After the Weekend Jun 26-27

MLS

• Weekly attendance report.
• MLS game recaps.
• FC Dallas will play friendly in San Antonio.
• Paulo Nagamura has returned to Chivas USA.

World Cup On Field News and Updates

• FIFA
• ESPNSoccernet
• Goal.com
• The Guardian
• SI
• It wasn't a goal, actually 
• FIFA wants refs to get tough in knockout rounds.
• Group stage scoring statistics.
• FIFA’s Corruption And Censorship At The World Cup: The Keyword Is Not Trust.

Non Game Specific Football World Cup Stories

• The economics of the $3.5 Billion World Cup.
• Amazing photos from the first half of the World Cup.(Thanks to Bruce of du Nord)
• Africa still a World Cup winner despite most of its teams performances.
• Is France in the grip of an existential crisis?
• You want diversity? Try Germany.
• In defense of the Jabulani.
• European Imperialism: The Divine Right of UEFA.
• FIFA: No plans to change continental composition. 
• FIFA acknowledges there might be something wrong with the Jabulani World Cup ball. 
• SoccerLens: World Cup 2010…What A Load Of Balls!
• No doping at the World Cup.

US World Cup News and Stories

• Steve Davis: United States and soccer: a big opportunity missed.
• Dream another dream, this dream is over.
• US not ready for prime time.
• Andrea Canales: Close doesn't cut it for the USA.
• The USA and the 2010 World Cup.
• Ridge Mahoney: How Ghana ended USA's run. 
• Steve Davis: Warning, you're about to be told 'Americans don't like soccer'
• College soccer and the USMNT.
• US-Ghana Sets Viewing Records for Men's World Cup.
• The trick is making the soccer lovefest last.
• U.S. can draw some positives from World Cup learning experience.

Not World Cup News

• Ballack return to Bayern Leverkusen.
• Don't Meddle In Football, FIFA Tells French Officials.
• In search of the perfect round rolling object.
• Soccer Fever in NYC’s Immigrant Enclaves.
• The finances of the Premier League - Part 2.
• The finances of the Premier League - Part 3.
• Football project for dementia sufferers may be extended.
• Football: More than a game on the field.
• Corrupting the beautiful game.
• SoccerLens: An interview with Ian Blanchard, Head of National Referee Development at the English FA on the use of technology.

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