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KC Wizards v Manchester United

We met at Skyline school at 11:30 to load the  bus. The temperatures were cooler than they had been and everyone was excited – boys and parents. We filled the storage bins full and at just past 12 noon, rolled out. The boys all sat towards the front and the parents in the back. The [...]

Manchester United Training Session

We arrived at the state of the art KC Wizards Swope Park Training Facility to attend a private training session with Manchester United. There had been some rain on the drive in but we weren’t expecting rain. ManU had landed at KC International around noon and had a press conference at 3:00. They were expected [...]

Sedalia Soccer U10 – Show Me Games Silver Medalists

The Sedalia Soccer 305 Spin U10 Show Me Games Silver Medalists. Congratulations!!

Bleuets are European champions

[FRANCE] A month after theembarrassing performance of its national team in South Africa, Francecelebrated a championship on Friday night. The Bleuets’dramatic victory in the U-19 European Championship restored somedignity to French soccer’s tarnished image, but their coach downplayedthe victory’s therapeutic effect.

Sounders send Freddie Ljungberg to Chicago Fire

By JOSE M. ROMERO Freddie Ljungberg's days in Seattle were numbered as soon as he was allowed to explore the possibility of going to another team. Those days in limbo came to an end Friday when Sounders FC dealt Ljungberg, Seattle's first designated player in franchise history, to the Chicago Fire for a conditional draft pick in 2011 or 2012. Ljungberg becomes the Fire's second DP joining Mexican national Nery Castillo, whose signing was announced Thursday. "I want to start off by saying how proud I am to have been part of the most successful new franchise in MLS history,...

What They're Saying

“I would love to go back to Everton. I love the people there and I lovethe fans there. But that said, I love being in America too, so we aregoing to take everything into account and see where it ends up.” — U.S. star Landon Donovan,who played on loan at Everton from the Los Angeles Galaxy over ...

Crazy but True

So it wasn't our player, but this is too good not to pass on. In this week's SUM U-17 Cup, DC United 'keeper Dakota "Cody" Niedermeier stopped FIVE STRAIGHT PKs. That's cool and all. But his PK is the shot that helped DCU to the title over Real Salt Lake after 9 rounds. No, we're not kidding. Craziness.

ESPN Page 2 in KC

Hampton Stevens joined us for the Man Utd match last Sunday, getting the views of some fans traveling from all over the country and world to see the Wizards host United. Check out his post here or watch the video below:

Landon Donovan is Going to Europe. It’s About Time.

In a post-game interview after last night's All-Star game, Landon Donovan said "We have had transfer interest and we will have some time to think about it and see where it goes.  There is interest from a number of teams." To be explicit, what Donovan said he is going to Europe, and it is not [...]


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Riley Loves Cars

Riley is a big fan of the BBC show Top Gear. So he knows a sweet car when he see’s one. In South Africa, we saw an amazing number of high end auto’s. Here are a few pics.

Soundoff: What Next for Your National Team?

The World Cup is oh-ver, but international football continues. There’s the Asian Cup, Copa America, Africa Cup of Nations, Euros and then – before we know it – qualification for World Cup 2014 will begin. Maybe more importantly (at least for the purposes of this post) is that the immediate post-World Cup period is usually [...]

Presidential letters stress legacy

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter and South Africa President Jacob Zuma have highlighted the positive impact of the FIFA World Cup in a warm exchange of letters to one another.

VIDEO: Javier Hernandez scores against Manchester United as Chivas win 3-2 in a friendly

All the focus was on Javier Hernandez who would play for his old club in the first half and his new side in the second period. Footage of Hernandez with his Manchester United team mates in Mexico.
Chivas Guadalajara 3 - Manchester United 2 (Pre-season friendly, July 31, 2010) (Longer Highlights.) In the game to mark [...]

Freak Goal of the Year Contender: Zahari Sirakov (Amkar) vs Spartak Nalchik

Nalchik keeper Otto Fredrikson was left receiving death stares from his teammates after the keeper managed to allow Zahari Sirakov’s crazy shot on the angle to end up in the back of the net.

Shakhtar’s whizzkid Douglas Costa turns the match at Arsenal

Arsenal Kyiv 1 - Shakhtar Donetsk 3 (Ukrainian Premier League, July 30, 2010) A stunning 35-yard ripper from Sergey Simonenko blasted Arsenal ahead on the half hour. Shakhtar pulled level minutes before the break when a quick free-kick was finished by 19-year-old starlet Douglas Costa, and in first half injury time Douglas Costa bagged his [...]