South American Qualifiers

Matchday 4 has begun.

Venezuela Defeat Bolivia by 2 goals scored in extra time.
Final Score Venezuela 5 - 3 Bolivia

Colombia at home defeated Argentina by a goal scored in the last 10 minutes of the game.
Final Score Colombia 2 - 1 Argentina

Chelsea in Trouble

Jose Mourinho and Chelsea had to go their separate ways because the deteriorating relationship between coach and club was adversely affecting the team's performances, said a Chelsea statement on Thursday.

Mourinho led Chelsea to two consecutive premier league titles.

"The reason the decision has been taken is that we believed the breakdown started to impact on the performance of the team, " said Chelsea.

"Recent results supported this view. We did not want this to continue or affect the club further."

The club stunned the football world when they announced early in the day: "Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have agreed to part company today by mutual consent."

Chelsea have made a stuttering start to the English Premier League season, lying in fifth place, and play champions Manchester United on Sunday.

Further disappointment has followed in the European Champions League with a 1-1 home draw against Norwegian side Rosenborg in their opening group match on Tuesday in what turned out to be Mourinho's last match in charge.

Later on Thursday, the Chelsea Web site revealed that Israeli Avram Grant would take charge at Stamford Bridge, assisted by current number two Steve Clarke.

There was no indication whether the appointments would be permanent.

"The club is delighted that in Avram we have an experienced man who can come in immediately at this difficult time to deliver our objectives," a statement read.

U-17 Fifa World Cup August 24th

Today the Group Stages for group A and B concluded. We had 2 interesting matches today

Peru Defeated Costa Rica in the last minutes of the game.
Final Score Peru 1 - 0 Costa Rica.

England won the much anticipated match against Brazil in the last minute also.
Final Score England 2 - 1 Brazil.

South Korea won their first match of the world cup against Togo.
Final Score S. Korea 2 - 1 Togo.

Korea Republic beat New Zealand by the minimum difference.
Final Score Korea 1 - New Zealand

So The groups ended as the following chart.

Group A Points Group B Points
Peru 7 England 7
Costa Rica 4 Brazil 6
S. Korea 3 Korea 4
Togo 2 New Zealand 0

U-17 Fifa World Cup August 23rd

The 2007 edition of the U-17 World cup keeps going and today was a day for eliminations as well.

Tajikistan defeated Belgium by the minimum difference.
Final Score Tajikistan 1 - 0 Belgium.

Colombia Eliminated Trinidad and Tobago by slaughtering them by many goals.
Final Score Colombia 5 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago

Germany defeated Ghana by one goal.
Final Score Germany 3 - 2 Ghana

Unfortunately the US got eliminated against Tunisia in a match that was intense in the last 5 minutes of the game. Tunisia was winning 2- 0 then a penalty gave the oportunity to the US to come closer 2- 1 however tunisia scored the 3rd and final goal of the match.
Final Score Tunisia 3 - 1 USA

U-17 Fifa World Cup August 22nd

As some of you may know (returning visitors) Top Footballers is your source for the latest U-17 2007 World Cup Results. I will keep you updated every day.

Haiti tied with France
Final Result France 1 - 1 Haiti

Spain defeated Siria in stoppage time.
Final Result Spain 2 - 1 Siria

Nigeria Placed themselves in 1st place of group D by defeating Japan
Final Score Nigeria 3 - 0 Japan

Argentina beat Honduras bye 3 goals.
Final Score Argentina 4 - 1 Honduras

U-17 Fifa World Cup August 21st

Today The teams from groups A and B played again.

England was now going for a victory which they accomplished by beating new Zealand by 5 goals. That leaves New Zealand with 0 point and no chance to advance to the 2nd round.
Final score England 5 - 0 New Zealand

Peru was going for the clasification however they encountered themselves with a strong Togo team which didn't let them have the ball too much. However Peru had the best chances in the game which they couldn't complete. The Peruvian goalkeeper played a big role by saving many shots and not letting the strikers shoot. That lead to a tie.
Final Score Peru 0 - 0 Togo.

Brazil was going for their second victory, which they got against North Korea.
Final Score Brasil 6 - 1 North Korea.

Costa Rica Defeated S. Korea, placing themselves in 1st place and eliminating Korea.
Final Score Costa Rica 2 - 0 South Korea

U-17 Fifa World Cup August 20th

Today we had activity from groups E and F. And very interesting matches they were.

Tunisia beat Belgium in a match with many goals (7).
Final score Tunisia 4 - 2 Belgium.

