Sir Bob has released his 20-man roster for next week's World Cup qualifier in Cuba (Sept. 6) and for the home match in Bridgeview, Ill., against Trinidad and Tobago (Sept. 10). GOALKEEPERS: Tim Howard, Brad Guzan. DEFENDERS: Carlos Bocanegra, Oguchi Onyewu, Heath Pearce, Frankie Hejduk, Danny Califf, Steve Cherundolo*, Michael Orozco, Marvell Wynne. Click to continue reading...

Brad Friedel, Martin Laursen and Leon Cort have a competition to see who can stretch their bodies into the most uncomfortable positions. Martin Laursen's face wins. (AFP/FIFA) Click to continue reading...

Endüstriyel futbolun hediyesidir forma numarası ile oyuncunun özdeşleşmesi. Eskiden de yok muydu sırtında yazan numara ile özdeşleşen vardı. Ancak 1-99 arasına taşınınca tercih aralığı bu iş futbolcunun markalaşması sürecine hizmet etti. Şimdi FİFA Dünya Kupası eleme gruplarındaki maçlarda eskiye dönüş yapıp sınıralama getirmiş. Click to continue reading...

If ever there was an underhanded pitch for FIFA to hit out of the park, the vicious Gustavo Cabrera elbow to the head of Eddie Lewis has got to be it.

In last night's World Cup qualifier, the Guatemalan midfielder took a bead on Eddie Lewis and actually changed his run to time the collision as opposed to run on to the ball. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal striker Carlos Vela played 60 minutes yesterday evening as his native Mexico forged a 2-1 victory against Honduras at the Estadio Azteca in a FIFA CONCACAF World Cup Qualification match. 100.000 fanatic Mexican's saw a very hard fought win for Sven Göran Eriksson's side, as they secured the win late in the second half, thanks to goals from Stuttgart midfielder Pavel Pardo. Click to continue reading...

  Denmark entertain Spain tomorrow evening at the Parken Stadium, Our featured player Nicklas Bendtner is expected to start in a 4-3-3 formation, in recent times Bendtner has been on fire for the Dane's scoring four in six games and will look to keep that record up tomorrow night against FIFA's ranked number 1 team in [. Click to continue reading...

Michael Phelps broke Mark Spitz' gold medal record last night -an amazing feat, indeed. I don't know about you, but I find such milestones diminished by the hype ... the marketing ... the hoopla ... the commentary. The events and the raw footage about the events is enough. The look on Michael [.. Click to continue reading...

OK: First off - Japan beat China (FIFA summary here). The two are rivals, but I can't say as I saw this one coming. I only caught the second half, and it was good enough to explain why. I felt for China, as I can't imagine how it must feel to give up a game like that in front of so many adoring fans. Click to continue reading...

Two pieces of good news today for Newcastle fans, Coloccini has finally signed a 5 year deal at the club, and the registration for Jonas Gutierrez has come through. Jonas Gutierrez - registration received from FIFA Now that Newcastle have Gutierrez' registration from FIFA, that means he will be able to play at Old Trafford on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

Friday's news and rumours Paul Ince struggling to make friends at Blackburn? [BBC] Martin O'Neill cup-ties Gareth Barry. Screw you, Rafa [The Sun] Wayne Rooney fit for Man Utd opener v Newcastle [Mail] Adrian Mutu ordered by Fifa to pay... Click to continue reading...

U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley has named a 17-man roster for the U.S. team's World Cup qualifying match against Guatemala set for next Wednesday in Guatemala City. No real shockers out of this bunch. The 17 called up leads me to believe he will be calling in a couple more before its all said [. Click to continue reading...

It wasn't widely report at the time, but back in June FIFA decided that Adrian Mutu owed Chelsea €12 million (£9.6 million) compensation. Why? For putting some special Colombian powder up his nostrils, getting his contract terminated and then signing for Juventus on a free transfer before moving on to current club Fiorentina. Click to continue reading...

