The MLS All Stars are formed from the best players in the league that season. On this occasion they faced Manchester United in Houston. The game finished 5-2 to Manchester United with Federico Macheda getting the man of the match award.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Mali Home 2013
Flag of Mali
First international: Mali 4-3 Central African Republic (1960)
Biggest win: Mali 11-0 Mauritania (1972)
Biggest loss: Kuwait 8-1 Mali (1997)
Most capped: Seydou Keita (73 caps)
Star player: Seydou Keita (Dalian FC)
Ahh I bring you the shirt of Mali now. Mali is probably my favourite footballing country and I will now tell you why. Before Frederic Kanoute announced his desire to play for Mali I had never heard of them but then once he did I did a bit of research on them and found out they had quite a few decent players. Although now Kanoute has retired from international football if I am correct. I have then been Mali on pretty much every Football Manager game and they were my favourite team to be on the FIFA World Cup game 2010. Soumaila Coulibaly had a rocket of a shot for them on it so if you still own it, go be Mali and play him and you'll see what I mean. Also one of Liverpool's worst players at the time is a national for the side. That player is Djimi Traore but I liked him for how bad he was at times but then he'd go and do something brilliant. Momo Sissoko who was at Liverpool for a few seasons also is from Mali and they have players like Seydou Keita of Barcelona and Mahamadou Diarra who is now at Fulham. So yeah a pretty decent squad overall. I'd suggest people to be them on Football Manager to if you have them.
Mali have reached the African Nations final once in 1972 which they lost 3-2 to Congo. In the 2010 African Cup of Nations Mali were 4-0 down to Angola with 15 minutes to go. They managed to draw the game 4-4 which was to everyone's surprise which can be seen in the video below. The country is currently in a bit of trouble with civil war breaking out and football is not at the top of everyone's lists with players not being played etc. They have qualified for the 2013 AFCON and managed to get to the semi final before being knocked out by Nigeria in the semi finals.
The shirt again is not authentic but it looks alright still, it will do for wearing down the playing fields anyway.
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Houston Dynamo 2010
Houston Dynamo are a relatively new team having only been formed in 2005. Their achievements to date is winning two MLS Cups in 2006 and 2007. They originally formed as Houston 1836 but this soon became a political issue and raised furor amongst the Hispanic fans who related the 1836 to the war of Texan independence. Due to the protests they then decided that Houston Dynamo was the best name for the club.
Their most notable players are probably Geoff Cameron who now plays for Stoke and Stuart Holden who now plays for Bolton.
Saturday, 9 February 2013
Selling shirts on eBay again
Selling some more shirts on eBay so if you are interested then go to this link.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/brad147690/m.html?item=281062480042&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/brad147690/m.html?item=281062480042&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
Mali Away 2010
Flag of Mali
First international: Mali 4-3 Central African Republic (1960)
Biggest win: Mali 11-0 Mauritania (1972)
Biggest loss: Kuwait 8-1 Mali (1997)
Most capped: Seydou Keita (73 caps)
Star player: Seydou Keita (Dalian FC)
Ahh I bring you the shirt of Mali now. Mali is probably my favourite footballing country and I will now tell you why. Before Frederic Kanoute announced his desire to play for Mali I had never heard of them but then once he did I did a bit of research on them and found out they had quite a few decent players. Although now Kanoute has retired from international football if I am correct. I have then been Mali on pretty much every Football Manager game and they were my favourite team to be on the FIFA World Cup game 2010. Soumaila Coulibaly had a rocket of a shot for them on it so if you still own it, go be Mali and play him and you'll see what I mean. Also one of Liverpool's worst players at the time is a national for the side. That player is Djimi Traore but I liked him for how bad he was at times but then he'd go and do something brilliant. Momo Sissoko who was at Liverpool for a few seasons also is from Mali and they have players like Seydou Keita of Barcelona and Mahamadou Diarra who is now at Fulham. So yeah a pretty decent squad overall. I'd suggest people to be them on Football Manager to if you have them.
Mali have reached the African Nations final once in 1972 which they lost 3-2 to Congo. In the 2010 African Cup of Nations Mali were 4-0 down to Angola with 15 minutes to go. They managed to draw the game 4-4 which was to everyone's surprise which can be seen in the video below. The country is currently in a bit of trouble with civil war breaking out and football is not at the top of everyone's lists with players not being played etc. They have qualified for the 2013 AFCON and managed to get to the semi final before being knocked out by Nigeria in the semi finals.
This Mali shirt unfortunately is not authentic but it still looks really nice and to most normal people they would not know it is not authentic. The shirt is to commemorate the 50 years of Malian independence which is why the number 50 is on the shirt.
Friday, 8 February 2013
Chinese Taipei Home 2012
First international: Republic of China 3-2 South Vietnam (1954)
Biggest win: Chinese Taipei 10-0 Guam (2007)
Biggest loss: Kuwait 10-0 Chinese Taipei (2006)
Star player: Xavier (Guizou Renhe)
I'm being lazy so if you go to this link then you can find out a lot more about the wonderful Chinese Taipei.
Philippines Home 2012
Flag of Philippines
First international: Philippines 2-1 China (1913)
Biggest win: Japan 2-15 Philippines (1917)
Biggest loss: Japan 15-0 Philippines (1967)
Star player: Neil Etheridge (Fulham FC)
When most people think about Filipino sport they will most likely think about the boxer Manny Pacquiao. Football is not on the same scale as the Filipino's love for Manny Pacquiao and this is reflected with their highest ever FIFA ranking only being 143 in the world.
If you would like to know a bit more about the team then click on this link.
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