the rest of the league that yesterday's punch line can indeed have today's last laugh


Sporting Lisbon 6 – Gil Vicente 1 (Primeira Liga, October 24, 2011)



Lecce 3-4 AC Milan: Boateng nets stunning hat trick as champions complete astonishing comeback from three goals down


Mexico 5 - Uruguay 2 (Pan AM Games, October 24, 2011)




Whilst in the eleven-a-side game it is rare to see a 34-year-old striker still at the peak of their powers, in the world of futsal Falcao continues to show that age is no barrier to brilliance.

Last weekend one of the greatest ever exponents of football on the small scale recorded another memorial moment for his scrapbook as he scored an injury time winner against Russia



[MLS ATTENDANCE] The 2011 regular-season attendance of 17,872 marked an all-time high for the 16-year-old league, whose highest attendance average came in its inaugural season of 1996. For MLS team attendance rankings and attendance history ...


MLS Goal of the Week Nominees



During a recent lunch hour in Tehran, Carlos Queiroz, head coach of Iran’s national soccer team, turned to his assistants and asked: “What do we all have in common?”

Omid Namazi knew the answer right away.

“We all had connections to American soccer,” Namazi recalled in a phone conversation with the Insider on Monday.


Lille 3 – Lyon 1 (Ligue 1, October 23, 2011)




New England long time manager parts ways with the club.


Hannover 2 – Bayern Munich 1 (Bundesliga, October 23, 2011)



He is a veteran player from Germany who after signing a designated player contract with the Red Bulls recorded five shutouts in 11 regular-season games. Now he is preparing for his first foray into the Major League Soccer playoffs when his club plays at Dallas Wednesday night (9 p.m. Eastern, Fox Soccer). He is also "OLD SCHOOL"


Westerlo 1 – Anderlecht 2 (Jupiler League, October 23, 2011)