Yesterday i had the privilege of watching Once in a lifetime.The story of the New York Cosmos.This story is narrated by Matt Dillon who does a good job of telling the tale of a few American businessmen who had the dream of creating a soccer team from nothing and making it bigger then any sport in America. Click to continue reading...

Because of Bayern's dismal start, the Bayern coaching staff was forced to show up to Oktoberfest dressed like this. (Not really, but I should think Franz Beckenbauer sat up in his office thinking "serves you right".) (AP Photo/Christof Stache) Click to continue reading...

Chelsea v Bordeaux
Originally uploaded by toksuede Los mas caros y valiosos que no es lo mismo, esta nota me pareció interesante :

Esta clasificación sólo incluye el valor del equipo conforme a su plantilla de futbolistas, no ingresos de televisión, mercadotecnia ni taquilla. Click to continue reading...

Things are NOT going well for Bayern Munich lately. The team has been winless in a serious competition (I'm not counting the DFB Cup) since September 17, and this week-end's 3-3 draw vs. Bochum at the Allianz Arena certainly didn't improve things with the supporters. Fortunately however, Die Roten can drown their sorrows at the Oktoberfest. Click to continue reading...

According to this report today the Brazilian at Bayern Munich in Hoops next year is a possibility....

Munich - Bayern Munich's Ze Roberto intends to leave the club at the end of the season when his contract expires. The 34-year-old Brazilian told Kicker sports magazine he was looking for a new challenge after 10 years in total in the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.

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As you may have heard, things aren't going well for Bayern Munich. So much so that Jurgen Klinsmann is apparently having trouble sleeping. This video of Bastian Schweinsteiger in action is actually a couple of weeks old (it's from the 5-2 defeat to Werder Bremen) but it pretty much sums up Bayern Munich's season so far. Click to continue reading...

Welcome to the last Top 25 before a two week break for international competition. It was a very interesting week, with several top 10 teams losing key matches. How would that affect matters? Let's take a look:

1. (Last week: 1). Chelsea
This one is still pretty easy. The undisputed No. Click to continue reading...

Seldom is a Brazilian playing in the Bundesliga, a German football league. One such Brazilian is Breno Borges. Described by Karl-Heinz Rummenigge as the signing "a signing for the future". He joined Bayern Munich on January 1, 2008 for a 4 1/2 years contract. Bayern Munich paid £8.5million to Sao Paolo, Breno's former club. Click to continue reading...

FC Bayern squandered a 3-1 lead as Marcel Koller's VFL Bochum struck twice late in the game to draw at the Allianz Arena last night. Belgian Daniel Van Buyten put the hosts ahead after fifteen minutes, but Sinan Kaloglu equalised for Bochum in the 29th minute, with the goal being created by Mimoun Azaouagh. Click to continue reading...

Jürgen Klinsmann's dodgy start at Bayern Munich continued with a 3-3 draw at home to Bochum. Most worrying is that Bayern were 3-1 up with a goal from Daniel van Buyten and two from Ze Roberto, until everything fell apart in the last ten minutes. No video yet, but reports say that Bochum's Cristioph Dabrowski was [. Click to continue reading...

Russian mafia bosses bribed Zenit St Petersburg's UEFA Cup opponents last season to ensure they won the competition, according to a Spanish judge. Baltasar Garzon claims to have uncovered evidence that Bayern Munich were paid to throw their semi-final against the Russian side. The Spanish press have today reported that Bayern received vast amounts to lose [. Click to continue reading...

Before this goes too far: The claims that Zenit St. Petersburg's UEFA Cup win was bought are being made by Russian mafiosi. Hardly the most reliable types when it comes to truth telling and a faction well known for embellishing their dirty deeds for the sake of building their reputation and aura. Also worth mentioning [. Click to continue reading...

Blue days at the Allianz Bate and Bayern had the same idea in the second halves of their respective matches. Hold on for a home draw. However unlike Bate, Bayern Munich happened to be one of the 10 richest clubs in the world. Lyon visited the Allianz tonight and scraped by with a 1-1 [...] Click to continue reading...

Okay, so a draw isn't exactly a win. But it's also not a 5-2 loss of the type that Bayern Munich saw against Werder Bremen a couple of weeks ago, or a 1-0 loss like they suffered to Hannover last weekend. And given that Lyon's Champions League goal today was actually a Demichelis [...] Click to continue reading...

For Champions League Matchday 2 we're going to try something a little different. Rather than LiveBlogging just the one game here on the front page, we're going to do an all inclusive LiveBlogaganza to try and follow all eight games simultaneously. Foolish? Probably. But the plan is to have a place where we can discuss [. Click to continue reading...

Ten-man VfL Wolfsburg missed their chance to go third in the Bundesliga with a 2-1 defeat at Karlsruhe on Sunday after defending champions Bayern Munich suffered their second consecutive league defeat.
Having smashed minnows Oberneuland 7-0 in the German Cup in midweek, Wolfsburg were brought crashing down to earth when Karlsruhe midfielder Massimilian Porcello curled in a free-kick on 51 minutes to take a 1-0 lead. Click to continue reading...

Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann is preparing for Tuesday's Champions League clash against Olympique Lyon with the pressure already mounting on the former German national team boss.
The German champions are off to their worst start to a Bundesliga season in 31 years, winning just two of their opening six games as Klinsmann's side followed up a 5-2 home hammering by Werder Bremen with a shock 1-0 loss at Hanover at the weekend. Click to continue reading...

