Looks like the Beckham effect is at work in LA. Not bad at all! Supposedly they play for Santa Monica High School outside LA.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 – Chelsea rounded off their pre-season tour of Asia with a 2-0 win over a Malaysia select X1 thanks to goals by Nicolas Anelka and Ashley Cole on Tuesday.
The Champions League finalists secured the third win of their three-leg tour in hot and humid conditions in front of a crowd of 80,000 at the Shah Alam stadium.
The Malaysians battled hard to fend off a Chelsea side orchestrated by new signing Deco and the industrious Anelka, who put the visitors ahead after 26 minutes.
The France striker latched on to a neat through ball from Joe Cole, skipped past the defence and slotted home into the bottom right hand corner from inside the penalty area.
The hosts created a handful of chances and forward Amiral Hadi Zainal almost opened the scoring inside three minutes when he broke free in the area and fired inches wide of the far post.
He also blew a perfect opportunity to equalise before halftime when he popped up unmarked in the box but fired a weak effort past the post with Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech beaten.
Portugal midfielder Deco then came close to a memorable first goal in a Chelsea shirt when his spectacular volley from 22 metres was tipped over the bar by the Malaysian keeper.
Chelsea grabbed their second goal eight minutes after the break when Ashley Cole received a Frank Lampard pass and blasted the ball into the top right hand corner from five metres.
SALT LAKE CITY — With a long road swing ahead and its next MLS game at Rice-Eccles Stadium a month away, no one needed to tell Real Salt Lake how important a home victory against Toronto FC would be.
RSL will hit the road with an extra boost of momentum after taking care of the Reds with a 2-1 victory on Monday night.
Jamison Olave produced his first career MLS goal and Robbie Findley scored the late game-winner — just three minutes after Amado Guevara equalized from a free kick — to propel Real to a win in a game that head coach Jason Kreis tabbed as the most crucial of the year for the club.
Scoring Summary:
RSL — Jamison Olave 1 (Chris Wingert 1) 63
TOR — Amado Guevara 3 (unassisted) 84
RSL — Robbie Findley 5 (unassisted) 87
Toronto FC – Greg Sutton, Julius James, Tyrone Marshall, Marco Velez, Jim Brennan, Rohan Ricketts, Amado Guevara, Carl Robinson, Laurent Robert, Abdus Ibrahim, Jarrod Smith (Jeff Cunningham 65).
Substitutes Not Used: Nana Attakora-Gyan, Brian Edwards, Gabe Gala, Tyler Hemming, Joey Melo, Tyler Rosenlund
Real Salt Lake – Nick Rimando, Chris Wingert, Nat Borchers, Jamison Olave, Ian Joy (Robbie Russell 73), Dema Kovalenko, Kenny Cutler (Andy Williams 46), Javier Morales, Kyle Beckerman, Yura Movsisyan (Kenny Deuchar 62), Robbie Findley.
Substitutes Not Used: Tony Beltran, Fabian Espindola, Matias Mantilla, Kyle Reynish
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Norwich City 1, Tottenham Hotspur 5
Norwich City were routed tonight as Tottenham Hotspur’s Darren Bent stole the show in the friendly at Carrow Road.
After Jamie Cureton had equalised Dejan Stefanovic’s first half own goal, Bent grabbed his first at the end of the first half to give the visitors the lead going into the break.
And then it was all about the former Ipswich Town man in the second period as he completed his hat-trick before bagging a fourth as the Canaries were outclassed in the second half.
The capacity crowd were treated to the sight of five of City’s summer recruits in Stefanovic, Elliot Omozusi, Sammy Clingan, Ryan Bertrand and the impressive Wes Hoolahan, but they had no answer to the Premier League outfit who could afford to leave Dimitar Berbatov on the bench throughout.
Norwich City – Marshall, Otsemobor, Omuzusi, Stefanovic, Bertrand, Croft, Fotheringham, Clingan, Pattison, Hoolahan, Cureton. Subs: Nelson, Russell, Chadwick, Shackell, Martin, Renton, Eagle, Smith, Daley.
Tottenham Hotspur – Gomes, Gunter, Zokora, King, Jenas, Gilberto, Modric, O’Hara, Dos Santos, Bent, Dawson. Subs: Janson, Bale, Huddlestone, Lennon, Berbatov, Assou-Ekotto, Taarabt.
THE wraps are off!
Albion have today unveiled their new UMBRO home and away kits for the 2008/09 Barclays Premier League season. The new home shirt offers a retro twist on the club’s traditional blue-and-white-striped design and will be worn with white shorts and socks. The Baggies have returned to yellow with navy blue detail for the away shirt, which will be worn with navy shorts and yellow socks. Both strips incorporate UMBRO’s state-of-the-art kit technology.
