The shaky start of Pia Sundhage’s crew was forgotten by halftime, thanks to goals by Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan.
France 2 – USA 2.
Real Madrid Claims Spanish Soccer Title
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Real Madrid Beats Athletic Bilbao to Claim Spanish Soccer
Title
2012-05-02 21:51:28.895 GMT
By Bob Bensch
May 2
(Bloomberg) — Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 to win its record-extending
32nd Spanish soccer league title.
Gonzalo
Higuain, Mesut Ozil and Cristiano Ronaldo scored as Real clinched its first
championship since 2008. Real leads Barcelona, which beat Malaga 4-1, by seven
points with two matches remaining.
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Top Ten Soccer Drills Explained
December 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Ronaldo leads Madrid into knockout stage with #100
November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
LYON, France (AP) Cristiano Ronaldo scored both goals,
including his 100th in 105 matches for Real Madrid, as the Spanish club beat
Lyon 2-0 Wednesday to keep a perfect record in Group D of the Champions League
and advance to the knockout stage.
Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 24th minute by curling
home a free kick.
The Portugal winger then notched his 100th goal for the
Spanish club by converting a penalty in the 69th after Lyon fullback Mouhamadou
Dabo had fouled him.
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Soccer Skills; Futebol Tennis
October 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Futebol tennis is designed to develop ball handling skills under the stress of competition. Players are forced to handle balls using restricted touches and play balls back with accuracy and tactical reasoning. Players develop touch and enhance decision making skills while trying to engineer tactics to successfully out play their opponents. Most of all it is fun! Players will want to play all the time once they get the feel for it. Great way to train with a friend at home.
More Real and Barca
April 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Real Madrid can draw off its Copa del Rey victory and coach Jose Mourinho’s Champions League success over Barcelona when the pair meet in the first leg of the all-Spanish semifinal on Wednesday.
Madrid beat Barcelona for the first time in seven tries to earn its first domestic cup in 18 years.
Last Wednesday’s victory provides momentum and the nine-time European champions are now banking on Mourinho to repeat last year’s achievement when his Inter Milan team knocked the Catalans out to reach the final. The Portuguese coach also came out victorious in two out of three two-legged matches with Barcelona while at Chelsea.
Madrid’s cup win has shifted the momentum in its favor, especially after it routed third-place Valencia 6-3 on Saturday while Barcelona labored past Osasuna 2-0.
While Barcelona is on course for a third straight league title, Madrid cruises into Wednesday’s first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium with more confidence and a more rested team, since Mourinho left most of his regulars on the bench against Valencia.
Madrid is without midfielder Sami Khedira, who has been key in stifling Barcelona’s attack. But forwards Emmanuel Adebayor and Angel Di Maria are expected to be available with the latter leading the attack alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Oezil.
The drama may not be as high as Barcelona’s defense is depleted and is struggling without a natural left back with Adriano and Maxwell both injured. Eric Abidal’s absence coupled with the doubt over Carles Puyol’s availability means Javier Mascherano or Sergio Busquets is likely to partner Gerard Pique in central defense.
Reports in Barcelona on Tuesday suggested Iniesta may also be a doubt after the Spain international hurt his leg against Osasuna.
David Villa scored for the first time in 12 games on Saturday when Messi became the first Spanish league player to score 50 goals in a season. While the Argentina forward leads the competition with nine goals, he has yet to score at the semifinal stage in three previous tries.
Mourinho’s last four games against Barcelona have been physical affairs with his team finishing each game with 10 men, including last year’s semifinal with Inter.
Another bruising encounter may trouble a Barcelona team that many believe is showing the physical effects of the long season.
“We need to focus on our game – be solid at the back and attack with scoring goals in mind,” Iniesta said. “That’s the only mentality.”
While Barcelona is playing in its fourth straight semifinal, Madrid has beaten its rival twice before at this stage en route to victories in 1960 and its last win in 2002. Madrid returns to the last four for the first time since 2003 with the winner going on to play either Manchester United or German club Shalke.
Wednesday’s meeting is the third of four between the bitter rivals in 18 days. The pair drew 1-1 in the league before Madrid’s 1-0 extra time cup final win.
Soccer; Developing skills
March 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Juggling is a great way to develop skills needed in the game of soccer. Developing the ability to strike the ball properly and consistently enough to keep a soccer ball alive and in the air can help players hone eye/foot coordination – passing and trapping skills, and develop confidence on the ball that is needed to find success.
It’s not as simple as just learning how to juggle. Normal training is required for fitness, decision making and to sharpen all the movements, agility and mechanics involved in the game of soccer. But time spent with the ball juggling can be extremely beneficial as a compliment to all the fine skills needed to play at a high level.
Using a smaller ball like the Brasilian Futebol or even a tennis ball can accelerate progress and sharpen eye-foot coordination as well as develop balance, quick feet and touch on the ball. After becoming accomplished as a juggler with a small ball you will find it much easier to control and manipulate a normal ball.
Project Play; A soccer ball for every child
March 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“Não há no planeta um lugar onde a pobreza extrema seja mais evidente do que na Africa Sub-Saariana. Quase 50% da população vive com menos de US$ 1 por dia, a mais alta taxa de miséria no mundo. Trinta e dois países entre os 48 mais pobres do mundo estão localizados nesta região, que está infestada de conflitos, falta a presença do estado, e tem alta incidência de terríveis doenças como AIDS e malária. A África Sub-Saariana é um dos poucos lugares onde não houve nenhum progresso nas Metas de Desenvolvimento do Milênio – o número de miseráveis dobrou desde 1981 nesta que é a região do planeta onde é mais importante a luta contra a pobreza”.
‘There is no place on the planet where extreme poverty is more evident than sub-Saharan Africa. Almost 50% of the population live on under $1 a day, the highest rate of extreme poverty in the world. Thirty-two of the 48 poorest countries are located in this region, which is plagued by conflicts, lack of functional governments, and terrible diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the few places that is not making progress on the Millennium Development Goals-the number of impoverished people has doubled since 1981-and perhaps the most important region on the planet in the fight against poverty`.
Training with a small ball
February 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
http://www.brasilianfutebol.com/topics/soccer-videos
Add something different to your soccer training.
