An Assortment from the Soccer Buffet

Starter Fun

• Special 1 TV: Act of God 

MLS

• Dave Clark: Terrific Look at Sounders' Roster Battle
• Buzz Carrick: Looks at FCD's Roster
• Shin Guardian: All Is Not Peachy in the Southeast… 
• Expansion: Detroit and the Silverdome - I posted about this months ago when I first saw the plan to rip the roof off of the Silverdome. It was such an 'out of the box' idea that I was fascinated, even though I have no clue if it could be done.
• J.R. Eskilson: MLS Academies Distance Themselves From The Pack

Video

• The Straight Red Card: Play Like FC Barcelona? with Tony Sanneh
• The Straight Red Card: Why US Soccer Shouldn't Bother Trying to Become FC Barcelona
• Peter Wilt Interview - Part 1

The Business of Soccer

• Guardian: Football League Clubs Heading for Precipice, says Chairman Greg Clarke
• ESPNSoccernet: Euro Woe Affects Celtic's Finances 
• Rob Hughes: Money Buys a Lot, but Not Everything, in Soccer 
• Unprofessional Foul: The FIFA/UEFA Money Train Hits A Crack In The Track 
• J Hutcherson: Big Games Cost 

Interesting Reads

• David Hills: Said and Done
• Fake Sigi: NASL's Sort of Sanctioning 
• Bill Archer: NASL's Provisional Sanctioning 
• Run of Play: Television and the Form of the Soccer Match 
• Jason Davis: Portland Challenges The Sounders' Way 
• Soccer By The Numbers: The Goal Value of Corners: Zero   

Tournaments

• CONCACAF: Champions League
• Copa Libertadores: Cerro smash five past Colo Colo
• UEFA: Champions League
• UEFA: Europa League
• US Open Cup Structure and Schedule

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News and Views from Fri Jul 30

MLS

• Sounders deal Ljungberg to Chicago 
• Chhetri Leaves For National Team Duty 
• Revolution signs two forwards  
• Revolution waives Michael Videira 
• Red Bulls Waive Veteran Forward Wolyniec 
• Union sign JT Noone, waive Brian Perk 
• FC Dallas Sign Three From Development Academy; Deal Anthony Wallace To Colorado 
• DC United U17's win 2nd consecutive SUM Cup  
• Galaxy U-20's Move One Step Closer to USL Super-20 Finals  
• Steve Davis: MLS considers moving to 34 games. I've been asking this question for several months. Steve is the first to address the issue as far as I can tell.
• Expansion: MLS' 20th team at All Things Footy. Thanks to Kartik for this link.

USA Soccer Stuff

• USSF D2: A Look Ahead at Week 17.
• USMNT U20: U.S. U-20's Win Milk Cup.

 Around the World and other Stuff

• On the new homegrown rule in England
• Wenger not happy with the new homegrown rule in England

Player Moves

• Lazio sign Javier Garrido from Manchester City. 
• David James joins Bristol City. 
• Sami Khedira to join Real Madrid from Stuttgart. 
• Defender Stam joins Wigan from FC Twente. 
• Ajax signs Morocco striker El Hamdaoui from AZ. 
• Portuguese international Miguel Veloso headed to Genoa. 
• West Brom signs Hull keeper Myhill. 

The Business of Soccer

• All-Star Soccer Business Bits: Wizards Rebranding, All-Star Halftime & More.  

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News and Views from Thu Jul 15

MLS

• Midfield error leads to late game winner for Seattle.
• RBNY: Thierry Henry And The Foreign Perception Of MLS.
• Steve Davis: Henry brings cachet to New York.
• Rob Hughes: Bigger Than Beckham? Henry Arrives. 
• Jason Davis: MLS the Retirement League, Henry the Savior. 
• Drew Epperly: Expansion - The Other Markets. 
• Expansion: San Diego and MLS. 
• Expansion: Mets talking with MLS about soccer team. 
• Expansion: English Club Looking at Atlanta for MLS Expansion(unconfirmed). 
• Seattle's new DP Nfuko added to active roster.
• Namoff Suspends Career, Questions on Concussions in MLS.
• Sports Marketing Experts On Why Thierry Henry's MLS Move Is Not In The Same League As David Beckham's.

Club Tourneys

Continental Championships.

• N.A. SuperLiga: Houston 2, Pachuca 1.
• N.A. SuperLiga: Puebla 2, ChivasUSA 1.

