1. Everton - Liverpool. And yet, no amount of having a soccer blog could keep me from writing email throughout this tedious chore of a match. 2. Espanyol - Barcelona. Madness, violence, confusion, controversy: this was the match of the season for every one of soccer's wicked shadow synonyms. After giving up a goal on a [. Click to continue reading...

Because normal life isn't quite frustrating enough for me, a buddy and I spend 3-4 days a week coaching ten year olds in the fine art of how-not-to-fall-over-while-dribbling-a-ball (AKA – developmental youth soccer). Besides the occasional burst blood vessel and constant migraines, one of the more intriguing things to watch is the way that naturally talented players adapt to the game.

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Dimitar Berbatov. Yes Tottenham manager Juande Ramos is today blaming the club's bad start to the Premier League season on former striker Dimitar Berbatov. The Bulgarian international left White Hart Lane two weeks ago for Champions Manchester United in a club record £30 million deal.

But now we are four games into this new season and Spurs have yet to win a game. Click to continue reading...

Having just finished the putting touches on another edition of the Sports Report, I would love it, just love it, if you would click on over and subscribe to the show as a podcast. I am a funny and charming host and it is filled with sports which you and I both like I just know it.
The 'liga back in action, this week there's a long talk with Paul Chapman about Hamburg's mad quest to come from behind and win (or at least draw) as often as possible, how badly Schalke got jobbed in Dortmund, and what is keeping Wolfsburg from being anything more than just another team that can't do any better than draw with Hertha. Click to continue reading...

In a game which seemed to reflect the confusion and disarray off the field at the Newcastle club, the Newcastle side were nowhere near their best this afternoon at St. James' Park, and a mediocre and surprised Hull City side took all 3 points. It's hard not to admit that the total lack of leadership and [. Click to continue reading...

SkyBet are taking bets on the next Newcastle manager amongst the ongoing confusion, but there are better ways to make money. Betting-Tipster.com is a site showing you how to make free money using bet offers provided by bookies. It takes a while to get your head around, but once you do, it shows how you can [. Click to continue reading...

SkyBet are taking bets on the next Newcastle manager amongst the ongoing confusion, but there are better ways to make money. Betting-Tipster.com is a site showing you how to make free money using bet offers provided by bookies. It takes a while to get your head around, but once you do, it shows how you can [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle can't even can their manager decently: After one of the most baffling days in Newcastle United's history Kevin Keegan's future as the club's manager remains surrounded by considerable confusion and no little anger tonight. Friends of Keegan insisted early on in the day that the 57-year-old had been sacked by Mike Ashley, the club's billionaire owner, [. Click to continue reading...

Apologies if you're unable to read HEGS for the next few days. The reason is probably that the server has exploded in sheer confusion. On Saturday night, Racing, who hadn't won in 12 matches away from home, hadn't beaten Argentinos away in 12 years, and hadn't even scored in five matches against this weekend's opponents, took [. Click to continue reading...

Leave it to an online source to figure out what's going on, or, in this case, shed more confusion on the situation.

The good men over at MetroFanatic went all the way to contact MLS Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis to seek a response into the rumors that the league blocked the transfer of Macoumba Kandji to the Red Bulls. Click to continue reading...

How could I convey confusion and shirts... hmmmmm... how about his ambulance style tee?

Here's a quick synopsis. Germany was uber-upset because they thought their starters had to wear numbers 1-11 with no names on the back in a friendly against Belgium.

The actual rule is the team should wear numbers 1-18 in World Cup qualifiers. Click to continue reading...

To avoid any possible confusion should anyone be typing in terms to search engines looking for Argentine national team news today, I'll start by pointing out that this has nothing at all to do with the Olympic Football Tournament. Argentina's senior side (minus Riquelme and Mascherano of course) take on Belarus in Minsk at 8pm local [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has left the exit door ajar for Xabi Alonso, admitting there is business still to be done before the end of August.

Alonso's future has been up in the air all summer, as Benitez initially hoped to sacrifice his compatriot in order to raise funds for the purchase of Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry. Click to continue reading...

