It was a good week for CONCACAF players in European competitions in mid-week, with Mexican captain Rafael Marquez scoring for Barcelona and Honduran star David Suazo scoring his first goal for Benfica.

Unfortunately, the goal-scoring touch didn't carry over to the weekend.

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Transfer Deadline Day Speculation: Spurs Defender Paul Stalteri and Adel Taarabt? -- See any and all English Transfers Being Announced Today

Metro: "...Paul Stalteri will be sent to Crystal Palace or QPR for the rest of the season. Adel Taarabt could be joining him at Loftus Road. Click to continue reading...

The Tottenham revolution under Juande Ramos is well and truly underway, with the Spanish manager reportedly ready to offload no fewer than 16 players during the summer transfer window.




Expected to be shown the White Hart Lane exit door are Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Michael Dawson, Anthony Gardner, Young Pyo Lee, Steed Malbranque, Teemu Tainio, Kevin Boateng, Younes Kaboul, Hossam Ghaly, Adel Taarabt, Darren Bent, Paul Stalteri, Ricardo Rocha and Robbie Keane. Click to continue reading...

Canadian men's soccer coach Dale Mitchell has named the 19-players he will use for their 2010 World Cup qualifying matches against Saint Vincent & the Grenadines. The Canadians are looking to reach the finals for the first time since 1986.

Here is their roster:

GK (2): Greg Sutton (Toronto FC), Pat Onstad (Houston Dynamo)

D (6): Jim Brennan (Toronto FC), Mike Klukowski(Club Brugge KV), André Hainault (Sparta Praha), Ugo Ihemelu (Colorado Rapids), Adrian Cann (Vancouver Whitecaps), Richard Hastings(Inverness CT)

M (7): Adrian Serioux (FC Dallas), Julian de Guzman (Deportivo La Coruna),Paul Stalteri (Fulham FC),Marcel de Jong (Roda JC), Issey Nakajima-Farran (FC Nordsjælland), Atiba Hutchinson (FC København), Patrice Bernier (FC Kaiserslautern)

F (4): Tomasz Radzinski (Skoda Xanthi), Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo), Ali Gerba (FC Ingolstadt), Rob Friend (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

The Canadians play in Kingston this Sunday and then head home to Montreal for the second leg next Friday (20 June). Click to continue reading...

According to breaking transfer news on the BBC website, Paul Stalteri will leaving Spurs for Fulham. More details as the become finalized. Click to continue reading...

A report in the Daily Mail has linked Canadian defender Paul Stalteri (currently out of favour at Spurs with new boss Juande Ramos) to Portsmouth. The deal would see Stalteri go to Pompey on loan from Tottenham. Whatever happens, two things seem clear to me. One is that Stalteri is on the move. There has [. Click to continue reading...

- Not only did the Bartlett High School boys soccer team lose 2-0 to Crystal Lake South in a tournament in which they host, but when the squad returned to the locker room they found several personal items of their's missing. The culprits? None other than 8 players from the Morton High School side, who had used the same locker room immediately after winning their match against Jacobs 4-0 and Bartlett had vacated it to go warm up for their match. Click to continue reading...