2006 MLS Cup

Today, the New England Revolution played the Houston Dynamo for the 2006 MLS Cup. This was the Revolution's third trip to the cup and the past two times, they had lost. Today, was a completely different day for the Revolution.

The first and second halves were quite dull with very few optimal scoring chances on each side. As the whistle had blown to signal the end of regulation, the score ws tied 0-0. The game would go into overtime and once again, the first half of overtime was dull.

Within 10 minutes of the second overtime, Twellman was able to put the ball in the back of the net from the left to right side. Twellman thought he had just scored the game winner, but literally 20 seconds, the Dynamo's Ching scored a header.

The game woulld end with the Dynamo winning in Pk's, 4-3. The man of the match was un arguably Brian Ching finishing the day with one overtime goal as well as one PK. An ok game on both sides, but tonight, only one team would leave Pizza Hut Park happy; the Houston Dynamo.

Brian Ching, #25, Forward

Chelsea in big trouble

Yesterday, Chelsea goalie Cech fractured his skull in a collision with Reading's Stephen Hunt. This has forced their backup goalie to come into play which has affected their style and speed of play a little bit. As of now, things don't look to good for Chelsea as they are drafting behind Manchester United at the moment with a 3 goal differential with Manchester United.

Thatcher = Disgrace for Man. City

When Manchester City played Portsmouth on Wednesday, Thatcher dumbly elbowed Pedro Mendes which resulted in the Portsmouth midfielder being sent to the hospital (no information has been released on the condition of the midfielder. As for the disciplinary for Thatcher, he is currently suspend by his club and the FA has given him until 9/12 to give a conceivable request.

Start of EPL 06-07 year

As the new season of EPL soccer starts, the powerhouses are off to good starts, or at least the majority of them are! Arsenal tied to Aston Villa?! and Tottenham lost to Bolton which was quite upsetting for many. On the other hand, Chelsea and Manchester nited both started off their seasons well beating Manchester City and Fulham respectively.

standings from Soccernet:

Man U
Chelsea
Portsmouth
West Ham
Bolton
Reading
Everton
Newcastle
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Liverpool
Sheff Utd
M'brough
Watford
Wigan
Charlton
Tottenham
Blackburn
Fulham

WILL REIGNING CHAMPS WIN OR AGAIN OR WIL IT BE SOMEONE ELSE...

Itlay wins, and other transfer news

As we all have known, Italy won the world cup 12 days ago with Cannavaro leading them to lifting the trophy for the fourth time. Surprisingly enough, only 7 teams have won the Worlc Cup: Brazil, Argentina, Germany (including West Germany), France, Italy, Uruaguay, and lastly, England.



Transfers around Europe:
- van Nistelrooy is not for sure moving to Real Madrid this upcoming season
- del Horno to leave Chelsea and join Valencia
- Duff to possibly move to Newcastle (leaving Chelsea)
- Emerson and Cannavaro to go to Real Madrid
- Vieira possibly to move to AC Milan

Quarter Finals

The World Cup contenders have finally been narrowed down to 8 of the strongest teams: Germany, Argentina, Italy, Ukraine, England, Portugal, Brazil, and France. Each of these teams will play in the next 3 days. The highest bidded to win is none other than Brazil. Although, Brazil will be having a rematch of the 1998 World Cup final with France. So, the big question is, can France beat Brazil once again? We will have to wait until Saturday to find out!

Germany vs. Argentina
6/30, 11 am

Italy vs. Ukraine
6/30, 3 pm

England vs. Portugal
7/1, 11 am

Brazil vs. France
7/1, 3 pm

Brazil's World Cup Squad=?

Brazil's World Cup Squad will be one of the hardest to break down. With their skills, it seems as if they will win another World Cup. For Brazil, their goalies include: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo). And defense: Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), Cris (Olympique Lyon), Luisao (Benfica). As for the midfield Brazil have many options making them one of the scariest midfield attackers in the World Cup: Edmilson (Barcelona), Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyon), Emerson (Juventus), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Kaka (AC Milan), Ricardinho (Corinthians). Lastly, the attackers: Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Adriano (Inter Milan), Fred (Olympique Lyon).

Brazil's last World Cup team



- from espnsoccernet.com