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World Soccer Headlines
Becks and Sir Alex remain jointed enigmas
A vital season awaits two of the most famous names in world football — David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson. These two Manchester United personalities are forever linked by their past, and the same can be said about their futures if both fail once again to hoist any silverware at season's end.
Roberto Carlos granted Spanish citizenship
Liverpool reaches third round of Champions League qualifying; Celtic eliminated (AP)
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored his seventh goal in Champions League qualifying to help defending champion Liverpool advance Tuesday to the third round of European soccer's premier club competition. The Reds won 2-0 over FBK Kaunas and advanced on a 5-1 aggregate. Former champion Celtic was eliminated, however, losing 5-4 on aggregate to Artmedia Bratislava despite a 4-0 win.
Ronaldo's return offers new options for Brazil attack
Ronaldo might have to fight off rising stars Adriano and Robinho to prove he still deserves a run-on start for world champion Brazil.
For coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, the rivalry is ideal.
All three strikers are candidates for the starting XI, and Parreira could experiment with a new, attack-loaded lineup when Brazil visits Croatia for a friendly on Aug. 17.
MLS Soccer Headlines
MLS Is 'Magnificent' Over Fulham
Jeff Cunningham scores twice in the final five minutes as the Major League Soccer All-Stars' beat England's Fulham FC, 4-1, Saturday.
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.
Real Salt Lake 3, FC Dallas 0
Yahoo: Real Salt Lake went into the All-Star break as much relieved as happy.
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.
Cameron Scores 2 To Lead Columbus
Rookie Knox Cameron scored twice to lead the Columbus Crew to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Kansas City Wizards last night.
All-Star Preview (AP)
The MLS has tinkered with the format for its All-Star game over the past few seasons. This year is no different. This season's version will involve the MLS All-Stars taking on English Premier League club Fulham FC at Columbus Crew Stadium. Last year, the All-Star game was played under the more traditional format of the Western Conference against the Eastern Conference.
Miscellaneous Soccer Commentary
Major League Soccer - Midweek Round Up
There were two midweek games in MLS ahead of the All Star break. Spurred on by ex-France international Youri Djorkaeff - back in the starting lineup after injury - the MetroStars snapped a three game winless streak with a victory...
European Champions League - Advantage Liverpool
European Champions Livepool went behind to Lithuanian club Kaunas after only twenty minutes in the first leg of their Champions League second qualifying round tie when Giedrius Barevicius slid the ball past Reds keeper Jose Reina. The goal stung Liverpool...
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....
Celtic Must Go For Broke - European Champions League Qualifying
While current European Champions Liverpool - leading FC Kaunas of Lithuania 3:1 from the first leg - require only to concentrate at Anfield on Tuesday night to ensure progressing to the third qualifying round of the Champions League ,...
It's that time again...
...what time, you ask? Well, it's that special time that American soccer fans have come to hate--MLS games played on the same day as international games! Wheee, isn't it fun? Anyone can win, because the better teams that have capped...
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...
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