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World Soccer Headlines

Real still after Maicon
Real Madrid transfer consultant Ernesto Bronzetti says the club are still hopeful of signing Maicon - provided Inter lower their valuation of the player.



Khedira close to Real switch
Sami Khedira's agent claims that the Stuttgart midfielder is getting closer to a move to Real Madrid.



Ferguson defends Manchester United owners, the Glazers
Sir Alex Ferguson has paid tribute to the Glazer family and claimed criticism of the Manchester United owners is unfair. Although United have been named by the Forbes Rich List as the richest club in the world with an estimated value of ��1.18billion, their debt is over ��700million.



Spurs bid for Parker rejected
West Ham United have rejected a bid from Tottenham Hotspur for midfielder Scott Parker.



Donovan weighs up offers from Europe
Landon Donovan has confirmed he has had a number of offers to return to European football.



Police: Man killed crying stepdaughter
A Texas man accused of fatally beating his 2-year-old stepdaughter when she wouldn't stop crying as he watched a World Cup game has been charged with capital murder.


MLS Soccer Headlines

Real Salt Lake extends unbeaten home streak to 20 (AP)
Alvaro Saborio, Robbie Findley and Nelson Gonzalez scored to lead Real Salt Lake to a 3-0 victory over D.C. United on Saturday night, extending its franchise-record unbeaten home streak to 20 games. The defending champions are just two games away from the Major League Soccer record, set by the Columbus Crew last year.

Germany Reaches Cup Semifinals
Defending champion Germany is too strong for North Korea, winning 3-0 in Wuhan, China, to reach the semifinals of the Women's World Cup.

RFK Could Be Site of World Cup Qualifying Match
With the U.S. national team's World Cup qualifying schedule set, RFK Stadium is among the candidates to host one of five home matches next year.

Columbus Crew Wins MLS Cup, Defeating New York Red Bulls
Guillermo Barros Schelotto leads Columbus to the MLS Cup, capping his MVP season with three assists in the Crew's 3-1 win over the Red Bulls.

Revolution plays Union to 1-1 draw (AP)
Marko Perovic scored an unassisted goal from about 30 yards out in the 71st minute Saturday, allowing New England to salvage a 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union. Perovic's long shot appeared to take an awkward bounce past Union goalkeeper Chris Seitz, giving him four goals on the season and extending the Revolution's unbeaten streak to five.

Gallardo Is United's Highest-Paid Player Ever
Argentine midfielder Marcelo Gallardo is the highest-paid player in D.C. United history and has the third-largest salary in MLS this season.

Seattle Lands an MLS Franchise for 2009 Season
Seattle may be losing its NBA team, but Major League Soccer hopes to fill that void with an expansion franchise to begin playing there in 2009.


Miscellaneous Soccer Commentary

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Cole Signing Shows Reds Ambition

Joe Cole will reportedly earn over US$28 million after agreeing a four-year deal with Liverpool.

The England star was out of contract with Chelsea and eyebrows were raised when it was announced on Monday that Liverpool had won the race for his signature.

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What's more fun than Oliver Kahn and a big stein of beer?

A Job, Not A Passion

On Saturday I watched David James' press conference where he was presented as Bristol City's newest signing.

The England goalkeeper has left Portsmouth, turned down approaches from Premier League and Scottish clubs, and signed for the English second tier outfit.

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Everyone loves transfer talk based purely on speculation

Dumb footballers: Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand

Henry Has Plenty To Give

One of my enduring frustrations of last season was the tendency of the so called 'experts' and people in the sports media world to write off Thierry Henry.

The Frenchman has joined New York Red Bulls from Barcelona in one of the biggest deals the MLS has ever seen and I believe he can be a genuine success stateside.

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