Posted on Tuesday, 28th July 2009 by Michael Lomax

There are more than 300,000,000 people in the United States and the world population is quickly approaching 7 billion. Our country makes up just 5% of the entire global population, even less. The days of US athletic dominance may soon come to an end for this reason, unless the country wakes up from complacency and positions itself or the future.

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Posted on Tuesday, 28th July 2009 by admin

What a tournament for the England U19s women’s team. Four wins and a draw in five matches and a goals column of 12 for, 0 against, it sounds like perfect defending to me. England swept all before them in the UEFA U-19 Women’s European Championship in Belarus and saw off Sweden in the final with [...]

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Posted on Monday, 27th July 2009 by admin

1.Stopping the ball standing still
Players that trap balls standing still are easy to target by the opposition.
2.Goalkeeper staying on the line
Goalkeepers must advance towards the ball as attackers close in.
3. Standing waiting for the pass
Players must move to the ball, not wait for it
4. Arguing with the referee
Those days are gone show that as a [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 26th July 2009 by admin

Technique is vital in youth soccer. I watched a few matches in the US Soccer Development Academy Finals and one of the games that stood out was PDA v Cal Odyssey U15s.
In the match the team that wins – Cal – shows far more technique than the team that loses. The Cal goalkeeper saves [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 26th July 2009 by admin

Strikers are in the news at the moment. Manchester City seems to be buying a lot of them, But a striker needs confidence and needs to feel part of a team. At Arsenal Emanuel Adebayor had the confidence of one of the best managers in the game, Arsene Wenger.
It was Wenger who made Adebeyor into [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 26th July 2009 by admin

Watching the glamour that surrounds the motor racing fraternity this weekend I wonder if the world of soccer is missing out. Since the demise of Becks and Posh we have little in the way of glamour.
When Lewis Hamilton was on his way to the first win of the season we saw the lead singer of [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 25th July 2009 by Eoghan Beynon

The Cardiff city football club also known as the Blubirds is one of the football clubs in the Premier league. The team was established in 1899 and the club did very well in its beginning years against its opponents. The great players like Neil Alexander, Colin Baker and Gary Bell was excellent along with the list of other exceptional players. The club was brilliant in bending the ball in the fields of Ninian Park, the home of Cardiff football.

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Posted on Monday, 20th July 2009 by admin

I was shown this clip of a young player who plays the role of sweeper for his team. It is an excellent example of the art of the sweeper.
I think the sweeper position is one of the best ways young players can learn the art of defending. You can go man for man marking because [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 19th July 2009 by admin

Strikers are big news. There is no doubt it is the glamour position of the team – no wonder every young player wants that position. Micheal Owen, Emmanuel Adebayor, Samuel Eto’o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are all making news in Europe. Scoring goals has never been so expensive.
The importance of scoring in grass roots [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 18th July 2009 by Eoghan Beynon

The Cardiff City Football Club also known as the Cardiff Blues is a great football team based in Cardiff, the capital of Wales and play at the Cardiff City Stadium. It is the only non-England team to win major English championships.

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