Since Lyon have only one point so far - from a home game at that - it's crucial that they walk away with at least a point tomorrow evening in Munich. With Fiorentina taking on Steaua in Italy, it's likely the Italians will get three points, so unless Lyon want to hang out in the bottom of the group, a good performance tomorrow is a must.

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Matchday 2 of the 08/09 UEFA Champions League will be played out on 30 Sep / 1 Oct - we have the head-to-head records for the clubs involved, a look at the predictions for each group and the highlights going into this round of the Champions League group stages. Did you know? Celtic have failed to win [. Click to continue reading...

Plenty to read while you're waiting to see Manchester United play ... who's that again? And then we've got CONCACAF.

Times ET; home teams first

Europe

Live:
- Zenit St. Petersburg-Real Madrid, 12:25 p.m., ESPN Deportes
- Aalborg-Manchester United, 2:30 p.

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I warned everybody last week that all hell was going to break loose in the WCR Top 25 and I didn't lie.  This week we have eight new clubs in the WCR Top 25, including five teams debuting in the Top Ten, including Lazio, Valencia and Bayer Leverkusen.  The reason for this is that last season's results were removed from the statistics used to determine the countdown and the numbers got jumbled in England, Germany, Italy and Spain.

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Given all that is going on at White Hart Lane, it should come as no surprise that yet another player has been linked with a move to the ailing club. However, this one could well be a signing well worth making! Tottenham are considering a move for Bayern Munich defender Daniel ... Click to continue reading...

Michael Bradley did not play again, while Steve Cherundolo helped Hannover to an upset over Bayern Munich in his return to action from injury. Click to continue reading...

Fresh off of last week's 5-2 win over Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen welcomed fairytale team Hoffenheim to the Weserstadion.... and put five past them too. Bremen actually surged into a 4-1 lead, Hoffenheim pulled back to 4-4, before Mesut Özil scored a late winner for the home team. Victory in a nine goal thriller, and five [. Click to continue reading...

I don't think my article on Landon was advocating a move to Bayern Munich, but I can see where some have taken it that way.

Here's what one reader had to say:

With all due respect I don't think Landon Donovan would even make the Bayern Munich matchday party more than 12 or 15 times in a season. Click to continue reading...

Claude Puel says that the only game he's thinking about is tomorrow's game against Nancy, but we all know he's lying because next Tuesday is Lyon's crucial match against Bayern Munich, a game that Lyon need to get at least a draw in if they want to keep their hopes of qualifying for the round of 16.

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Premier League - Everton vs Liverpool When: Saturday, Septemmber 27, 12:45 GMT Where: Goodison Park Why: Some early afternoon red vs blue action in the Merseyside derby. It's maybe second to the Liverpool vs Man Utd rivalry these days, but still nice and fiery. Just ask Phil Neville. The Toffees are hoping for a repeat of 2006 while [. Click to continue reading...

"Franck cannot believe it...and his daughter needs to be slapped."

—commentator Ray Hudson, as Bayern Munich's off-duty Franck Ribery glumly watches Bayern's 2:5 home loss to Werder...with his toddler daughter applauding at his side. Click to continue reading...

News is slow and I felt like writing about something, so I thought I'd bring everybody up to speed on OL's injuries, since this weekend we play AS Nancy and next week we're off to Bayern for match day 2 of the CL next Tuesday. There is good and bad news.

The BAD:

Juninho: Juni had an MRI this week and was diagnosed with a strained adductor.

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With this week's reports that German giants Bayern Munich are sniffing around, Goal.com's Seth Vertelney urges LA Galaxy star Landon Donovan to go abroad again. Click to continue reading...

Landon Donovan won MLS Player of the Week for his part in LA Galaxy's 5-2 win over DC United this past weekend. With a nice hat-trick (three good goals) and a beaut of an assist (around the 4:45 mark) there's little doubt he deserved it. And there's a growing whisper that maybe the time is [...] Click to continue reading...

Jurgen Klinsmann. Master of diversion - so everybody be cool, keine Panik! A year ago, it was all about The Bayern Munich revolution led by the General, birds chirping, sun rising, set to conquer the world, or at least to grab the UEFA Cup - again, thank you Felix. Now there is Californication, a man [. Click to continue reading...

A smattering of Galaxy related reads for your perusal:

*Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney looks at Landon Donovan's MLS MVP chances. (On track for a career-best season, Donovan is doing his best to impress so he can jump ship to Bayern Munich, Europe in general or really anywhere as long as he flees the increasingly erratic Galaxy).

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I've thought for months about how I would write a post lauding Landon Donovan.  And I've come up with very little because, frankly, the guy leaves me speechless.  I know there are other, better, players in the world today.  There's just something about Donovan though.

Back in the day when I played club in LA I played with a gal who left me speechless as well.

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This week Andrea Canales got the US faithful abuzz with a nice article on a potential Landon Donovan return to Europe. Your faithful vagabond has been sniffing about this week checking on the possibility that Landon Donovan has attracted interest from Bundesliga power Bayern Munich. So far the results indicate that people have taken Andrea's speculation and twisted it into something it is not; a rumor. Click to continue reading...