Thursday Post

MLS

• Roster Rules: Official 2011 Roster Rules

The Business of Soccer

• EPL: Liverpool's moves through Moneyball eyes
• David Conn: Financial restraint goes out of the window when the big clubs struggle
• David Conn: Football Can't Kick its Spending Habit
  

In Case You Haven't Been Following ...

• NASL: NASL Releases Press Statement Concerning US Soccer’s Decision to Decline Sanctioning
• NASL: US Soccer Says “Financial Requirements” Main Reason for Denial of Sanctioning of NASL
• Jason Davis on NASL: NASL Takes Sanctioning Blow
• Robert Hay on NASL: NASL Loses Club and Sanction
• Fake Sigi on NASL: The USSF Sanction Reaper 
• Meanwhile: USL-PRO Releases Playoff Format, Zings NASL
• Don Loney: North America's Superfluous League  

Tournaments

• Copa Libertadores: Estudiantes Advance to Group Phase
• Copa Libertadores: Corinthians suffer shock exit to Tolima

UEFA Top Leagues

	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
EPL
Manchester Utd	24	15	9	0	32	54
Arsenal	24	15	4	5	27	49
Manchester City	25	13	7	5	17	46
Chelsea	24	13	5	6	25	44
Tottenham	24	11	8	5	6	41
Sunderland	25	9	10	6	2	37
Bundesliga
Dortmund	20	16	2	2	34	50
Bayer Leverkusen	20	11	6	3	12	39
Bayern Munich	20	10	6	4	17	36
Mainz	20	12	0	8	10	36
Hannover 96	20	11	1	8	-2	34
SC Freiburg	20	10	3	7	1	33
Ligue 1
Lille	21	11	8	2	18	41
PSG	21	10	7	4	11	37
Lyon	21	9	7	5	7	34
Rennes	21	9	7	5	6	34
Marseille	21	8	9	4	11	33
Montpellier	21	9	6	6	-2	33
Serie A
AC Milan	23	14	6	3	21	48
Napoli	22	13	4	5	16	43
Lazio	23	12	5	6	8	41
AS Roma	22	11	6	5	7	39
Inter	21	11	5	5	12	38
Palermo	23	11	4	8	9	37
La Liga
Barcelona	21	19	1	1	56	58
Real Madrid	21	16	3	2	30	51
Villareal	21	14	3	4	20	45
Valencia	21	12	5	4	10	41
Espanyol	21	12	1	8	1	37
Athletic Bilbao	21	11	2	8	3	35

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