I challenge you all to beat this!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/video/2011/oct/31/new-longest-headed-goal-video?fb=optOut

FA CUP Arsenal - Leeds 1-0 Thierry Henry 9.01.2012

A sensational comeback goal by Thierry Henry for Arsenal over Leads United, which gave them the win. This was talked about a lot this past week, so i thought i would share it.

Journal Entry 3/28/11

Hungary vs. Netherlands

Final Score: Netherlands 4 Hungary 0

Netherlands: 4 4 2 Hungary 4 5 1

Goalkeeper Gabor Kilary made two great saves around the 65th minute. One coming against one of the premier players in the world -- Sneijder.

Don’t have a lot to say about the Hungary national team as they were clearly overmatched by the Dutchmen. The defense was very porous and Netherlands seemed to just be a step faster throughout the whole game. My favorite player of the game was Robert Van Persie just because he clearly seems to be one of the best players on the field and always giving it his best.

Ibrahim Affelay, Rafael Van der Vaart, Dirk Kuyt, and Robin Van Persie all scored for the Netherlands.

My favorite defender to watch for the Dutch was Erik Pieters. He did a magnificent job of not letting the Hungary players get around him and get many good looks at the goal.

My favorite defender to watch for Hungary was Pal Lazar, just for the effort he seemed to always be giving. There is not much good to say about any of the defenders though as evidenced by the 4- 0 final score.

Netherlands scored by great ball movement throughout the game with none better than the pass from Gregory van der Wiel to Robert Van Persie for the fourth and final goal of the match.

Thats all !! =]

Journal Week of 3/25/10

Journal Week of 3/25/10

Game 1
1. Spain vs. Czech Republic
2. Spain= Casillas; Czech Republic= Cech
3. Spain= 4-3-3; Czech Republic= 4-4-2
4. Cech and Casillas just did average goalkeeping wise. They had some brilliant saves, but of course, both could've had a clean sheet.
5. Both teams could've played better. Spain's performance wasn't very good, they don't deserve to win unless they clean it up. Czech Republic's defender had a rubbish foul as well that caused a pointless penalty in the game. However, Spain dominated most of the game.
6. 2-1 Spain
7. Of course being a Chelsea fan, my favorite player was Petr Cech. He should've saved one of the goals, but he played well. He came up big at times.
8. I think if Spain is going to win Euro 2012, they need to pick up their game. They have all these big names and aren't doing a fabulous job as the World Cup 2010 World Champions.

Game 2
1. USA vs. Argentina
2. USA= Howard; Argentina= Romero
3. USA= 4-2-2 ; Argentina= 3-5-2
4. Howard had some really good saves. He did a decent job in goal, and as always you could tell how hard he played. However, Argentina took it to the US.
5. The US was not able to keep up with most of Argentina's attacks and moves. The US needed to up there game more, however, Argentina really didn't finish a lot of chances.
6. 1-1 Tie
7. My only favorite player would be Howard because of how hard he worked and how he directs his defense the best that he can.

March 17th Soccer Journal

Manchester United vs. Olympique Marseille

Final Score: Manchester United-2, Olypique Marseille-1

Manchester United: 4x3x3, 4x4x2 -- Not sure what formation, it looked like 4x3x3 in first half and 4x2x2 in second half but not sure.

#16 was an outside defender; a couple of the defenders got hurt and were subbed for.

Marseille- 3x5x2 in the first half and 4x3x3 in the second half

#19 and #24 were the outside defenders. I noticed that #24 was very patient in his 1v1 defending and didn't dive. He was also calm on the ball and liked to get in the offense when he could.

The two goals that were scored on Marseille was a result of terrible marking. Both goals were the same; #14 on Manchester United was virtually standing completely unmarked in front of the goal and the ball was passed to him (1st goal by Wayne Rooney and 2nd goal by Giggs) and he just placed it in an open net.

I think that Manchester United was very lucky to come out with a win. The goals they scored were easy; they were a result of bad defending by Marseille. Also, Marseille was not short of chances. They had a ton of chances (more than Manchester United it looked like) and they just could not capitalize or finish. If they would have finished on just a few of their various chances, they would have come out with a win.

My favorite player of the game was Wayne Rooney. I think he had one of his better games. He seemed like he was everywhere and he had some truly terrific passes. He kept slipping the ball through the defense and finding the open players. He was very calm on the ball and just had great skill on the ball. He played well!

Fun! (not for him!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLnR0VpEKJE&feature=player_embedded

Here is something fun for spring break (even it's almost over). Soccer is not easy always...