Gold Cup goals, more on “Messidona” & the McAteer karate kick
United States 4 - El Salvador 0 (CONCACAF, Gold Cup, June 12, 2007) The US made it three wins out of three with goals from Beasley, Donovan (pen), Twellman and Beasley.
Trinidad & Tobago 1 - Guatemala 1 (CONCACAF, Gold Cup, June 12, 2007) After the sending off of Jack in the first-half, the game exploded into life in the last ten minutes. On 84 minutes Carlos Ruiz scored for Guatemala, McFarlane equalised for T&T. Guatemala progress to the quarters.
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Hear Guillem Balague’s thoughts on the “Messidona” handball goal against Espanyol on this video.
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See the top 10 goals from the last week of world football here.
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Barca may struggle to win La Liga this season, but some of their players will still come away from the season with credit, this video looks at how well Carlos Puyol has played in recent months.
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Jason McAteer has announced he is to retire, one of the original “spice boys” will be remembered for two memorable moments, this goal against Holland and this karate kick (!) on a Macedonian.
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Fox Soccer Channel has announced that it has acquired the US rights to the Premier League for mobile and internet highlights. Whilst it is a positive sign of progress, according to EPL Talk the internet highlights will only be available on Sundays at midnight. Whilst highlights of Monday and midweek matches will be delayed for 24 hours. There is simply no reason why the highlights cannot be up within minutes of a match finishing.
