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2009 MLS Goal Of The Year Nominees

Joshua — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:23:14 +0000

This is a compilation of the best goals in the MLS for the 2009 season. Which ones are your favorites? Please feel free to leave comments!

Diski Dance your way to South Africa

Danie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:30:35 +0000

South African Tourism (SAT) is celebrating the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa by encouraging players ages 8-14 to get their teams to learn the Diski Dance for a chance to win a trip to play in South Africa, home of the 2010 FIFIA World Cup. The Diski Dance is based on South Africa’s unique [...]

What is Diski Dance?

Danie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:28 +0000

The Diski Dance is based on South Africa’s unique way of playing soccer. Diski Dance is rhythmic, showy and energetic. In Diski, every move has a name and there are different names from different parts of the country. Some are in Tswana, others Zulu, Sotho and even English. The moves have names like “Tsamaya”, “Heel [...]

2009 MLS Golden Boot Award

Danie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:54:52 +0000

Jeff Cunningham of FC Dallas has been awarded the 2009 Major League Soccer Budweiser Golden Boot award. The award is given to the top goal scorer in the MLS at the end of the regular season. Cunningham had a career-high of 17 goals in 2009 and joins Taylor Twellman, Carlos Ruiz, Stern John and Roy [...]

Landon Donovan wins Honda Player of the Year and Decade

Danie — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:29:14 +0000

Landon Donovan has won his sixth Honda Player of the Year award as well as the Honda Player of the Decade. The Honda Player of the Year award goes to the top U.S. national team player, and is voted by members of the American sports media. Donovan finished with 424 points in the voting, Tim Howard [...]

Goal of the Year Award introduced by FIFA

Joshua — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:07:43 +0000

During a press conference in Hungary today, FIFA announced the introduction of the FIFA Puskas Award in honor and in memory of Ferenc Puskas. He was the captain of the Hungarian National Team during the 1950s. The award will be presented to the player who scored the “most beautiful goal” during the past year at the [...]

Fabio Andrade

Joshua — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:00:55 +0000

I played youth, club, and high school soccer with Fabio Andrade. He has excellent foot skills and is a very creative player. I had the pleasure of interviewing Fabio through email recently. When and why did you start playing soccer? I started playing soccer as early as I can remember. I come from a Colombian [...]

Kicking & Screening Coming to Washington, DC

Danie — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:13:21 +0000

Do you enjoy a good Soccer Movie, then you’ll want to go to the Kicking & Screening Soccer Film Festival in Washington, DC, October 15th-18th, 2009. Kicking & Screening is devoted to films about soccer and provides filmmakers with a forum to show their work to fans. Check out the trailer: Check out Kicking & Screening for tickets [...]

Soccer is better than just running for women

Danie — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:17:29 +0000

Soccer is better than running for women says Science Daily, who reported that a new research shows that women benefit more from playing soccer than from just running when it comes to their overall fitness. Women experience a higher degree of motivation and they increase their ability to bridge and create new acquaintances, while playing [...]

2009 Top 40 Youth Soccer Club Teams in USA

Joshua — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:23:23 +0000

Soccer America announced the top 40 boys and girls youth soccer club teams in the USA. This is based on the success in national youth competitions over the last three years and national recognition for players from these clubs in 2009. The most important criteria for determining “Soccer America’s Top 40 youth rankings” was success in [...]