LONDON: Chelsea inflicted a first league defeat of the season on Premier League leaders Manchester City after substitute Frank Lampard secured a 2-1 victory from the penalty spot at Stamford Bridge here on Monday.
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Monday, December 12, 2011) – The Colorado Rapids announced Monday that Tim Hinchey has been named the new President of the Major League Soccer franchise.
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Tim Hinchey Named Colorado Rapids President
Manchester United endured one of the most surprising and humiliating defeats in their proud history in the Champions League against FC Basel , which knocked them from Europe’s elite competition. However, Sir Alex Ferguson has silenced their critics on numerous occasions in the past, and it would be a mistake for anyone to write them off the title challenge. They were back on track with an …
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January Transfers Rumours: 12 Christmas Wishes for Manchester United
Timbers don’t make any moves in the second stage of the draft, but former UP star Nate Jacqua changes teams.
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Portland Timbers take a pass in MLS re-entry draft
The Colorado Rapids have hired Chief Marketing Officer Tim Hinchey, who has extensive experience in English soccer and the NBA, as the franchise’s new President.
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Colorado Rapids name Tim Hinchey as President
Chelsea FC came from behind to condemn Manchester City FC to their first Premier League defeat of the season while Juventus returned to the Serie A summit following a draw at AS Roma.
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Chelsea sink Manchester City, Juve stay unbeaten
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Sporting Kansas City has agreed to terms allowing forward Omar Bravo to join Mexico’s Cruz Azul, which opens up an international roster spot on the MLS club for next season. The 31-year-old Bravo will return to the league in which he played for 10 seasons. Bravo signed with Sporting Kansas City in August 2010 as a designated player, the second of three in club history, and …
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Deal brokered send to forward Omar Bravo from Sporting Kansas City to Mexico’s Cruz Azul
By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press
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Juventus draws 1-1 at Roma to move joint top
The Old Lady leapfrogged leader Udinese in the table after coming from behind to secure an away draw in Rome on Monday night
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Roma 1-1 Juventus: Totti misses penalty as second-half Chiellini header clinches point to send Antonio Conte’s side …
The money for the project proposed by Mayor William Bell would come from the city’s federal Community Development Block Grant budget.
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Birmingham City Council set to vote on funds for Pratt City redevelopment
Chelsea FC came from behind to condemn Manchester City FC to their first Premier League defeat of the season while Juventus returned to the Serie A summit following a draw at AS Roma.
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Chelsea sink Manchester City, Juve remain unbeaten
Juventus returned to the top of Italy’s Serie A on goal difference on Monday after coming from behind to draw 1-1 at Roma, whose captain Francesco Totti missed a penalty.
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Juventus stay unbeaten as Roma rue penalty miss
Wealthy Pozzo family linked with Pompey takeover.
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Rumours, Rumours, Rumours
The Bundesliga champions will be without their star attacking midfielder for the remainder of the first round after he suffered a thigh injury in the draw with Kaiserslautern
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Borussia Dortmund’s Mario Gotze sidelined until January with thigh injury
Munich – There was no change at the top of Bundesliga 2 on Monday evening as Eintracht Frankfurt and Greuther Fürth took a point each from a nonetheless entertaining 0-0 draw at the Commerzbank Arena.
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Nothing to separate Frankfurt and Fürth
Monday First Round 1. Seattle Sounders FC, Marc Burch 2. New England Revolution , Nate Jaqua 3. Chicago Fire , Kheli Dube 4. Colorado Rapids , Baggio Husidic 5. LA Galaxy , Andrew Boyens Second round 1. New England Revolution, Clyde Simms 2. Colorado Rapids, Hunter Freeman 3. LA Galaxy, Chris Leitch Third Round 1. LA Galaxy, Pat Noonan Fourth Round 1.
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MLS Re-Entry Stage 2 Draft Selections
The Portland Timbers did not select any players in the December 12 MLS Re-Entry draft, electing not to select any of the listed offerings or possibly re-acquire four players they had waived last month. While I have confidence in the Timbers organization to make the right selections, I’m hopeful those signings are announced sooner than later with just 5 short weeks until the opening of the 2012 …
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Portland Timbers remain quiet for second portion of MLS Re-Entry draft as they make no selections
San Jose, Calif. – iSoccer.org, the fast-growing online training and assessment tool for soccer players, coaches and teams, has become the Official Technical Assessment Provider of Major League Soccer’s San Jose Earthquakes, making it the first partnership between iSoccer and an MLS club.
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The Chicago Fire added front-line help Monday with the selection of New England Revolution forward Kheli Dube in the second phase of Major League Soccer’s re-entry draft.
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Fire acquire forward Dube in re-entry draft
Vancouver Whitecaps FC today acquired Seattle Sounders FC’s natural third round selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft and in exchange switched places with Seattle in the 2011 Re-Entry Process Stage 2 Draft order.
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC Acquire 2014 MLS SuperDraft Pick from Seattle Sounders FC
Unlike several MLS teams, Real Salt Lake experienced a quiet Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft on Monday. RSL didn’t pick anyone from the pool of available players, nor were any of the team’s three players selected by MLS teams.
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Real Salt Lake stands pat during stage 2 re-entry draft
Toronto FC keeper Stefan Frei has begun a week of training with Liverpool… The Los Angeles Galaxy are reportedly sizing up Ipswich Town’s Trinidad & Tobago winger Carlos Edwards…
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Toffees After Henry Loan?
CHICAGO, IL (Dec. 12, 2011) – The Chicago Fire announced Monday that the club has selected forward Kheli Dube with the eighth selection in the Re-Entry Process Stage 2 Draft.
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Chicago Fire Select Forward Kheli Dube in Stage 2 of MLS Re-Entry Process Draft
The Seattle Sounders got Stage 2 of the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft off to an interesting start, as they acquired the No. 1 pick from the Vancouver Whitecaps and then promptly picked DC United’s Marc Burch . The 27-year-old left back reportedly made $97,500 in total compensation last year, a figure the Sounders will undoubtedly looking to cut. The Sounders, like all drafting teams, will have to make …
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2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft, Stage 2: Seattle Sounders Pick Marc Burch No. 1, LA Galaxy Take 6 Players
FC Basel has rewarded interim coach Heiko Vogel with a permanent job after the club advanced to the knockout round of the Champions League.
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FC Basel take interim tag off coach Vogel
Two D.C. United veterans were selected in the MLS re-entry draft Monday: midfielder Clyde Simms by the New England Revolution and defender Marc Burch by the Seattle Sounders. United had declined to exercise their contract options. Simms was with United for seven seasons, the longest continuous service on the club. Burch played five years. Five other D.C
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In MLS re-entry draft, Revolution selects Clyde Simms, Sounders claim Marc Burch
An exclusive interview with Schalke sensation Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, back in the form of his life after a few tough seasons.
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Bundesliga – Huntelaar delighted at Schalke form
Inter Milan coach Claudio Ranieri insisted Monday that even if his team beat Genoa away on Tuesday it will not mean they have turned the corner.
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Genoa game not about a reawakening: Ranieri
Barcelona has its fair share of fan support worldwide, and some of those fans are celebrities. It is fair to say that basically every major team in Europe, and even some smaller teams, has one or more celebrity fans. Here is a list of some other celebrity football fans. Some of the fans on this list are much newer than others, and some may be much closer to team than others.
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FC Barcelona: A Look at Barca’s Top 10 Celebrity Fans
For the New York Red Bulls, the 2011 season was supposed to end with a game at the Home Depot Center. But that final game was supposed to be MLS Cup – not a loss in the second round of the playoffs.
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2011 in Review: New York Red Bulls
