The battle at The Bridge on Sunday afternoon is set to turn into the battle of Barbie Boots as Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner and Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka square off in their new bright pink boots.

Gunners striker Bendtner paraded his posh pink apparel and celebrated with the winning goal against Ukrainian side Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday as Arsene Wenger's men booked their place in the Champions League knockout stages.

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November 18, 2008 - The latest shock tactic in sports gear has been unveiled by Nike: the pink soccer cleat - for men! So what guy is brave enough to put in a shocking pink performance? A guy very sure of himself - who's fast as a whippet and capable of scoring a hat-trick every game. Or [...] Click to continue reading...

A couple of fun feature stories came out today regarding our players. First, this one from Bob Luder of the KC Star about Kevin Hartman and his children's book Boots Saves the Day (purchase online at www.kcsoccerstore.com).

Also, the Des Moines Register checks in with a feature on our favorite (or second-favorite) open-tryout participant Kevin Souter. Click to continue reading...

Gooners are raving about the awesome display of the Arsenal last night and rightly so!

It was a Rolls-Royce performance and it does get you very excited about the future when you see the amount of talent coming through at Arsenal.

The way the youngsters play is unbelievable. They are a carbon copy of the way the first team play, the coaches and Le Boss deserve a huge amount of credit for helping these players get to those levels. Click to continue reading...

Whilst Manchester United always want to cling on to their best players, but when you have enough respect for someone, you have to respect their decision. At the end of the 1997 season when Eric Cantona decided to hang up his boots, whilst we desperately wanted him to stay, we couldn't begrudge wanting him to [. Click to continue reading...

For all you fans wanting some last-minute plans for this evening, head on out to the Borders Bookstore location in Lee's Summit where goalkeeper Kevin Hartman will do a reading of his children's book Boots Saves the Day and autograph copies of the book for fans. He'll appear from 7-8 p.m. at the store located at 1664 NW Chipman Rd in Lee's Summit. Click to continue reading...

After playing a bit part in Mexico's 2-1 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying win over Canada, El Tri hero/villain (depending on whom you ask) Cuauhtémoc Blanco officially hung his international boots. Of course, this can only mean good things for the Chicago Fire, but for me, U.S. v Mexico encounters have lost just a little bit of especias. Click to continue reading...

While their American brothers were picking up a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win in Cuba this weekend, a pair of young American players kept their shooting boots sharp in a pair of friendlies across the pond.

In Spain, Jozy Altidore tallied a hat trick for Villarreal in a 7-1 romp over semi-pro club San Rafael del Rio. Click to continue reading...

Straight from the retirement village bustling metropolis of Callendar, Ontario, my Dad rates various members of the England squad...

James 5 Saves 0, High catches 0, Defense bollockings 0, Timmys 6

Johnson 9 Young kid gave all. Never stopped running particularly prepared to try to go round the full back. Click to continue reading...

Okay, let's look at the bright side.

Um...

I know there's something...

Oh, got one! Actually, more than one!

1) Jérémy Toulalan gets better every game, and is looking more attack-minded as well. He's becoming less wary about shooting from distance, which can knock defenses off guard a good thing, as our offense can be extremely predictable.

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Nerazzurri Fans may well ask who is this Portuguese wonder boy? What will he add to our club?  What is his style? and will he fill the boots of Luis Figo to become the next midfield magician for Inter?  Comparison to Cristiano Ronaldo is little surprise as Quaresma is yet one more from that current crop of outstanding Portuguese playmakers. Click to continue reading...

Wizards 'keeper Kevin Hartman sat down with Kurt Kloeblen of Sun Publications (The Johnson County Sun) yesterday after practice for a feature story on Kevin's book Boots Saves the Day. Kurt's story will come out next Wednesday, so check it out if you get the Sun or can get your hands on a copy of it. Click to continue reading...

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QPR Official Site - Ross Retires
Bobby Ross has retired from his duties at QPR following 20 years' [sic?] loyal service with the Club.
Ross, who won the League Cup with Scottish outfit Hearts as a player before enjoying nine years with Brentford, joined QPR in 1978 as a Coach at our Centre of Excellence. Click to continue reading...

Great news this morning in the Nation's Capital. ACT Rockets (Youth) are expected to play a number of games between October and Febuary against A-League Youth sides. Nothing is confirmed but progess is looking good, very good.

Negotiations are at an early stage but signs are very promising. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham boss Juande Ramos is ready to make a £7 million move for Colombian striker Radamel Falcao.Spurs sent spies to watch the 22-year-old South American star score for his Argentinian club River Plate at the weekend and a fee has been discussed during the visit.

Falcao, nicknamed El Tigre, could be the ideal replacement for Robbie Keane and Ramos is poised to pounce - whether Andrei Arshavin's move goes through or not before the deadline. Click to continue reading...

I'm trying to forget about Adebayor's behaviour over the summer. I'd love to try and move on and draw a line under the situation but I cant. So if I cant let go does that mean I'm not the only one?

What I'm saying is maybe morale in the squad isn't the greatest at the moment and maybe one or two players cant forget Adebayor openly offering his services to other clubs. Click to continue reading...