And then Colombia and Germany played the most interesting game in the U-17 WC so far.
I saw this match and i didn't feel sleepy for one second since it was so interesting.
it was tied to one then Germany scored the 2 - 1 and then came the 3rd goal but before 5 minutes to the end of the match Colombia made the 3rd goal and it was a tie.
Final score Germany 3 - 3 Colombia


Tajikistan beat USA by one goal in another match with more than 5 goals.
Final score Tajikistan 4 - 3 USA

Ghana beat Trinidad & Tobago by 2 goals.
Final Score Ghana 3 - 1 Trinidad and tobago



and those are the matches that conclude the first match for all the teams. which means that starting tomorrow teams will start playing their 2nd matches.

U-17 Fifa World Cup August 19th

Today August 19th was the second day of the U-17 World cup in korea. And the results were the following:

The Nigerians stood up to the French.
Nigeria 2 - 1 France

In what seemed to end a tie game Spain won.
Spain 4 - 2 Honduras

Japan is the first Asian nation to win a match in this U-17 World Cup
Japan 3 - 1 Haiti

The only tied game of the day.
Argentina 0 - 0 Siria

U-17 Fifa World Cup

Today there were 4 matches playes in Korea for the U-17 World Cup.

North Korea 1 - 1 England ( tie )(Group B)

Brazil (Brasil) 7 - 0 New Zealand (Brazil defeated New Zealand by 7 goals)(Group B)

Costa Rica 1 - 1 Togo (tie) (Group A)

Peru 1 - 0 Korea Republic

Peru defeated Korea Republic in the stadium of Suwon by one goal scored by Bazalar in the 29th minute. There were 5 yellow cards which involved 3 players from Korea Republic and 2 from Peru but that is not the only color of card that was seen in that game. A player from Korea Republic got sent to the showers by committing a foul against Reimond Manco. Watch out for him in upcoming matches.
It was a nice game and I am personally happy because Peru won.

David Beckham's First LA Galaxy Goal

That's right David Beckham scored his first goal in LA Galaxy in the Semifinals of the Super League against D.C. United, it was also his first goal in the MLS (Major League Soccer).It was a free kick after a hand ball by D.C. United's number 18. The goal was scored from 25 yards in the 27th minute of the game. David Beckham is completing the task of making people from the USA more attracted to football (soccer).

Claudio Pizarro

The Peruvian striker scored his first goal with Chelsea on Sunday against Birmingham.
Chelsea was down by one in the 15th minute of the game with a goal by Forssell, but then Claudio Pizarro made his first goal in the English Premier League which meant it was 1 - 1. Maloudá scored in the 31th minute to give Chelsea a partial victory but then Birmingham tied in the 36th minute by a goal by Kapo. In the 50th minute Essien scored to give Chelsea the victory.

I'm Very happy that Claudio Pizarro has scored his first goal on the EPL and I'm sure he will score many more. Best of wishes

Copa America 2007

The Copa America is now over... below is a summary of what it was:

Group A
Venezuela, Peru, and Uruguay

Group B
Mexico, Brazil, Chile These teams advanced to quarter finals

Group C
Argentina and Paraguay

Argentina eliminated Peru
Uruguay eliminated Venezuela
Mexico humiliated Paraguay
Brazil did the same thing with chile

Argentina beat Mexico in what is now a "clasico"
Brazil eliminated Uruguay in penalty kicks

And it was the same final from last Copa America in Peru, Most people thought Argentina was going to take it because of they way the had been playing... but at the end Brazil won 3 - 0

Robinho was the top scorer and he was also awarded the trophy of best player of the tournament

U-17 World Cup 2007

Group A
Teams GP W D L GF GA + / - Pts
KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
# Date Venue Match Result
1 18 Aug 07 17:00 Suwon CRC - TOG
2 18 Aug 07 20:00 Suwon KOR - PER
13 21 Aug 07 17:00 Suwon TOG - PER
14 21 Aug 07 20:00 Suwon CRC - KOR
27 24 Aug 07 20:00 Ulsan KOR - TOG
28 24 Aug 07 20:00 Seogwipo PER - CRC

Group B
Teams GP W D L GF GA + / - Pts
PRK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NZL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
# Date Venue Match Result
3 18 Aug 07 14:00 Seogwipo PRK - ENG
4 18 Aug 07 17:00 Seogwipo BRA - NZL
15 21 Aug 07 17:00 Seogwipo NZL - ENG
16 21 Aug 07 20:00 Seogwipo BRA - PRK
25 24 Aug 07 17:00 Ulsan PRK - NZL
26 24 Aug 07 17:00 Goyang ENG - BRA

Group C
Teams GP W D L GF GA + / - Pts
HON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SYR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
# Date Venue Match Result
5 19 Aug 07 16:00 Ulsan HON - ESP
6 19 Aug 07 19:00 Ulsan ARG - SYR
17 22 Aug 07 17:00 Ulsan SYR - ESP
18 22 Aug 07 20:00 Ulsan ARG - HON
29 25 Aug 07 16:00 Seogwipo HON - SYR
30 25 Aug 07 16:00 Gwangyang ESP - ARG

