Henry to Barca is now official
here is the presentation of Henry at the Nou Camp: download here
and henry showing off a little skill in the stadium for the crowd: download here
Monday, June 25, 2007
Two Henry Compilations
As most people in the soccer world know by now Thierry Henry has left Arsenal and will be joining Barcelona. Thierry Henry is adored by most Arsenal fans and will be missed. Here are two Henry compilations for you to enjoy, one is a tribute to Henry and the other is the Top 50 goals of Henry in an Arsenal jersey.
Tribute to Henry
Top 50 Arsenal Goals by Wozny
USA wins 2007 Gold Cup
Congrats to the United States for winning the 2007 Gold Cup. USA prevailed in the final vs Mexico to lift the Gold Cup for the second consecutive time. This match was probably the best of the whole tournament.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
La Liga 06/07 League Champions
Congrats to Real Madrid for winning the 2006/2007 La Liga title. Real Madrid pulled off a 3-1 victory over Mallorca after being down 1-0 at halftime. Barcelona's effort of 5-1 over Gimnastic was in vain.
I personally am saddened by this being a Barcelona fan, but we will be back next year harder than ever. We must take this year as a lesson and come back prepared for next year's campaign, not only in La Liga but Champions League as well.
Congrats to Real Madrid for fighting hard until the very last whistle of the season. Also congrats on your first trophy in four years.
La Liga Finale
Today at 3pm EST will kick off the final matches of La Liga. Three teams are still in the run for the title. Real Madrid are still at the top of the table after a great finish last week against Zaragoza. Barcelona are hoping that Real Madrid slip up in their final match and that they can get a victory over Gimnastic. The final team still in the running is Sevilla, who need Barcelona and Real Madrid to lose. Check your local listings for channels showing the matches, it is sure for be an exciting finish to a great La Liga campaign.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Transfer Update
Yesterday i reported that Thierry Henry might have signed a 3 year contract according to a French newspaper. Henry and his agent are apparently denying the claims made by the paper. Stay tuned throughout the rest of the transfer market season because it could still happen.
http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6913616
Monday, June 11, 2007
C. Ronaldo 06/07 Compilation
This is a compilation about the great Cristiano Ronaldo by Wozny from soccerpulse. Cristiano Ronaldo is known for the many tricks that he does on the field. Sometimes those tricks are pointless, but more often they lead to goals, whether it be from him scoring or him setting up another player for a finish. Ronaldo had an excellent 06/07 campaign with Manchester United that helped him lead them to a Premiership title. It efforts also earned him PFA Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year. Some say it may even take home the World Player of the Year later on this year. Watch this compilation and you decide.
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Manchester United 06/07 Season Highlights
Yet another spectacular compilation this time dealing with 2006-2007 Manchester United season. This compilation was made by Ananth of soccerpulse.
For those of you who don't know, Manchester United is a top flight soccer club located in England. They are apart of the English Premiership. They are one of the best teams not only in England, but in the world. The team is home to players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, and Paul Scholes. Manchester United is also known for producing some of the best talents in the world such as David Beckham through their youth system.
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Possible Transfer Involving Thierry Henry to Barcelona
Rumors are circulating around the net that Thierry Henry has reached an agreement with Barcelona to sign a three year contract with the club. There has been a lot of speculation that Henry may transfer to another club following the departure of David Dein from the Arsenal board. Thierry Henry was linked with Barcelona last summer, but decided to extend his stay at Arsenal. Henry has also continually said that he is an Arsenal player. More on this story later once it has been confirmed.
Here are some links for you:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_soccerblog/2007/06/report_henry_si.html
http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2007/20070611_153137Dev.html#
http://www.news24.com/News24/Sport/Soccer/0,,2-9-840_2128243,00.html
Vote on Various Soccer Categories
I just found a great site called Rankopedia that lets people vote on the top soccer players ever. The site also lets you vote on various other soccer categories including best European soccer club ever, best freekick taker, and worst penalty taker....cough...Beckham...cough...lol. Anyways I thought this might be something you guys would want to check out.
Rankopedia Soccer Section
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 06/07 Compilation
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is Swedish international player who plays for Inter Milan in Italy. Ibrahimovic moved to Inter Milan this season from Juventus due to the Italian footballing scandal. Ibrahimovic is known for his great skill as well as strength. He is also known sometimes for being a hot head. Anyways take a look at this comp that was produced by Dodo of soccerpulse.
Download here
Sunday, June 10, 2007
EPL Season Review
The EPL also known as the Barclays Premier League and the Premiership is the top division in England. It is one of the world's most watched soccer leagues and one of the top leagues in the world that elite players would love to play in. It is the home of teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Tottenham.
Anyways this is the season review of the 06/07 season. All of the review and the links are provided by Richie2710 of the soccerpulse community. The commentary for this is in Dutch.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Pele vs Maradona
This is an excellent video compilation highlighting the great careers of the legends Pele and Maradona. Many soccer fans and the media are always trying to figure out who was the better player. After watching this compilation you decide who was better and leave a comment. This compilation was made by the great Ananth from the soccerpulse community.
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Saturday, June 9, 2007
La Liga Update: Spoiler Alert
If you do not want to know the score from the Barcelona vs Espanyol game and the Real Madrid vs Zaragosa game please do not read this post!!!
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Today's matches of Barcelona vs Espanyol, Sevilla vs Mallorca, Real Madrid vs Zaragosa are a prime example of why you must play every soccer game hard until the final minute because anything can happen in the dying minutes of a game.
