11/07/2009 – 11/08/2009, Wilmington, North_Carolina, Gender: Male and Female, Age Group (Boys): U8,U9,U10,U11,U12,U13,U14,U15,U16, Age Group (Girls): U8,U9,U10,U11,U12,U13,U14,U15,U16

Pele, the king of football, is said to have stopped two factions fighting a civil war in Nigeria during the year 1967. Both sides actually held a 48 hour ceasefire to watch Pele play in Lagos! That’s the power of football and Pele!

The World Cup is finally ongoing and is now turning over to the second round. Avid fans have been watching patiently awaiting the day on July 11 when the finals are finally here. Everywhere, fans from all walks of life, races and countries are avidly waiting on updates and news about the recent games, some through live broadcasts of World Cup soccer watch.

While the first few games of the World Cup bordered on the uneventful side, the games since then have been anything but boring. There has been a lot more goal scoring, beautiful teamwork and even controversial calls by the officials.

The Raymond McEnhill stadium is home to Salisbury City FC. What is happening at the club, and why is it such a joy to be part of it?

What is football like in Cyprus? Read how Cyprus enjoy this game.

It was a tale of two halves between Portugal and North Korea. Portugal was the favourite in this game, although the North Koreans showed fight against Brazil in their opening game. North Korea provided a shock of the tournament – by losing to Portugal.

Since the European Cup was made over into the Champions League in 1993, no team from the former Eastern Bloc has claimed the European crown. The only team from the East to have made an impact during that time was Dynamo Kyiv in the late 1990′s.

Another exciting Premiership season is under way. Three rounds have already gone by, and the transfer deadline is nearing. A lot of teams have strengthened yet some have not made a very good start.

The current leader and unstoppable Spanish team, FC Barcelona, placed a new record in the history of La Liga by completing 50 points in the standings at halfway of the season. Barca defeated Deportivo La Coruna in great way, with a 5-0 final score on Saturday.

Remarkable home form kept Fulham away from the relegation zone last season and saw them finish in a comfortable mid table position.

In the 1970s, Pele had already established himself as a huge name in soccer and was already being considered the greatest player to have ever lived. No one even came close to his glory, until a short, stuffed Argentinean player called Maradona walked on the soccer field for the first time.

The World Cup is over for another four years and it was Italy that were crowned World champions. Here is a short round up of the semi final, third and fourth place play off and the final.

After an inconsistent start to last season Coventry City roared back and finished two places, but 12 points off the final play off place.

Plymouth Argyle have held their own in their two seasons in the Championship following their promotion from League One in the 2003/04 season.

Japan defeated Denmark by 3-1 in a match which they did not need to win in order to make it to the next round. This being the case for Japan while Denmark was in need of a victory or else theirs would be an early exit from the world cup. Denmark began attacking yet were met with a solid Japanese defense which not only planned their strategy very well but was able to execute it almost to perfection.

He missed 3 penalties in one game for Argentina, broke his leg celebrating a goal, suffered long term injuries but never gave up his dream. Last night this 36 year old came on and scored a World Cup goal.

Swindon Town endured a torrid time last season and were relegated to League Two but due to the new management dream team of former Chelsea duo Dennis Wise and Gus Poyet, they have been instilled as the bookmakers firm favourites to win the division next season.

Frank Lampard had been a promising player for a long time, many people considered him as a national England team’s hope, and only with coming of a Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, Frank became a real super-player. It was a Portuguese guru, who made a real leader of a young Englishman. Now all “Chelsea’s” center game is based on this motor half-back.

12/13/2009 – 12/14/2009, Gallatin, Tennessee, Gender: Male and Female, Age Group (Boys): U9,U10,U11,U12,U13,U14,U15,U16,U17,U18,U19, Age Group (Girls): U9,U10,U11,U12,U13,U14,U15,U16,U17,U18,U19

The world cup “Uruguay 30″ was the first ever organized with only 13 teams participating in a tournament which was by invitation. This in contrast to today’s world cups which are by qualification. As for the 13 teams which participated, two were from North America (USA and Mexico), seven were from South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Paraguay) while only four were from Europe; given the fact that costs of traveling in those days were very costly.

Firm followers of UEFA competitions and most especially the Champions League, can attest to the reality that there have been EPL sides in the semi-final of the champions league for the previous six seasons i.e. 2003-2009. In the past six seasons, EPL sides regular in the champions league (Liverpool FC, Manchester United FC, Chelsea FC and Arsenal FC) have all some way featured in the semi-final of the champions league in the past six seasons, which made English and even foreigners marvel at their absence this season, in the semi-final of Europe’s elite club competition.

After almost bowing out at the first hurdle, Angola, the smallest of all the African qualifiers, reached Germany at the expense of traditional powerhouses Nigeria.

New coach Marco van Basten has proven to be a revelation off the pitch as much as he was on it since taking over the Dutch national team.

USA 94 set a record for the highest attendance at a World Cup tournament which till this day stands despite three more tournaments being held with 64 matches as opposed to USA 94 which only held 52. This fact being more outstanding considering the fact that FIFA was fearful of holding a world cup in the USA, believing a tournament held in the States would not attract large crowds which in fact led to Mexico being made host nation over the USA in 1986.

I have been a fan of football ever since the first world cup which I saw back in ’78 when the tournament took place in Argentina which till now has been the last time it was held in South America. It being even back then that I had a mind for trivia and noting strange things or those which happened for the first time that to my way of seeing things made those games memorable such as the following facts.

Following a dismal World Cup four years ago which saw first round elimination, Argentina will look to make a serious impact at this years finals.

Middlesbrough’s loss to Sevilla in the UEFA Cup final last night gave us all a better view of the new England manager, Steve McLaren. The FA giving McLaren the England post was like Schumacher tossing his Ferrari keys to a Formula 3 test driver. Brace yourselves England because this ride is heading for a smash.

Manchester United is the most successful football club in the UK and have dominated the English league for the past 18 years, winning several trophies in the process. This article gives readers many facts and figures on Manchester United Football Club.

The UEFA Champions League has finished it’s Group Stages in this year’s competition and there are now only 16 teams left to battle it out for the most coveted club trophy in world soccer. The final round of games was played this week to decide which teams topped their group and who would come second and therefore run the risk of drawing a one of the giants in the first knock out round. There were a few surprises in the final positions and all the teams will be eagerly awaiting the draw which will take place on December 19th. Here is a review of all the final group games and how the final positions were decided.