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Davids set to complete Spurs switch
'Business as usual' expected for Premier League season
English Premier League fans can expect "business as usual" this season, officials said Monday. Football Association and Football League officials said they have conducted regular talks with police to increase security since the July terrorist attacks in London, Premier League spokesman Tim Vine said.
Brazil squad for friendly v Croatia (Reuters)
Brazil named the following
squad on Monday for their friendly international away to Croatia
in Split on August 17:
Gerrard will regret staying at Liverpool - Mourinho
Lyon chief warns Chelsea of rival interest in Essien
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has warned Chelsea that they face competition from English rivals Arsenal and Manchester United for the signature of midfielder Michael Essien.
MLS Soccer Headlines
All-Stars Are Announced For MLS-Fulham Game
Four members of FC Dallas will be in the starting lineup for the MLS all-star team that will take on English Premier League club Fulham.
Real Madrid Handles Galaxy
CARSON, Calif. -- Michael Owen scored an early goal and goalkeeper Iker Casillas made an acrobatic save to lead Real Madrid to a 2-0 exhibition victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Monday in front of a sellout crowd of more than 27,000.
Chelsea Brings United Back To Earth
Washington Post: D.C. United couldn't have drafted a better scenario in perhaps the most-anticipated match of its nine-year history. A half-hour into the friendly against English champion Chelsea, with a rowdy crowd and a curious national television audience watching, rookie defender Bobby Boswell nodded Christian Gomez's corner kick into the net to provide United with an implausible lead.
Chelsea Upends D.C. United
Washington Times: London's Chelsea Football Club clearly wasn't at the same level of fitness as during its run to the English Premier League title last season.
Chelsea The Perfect Move In Adu's View
London Times: THERE was not much Adu ? only 45 minutes ? but it was enough to suggest that Stateside football's glowing talent has sufficient potential to be a success in Europe.
MetroStars' Cerritos Sends Earthquakes Tumbling
In East Rutherford, N.J., Ronald Cerritos scored in the 60th minute and Pat Onstad made five saves in the San Jose Earthquakes' 1-0 victory yesterday over the New York/New Jersey MetroStars.
Crew 2, Fulham 1
Yahoo: Brian McBride said it was strange being on the other side at Crew Stadium.
Miscellaneous Soccer Commentary
USA v. England
Well, Eddie Johnson is out, and now so is Peter Crouch. I was hoping Johnson would put three past England, overpowering Sol Campbell's old knees. I was hoping to see Crouch because he's just so damn fun to watch--the gawky,...
Random shots
--Nothing much to say about the Galaxy/Real Madrid friendly. I didn't watch it, and I didn't go (no, not even paying an extra hundred or so to walk out with the team, or any other of the offers sent out...
More on Galaxy v. Real Madrid
Eric at Ramblings of a Soccer Junky as a good post on the media response to the Galaxy-Real Madrid game. I had somehow missed the always-good Mike Penner's column on the game and the local Fox Sports coverage of it....
Bid For Newcastle Likely
Newcastle United may be the target of a takeover bid after former chairman and largest shareholder Sir John Hall told the London stock exchange on Monday that he had been approached to sell his 28.5% share stakeholding in the...
It's that time again...
...hey, let's get all worked up about a new interpretation of the offside law! I don't know what's more annoying--the constant re-workings of how offsides is enforced, or the howls of indignation that immediately come up. It's one of those...
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