Monday 7 November 2011

The 2011 MLS Cup is all set to go down November 20th at the Home Depot Center with the Houston Dynamo taking on the home town LA Galaxy.


Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has omitted Sounders FC’s Alvaro Fernandez from his squad to play Chile in a World Cup qualifier.


Arena credits the goal to another factor: “Maybe the luck of the Irish. I would assume Magee’s Irish, right?” Turns out Magee is Irish and his father also gives tips to Beckham: “His dad said to me the other night: 'You keep finding his head.' And he's right. ... Dads are always right,” Beckham says.


Goal of the Week Nominee



The Buck Toothed Wonder, or the little Ronaldo, or Ronaldihno, or the Magic one. However you called him he was simple amazing with the ball at his foot. The skill silky smooth, the goals unbelievable, the awards piled up, but now is he a "Fallen Idol?"


LA Galaxy 3 - 1 Real Salt Lake (MLS Western Semi-Final, 11/6/2011)



Golden Balls and Landycakes could both be heading to Europe come January. The questions is will they come back?


Houston Dynamo 2 - 0 Sporting Kansas City (MLS Eastern Semi-Final, 11/6/2011)



Here is a look at how the "American's Abroad" played or didn't play over the weekend.


Bolton 5 - 0 Stoke City (EPL, 11/5/2011)



In a detail that might have gone unnoticed in the lead-up to the LA-RSL match, Arena admits that he almost made the move to coach abroad right after the 2006 World Cup but that “US Soccer made it very difficult for me. … That would have been the time I would have taken a leap."


Dortmund 5 - 1 Wolfsburg (Bundesliga, 11/5/2011)



It's always difficult to choose, one country over another. It seems to happen a lot lately and now making the decision starts younger and younger.


Utrecht 6 - 4 Ajax (Eredivisie, 11/6/2011)



With the US U23 team set to open their first camp this week in the build-up to Olympic qualifying in March, the most surprising player on the roster is Stuttgart Kicker defender Royal Dominique Fennell.


AC Milan 4 - 0 Catania (Serie A, 11/5/2011)



The Russian league is a bit different. And yet, it can still manage to surprise with some off-pitch shenanigans, like this weekend, when one player who’d just been sent off in a reserve game was beaten in the tunnel by men “dressed as” police officers.


Bahia 4 - 3 Sao Paulo (Brasileiro Série A, 11/5/2011)



Sir Alex Ferguson. The name is etched in football history. He’s made Manchester United what it is today: a top club winning trophies on a yearly basis with a worldwide reputation. Twenty five years managing one football club is extraordinary considering that modern day managers are lucky to last one season with their respected teams. Thirty seven trophies is an astonishing amount, not to mention the platform of champion players that have played and been created under Ferguson: Steve Bruce, Paul Ince, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nemanja Vidic and Cristiano Ronaldo, to name a few. Many consider Ferguson to be the greatest manager of all time. With Ferguson looking at another decade at the club, there will not be another one like him. Or could there be?


Real Madrid 7 - 1 Osasuna (La Liga, 11/6/2011)



Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo officially presented with the European Golden Shoe for 2010-11. The Portuguese ace is happy to have won the prestigious award, but stressed that his biggest focus is on team affairs as he rejected comparisons with Lionel Messi.


Atletico Bilbao 2 - 2 Barcelona (La Liga, 11/6/2011)