N.A. SuperLiga
Group A
	W	D	L	Pts	GD
Monarchas Morelia	1	0	0	3	4
New England	1	0	0	3	1
UNAM Pumas	0	0	1	0	-1
Chicago	0	0	1	0	-4
Group B
	W	D	L	Pts	GD
Houston	1	0	0	3	1
Puebla	1	0	0	3	1
Chivas USA	0	0	1	0	-1
Pachuca	0	0	1	0	-1

Around the World and other Stuff

• Brian Quarstad: Rethinking Division-2 Pro Soccer in North America – Part 3. 
• Brasileirao update.
• Papa Bouba Diop leaves Portsmouth for AEK Athens.
• Uruguay striker Cavani to join Napoli on loan.
• Celtic Sign Mexican Defender Efrain Juarez.
• Man City Uses Riches for Good in New York City.
• Sid Lowe: Del Bosque finally proves he's far more than just a player's coach.
• USMNT: Project 2010: a postmortem.
• Since Man U is touring North America: The Clock is Ticking Man U.

The Business of Soccer

• Greg Clarke gets serious with English League clubs over salary caps.
• False profits. Revealed: how Tottenham cooked the books.

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News and Views from Thur Jul 8

MLS

• RSL wins ugly in Chicago
• expansion: San Antonio looks to score pro soccer team.
• tactics: Linking up through the midfield.
• signing: Chivas USA Announces Maldonado Signing.

World Cup On Field News and Updates
And then there were two. Netherlands v Spain on Sunday for the trophy.

• FIFA
• ESPNSoccernet
• Goal.com
• The Guardian
• SI
• The Netherlands View: How to win a World Cup, pt. 1…. 

Non Game Specific Football World Cup Stories

• FIFA Looks to Compensate Fans Who Missed Semifinal.
• Brazil 2014 World Cup Head Says Plans Now on Track.
• How Important Is Width To Victory in the World Cup? 
• World Cup no panacea for South Africa’s economic woes.
• Referee System to Change For Next Cup, Says FIFA. 
• Dan Loney: Honor Among Thieves. 

US News and Views

• Salgado opts for USMNT over Chivas de Guadalajara.
• Looking South, The Shifting Focus of the U.S. U-20s.
• The Makeup of an "American" National Team.

 Player Moves and other News

• Gosling free to find new club.
• How can we justify footballers' wages? 
• Barcelona A Good Example Of Suicidal Financial Management.
• Barcelona’s Debt And Salary Caps in Europe.
• Portuguese keeper Eduardo signs with Genoa.
• Is England’s Premier League the Third Best Domestic League in the World?  
• Spurs announce £20m shirt deal.
• Villarreal agree deal for West Brom's Borja.
• Wolfsburg signs Denmark defender Kjaer.
• Sunderland sell Cana to Galatasaray.
• Liverpool sign Serbian striker Milan Jovanovic.
• Belhadj leaves Portsmouth for Al Sadd. 
• Palermo sign Polish defender Glik. 
• Middlesbrough adopt novel new approach to shirt sponsorhip.
• Tottenham try to double their money by splitting shirt sponsor deal.
• On Boringness: Soccer vs. Baseball.
• President Rosella Sensi Signs Over Roma To Unicredit, But Will Stay On Until New Buyers Are Found.
• When It Comes to Stats, Soccer Seldom Counts.

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News and Views from Wed May 19

MLS

• Expansion: Miami fans renew expansion push. 
• LA draws Puerto Rico, Seattle draws Central American team in CCL preliminary play.
• Crew set CONCACAF Champions League as priority.
• Portuguese champs Benfica defeat Revs in friendly.
• Philadelphia sells out season ticket packages.

Interesting Reads

• Peter Wilt: Sports results effect on one fan's psyche.
• Some statistical comparisons of the top Euro leagues.
• US players and the Mexican league.
• Brian Zygo: Americans cheering for England and the USA on June 12.

Player Moves

• David Villa moves to Barcelona.
• Keeper Ben Foster signs with Birmingham City.

The Business of Soccer

• The latest accounts of EPL clubs.
• European reform movement.
• La Liga debts. Trouble ahead?

Club Tourneys

• CONCACAF Champions League draw.
• Sevilla win Copa del Rey. 
• Sao Paulo over Cruzeiro to move into Copa Libertadores semifinals.
• Canadian NutraLite Championship: Vancouver draws with Toronto to stay alive in tourney.
• Chicago Fire fall as Sister Cities International Tourney gets underway.

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