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Setanta/Laurent Picard - Parejo: Salgado not heading to England
Real Madrid full back Michel Salgado will not be joining Queens Park Rangers according to fellow countryman Daniel Parejo, who exclusively spoke to setantasports.com.
Spanish defender Salgado, a close friend of QPR's co-owners Flavio Briatore and Alejandro Agag, revealed he had dinner with the businessmen in order to discuss his future. Click to continue reading...

Greetings all, just wanted to stop in and let you know about the latest book for your Kansas City Wizards reading library. As many of you know, goalkeeper Kevin Hartman penned a children's book about a fearless young feline, Boots, who becomes a star-caliber goalkeeper in spite of many odds.

Well, your chance to own this fun piece of children's literature is here. Click to continue reading...

It appears that Brian McBride will play his first game back in MLS for the Chicago Fire this weekend and even at the advanced age of 36 he is still a welcome addition to the league. Brian has been a warrior throughout his career with the U.S National Team, for clubs in Germany and England, and also during the start of MLS. Click to continue reading...

Our friends over at the Denver Post, aka my co-host this week on the From The Pitch radio show, Brian Forbes, is reporting that the Colorado Rapids will probably continue to play three at the back rather than four for tomorrow's game against Kansas. The only difference is that such a threesome would include two players making season debuts in Mike Petke and new signing Cory Gibbs in place of the injured Ugo Ihemelu. Click to continue reading...

Tickets for D.C. United's huge game versus the Charleston Battery in the U.S. Open Cup final are now on sale. The game is set for Wednesday, September 3, at RFK Stadium (7:30 p.m. ET).

I'm not sure about you, but I'd really like to see the team lift a championship trophy. I joined the team early in 2005, so I narrowly missed celebrating the 2004 MLS Cup.

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Thanks to Jonny on Kallang Roar for this heads up.

According to the FIFA website Libya have a pretty hectic schedule in August. The 20th sees them playing Senegal.

However according to the Independence Cup schedule Libya arrive in Indonesia on the 19th and their manager will be at the manager's meeting the next day! Click to continue reading...

The ADIDAS Pure boot is a classically styled boot due to launch in time for the start of the new Premier League season on 16th of August. The styling inherits many of the traditional values from the plethora of iconic boots that helped build the adidas brand. The entire upper is made from breathable, light weight [. Click to continue reading...

Today the USA and Japan men's soccer teams will open up their Olympic campaign in a tough group which includes Nigeria and the Netherlands. In contrast to the USA which features three top over-23 players led by striker Brian McBride, Japan is essentially bringing its U-23 team with no overage players. Click to continue reading...

The ADIDAS TUNiT F50.8 are the latest version of the revolutionary TUNiT boot. When it was originally launched the TUNiT range was the worlds first modular football boot. Allowing you to customise your boots to suit your style of play or the conditions. The boots modular nature would lend itself to Mecchano fans as [. Click to continue reading...

So Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hung up his boots - here are the highlights from the United legends testimonial at Old Trafford. Hit play below.
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Lilian Thuram's retirement has meant one of France's finest players of the past decade, who transcended the sport and made an impact in political and social circles, has finally hung up his boots. Click to continue reading...

Nicolas Anelka fills his boots against sluggish Italians Some clownish goalkeeping by Milan's giant Aussie, Zeljko Kalac, helped Chelsea rack up five goals against the Serie A team in Moscow at the weekend. Nicolas Anelka helped himself to four, with... Click to continue reading...

Before I do anything else on this blog, I'd like to take a minute to say hi and do a quick introduction.

A little while ago Laurie invited me to be a part of this blog, which I can only imagine is a bout of temporary insanity, but before she gets wise and boots me off the blog, I'm going to take the liberty to post up thoughts and analysis on the Galaxy.

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You can't imagine that Arsene Wenger is quaking too much in his boots after the draw for the Champions League third qualifying round was made on Friday. However, he probably would have wanted to avoid a team managed by someone with a reasonably good knowledge of English football, having enjoyed ... Click to continue reading...

It seems Florent Malouda left his playing boots Lyon. Since signing for Chelsea he has been woeful, both for club and country. Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Chelsea manager, has challenged the french winger and others in his squad to prove their worth.
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Darren Bent staked a claim to fill Robbie Keane's boots after the striker rattled in four goals during Spurs' 5-1 pre-season romp over Norwich last night. With Keane completing having just completed his £20.3 million transfer to Liverpool, former Ipswich striker Bent wasted little time showing manager Juande Ramos he can be the prefect replacement. Click to continue reading...

When the signing of Owen Hargreaves was announced last summer, I was made up. Sir Alex Ferguson had been a long term admirer of the England international, who looked to finally be the man to step in to Roy Keane's boots. Hargreaves made his United debut during derby day at Wastelands. I was massively impressed with [. Click to continue reading...

Right winger John van 't Schip can still be enjoyed when he plays for Lucky Ajax (old Ajax) Can you remember one good left or right winger at the recent EC? A player with chalk on his boots, specialized in taking on the defender and crossing a ball into the box? Click to continue reading...

With Dimitar heading for a WHL exit, Juande Ramos set his sights on a hot shot replacement! Juande Ramos sees Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz, 26, as the ideal man to fill Berbatov's boots and will now step up the chase for the Paraguayan. A Spurs source said: "Ramos was resigned to losing ... Click to continue reading...