Sentences with phrase «open cup game»

Schaerlaeckens also points to an instance in which Clint Dempsey accosted a referee in a 2015 U.S. Open Cup game (run by U.S. Soccer), after which he was barred for just three games — though suspended from that particular tournament for two years.

Not exact matches

The year before that Arsenal won the Asia trophy, the Emirates Cup and the Community Shield as we won every game before losing our opening league match 2 - 0 at home to West Ham.

At the opening game of the 2013 Confederations Cup, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff was booed as she spoke to the crowd.

In 1994, when I was president, it was a great thrill to sit in the stands at Soldier Field in Chicago with more than 67,000 enthusiastic fans, including German chancellor Helmut Kohl and the president of Bolivia, Gonzalo Sànchez de Lozada, in the opening game of the World Cup.

(2) somewhat linked to the previous comment in that we never seem to be prepared to hit the ground running with our best potential lineup come opening day... it's become so common, in recent years, that many fans actually hope we stumble a little in the first couple games just so it forces Wenger to bring in reinforcements... unfortunately this can be problematic, thus one of the most common phrases associated with Wenger, «panic buy»... this situation is also negatively impacted by the ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the summer months... right now I'm watching the Super Cup and not a single player is unavailable to either manager, including Ronaldo, yet somehow we have a list of players half a mile long that haven't seen game - time so far this preseason... I can only assume this is a reactionary policy created due to the multitude of injuries this club has faced over the years... just another sign of the fragility that permeates this club

They avoid the extra Opening Round Game and are a dark horse to make a run to the Cup here.

Wales are unbeaten in World Cup qualifying but, with just one win from their opening three games, Chris Coleman's side really need to take some points off Serbia in Cardiff next weekend.

Alex Killorn tipped an Anton Stralman into the net to open the scoring in game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Gon na get a few thumbs down for this but to be honest I would rather spend my weekends watching my team play beautiful attacking football and have the joy of watching beautiful goals such as Wilshere's goal v west brom last week and still finish in the top 4 with a cup final to look forward to than win the title having to force my eyes open to actually see my team win via an early goal and the rest of the game spent watching headed clearances from John terry

Canadiens struck swiftly in sixth game at Boston, grabbing 2 - 0 lead in opening minutes on goals by Bernie Geoffrion and Rocket, added three more by Geoffrion, Jean Beliveau and Doug Harvey to beat Bruins 5 - 3, skated off with Cup for third straight year.

Ghana captain and star striker Asamoah Gyan is likely to miss out on the Black Stars» opening game of their 2015 African Cup of Nations campaign against Senegal, report the Mirror, after the former Sunderland forward was admitted to hospital with a mild bout of malaria.

His winner against Slovenia at the World Cup and subsequent hat - trick in the opening Euro 2012 group game against Bulgaria debunked that view.

The 30 - year - old scored twice against reigning champions Spain in a shock 5 - 1 victory in their opening group game, and his equaliser in the 44th minute was the strike that made history, as he became the first Dutch player to score at three consecutive World Cup tournaments.

Going into the game, Colombia were in last place in Group C having surprisingly lost their opening game 1 - 0 against Venezuela — their first loss after seven straight wins — a sequence that went back to their 1 - 0 loss to Brazil in last summer's World Cup.

Since 2005, favorites have won the opening game of the Stanley Cup Final in 9 straight years, while the home team has won the opener in 8 of 9 years.

Below are the opening odds for each game on the 3 - way line via CRIS, but keep track of the latest odds and betting percentages around the market at our Free World Cup page:

Toronto upset Chicago in a three - game sweep to highlight an opening round of the Stanley Cup laced with surprises

The Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey may have only played a couple of half games for the Gunners since returning from his hamstring injury sustained in our opening match against Liverpool, but he is certain to start tonight for Wales against Serbia in the crucial World Cup Qualifying game.

The three Arsenal victories, in last season's Premier League meeting at the Emirates and FA cup final before this season's Community shield, have all seen us take the game to Chelsea and that should be the plan once again, without being too open and forgetting about being hard to beat of course.

Gareth Southgate took a classy experienced England U21 side to the World Cup, but Carvalho was the dominant player as Portugal outclassed the English in their opening game.

exactly, we don't have a game plan for teams that defend deep, and most teams gonna use that tactic on us... therefore we tend to do better on FA Cup games — cos opposition teams tend to go for the win also and opens up the games more.

The European Cup holders were playing some scintillating football in the opening round of matches, with talisman Ronaldo at the heart of their lethal attack — scoring in five of their six group games.

As reported by The Mirror today, Sherwood has played down the fact that his team were beaten at home by Burnley in their final Premier League game and suggested that he will instruct his players to go out with an open and attacking frame of mind in the FA cup final at Wembley on Saturday.