Group D
Teams GP W D L GF GA + / - Pts
NGA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JPN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HAI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
# Date Venue Match Result
7 19 Aug 07 16:00 Gwangyang NGA - FRA
8 19 Aug 07 19:00 Gwangyang JPN - HAI
19 22 Aug 07 17:00 Gwangyang HAI - FRA
20 22 Aug 07 20:00 Gwangyang JPN - NGA
31 25 Aug 07 19:00 Seogwipo NGA - HAI
32 25 Aug 07 19:00 Goyang FRA - JPN

Group E
Teams GP W D L GF GA + / - Pts
BEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TUN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TJK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
# Date Venue Match Result
9 20 Aug 07 17:00 Changwon BEL - TUN
10 20 Aug 07 20:00 Changwon TJK - USA
21 23 Aug 07 17:00 Changwon USA - TUN
22 23 Aug 07 20:00 Changwon TJK - BEL
33 26 Aug 07 16:00 Cheonan BEL - USA
34 26 Aug 07 16:00 Suwon TUN - TJK

Group F
Teams GP W D L GF GA + / - Pts
COL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TRI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

11 20 Aug 07 17:00 Cheonan COL - GER
12 20 Aug 07 20:00 Cheonan TRI - GHA
23 23 Aug 07 17:00 Cheonan GHA - GER
24 23 Aug 07 20:00 Cheonan TRI - COL
35 26 Aug 07 19:00 Ulsan COL - GHA
36 26 Aug 07 19:00 Changwon GER - TRI

Round of 16

37 29 Aug 07 17:00 Ulsan 1C - 3A,B,F
38 29 Aug 07 17:00 Changwon 1E - 2D
39 29 Aug 07 20:00 Suwon 1A - 3C,D,E
40 29 Aug 07 20:00 Gwangyang 2F - 2B
41 30 Aug 07 17:00 Goyang 2C - 2A
42 30 Aug 07 17:00 Gwangyang 1D - 3B,E,F
43 30 Aug 07 20:00 Seogwipo 1B - 3A,C,D
44 30 Aug 07 20:00 Cheonan 1F - 2E

Quarterfinals

45 01 Sep 07 16:00 Seogwipo W37 - W38
46 01 Sep 07 19:00 Changwon W39 - W40
47 02 Sep 07 16:00 Cheonan W41 - W42
48 02 Sep 07 19:00 Goyang W43 - W44

Semifinals

49 05 Sep 07 19:00 Ulsan W45 - W46
50 06 Sep 07 19:00 Suwon W47 - W48

Match for 3rd place

51 09 Sep 07 16:00 Seoul WC L49 - L50

Finals
09 Sep 07 19:00 Seoul WC W49 - W50

Amazing Goal in Sweden

This Goal was scored in Sweden in the match that IFK Göteborg beat örebro Sk 4 - 0 .
The goal was scored by the Peruvian Andres Vasquez

Maradona like goal by messi

Amazing, very alike with maradona's goal in the 1986 world cup

Latest Champions League results

The latest Results of The Champions...

1/4 finals (3-4 Apr and 10-11 Apr 2007)
	AC Milan (ITA)	Bayern Munich (GER)	2-2
	PSV Eindhoven (HOL)	Liverpool FC (ENG)	0-3
	Chelsea FC (ENG)	Valencia CF (SPA)	1-1 / 2-1
	AS Roma (ITA)	Manchester Utd (ENG)	2-1 / 1-7

Very good Futsal Player

His name is Jermaine Vanenburg

Falcao

One of the best futsal players in the world. Tried soccer but it was not his thing.





Playing with robinho.

Best players videos

The following players appear in the video:
-Ronaldinho
-Rooney
-Ronaldo
-C. Ronaldo
-Zidane
-Saviola
-Eto'o
-Henry
-Raul
-Robinho

If you don't like the music just turn your volume down, it's a good video

Classic Players:

Maradona



Pele



Platini

Ronaldinho

Personal information
Full name	Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
Date of birth	March 21, 1980 (age 27)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11.3 in)
Nickname	El Maestro Gaúcho Dinho Ronnie El Mago
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Barcelona
Number	10
Youth clubs
1997-1998	Grêmio
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2003 2003-present	Grêmio Paris St. Germain FC Barcelona	110 (37) 55 (17) 114 (56)
National team2
1999-present	Brazil	73 (29)

Inspired by his brother Roberto Ronaldo de Assis Moreira started playing Football it since he was very little. He began playing Futsal and beach soccer, and that's where he developed his abilities. His first contact with the media was when he was 13 after scoring 23 goals in a 23 - 0 victory over a local team. Shortly he had to live up to the death of his father when he was only 8

Ronaldinho has played in many divisions including Under 15 , Under 17, Under 20, Under 23 and Senior Level

Some of his international Appearances have been:

• Under 17 championship Egypt 1997

• Copa America 1999

• 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

• 2002 World Cup

• 2005 Confederations Cup

• 2006 World Cup

Timeline:

1997- he became world champion with the under 17 brazil team playing against Ghana in the finals.

