News and Views from Tues May 18

MLS

• Complete rosters for the Chicago Sister Cities Cup.
• All-Star Voting.
• Prepping for Vancouver in 2011.
• RBNY will miss two key players for its match with the Crew.
• Revs academy update. 
• Injury report as of 5/18.
• FC Dallas looks to Brasil for young talent.
• Defenders on the attack.
• United Mania: DC United, time to look to the future.
• Player profile: Luis Gil.

Interesting Reads

• Jamie Trecker: On injuries, the World Cup, protecting players and greed.
• Rob Hughes: The brutal side of the beautiful game.
• Why soccer isn't more popular in the USA.
• US youth teams' coaches.
• Jason Davis: Americans supporting others.
• The U20 Toulon tourney is underway.

World Cup

• Andrew Guest: Group B and stats you probably haven't seen.
• The Underrated Files – Gonzalo Higuaín.
• World Cup Buzz: Group A analysis.
• Fans asked to save electricity while at World Cup.
• No feinting on PK's at the Cup.
• Lack of diversity in World Cup winners remains a huge mystery.
• Fallout from attack on Algerian squad in Cairo.

The Business of Soccer

• Abramovich and Chelsea's financial structure.
• Financial health of EPL questioned.

Club Tourneys

• InterLiga will cease to exist. Soccer United Marketing loses one of its cash cows.
• La Liga’s Copa del Rey final set for tomorrow.
• Nicaraguan and Belizean teams excluded from CONCACAF Champions League.
• Chivas de Guadalajara through to the semifinals of this year's Copa Libertadores.

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