Women's shortlist Ballon d'Or

I must admit, I have not been following football for very long,at least not seriously. I am glad that I started gaining more interest in the beautiful game, and especially it has led to interest in often overlooked aspect of football- women's football. This is not fair, many great women players are playing this game. Watching women's match can often be more entertaining than men's match. I have seen several collegiate women's teams that are much better than their school's men's team. So I was watching out for the announcement few days ago of the list for Women's Ballon d'Or.

I must be honest, as a Frenchman I am biased for Camille Abily, but I see this Ballon going to another Japan player, their amazing performances to lead Japan to World Cup victory will surely make them still the favorites. After all, Messi's last win was really just continuation of popularity according to many fans- he might not actually have deserved 2011 win.What do you think?

Saturday match predictions

I have recently signed up for FIFA Club at fifa.com, and have been playing Match Predictor game. I won first two predictions and decided to try to see how many matches I can accurately predict. I was going to select Toulouse but match started before I decided (I really wanted to root for Brest). So I chose Chicago Fire over D.C. United instead.

This is final game of MLS regular season, and though D.C. is one of the best teams in America, Chicago is having the home pitch advantage, and are more motivated to win, I think, to secure better standing and also better chance at possible CONCACAF playoff. Pavel Parvo is back for Chicago and is claiming to feel ready for 60 minutes at least. Furthermore Franco returns for Fire, while D.C.'s Dwayne De Rosario is out with an injury. These factors, plus support from Chicago fans, will be deciding factors in leading Chicago to the win. We will see if I am right, but I believe I am- match starts in ten minutes. What do you think? What are some other matches that you are following, and what are your predictions?

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