Logo for new FootballAU.com sports news site

Would like a professional, modern, fresh and simple logo design for a new football (soccer) new website. Logo must be easy to use on any and all advertising, embroidery, website, etc. and something that will quickly become a locally and possibly nationally recognized icon. Check out the draft site... http://www.slipstreamadvantage.com/footballau/

FootballAU, footballau or footballAU

FootballAu (http://www.footballau.com)is an Australian based news website that will containarticles, photos, blogs, results/tables/fixtures relating to both Australianand international football (soccer for those who might be confused). The sitecontent is to be generated by a team of passionate freelance journalists that wish topresent a balance between facts and their own opinions and thoughts. The ideafor the site emerged from disappointment within most existing sites in that thecontent is poorly presented (graphically) and generally a random collection ofunrelated and 'libreated' articles/content.

Two contests are to be run sequentially – the firstbeing the logo/brand, followed immediately by the complementing website.

We are not looking to clone existing designs.

Footballau wishes to create a clean, uncluttered,fresh corporate identity (logo, font, style, color scheme) and accompanyingwebsite.

*** UPDATE *** COLORS - GREEN/GRAY AND SOME ORANGE IF POSSIBLE
- Modern / Classic / Sharp / Clean - Not Cartoon-ish-ness - Graphics OK

- Clutter, Cheesy, Cartoons, Too many colors.
- The logo is for a new site based around football (soccer) in australia.  
- The name is FootballAU. 
- Please use one of these variations of the text: FootballAU, footballau, footballAU. (Please do not use Footballau)  
- Please do not use any gimmiky "Australian/downunder" themes.