Fans labeled Marco Scutaro a super-sub in Oakland for all his fill-in roles. Others called him a Colorado castoff in July, and his new San Francisco Giants teammates nicknamed him "Blockbuster" for the often overlooked trade-deadline move. Grella takes heart in Melbourne after Blackburn torment
(Reuters) – Australian midfielder Vince Grella has said his reason for returning to his home country to play for Melbourne Heart was former Socceroos team mate John Aloisi, the club’s manager. The 33-year-old Grella was unveiled as a Heart player on Tuesday, seeing him return to domestic soccer for the first time in 14 years. “Ninety-nine percent,” Grella told reporters when asked how big a role Aloisi had played in bringing him back from Europe on a one-year-deal. …
Soccer-Grella takes heart in Melbourne after Blackburn torment
Oct 23 (Reuters) – Australian midfielder Vince Grella has said his reason for returning to his home country to play for Melbourne Heart was former Socceroos team mate John Aloisi, the club’s manager. The 33-year-old Grella was unveiled as a Heart player on Tuesday, seeing him return to domestic soccer for the first time in 14 years. “Ninety-nine percent,” Grella told reporters when asked how big a role Aloisi had played in bringing him back from Europe on a one-year-deal. …
Cardinals beaten by bad bounce, silent bats
(Reuters) – Bad bounces and stone cold silent bats cost the St Louis C ardinals their last chance to return to the World Series and defend their title, the team said after a 9-0 drubbing by San Francisco in the National League Championship Series decider. The Giants' victory in San Francisco gave them a 4-3 triumph in the best-of-seven NLCS and put the winners into the World Series, starting on Wednesday, against the Detroit Tigers. One of the biggest plays of Monday's Game Seven came in the third inning with Giants outfielder Hunter Pence at the plate with no outs. … Baseball-Cardinals beaten by bad bounce, silent bats
Oct 22 (Reuters) – Bad bounces and stone cold silent bats cost the St Louis Cardinals their last chance to return to the World Series and defend their title, the team said after a 9-0 drubbing by San Francisco in the National League Championship Series decider. The Giants’ victory in San Francisco gave them a 4-3 triumph in the best-of-seven NLCS and put the winners into the World Series, starting on Wednesday, against the Detroit Tigers. One of the biggest plays of Monday’s Game Seven came in the third inning with Giants outfielder Hunter Pence at the plate with no outs. …
FIFA's Valcke released from Rio hospital
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 23 (IANS) FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has given a glowing report of Brazil’s health care after being released from a hospital here.
Meaningless matches? Not for Sounders
Seattle Sounders FC has begun training for a pair of games that have meaning of a mostly indirect kind.
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