1999- Presented as Brazil's top figure, Ronaldinho along with Brazil's Under 20 team got only to the quarter finals of the Nigeria Under 20 world cup.

• He also played for the first time in Brazil's absolute team along with Ronaldo and Rivaldo.
• Withouth playing too much, him along with Brazil won the 1999 Copa America.
• Obtained 2nd place in the 1999 Copa America which was played in Mexico.
  

2000- He signed for PSG but because of some problems he couldn't play until year 2001.

• He was the top scorer with 9 goals in the South American preolimpic games with the under 23 team.
  

2001- He played his first match with PSG in August.

2002- Along with brazil he won the 2002 World Cup and all his abilities were seen by the public.

• In his 5th minute goal against England he classified Brazil for the 2002 World Cup Semifinals

2003- Because of many problems with the PSG coach he was sold to Barcelona FC for 28 million dollars, the team in which he has a contract until 2010.

• After returning from injury in the first half of the campaign, Ronaldinho continued to justify his price tag by leading Barcelona to a second-place finish in La Liga during the 2003/2004 season

2004- Along with Samuel Eto'o, Deco, Xavi, Ludovic Giuly and Henrik Larsson, Ronaldinho comprised part of a strike force which helped bring the 2004-05 La Liga title for FC Barcelona. On December 20, 2004, Ronaldinho was named FIFA World Player of the Year ahead of Arsenal's Thierry Henry and AC Milan's Andriy Shevchenko. It was then that Barcelona rejected a £60 million bid made for him by Chelsea F.C., according to Sandro Rosell.^[9] .

2005- On November 19, 2005, Ronaldinho scored two solo goals to help FC Barcelona to a 3–0 win over arch-rivals Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid. After he scored his second goal of the night, his team's third, a large part of the Madrid followers gave him a standing ovation, a rare feat which had not occurred since Diego Maradona played for Barcelona in 1985.

• In September 2005, Ronaldinho was crowned FifPro Player of the year, an award voted for by his fellow professionals. He was also named in the FifPro team of the year alongside the likes of Zidane and Maldini. In November 2005 Ronaldinho was named as both the European Footballer of the Year and the best striker in the 2004-05 Champions League. In 2005, Ronaldinho became the third Brazilian to win the Ballon d'Or. On December 19, 2005, he was again named FIFA World Player of the Year with 956 points, more than three times the 306 points of Chelsea's Frank Lampard, who finished second in the poll, and the 190 points of Barcelona team mate Samuel Eto'o who finished third. He was chosen for the UEFA team of 2005 for the third time running in January 2006.
• On May 3, 2006, Barcelona were crowned 2005-06 La Liga champions after they beat Celta Vigo 1-0.
• On May 17, 2006, Barcelona became European champions after defeating Arsenal 2-1 in the Champions League final. In this match Ronaldinho was kept relatively subdued and the goals came from Samuel Eto'o and Juliano Belletti, who were both assisted by Henrik Larsson. Ronaldinho finished the season with 26 goals in all competitions, his best goalscoring tally ever. It was rumoured on the 3rd of August that Ronaldinho might move to AC Milan, but Ronaldinho denied it. On August 24, 2006, Ronaldinho was named Champions League player of the year for the 2005-06 season.

2006- On December 17, 2006, at the same Yokohama Stadium, Ronaldinho's efforts were not enough to beat his ex-rival team, the Sport Club Internacional, from Brazil. Barcelona lost 1-0 in the final. Ronaldinho won the Bronze ball award for the tournament.

• The next day Ronaldinho appeared at the World Player of the Year Gala in Zurich to claim third place in the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year poll, behind the Italian World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro and Zinedine Zidane.
• , Ronaldinho was named among the UEFA Team of the Year for the third time in a row, receiving the highest number of votes in almost 292,000 nominations.

His Best Goal: On November 25, 2006, Ronaldinho scored his 50th league goal against Villarreal during a Spanish League match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. In that same match he scored a second goal by an over head bicycle kick, after controlling the ball with his chest. He later said that it was a goal he had dreamed of scoring since he was a boy.

What You'll Expect

In this blog I will keep you informed about the top footballers in the world. Players like Ronaldinho, C. Ronaldo, and many others. I hope you like it and you tell all your friends about it.