News and Views from Fri Jun 25

MLS

• WV Hooligan: MLS teams at the break. 93 games played, 147 to go.
• MLS ready to get back to work.
• RSL and San Jose kick off MLS return with scoreless draw.

World Cup On Field News and Updates

• FIFA
• ESPNSoccernet
• Goal.com
• The Guardian
• SI
• Saturday game capsules.
• Round of 16 preview 
• Another Round of 16 preview 
• The best and worst of the group phase

Non Game Specific Football World Cup Stories

• Amazing photos from the first half of the World Cup.(Thanks to Bruce of du Nord)
• Andrew Guest: Xenophobia and humanity in South Africa.
• Bolivian President Morales blames Honduran ‘Dictatorship’ in Team’s World Cup Loss.
• On BBC's endless moaning about goals & entertaining football.
• World Cup Memories: Opportunities Lost and Gained.
• FIFA Ranking And The 2010 World Cup.
• South American Success Sparks Reform in Europe.
• Round of 16 Not So Sweet for Some World Cup Teams.
• In Soccer, a New World Order.
• Cheers at Europe's expense.
• Guerilla marketing.
• Malware tricking video viewers.
• Is simulation cheating?
• The PK struggle.
• Jonathan Wilson: Corruption, disorganization blamed for Africa's poor showing at Cup.
• At World Cup, It's All About Desire Now.

US World Cup News and Stories

• What World Cup 2010 Means for Soccer in America
• Tom Dunmore on a Good Read: The Forgotten Hero Of American Soccer
• Edgar Zuniga: The Evolution of US Soccer.
• A Search For The Heart Of America's Game.
• How Good Is Michael Bradley? The Stats Say Very Good.

Not World Cup News

• Ballack return to Bayern Leverkusen.
• On controlling hooligans and civil liberties.
• How the banks are taking over football.
• The Solution to Bad Calls: the Quadrant Approach.

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