Boston opened as a -125 favorite at Pinnacle and is receiving 86 % of puckline bets and 71 % of moneyline wagers for Monday's Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Perry feels that neither Torrey Pines nor the British Open suit his game, and his focus this year is all about making the Ryder Cup, which will be played at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., Perry's home state.

After last night's opening Champions League games, all the talk on Arsenal websites is about our meeting with Barcelona next Tuesday, but first of all we have the small matter of a fifth round FA Cup tie against Hull City coming up.

By season's end City had been involved in the Premier League's top four games for pass completion, including the opening - day 3 - 0 romp at West Brom and this efficient dismissal of Watford — a freshly promoted, improved version of the team who had raced into a 2 - 0 lead in an FA Cup game at the Etihad just seven months previously.

He proved his worth during the 2013 African Nations Cup when he stepped up to rescue a point from the spot against Nigeria during the opening group games.

However, the former is 31 and his temperament was again called into question at the World Cup when he headbutted Thomas Muller in Portugal's opening game against Germany.

Oct 2016 After the embarrassment of missing out on qualifying for the 2017 African Nations Cup finals, Nigeria go to Zambia for their opening game of their World Cup group and come away with an unexpected 2 - 1 win, courtesy of first half goals from Iwobi and Iheanacho.

Jun 2017 The team fails to get out of its group at the Confederations Cup, losing 1 - 0 to Portugal and 2 - 1 to Mexico after beating New Zealand 2 - 0 in the opening game.

Nov 2017 Russia concede a late goal from Sergio Aguero and lose 1 - 0 to Argentina at the reopening of Moscow's Luzhniki Olympic Stadium, which will host the opening game and the World Cup Final next summer.

The Stamford Bridge favourite, currently on World Cup duty with Brazil is expected to complete the move before his country's opening game of the tournament against Croatia on June 12.

The 25 - year - old attacking midfielder started the 2014 World Cup winners» opening game of Group D and played well, especially in the first half, at the Signal Iduna Park.

In what will be a repeat of the 2010 World Cup Final, Spain face the Netherlands in their opening Group B game, with the «Oranje» looking to exact revenge for the 1 - 0 defeat four years ago.

Wales 0 - 2 Belgium - Thomas Vermaelen overcame his injury to help Belgium win 2 - 0 in their opening World Cup Qualifying game.

The Chilean was influential in the opening two games of the World Cup as South Americans knocked World and European Champions out of the competition.

Fondly admired by England manager Roy Hodgson, he went to the 2014 World Cup with the number nine shirt on his back and scored in their opening game against Italy.

This will be Real Madrid's opening game of the summer festival of top friendly games that is the International Champions Cup.

Us Open, Golden Nugget Game of the Year line moves, and even Confederations Cup soccer; pretty sure there wasn't a sports topic we didn't touch on with the exception of cricket and arena football

Spurs have played 30 times at Wembley in the last two seasons, including last year's European home games and the FA Cup semifinal defeat to Chelsea, while United have played 17 times at the 90,000 - seater venue since it opened in 2007.

Pawson hasn't refereed us since the FA Cup defeat at Spurs in January of last year but he'll be remembered for having refereed our game at Brighton in 2011 when home players Romain Vincelot and Ashley Barnes were both sent off in the opening twelve minutes.

# 453077354 / gettyimages.com Arsenal stormed to a 5 - 1 win over Benfica in their opening game of the Emirates Cup on Saturday afternoon, with young Frenchman Yaya Sanogo bagging himself four goals in the rout.

Giggs named a strong team for the opening game of the China Cup with only Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey missing from the usual starting line - up, as the new boss gave Everton defender Williams the skipper's armband.

While those question marks remain, with the transfer activity mainly focusing on attacking options so far, the defense for the opening day has even more question marks with Pontuss Jansson suspended for the first two games of the season, the opening match at Bolton and the League Cup match against Port Vale.

Dixon would preside over just three games this campaign — an opening day defeat at Shrewsbury, an 8 - 0 League Cup pummelling from Nottingham Forest, and a 5 - 0 home loss to Peterborough — before moving on, unhappy that his team selection was being «influenced» (i.e dictated) by the chairman.

Liverpool are set to face the Bundesliga outfit in their opening game of the International Champions Cup...

Monreal has played a key part in this season's cup run, featuring in three games and opening the scoring in the quarter - final win at Manchester United, and would relish starting the final this time around.

England will face Tunisia in their opening game in Volgograd on June 18, a repeat of their first game in the 1998 World Cup in France, when goals from Alan Shearer and Paul Scholes secured a 2 - 0 win in Marseille.

The Brazilian started Shakhtar's opening Florida Cup game against Fluminense on Sunday but missed Wednesday's 3 - 2 defeat by Corinthians after suffering a hamstring injury in training.