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Mancini laments lack of atmosphere
African lightweights on brink of shock success (Reuters)
By Mark Gleeson
German Bundesliga Roundup, Oct. 2
Hamburger SV closed within one point of Bundesliga leader Bayern on Sunday when Rafael van der Vaart scored two goals to lift the club past Kaiserslautern 3-0.
The Netherlands international collected his fifth and sixth Bundesliga goals this season and set up Sergei Barbarez's 50th-minute score in a one-sided away match for Hamburg.
Hamburg didn't allow Kaiserslautern, which hasn't scored in four matches, a quality attempt in the match.
Benitez unhappy with penalty denial
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was adamant that his team should have been awarded at least one penalty during their Champions League match against Chelsea.
He said his players were convinced that a Jamie Carragher header struck William Gallas' arm in the area during the second half of the 0-0 draw at Anfield.
"The players said to me afterwards 'yes, it was clear'," said Benitez.
French Ligue One Roundup, Oct. 2
Defending champion Lyon scored three second-half goals and rallied to win 3-1 at Rennes on Sunday, moving four points atop the French first division.
After a 10th-minute goal by Swedish midfielder Kim Kallstrom put Rennes ahead, Brazilian midfielder Juninho equalized in the 52nd with a drive from 35 meters and Portuguese Tiago gave Lyon the lead with a tap-in in the 73rd.
Mexico beat Brazil 3-0 to win 2005 Under 17 World Championship (AP)
Mexico won its first Under 17 World Championship on Sunday, beating Brazil 3-0 in goals by Carlos Vela, Omar Esparza and Ever Guzman. Vela opened the scoring in the 31st minute, Esparza made it 2-0 about 2 minutes later and Guzman sealed the victory in the 86th minute before a capacity crowd of 40,000 fans in Peru's National Stadium.
MLS Soccer Headlines
Salt Lake Ends Scoreless Drought
Jamie Watson's first Major League Soccer goal ended a league-record scoring drought at 557 minutes for Real Salt Lake and lifted the expansion club to a 1-1 tie with the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy last night.
Salt Lake Knocks Off Chivas
Andy Williams scoreds the 5,000th goal in Major League Soccer history to help Real Salt Lake beat Chivas USA, 2-1, Saturday night in Salt Lake City.
MetroStars' Cerritos Sends Earthquakes Tumbling
In East Rutherford, N.J., Ronald Cerritos scored in the 60th minute and Pat Onstad made five saves in the San Jose Earthquakes' 1-0 victory yesterday over the New York/New Jersey MetroStars.
Twellman Tallies Three, Revs Top Crew
Taylor Twellman scores three goals as the Eastern Conference-leading New England Revolution beats the Columbus Crew, 3-1, Saturday night.
Rookie Sealy Powers Wiz Past Fire
Rookie Scott Sealy scores two goals, and the surging Kansas City Wizards blow the game open by scoring twice in a minute during the second half of a 3-0 victory Friday night over the Chicago Fire.
MLS Routed by Real; Moreno Injured
The visiting MLS All-Stars are no match for Real Madrid as the European soccer powerhouse thrashes the MLS squad, 5-0, Tuesday in Madrid.
Miscellaneous Soccer Commentary
Next on Glazer's agenda...
...suing Manchester United fans. Yes, MUFCUSA.com has been threatened with litigation for displaying the club's crest. Holy mother of god, Glazer is evil....
USA: Los Angeles Lift US Open Cup
The Los Angeles Galaxy lifted the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup for the second time in club history with a narrow win over FC Dallas at the Home Depot Center, Wednesday. Hercules Gomez netted the winning goal in the...
Champions League 2005/06
It's that time again. Time to start cringing already at the thought of Tommy AULD ONION BAG Smyth's voice. Yes, time for another season of the Champions League that fails to live up to expectations in terms of great football....
Ticket draw, take 2
I caught a notice during last night's Fox Sports World Report that FIFA has re-allocated around 40,000 tickets that went unclaimed during the first draw for tickets for the World Cup. As you may remember, I didn't get any tickets...
EPL: Man City Wake Up To Sink Everton
Many of the Manchester City and most of the Everton players seemed half asleep in the first half of their Sunday morning encounter which kicked off at the bizarre time of 11:15 a.m. Poor control, imprecise passing and lack...
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