Andy Johnson has finally completed his move to Fulham from Everton. It is believed the fee is in the region of £10.5 million. Johnson scored twenty-two goals in seventy-four appearances for the Toffees and for a while looked like becoming a cult hero in the North West. Last season he struggled with injury and was unable to establish himself in the side. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have made it clear they have no intention of forcing their players to return from the Beijing Olympics, despite a ruling by the CAS.

Suggestions Javier Mascherano, Ryan Babel and Lucas Leiva would be told to return to England have been discounted by club sources.

The confusion had arisen during the day following a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport upholding an appeal from Barcelona, Werder Bremen and Schalke that allows the clubs to recall their players from the Games. Click to continue reading...

Hey all, I know there has been some confusion about tonight's game. It will be on ESPN proper, one of only two games (next week's All-Star game being the other) on the channel this year. Two will be on ABC (well, one was...the LA/DC tilt prior to the Euro Final and MLS Cup in November) and the rest are on ESPN 2. Click to continue reading...

Another mediotiempo cartoon, this one at DC United's expense. Maybe I missed the humor of it, though it always amuses me to see DC depicted as a blond semi-surfer-looking dude with a top hat. Is there anyone on United who looks remotely like that?
Anyway, the burro of Atlante says, "All gringos are alike. Click to continue reading...

Good evening. Took me a while to find the place tonight. Aaron changes the colors on here faster than Brett Favre changes his mind about retiring. Indecision and confusion are about all I can think of regarding the rumored sale of Dimitar Berbatov from Spurs to Manchester United for a cool £28 million, which, with the way [. Click to continue reading...

In the opinion of this referee, NO.
For those that haven't seen the situation, let me explain what happened:
Minnesota had a ceremonial restart for a free kick about 19 yards from goal (that is, the ref was setting the wall and the players had to wait for his whistle to restart). Click to continue reading...

The SuperClasico blew Ruud's mind. Or maybe he's just used to Saturday night games.
Whatever the reason, Ruud kept referring to Thursday in the post-game press conference as the last day he had a healthy squad. Actually, the game was played on Thursday, and Tuesday was the day he meant, because after that the Galaxy players started dropping off. Click to continue reading...

This weekend sees the start of the Indonesian Super League and confusion reigns.

It has been reported that the clash between Persita and Arema has been switched to Jalak Harupat Stadium, south of Bandung. I don't know if anyone is aware but Pelita Jaya are slated to play Persiba at the same venue on the same day. Click to continue reading...

Ok so there's been quite a lot of confusion about the mathematics of tonight's crucial Group of Death decider, so we decided to crunch the numbers and give you a comprehensive rundown of all viable scenarios:

- If Romania beat Holland they will join them in the knockouts in second place.

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After training today at the Stade Olympique in Lausanne, the Dutch squad boarded the team bus and headed back to their hotel for dinner. But for several hours, no one noticed that team member Klaas Jan Huntelaar was missing from the group. Coach Marco van Basten claims that it was a matter of the team running late, and that Huntelaar was simply overlooked in the confusion.

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Talk about some confusion here. One day reports say Roberto Mina has resigned with FC Dallas the next the coach comes out and says he has not signed yet. From coach Steve Morrow: "We're currently negotiating with him and his representatives on an agreement, a new contract. We're going through that and want to take Roberto with us to Brazil. Click to continue reading...

Italians Unsure What They Are Actually Rioting About By Alessandro Colombo Mass hysteria and general confusion are running rampant in Italy after riots have erupted outside of a number of football stadiums. The latest set of riots is apparently a result of a disagreement between Palermo and Lazio fans over the last true proper football riot. Click to continue reading...

Italians Unsure What They Are Actually Rioting About By Alessandro Colombo Mass hysteria and general confusion are running rampant in Italy after riots have erupted outside of a number of football stadiums. The latest set of riots is apparently a result of a disagreement between Palermo and Lazio fans over the last true proper football riot. Click to continue reading...

I can't say I am surprised by this past weekend. A couple "upsets" this weekend caused a lot of confusion in some people's mind about the playoffs and what is to come. Only three goals scored, to go along with one scoreless draw made this opening weekend in the 2007 MLS Playoffs pretty interesting. But [...] Click to continue reading...