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Biggest Movers in the November FIFA Rankings
These top 100 ranked nations moved up a minimum of 5 places in the November 2009 FIFA rankings. +16 -- Slovenia (33; W, Russia, San Marino) +12 -- Mozambique (72; W, Tunisia, Malawi) +10 -- Nigeria (22; W, Kenya) +10 -- Togo (70; W, Gabon) +9 -- Ecuador (35; No Results) +8 -- Benin (59; W, ...
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Active Players with 40 International Goals
This is a list of currently active players (as of 11/23/09) who have scored at least 40 goals for their National Team. Carlos Pavon - Honduras 75 - Bashar Abdullah (Kuwait; Al Salmiya) 69 - Stern John (Trinidad and Tobago; Crystal Palace) 62 - Ronaldo (Brazil; Corinthians) 55 - Jan Koller ...
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Foreign MLS Cup Winning Players
Here is a list of Foreign MLS Cup Winning Players since 1996. To make the list, the player must have made an appearance in the cup final game. 1996 DC United Mario Gori (Argentina) Marco Etcheverry (Bolivia) Jaime Moreno (Bolivia) Raul Diaz Arce (El Salvador) 1997 DC United Marco Etcheverry ...
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Map of the 32 World Cup Qualifiers (with FIFA rankings)
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Videos: Soccer Fans (Ultras) in South America
Here are three great videos of the "ultras" from the different nations of South America. Warning: The chanting is pretty loud, you might want to turn down your volume before clicking play. Clips posted at youtube by extremal28 .
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Non-European German Bundesliga Players (2009-2010)
This is a list of Non-European players in the German Bundesliga as of 11/13/2009. In some cases, the listed players are based on national team affiliation rather than birth nation - for example: Jermaine Jones was born in Germany, but is now affiliated with the USA national team, so he's listed ...
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Old English Premier League Crests
I ran across the old Arsenal and Fulham logos the other day and felt a bit of nostalgia for the days when I first started getting into the Premier League/European soccer in the mid 90's. This post shows some of the logos/badges/crests that have changed in the past 10-20 years for a few of the ...
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2010 World Cup Qualification Maps
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Unusual Soccer Match Cancellations
This is a list of soccer matches that have been cancelled over the past few years due to unusual circumstances. There have been a wide range of reasons for cancellation including government intervention, war and terrorism, deadly disease outbreaks, wild boars, burning toilet paper, David Beckham ...
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Flashback Video: 10 Goal European Cup Final
1960 European Cup Final Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt In this fifth ever European Cup Final, there were 10 combined goals and a pair of hat tricks for two of the all time greats, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás. Lineups (from Wikipedia ) Real Madrid GK 1 Rogelio ...
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2009/10 UEFA Europa League Blowouts
This is a list of 2009-2010 UEFA Europa League blowouts (games won by 4 goals or more). Score -- Winning Team -- Losing Team First Qualifying Round 6:0 -- Zestaponi (Georgia) -- Lisburn Distillery (Northern Ireland) 5:0 -- Anorthosis (Cyprus) -- Käerjéng (Luxembourg) 5:1 -- Zestaponi ...
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Videos: Child Soccer Prodigies
Videos: Child Soccer Prodigies
thebesteleven.com — Who's the next Zidane, Ronaldo, Messi, Pele, Maradona, Henry, etc?? In all honesty, I'd be surprised if... it's any of these kids, but they are exceptionally good players at just 5-9 years old (and it's entertaining to watch). (more) Videos: Child Soccer Prodigies
2009 MLS Regular Season Goal Statistics
Goals Scored 17 - Jeff Cunningham 16 - Conor Casey 12 - Juan Pablo Angel 12 - Guillermo Barros Schelotto 12 - Landon Donovan 12 - Robbie Findley 12 - Fredy Montero 11 - Dwayne De Rosario 11 - Ryan Johnson 11 - Josh Wolff 10 - Luciano Emilio Goals Per Game Average (Minimum 10 Goals scored)  ...
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Famous English Club Anthems
Famous English Club Anthems
thebesteleven.com — Here is a video list of just a few of the famous anthems that are associated with... clubs in England. WEST HAM UNITED - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles MANCHESTER CITY - Blue Moon PORTSMOUTH FC - Play Up Pompey LEEDS UNITED - Marching On ... (more) Famous English Club Anthems
Highest and Lowest FIFA Rankings in 2009
This list shows the nations that have had their highest or lowest ever FIFA rankings in the 2009 calendar year. ( Current October Highest/Lowest Ranks in BOLD ) BEST ALL-TIME FIFA RANKING 13 - Serbia (September) 14 - Australia (September) 15 - Egypt (January) 18 - Cote D'Ivoire (July-August) ...
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Tallest Soccer Players in the World
This is a list of the tallest players currently playing professional soccer around the world. Kristof van Hout - 2.08m - (6ft10) Belgian Goalkeeper who plays for the Belgium Jupiler League club, Standard Liege. Yang Changpeng - 2.05m - (6ft8½) Chinese striker (pictured above) who currently ...
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Video: Asian Champions League Overhead Goal
Unfortunately, the Asian club team I support (Japan's Nagoya Grampus) crashed out in the semi-finals of the Asian Champions League against Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia this morning (they didn't stand a chance anyways after losing the first leg 6-2 a few days ago). Nagoya striker, Keita Sugimoto, ...
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Big Names from the U17 World Cup (2001-2005)
When you consider the fact that there are 288 players in every U-17 tournament, it comes as a bit of a surprise that more players don't "make it" at a big club or as a full international later in their career. In this list, I've pulled together the players from the '01, '03', and '05 U17 World ...
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Videos: Soccer Animal Intruders
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Videos: Soccer's Animal Intruders
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