Barcelona took on Espanyol at their home field of the Camp Nou. They needed to win this match to stay alive in the title race. Espanyol took the lead in the 30th minute with a great striker by their captain Tamudo, but Barcelona would tie the game just before half time with a controversial goal by Messi, which was his version of the 'hand of god' done by Maradona back in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
I guess Messi is the new Maradona since he has scored duplicates of the goals Maradona scored back in that 1986 game against England.
Anyways, after halftime Barcelona went on top with another goal by Messi to give them a 2-1 lead. As I said you must play the match to its entirety. In the 90th minute Tamudo beat Barcelona's offsides trap to tie the game at 2-2.
In the other important match of this weekend Real Madrid fell behind in the 32nd minute to Zaragosa with penalty kick that was taken by Diego Milito. Zaragosa would go into halftime with the 1-0 lead. In the second half Real Madrid tied it at one a piece with a header by the Dutchman Van Nistelrooy. Zaragosa would take the lead again in the 64th minute though with another goal by Diego Milito. Real Madrid though would continually fight for the equalizer. Like the theme of this post has been 'fight to the end' they did. In the 89th minute Van Nistelrooy came away with a strike that could possibly helped Real Madrid win the La Liga title.
Sevilla tied Mallorca 0-0, I did not watch the match so there is not much I can really highlight for you.
Barcelona failed to capitalize on the lead that they had in this weekends game, but there is still one more game left in the league , so it looks like the title race will come down to the very last game and who wants it the most between Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Sevilla!!
Here is how the table for the top 3 currently stands:
1. Real Madrid 73 pts
2. Barcelona 73pts
3. Sevilla 71 pts
Real Madrid currently leads due to head to head games with Barcelona.
Two Compilations Highlighting Didier Drogba's 06/07 Season
Didier Drogba, a Chelsea and Ivory Coast International, had a brilliant 06/07 season scoring 33 goals for Chelsea and securing the top scorer in the English Premiership. It seems he is starting to fit in at Chelsea since his arrival from Marseille in 2004. Didier Drogba also won the 2006 African Footballer of the Year award. These compilations are by Squijy of soccerpulse.
Download part 1
Download part 2
Freekick compilation
Great Freekick compilation by Zeez14 of soccerpulse. It has notable freekick masters in it like Roberto Carlos, David Beckham, Pirlo, Juninho, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Nakamura, and more.
Download Here
Ricardo Quaresma Story
This is a compilation about Ricardo Quaresma, a brilliant young Portuguese winger who plays for FC Porto. He is often compared to Cristiano Ronaldo in his dribbling ability and speed. This compilation shows highlights of his career so far. It was made by Oliviera_Entertainment a member of the soccerpulse community.
Download here
Legends Never Die
This is a great compilation made by Thomasinho of soccerpulse.com, it is shows the highlights of some of the great soccer players of all time.
Download here
La Liga Coverage
The Spanish Premier Division, La Liga, is coming down to the last two games. The three teams still in contention for the title are Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Sevilla. Real Madrid is in the lead with 72 points and due to beating Barcelona in head to head matches this season. Barcelona, the champions of the past two seasons, is in second with 72 points also and are hoping that they can win the rest on their games and hope that Real Madrid slip up in their final two games. Sevilla is in third with 70 points is mainly looking for the top two teams to lose their last two games. The last two games are played today at 3 pm EST and June 17th at 11 EST, look for it to be a spectacular finish with lots of drama. Also look in your local listings for channels showing La Liga games.
Go to Soccernet.com to check La Liga table.
Friday, June 8, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
2007 Gold Cup
The 2007 Gold Cup has kicked off in North America hosted by the United States. Twelve teams are competing to take home the Gold Cup. The Gold Cup consists of teams only from North America that make up the CONCACAF FIFA nations. Teams had to first go through a qualification round in order to make it to the group stages of the Gold CUP. The United States will be looking to defend their Gold Cup crown from 2005.
The CONCACAF Gold Cup was established in 1991. It is held normally every two years, but there have been exceptions. It has been won 4 times by Mexico, three times by the USA, and one time by Canada. It has been hosted every year by the United States and twice co-hosted by Mexico.
For the schedule and locations of matches you can go here:
http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/goldcup/Schedule.asp
For a list of tv stations showing the games you can go here:
http://www.terra.com/deportes/articulo/html/fox379325.htm
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Copa America
One of the biggest tournaments of this summer, the Copa America, which means America Cup in Spanish, is set to kickoff June 26 in South America. The tournament will be hosted this year in Venezuela. Two teams from North America, who are USA and Mexico, will also compete in order to bring home the cup to their respective countries. Brazil, the holders of the cup from 2004, will be looking to defend their title.
For those of you who don't know the Copa America is usually held every two years in South America, but is being changed to every four years like the World Cup. It is the main international cup held in South America. Argentina and Uruguay are the leading winners of the Copa America with 14 cup wins a piece.
Check your local listings for channels showing the games.
Also the ESPN Bottomline Ticker should be showing scores throughout the tournament.
ESPN Bottomline Ticker
The ESPN Bottomline ticker was added to show scores of soccer matches. Each viewer can change it to show whatever scores they would like.
Intro of Soccer Genius
Welcome to the Soccer Genius Blog
On this blog I will be posting some of the latest news in the soccer world as well as things that will help you become a better soccer player. Also occasionally you will see highlights of games as well.
I am a soccer fanatic. I have been playing the game since I was younger and love to play and watch the game. I watch a lot of different leagues from La Liga, EPL, Calcio, French League, German League, MLS, to Mexican League games. Hopefully one day I will be playing in one of these leagues.
I hope you enjoy the postings on this blog.
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