News and Views from Fri Jul 2

MLS

• Martin Rogers: Henry to MLS would be bad move.
• Vote for the All-Star team.
• WV Hooligan's weekend preview.
• RSL rolls over Revs.

World Cup On Field News and Updates

• FIFA
• ESPNSoccernet
• Goal.com
• The Guardian
• SI
• The best pictures of Ghana v Uruguay.  

Non Game Specific Football World Cup Stories

• Fifa order Nigerian government to back down on national-team ban.  
• Highest World Cup TV Ratings In the USA.
• Is this the World Cup of Mercenaries?
• Ratings continue to make history 
• China and World Cup soccer.
• Official World Cup sponsors earning more recognition. 
• Soccer's Quest Into USA Pop Culture.
• E-mail spammers latch onto football's World Cup.

US Men's National Team News and Views

• Jamie Trecker: The Next Coach of Team USA. 
• Ridge Mahoney: Sunil Gulati, Bob Bradley and Team USA.  
• Pondering the Future of the American Back-Line.
• Steve Davis: Klinsmann's thoughts on U.S. Soccer's present and future.    

Not World Cup News

• Wolfsburg have confirmed the signing of Germany defender Arne Friedrich from Hertha Berlin. 
• Manchester City sign Yaya Touré from Barcelona.  
• Benayoun joins Chelsea from Liverpool.  

Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

6 of the 8 MLS clubs, including defending cup holders Seattle are through to the 4th round. The winner will compete in the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League.

4th round schedule (All Times ET)

• July 6 7:30pm Charleston Battery (USL-2) at Columbus Crew (MLS) Columbus Crew Stadium; Columbus, Ohio
  
• July 6 8:30pm Chivas USA (MLS) at Houston Dynamo (MLS) Robertson Stadium; Houston, Texas
  
• July 7 10:00pm Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) at Seattle Sounders (MLS) Starfire Sports Complex; Tukwila, Wash.
  
• July 21 7:30pm Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) at D.C. United (MLS) Maryland SoccerPlex - Boyds, MD
  

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