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Soccer News for November 19, 2008


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World Soccer Headlines

Capello wants medical checks on England withdrawals (Reuters)
Players who are injured the weekend before an international will have to report for checks by an England team doctor before pulling out, manager Fabio Capello said on Tuesday.

Germany and England depleted by injuries
The withdrawals of many stars have left Germany and England with a chance of using their friendly to test new players.

England's Walcott ruled out of Berlin battle
Theo Walcott has been ruled out of England's friendly with Germany in Berlin after dislocating his shoulder.

Boca striker Viatri accused of robbing hairdressers (Reuters)
Boca Juniors striker Lucas Viatri, one of the revelations of the Argentine season, is to face court proceedings over allegations that he robbed a hairdressers, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

Moyes handed fine

Drogba banned for three games
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was suspended for three matches on Tuesday for hurling a coin back into the crowd during a League Cup game against Burnley.

Maradona captures spotlight from European stars
Int'l Friendlies Preview: Argentina's new coach Maradona has stolen the spotlight from Europe's brightest stars.


MLS Soccer Headlines

MLS Breakdown: (Kind of) familiar MLS Cup finalists (Goal.com)
The status quo sure has a funny way of presenting itself. After the Columbus Crew beat the Chicago Fire on...

Soccer Saboteurs At ESPN?
Soccer America: So the Beckham saga ? if that's what it is ? staggers on, Failure after failure, mistake piled upon mistake, a farcical sequence of laughable bumblings and ineptitudes that have long since blotted out the basic fact that Beckham came here to play soccer and ? his words ? to help "make the sport as popular here as it is in the rest of the world."

United's Emilio Is MVP of MLS
Luciano Emilio's rookie season yields MLS' most valuable player trophy, the second year in a row a United star has won the award.

Beckham Waves Off Talk of Leaving English Squad
Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham has no intention of waving farewell to the English national team after reaching 100 appearances.

MLS Stars Top West Ham United
Chicago midfielder Cuauhtémoc Blanco scores one goal and sets up another as the MLS All-Stars get a 3-2 victory over English Premier League team West Ham United.


Miscellaneous Soccer Commentary

Are Manchester City The New Chelsea?
The last day of the European summer transfer window 2008 will surely go down as the best example on record of how quickly things can change in football. For any...

The Eyes of Borat

Incredible Sulk Lands At Old Trafford
Probably the most despicable transfer saga of the summer was concluded late on deadline day as ultimately expected with the stroppy Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov getting his "dream" move to Manchester...

English Premier League: Big Money Striker Watch
All of the transfer window talk was of the big money moves by some of European football's biggest names in the goalscoring department so we'll have a quick scan around...

Can we just forget this season?

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