Last night on the Conrad Show, Hillcrest made his radio debut and at one point asked Jimmy which Wizards player would be the best on Dancing with the Stars. Jimmy said Kerry Zavagnin was the pick and even noted that Kerry had actually been approached by the show's producers about the possibility. Well, now you get to decide. Click to continue reading...

Claudio talks about what it was like to have his life story thus far condensed into book form.

In general, he says it felt a bit strange to have a record of his life, that he relived a lot of memories when he read the book and that he hopes that his story can will interest anyone who is curious about how soccer affected his life as a child from a poor family to a player with a successful career. Click to continue reading...

PSIS v Persipura 1-0 (Fery Ariawan) 4,876
PSM V Persija 2-1 (Claudio Pronetto, Julio Lopez; Greg Nwokolo) 15,000
Arema v Persiba 2-0 (Mbamba, Traore) 45,000

A late winner from Lopez sent Persija crashing to their first defeat of the season in Makassar while PSIS sprung a suprise by beating Persipura in their first game under new coach Jacksen Tiago. Click to continue reading...

Graham Fox is a freelance writer from Kansas. He listened to Crystal Castles-Crystal Castles while writing this. Hit him up at grahamfox@gmail.com

When you move to a new place, all the items in life you expect are there, but in a different order. The Taco Bell across the street moves across town. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United are planning a move for former Chelsea midfielder Tiago. The Juventus midfielder is likely to leave the Serie A giants this summer after falling out of favour with manager Claudio Ranieiri.

The Portguese international is nearing a one-year loan deal to St James' Park with a view to a £8 permanent move after that. Click to continue reading...

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El delantero centramericano llega a préstamo proveniente de Estudiantes de La Plata.

El delantero panameño Ernesto Sinclair, proveniente de Estudiantes de La Plata, se convirtió este jueves en el nuevo refuerzo de Palestino, donde estará a préstamo por una temporada. Click to continue reading...

As Tim Candon points out over on the SWakeChat blog, those of us that attended the RailHawks v. Red Bull NY pre-season friendly back on March 28th will likely be some of the last folks to see Claudio Reyna play a competitive soccer match.
It has been widely reported that Reyna will retire from playing soccer at a press conference today in New York. Click to continue reading...

as the news broke across the american soccer world last night, the complete reshaping of the new york red bulls was put into the bright lights.

with the addition of at least 3 new players (possibly 4) into the starting line-up as early as this saturday (depending on visa issues), the departure last month of jozy, and now the departure of claudio, the new york red bulls are a very different team than that which opened the season. Click to continue reading...

I was there when Claudio Reyna retired. People might think - wait, he's not retiring until later today - but I'm talking about his first retirement. I was in Hamburg, Germany in 2006 when Reyna announced he was retiring from international competition. I looked around as Reyna told the room his decision and realized something. Click to continue reading...

you could say we gave it a valiant effort, but in the end, it's still a loss on the road against the basement team in a game that players knew was their last chance to show osorio that they shouldn't be benched or cut outright.

- angel finally scored again. you could see the relief on his face after the goal. Click to continue reading...

Odd to be thinking this, never mind writing it, so soon after the previous season ended in South America (and delayed congratulations, by the way, to forwards Damián Mansó and Claudio Bieler, and manager Edgardo Bauza for ensuring some Argentine glory in the Copa Libertadores as Liga de Quito beat Fluminense on penalties last week), but [. Click to continue reading...

Gilberto Silva doesn't seem like he's going anywhere, but if he is - he could be heading to Panathinaikos - or so says a report in Greece. The Greek club are also said to be looking at Chelsea striker Claudio... Click to continue reading...

Dane Richards played a key role in New York's 1-1 draw with Chivas USA on Saturday. He gave Chivas USA fits in the first half with his speed and play along Chivas' left side, as he drew a yellow card and set up the set piece that led to the Red Bulls' only goal.

Just how good is Richards?

Chivas midfielder Jesse Marsch isn't about to pencil Richards in on the league's Best XI anytime soon. Click to continue reading...

A choppy first half with neither team finding their rhythm ended with the teams tied at one apiece on two rather strange goals.

The first came from a direct free kick in the 26th minute when the speedy Dane Richards bested Jonathan Bornstein yet again down the right hand side to draw the foul.

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You know most of the time I don't worry about a player seeing his time run out with a club unless I have a strong connection with him, know him, or have followed his career. Claudio Reyna actually doesn't fit into any of those categories. Don't get me wrong, I've been a fan of Captain America [...] Click to continue reading...

Liga of Quito began their road to the Copa title on the right foot. The fans didn't even get to settle into their seats when Joffre Guerron centered the ball to Claudio Bieler who struck first time and defeated Fluminenses... Click to continue reading...

It was a goal fest tonight in Ecuador with the first goal coming only two minutes into the match via LDU Quito's Claudio Bieler.

Scoring Summary

LDU Quito

Claudio Bieler (2')
Joffre Guerron Mendez (28')
Jairo Campos (33')
Patricio Urrutia (45')

Fluminense

Darío Conca (11')
Thiago Neves (51')

The second leg will be played on July 2nd at Maracanã Stadium. Click to continue reading...

By Alan
Soccer City FC

The 49th Copa Libertadores finale kicks off on Wednesday June 25 with two teams making their first final in the competition. LDU Quito of Ecuador and Fluminense of Brazil have contested their way through to the final having advanced past the six group matches and then victoriously progressing through a further eight matches from the round of sixteen all the way to the last two. Click to continue reading...

So I never wrote anything else about the draw at Toronto. So here it goes: Scott Sealy, it was a darn shame to see you miss a header while unmarked in the box. Bummer. Kevin Hartman came through in the clutch; what else is new. Good to see a shutout from the D after last week's embarrassment at the hands of the Crew.

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Juan Pablo Angel's spending some of his injury downtime in front of the camera for ESPN's Euro 08 coverage. The clip above was from yesterday; you can see him again today in the Portuguese v. Germany post-game show. Good job by RBNY & MLS to keep up his profile while he's on the shelf.

So um, what's Reyna doing with his downtime? Click to continue reading...

Juan Pablo Angel was introduced with a clip show of his MLS goals. Most were scored last year, of course. Angel says he's impressed by Croatia. Foudy asks him about his injury. "It's been a difficult season for me," responds Angel. He wants to play in Saturday's game. He mentions Jozy has left and that Claudio is injured. Click to continue reading...

A few notes from the locker rooms after D.C. United trounced New York 4-1 tonight in RFK Stadium ...

- The Red Bulls aren't interested in using injuries and transfers (Juan Pablo Angel, Claudio Reyna, Jozy Altidore) as an excuse. Sporting Director Jeff Agoos: "I would not write this game off.

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Kasey Keller is pictured below at the World Cup 2010 preliminary draw in South Africa. In his spare time, he's a goalkeeper who saves Premier League clubs from relegation. (Photo by Shaun Botterill, Getty Images)

After he was belatedly honored for his 100th cap Sunday at Giants Stadium, Keller was in the tunnels chatting with D.

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We've heard it many times over the past couple months. Argentine forward Claudio Lopez coming to the MLS for some club's designated player tag. For a while we didn't know which club as names bounded around from DC to Dallas to Colorado but one finally seemed to stick, Kansas City. I've waited around a little bit [. Click to continue reading...