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High school soccer: Del Valle loses in state final

The dream season ends for the Del Valle boys soccer cleats soccer team.

The Conquistadores lost 1-0 this afternoon discount soccer cleats to Waco University in the Class 4A boys state championship match at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown, Texas.

Del Valle was chasing its third state title, while University notched shoes soccer its first state championship in school history.

U.S. Soccer celebrates centennial

The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) charter was signed in The Astor House, a luxury hotel in the heart of New York City, bringing to life organised football in the United States on 5 April, 1913. And while The Astor House has since been demolished, U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati held a press conference yesterday at New York City Hall – a very fitting location just across Broadway from where the historic hotel once stood – to mark 100 years of America's football association.

Howard Wolfson, New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Government Affairs and Communications, joined Gulati for the press conference and recalled football’s history in America’s largest city: "The past, present, and future of American soccer have all started in New York City. From the U.S. Men's National Team playing in Ebbets Field for their first-ever home match, to the 1994 World Cup, to the newest New Yorkers who bring their passion for the beautiful game to pitches in all five boroughs, New York City is at the heart of soccer's growth in the United States.
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“It is no surprise that one hundred years ago U.S. Soccer began in our city, and that today they are reaffirming their commitment to making the game one of America's preeminent sports. Congratulations to U.S. Soccer on their centennial, and we look forward to another hundred years of the world's game prospering in the world's capital."

Tactical nous at heart of improved Israel - coach

Improved discipline and tactical ability from Israel's players are the reasons for the team's continued challenge for a World Cup qualification spot, coach Eli Guttman said on Wednesday.

The Israelis returned home after beating Northern Ireland 2-0 in a tough Group F qualifier in Belfast and were seconds away on Friday from defeating Portugal at home before conceding a stoppage-time equaliser.
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Following Tuesday's win over Ireland, Israel clung to second place in Group F ahead of Portugal on goal difference. Both teams have 11 points from six matches behind leaders Russia who have 12 from four.

Newcastle hit out at FA as McManaman escapes punishment

English soccer's disciplinary procedures are not fit for new soccer shoes purpose, Newcastle United managing director Derek Llambias said on Tuesday.

Llambias was incensed after the Football Association (FA) said it would not be taking retrospective action against Wigan Athletic's Callum McManaman following his knee-high tackle on Newcastle's Massadio Haidara on Sunday.
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France under-21 international Haidara had to be carried off on a stretcher during the first half of Newcastle's 2-1 Premier League defeat and is now set for a spell on the sidelines.

Martins rescinds Levante contract, heads for Seattle

Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins has bought himself out adidas f50 of his contract with Levante, the La Liga club said on Monday, amid reports he is set to join MLS side the Seattle Sounders.

"This afternoon, Martins adidas f50 adizero has deposited with the Spanish football league the amount stipulated in the buy-out clause in his contract with Levante," the club said in a statement.

Spanish media reported the figure to be 3 f50 adizero million euros ($3.9 million).

Jerusalem soccer fans reject new Muslim players

Jerusalem-based Beitar is the last nike air max 95 Jewish-only team in Israeli soccer, and fans are determined to keep it that way. When word got out this weekend that the controversial team owner had recruited the two players, fans unfurled a banner, “Beitar pure forever” – just as the cheap nike air max world was promoting anti-racism efforts on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

While Beitar is an anomaly in Israel, and a small core of virulent fans get outsized attention, the public display of hatred and discrimination illustrates a deep societal divide. Though many Jewish-Arab cheap air max programs have worked hard to promote coexistence in various segments of society, they are struggling to have a broader impact, especially since the collapse of the peace process and the rise of right-wing parties such as Yisrael Beytenu.

As father fights terminal cancer, NHL fan slams lockout in jarring clip

"I hope that the doctors and nurses that keep my dad alive get a raise. And that you get your asses back on the ice before it's too late." Man …

Here's a bit more from "eamu99," whom we've tried to contact (and we'll update when we hear back):

    Just wanna catch a game with my dad. There is a deal for the players within the NHL. But there is a contract with the communities that these players come from as well. When you are mentally strong enough to become an elite athlete you are a special human being (in most cases anyways) . A human being that can lead and inspire the people around them and their communities. The NHL take these extraordinary people and display them so their effect is amplified. Because of this lockout we have displaced inspiration and it is sad. I am sure that whoever misses out on their little piece of inspiration wont be refunded. Seems there is no deal for the fans in the NHL.

NHL says it's canceling games through Nov. 1

With owners and players far apart on negotiations for outlet louis vuitton njnbvcfgvg a new collective bargaining agreement, the NHL on Friday canceled all regular-season games through Nov. 1.


The cancellations mean three weeks of lost pay for players, or about 11.5% of their 2012-13 salary. The total of canceled games equals 135.

San Jose Sharks face a number of questions for upcoming season -NHL Update

San Jose Sharks faced a tough time last season as they failed to get past the 2012 National Hockey League (NHL) Stanley Cup Playoffs with St. Louis Blues ousting the seventh place team in just five games.
With the next regular season quick approaching and not many new faces that would make a difference on the squad, it will be interesting to see how the upcoming hockey year plays out for the Stanley Cup yearning California team.

Shane Doan's agent says veteran will sign with an NHL team by Sept. 15 to avoid uncertainty of lockout, new CBA: report

Agent Terry Bross, who told the Daily News in wholesale jerseys mid-August that his client Shane Doan had visited only three teams this summer – the Rangers, Flyers and Canucks – NBA Jerseys told the Arizona Republic on Thursday that Doan will sign a contract somewhere by Sept. 15.


On that day, the current collective bargaining agreement would expire and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and the league’s owners would lock out the players if a new deal does not exist.