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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Yes, it's hardly something to get overly excited about (although I love this kind of enthusiasm). But good times call for celebration, even through just five games of the season, as Arsenal sits on top, one point ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool. The biggest point of triumph is the elimination of the dropped points at Fulham.

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PFA chief Gordon Taylor has today spoken out about Danny Guthrie's terrible tackle on Hull City's Craig Fagan, which has resulted in the Hill City 25 year-old forward sustaining a fracture of his right leg. Gordon Taylor - PFA Chief can do little to protect Guthrie Taylor has today warned 21 year-old Guthrie that he can expect [. Click to continue reading...

The biggest surprise in this game might be that Lawndale's Kei Kamara actually found the net for Houston. The second biggest surprise: so did Houston's Nate Jaqua, the former goal-averse Galaxy forward.

The attendance without any Mexican teams involved in the final: just 9,232

*From the (edited) Galaxy press release:

reserve goalkeeper Charles Alamo and midfielder Michael Gavin each suffered serious injuries in Sunday night's reserve game in San Jose (a 1-0 loss) and will miss extended periods of time.

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Breaking news, if you'll excuse the pun. This from VitalFootball:

"Sunderland defender Paul McShane is likely to be out for the start of the season after injuring his knee while on holiday.

The Ireland international has cut his holiday short to have an operation on his knee.
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Star USA forward Abby Wambach has been ruled out of the Women's Football Tournament in th Beijing Olympics after fracturing her tibia and fibula in a match against Brazil on Wednesday. A collision with a Brazilian defender in the 31st minute of the game resulted in a multiple fracture i her ... Click to continue reading...

A group of reporters were in the Home Depot Center press box when we found out that Abby Wambach was probably out of the Olympics. Since I was covering the Chivas USA/Santos SuperLiga game in LA, I was there instead of San Diego. Billy Witz checked the Internet for the score of the match and read the news. Click to continue reading...

Puebla 1 Atleti 0 One casuality in this friendly: Álex Quillo suffered a fracture. Other than that, the scoreline doesn't worry me too much. We have a lot of new players and they will need time to blend as a team. Let's hope that we improve with each game. Next up? They play Cruz Azul on Wednesday. Also: [. Click to continue reading...

The Colorado Rapids once again let themselves down in front of goal, failing to finish off any number of chances as they struggled to a scoreless draw against the Houston Dynamo last night. Many of those chances did fall to Omar Cummings but the Jamaican is finding it tough to net right now and he probably fears his starting place is under threat, only helping him to get more anxious in front of goal. Click to continue reading...

News today that Sunderland player Paul McShane has broken his kneecap while on holiday and could miss the start of the new season. The Republic of Ireland international has had surgery, and now faces an intensive summer rehabilitation programme. I'm not a fan of the moptop defender, but we certainly don't need him on the injury list, especially if we're looking to market him over the summer.

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Manchester United & England will be without the services of Wayne Rooney after he picked up another injury involving broken bones in the foot. This time it's a hairline fracture rather than a fully blown break of a metatarsal, however the result is the same. A protracted recovery program that will hamper results for both [...] Click to continue reading...