The million dollar goal
Simeon Jackson, who learned his soccer growing up in Mississauga, scored a dramatic late-match goal Saturday at London’s famed Wembley Stadium as Gillingham beat Shrewsbury 1-0. With the win, Jackson’s club earned a promotion back to League One, just two rungs below the Premier League. Jackson, Gillingham’s top scorer, got free at the back post to head home a corner for his 21st goal of the season. The match appeared to be heading for extra time before Jackson’s 90th-minute goal.The game, played before more than 50,000 spectators, wrapped up the League Two championship for the Kent club.Jackson, 22, was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but grew up in Mississauga. At age 15, he moved to England to live with his grandmother. (From the Mississauga News)
OA Africa Podcast 2.0
The second in the OA series of podcasts from Rwanda. OA is involved in helping African youth through soccer
OA Africa Podcast 1.0
Good video on one group’s attempt to build a field for African youth to play soccer in Uganda
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Premier League Academies explained
All 20 member Clubs of the Barlcay’s Premier League operate an elite talent programme in addition to their local ‘grass routes’ community scheme. These schemes are designed to develop the best available talented youngsters to enable them to reach their full potential. Inevitably only a small number of players make it to play at the very top level but all boys should benefit from what is an unrivalled experience. Here are responses to some frequently asked questions:
What is a Premier League Academy? A Premier League Academy is the country’s highest ranking youth development scheme for aspiring male footballers (many Clubs also run separate excellence programmes for girls as well).
There are currently 41 Premier and Football League Academies in the country, all of which have been licensed in conjunction with the Football Association.
Kurdish 12-year old transferred to Barcelona
FC Porto -vs- Man.United (0-1)
Worth watching in order to see Ronaldo’s mammoth 40-yard strike. Like him or hate him, it was amazing.
Wigan-Arsenal (MOTD)
Just because we like Arsenal, here are some highlights from Saturday, April 11th Match of the Day on BBC. Arsenal won 4-1 despite a shaky first have against Wigan
Arsenal Action blog: Wenger admits mistakes cost Gunners the title
Sigma FC’s Baker to make debut with PDL Whitecaps
Jerome Baker, 17, of Sigma FC has been added to the PDL Vancouver Whitecaps full-time Residency program and will also be a member of the ’Caps PDL side. He has been activated on loan to the Whitecaps USL First Division team for their regular season opener at Swangard Stadium on Saturday evening.
The 6-foot, 178-pound striker has been a member of the Ontario provincial team since 2004. In 2005, at the U-14 level, Baker helped Ontario win gold at the Canadian All-Star Championship by scoring seven goals in three matches. Two years later, Baker helped Ontario capture the silver medal at the U-16 level. Baker is also part of Canada’s national youth team talent pool and has participated in U-16 and U-17 camps.
The boring life of a footballer
Follow the not so entertaining life of Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor
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