NY Coed Soccer

NY Coed Thursday Night Round-Up

The Spring Thursday season enjoyed it's second round of games last night. Here are the headlines…

•       David Rabenold scores 8 as Hudson Hotspurs destroy Kickin' A's 11-1…
•       Jeff Alexander nets a hat-trick in the evening's top game as Left-Wingers defeat bitter rivals The Westies 4-3…
•       G Unit's fine start to the season continues, with new signing Katherine Bodde grabbing 5 in their 8-4 victory over Team C…
•       And Michael Berick makes an emotional scoring return to Olympique Manhattan in their 6-0 crushing of Zoolanders: "It's just so great to be back," the San Diego native said, while posing for photographs with his young fans…

For full information on the scores, scorers and standings, click here.

Question for the Idle

Take your mind off more important matters with this little teaser.

What do the following have in common?
Albert Camus, Vladimir Nabokov, Che Guevara, Pope John-Paul II and Julio Iglesias.

FIFA Tackles Racist and Discriminatory Behavior

The world's governing body's new rules met with confusion and scepticism over their effectiveness.  Fifa's new rules on racism are 'unworkable'

UEFA Cup Review

Europe's second most exciting club competition entered the quarter-finals last night. The results…

Basle 2 - 0 Middlesbrough
Levski Sofia 1 - 3 Schalke 04 (our tip, remember)
Rapid Bucuresti 1 - 1 Steaua Bucuresti
Sevilla 4 - 1 Zenit St Petersburg

The 2nd legs will be played on Thursday April 6th.

Unfortunately, Middlesbrough's visit to Switzerland was marred by crowd trouble. Boro fan held over stadium riot

Though the welcome from the Basel fans couldn't have helped Anglo-Swiss relations. (click on the image on the right to enlarge)

Most Valuable Man in Soccer

No, not Beckham thankfully.  Instead, it's FIFA's player of the year, two years in a row and counting: Ronaldinho.  His value is estimated at £32.6m (that's about 56.9 million in dollars).

Full list:

1 Ronaldinho (Barcelona) £32.6m
2 David Beckham (Real Madrid) £31.2m
3 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) £30.4m
4 Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona) £21.3m
5 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) £21.1m
6 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus) £20.9m
7 Ronaldo (Real Madrid) £20.4m
8 Frank Lampard (Chelsea) £20m
9 Thierry Henry (Arsenal) £19.95m
10 Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich) £19.9m
11 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) £19.2m
12 Raul (Real Madrid) £18.9m
13 Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid) £18.8m
14 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) £18.6m
15 Didier Drogba (Chelsea) £18.3m
16 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) £12.9m
17 Ryan Babel (Ajax Amsterdam) £12.6m
18 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) £12.1m
19 Lukas Podolski (Cologne) £11.3m
20 Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) £9.9m

Ronaldinho is most valuable star

NY Coed's Home Video

We thought you might be interested in NY Coed as a teenager, showing off all our tricks... Actually it's not. It's Arsenal's new 15-year-old signing Fran Merida, who comes from the same school as current player du jour Cesc Fabregas. The video.

With performances like this, Fran may just be ready to play in the NY Coed Soccer League this spring...

The MLS Ask For A Little R.E.S.P.E.C.T

MLS commissioner Don 'Soul Man' Garber provides his best Aretha Franklin impression to ask why it is soooooo hard to gain respect from Hispanic fans.  MLS hasn't figured out how to reach Hispanics

Brazil Are Out Of This World

Blasting off today from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Brazil's first spaceman ensures he has packed the essentials. Alongside his toothbrush and favourite cuddly toy is the national team's soccer jersey.  Brazil's first spaceman packs soccer team shirt

Chelsea Create Alliance with MLS franchises

The Londoners, embarking on their "turning the world blue" jamoboree, set sail for the New World to begin meddling in the affairs of LA Galaxy, Chicago Fire, Houston Dynamo and DC United. Don't be surprised, therefore, to see Freddy Adu arrive at Stamford Bridge in the near future to warm the substitutes bench.  Chelsea ready to take on the Galaxy after American deal

Especially as it appears to be fourth time lucky for Chelsea in their attempt to capture Ukrainian superstar Andriy Shevchenko.  Chelsea line up Shevchenko to remedy striking failures

Champions League Review

Internazionale recover from losing a goal within 50 seconds, to take a slim lead to Spain for the second leg against Villarreal. Internazionale 2 Villarreal 1: Martins gives Inter edge after Forlan's early shock

… while Lyon and AC Milan share the spoils in a goalless draw.  Shevchenko misfires but Milan have advantage