After the Weekend June 5-6

MLS

• Weekly Attendance Report.
• LA remains unbeaten.
• Game recaps at MLSSoccer.com.
• US Open play in mini tourney complete. RBNY and DCU go thru to tourney proper.
• MLS youth programs, with a focus on DCU's Andy Najar's progression.

Interesting Reads

• Is the Champions League good for English football?
• World Cup attacked for 'unhealthy sponsors'.
• How a soccer star is made. 
• Update on Salvador Cabanas, Paraguayan player that was shot in Mexico.
• Fouls, theatrics, play-acting and cheats.
• Europe's thirst for young African footballers, the new slave trade?
• A look at FIFA from a 'down under' perspective.

Player Moves

• Ibáñez signs with West Bromwich Albion.
• Cannavaro signs with Al Ahli in UAE.

World Cup

• The Guardian's World Cup Fans' Network.
• Final pre Cup friendlies: Serbia 4 Cameroon 3 - Switzerland 1 Italy 1 - Ghana 1 Latvia 0 - Romania 3 Honduras 0 - Algeria 1 UAE 0 - Slovakia 3 Costa Rica 0 - South Africa 1 Denmark 0 - Ivory Coast 2 Japan 0 - USA 3 Australia 1 
• A look at AFC's 6 clubs in the tourney.
• Injuries keep coming.
• More on the injured.
• Track CONCACAF players by the numbers.
• The world is watching the World Cup.
• Europe's 'big five' leagues fuel World Cup rosters.
• World Cup sponsor competition.
• World Cup insurance.

The Business of Soccer

• Crystal Palace saved from liquidation.
• World Cup is big business.
• MLS in talks with Versus.
• AC St. Louis working on cutting expenses.
• The Glazers' business beyond Manchester United.

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