Andrea Canales has put up her previews and predictions on ESPNsoccernet. And here's Marta talking about the Brazil-Norway match-up tomorrow. European women's soccer is showcased in the Sweden-Germany quarterfinal, and here's a nice piece about Pia from the FIFA site. Finally, here's a link to the bracket for the second stage of the women' [. Click to continue reading...

Football Transfer News: Arsenal to sign Johnson to replace Flamini
The latest football transfer news has it that Arsenal and Arsene Wenger may make a surprise move for Man City's Michael Johnson.

This would be a surprise transfer, as Wenger clearly needs experience, not another talented but young star. Click to continue reading...

So we didn't make it in the Olympics. It's almost like we hit the peak of the mountain right when we got to China. We won the first match, drew the second match (which felt like a loss) and then fell today in the final match of the group phase. It was tough to watch really, [...] Click to continue reading...

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...

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Okay, so this was actually meant to go out a week or so ago but somehow got put on the back burner here. Anyways, you may have seen these questions over at Sideline Views a couple weeks back about a US Soccer project that someone is doing. I thought the questions were solid enough to write [...] Click to continue reading...

Pekin'de olimpiyat başladı. Oynayacak-geri dönecek, CAS, FİFA derken Messi ilk golünü attı bile. Barselona'nın 1 yıl sigorta ile kabul ettiği Messi'nin gidişi Arjantin'e bir golün yanı sıra bir de asist getirdi. Gruplardaki ilk maçlar şöyle:

A Grubu Avustralya-Sırbistan: 1-1Fildişi Sahili-Arjantin: 1-2
B Grubu Japonya-ABD: 0-1Hollanda-Nijerya: 0-0
C Grubu Brezilya-Belçika: 1-0Çin-Yeni Zelanda: 1-1

D Grubu Honduras - İtalya: 0-3Güney Kore-Kamerun: 1-1 Click to continue reading...

From the opening whistle, the Red Bulls looked star struck and tentative. Trotting out a 4-5-1 formation (which you all know I LOVE), I already sensed it would be a long, long night. Within the first few minutes, Danleigh Borman missed a clear shot into the back of the net on a beautiful Van Den Bergh cross - and that confirmed my suspisions.

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Isnt it just Red Bulls luck that the day Leo Messi is given the green light to rejoin his club team, it would be on the day that he is 1000000 miles from New York City? Of course . . .

Regardless, here we are, mere hours from the showdown.

In the meanwhile, I got a chance to meet and speak to the players of Barcelona, along with Fernando Fiore of Republica Deportiva fame, Chris Sullivan and Max Bretos (funny guys) and Barce President Laporta.

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Barselona Messi'yi, W.Bremen Diego'yu, Schalke04 de Rafinha'yı Olimpiyat Oyunları'na göndermek istemiyordu. FİFA göndereceksiniz dese de 'oyunların FİFA takviminde yer almadığı' gerekçesi ile kulüpler yan çiziyordur. CAS kulüpleri haklı buldu, oyuncular oyunlarda yok. Her ne kadar kendileri de milli takımda görev yapmak isteseler de şimdi kulüplerinin hazırlık kamplarına katılacaklar. Click to continue reading...

Some of you have asked so I thought I would pass along the times and dates of when the US Men's and Women's teams play in the Summer Olympics, which kicks off this week. Now the opening ceremonies are Friday but the games actually kickoff Wednesday with Women's soccer (or football). The Men's soccer starts [. Click to continue reading...

So with the Olympic torch set to be lit in five days I thought it might be a good time to have a look at how the football side of this global gathering will affect the Premier League when that kicks-off the following week. Well in fact the football side of things kicks-off two days [...] Click to continue reading...

RICHARD ‘Baldrick' Scudamore, the contumacious Premier League chief executive behind the much-criticised proposal for an ‘international round' of matches, has drafted a revised plan designed to sidestep opposition from FIFA and the Football Association. Scudamore was forced to bin his original plans after Sepp Blatter indicated such a venture would undermine England's 2018 World Cup bid, [. Click to continue reading...