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Qualification for the 2010 World Cup goes into full swing today as national teams from South America to Europe face off for one of the precious places in the South Africa World Cup.

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Here's a photo Chivas USA forward Ante Razov with former Miss USA Shandi Finnessey. In the future, when biographers look back on her life, this photo of her with Ante's despicably luxurious mane will mark the exact moment that she went from being "former Miss USA Shandi Finnessey" to "disgraced former beauty queen Shandi Finnessey". Click to continue reading...

What the heck was up with the image-picking hobgoblins in the dank, rat-infested dungeons of MLS HQ this week? Let's take a look at the photos accompanying a couple of match writeups on MLSNet.com. Photo #1: MLS Family Fun Night! Check out the Red Bulls' Designated Player, Juan Pablo Angel, engaging in a bit of leap-frog with Joe Vide--presumably DC United's Desginated Playmate. Click to continue reading...

El clasico portugues termino 1-1 pero lo curioso fue ver a este sexagenario aficionado de las aguilas del Benfica atacar a el abanderaod. Cero violencia, por eso aquí tenemos estas fotografías.



20070401: LISBON, PORTUGAL - Portuguese Bwin League 2006/2007: SL Benfica vs FC Porto, 23rd round. Click to continue reading...

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Jozy Altidore will be staying with Villarreal for at least the first half of the upcoming La Liga season.

The U.S. national team striker and former Red Bulls standout revealed that he will not be going to another Spanish club on loan, which had long been expected, and will stay with Villarreal as the club deals with a rash of injuries at th forward position.

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Venezuelan playmaker Jorge Rojas has joined the New York Red Bulls in Washington D.C. today and will play against D.C. United in tomorrow night's Eastern Conference clash at RFK Stadium.

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Just a couple of quick things.

First off, we've started discussion forums over on The Offside for fans to discuss anything about the team that they feel like discussing. Are you tired of waiting for us to write a post on the news you've just read? Feel free to start a discussion thread over there.

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Apparently everybody wants a piece of Gooch, not just the bangin' bird in the photo. Exactly who I can't say, but Soccer 365 has been in contact with his agent, Will Sherling, who says that since the big man's Champions League appearance 24 hours ago he's received bids & overtures from France, Spain and the BPL. Click to continue reading...

Gareth Maher over at Setanta sports' website listed XI MLS players capable of playing in the English Premier League. The usual suspects for this type of list (Michael Parkhust, Sacha Kljestan, Taylor Twellman) were there, but listed 3rd and featured in the photo at the top were our own left back/ right mid Michael Harrington. Click to continue reading...

It's possible you've come across this page as a fan of D.C. United. It's also possible that you got here via BightestYoungThings.com (one of our favorites). Regardless of how you got here, we've got a pretty cool deal for you that may find you in front of a camera with United players as part of an exclusive photo shoot.

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How great is this shot? At first I thought "maybe he's out on the boat with Scott Favre or something and that's why he's not in Toronto yet". Then I realized this photo is more than a week old. That and showing up late is the forth thing Carlos does best behind diving, scoring and getting conducting failed experiments with blond highlights. Click to continue reading...

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Good morning everybody. It is Monday morning and time to bring back my weekly series 'Monday Morning Centerback', where I will focus on some topic in the soccer world, be it in MLS or abroad.

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Whatever that means in case of 1899 Hoffenheim fans - who probably run the gamut from been-there-since-the-8th-division-days to billionaire bitches. (Photo by Thorsten Wagner/Bongarts/Getty Images) Click to continue reading...

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U.S. national team midfielder Maurice Edu received his UK work permit on Friday, clearing the way for his $5 million transfer to Glasgow Rangers.

Edu will join U.S. national team teammate DaMarcus Beasley at Rangers, where he is expected to challenge for a starting central midfield role.

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Good evening folks. I have finally completed the day-long journey from Guatemala to New Jersey (well, almost completed, I'm in New York right now) and it was good to see the healthy discussions taking place on SBI regarding the U.

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Photo from Reuters Mexico was fortunate to escape with a 2-1 win at Azteca tonight over a Honduran side filled with quality. Honduras played some quality football and was unfortunate not to secure at minimum a point as Mexico despite being out thought and flustered much of the night used two Pavel Pardo goals in a [. Click to continue reading...

Photo by Picapp.com Full name is Lukas Isaac P. Jutkiewicz. He is an England 19 year old football player for Everton FC. Qualified to play for Republic of Ireland, Lithuania and Poland, he chose Poland, the birthdplace of his grandfather. He started playing professionally at age 17 for Swindon Town, and had 5 goals in 38 appearances. Click to continue reading...

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Fernando Clavijo has resigned as Colorado Rapids head coach in a move that seemed destined to happen even before the 2008 season began.

"A lot of things happened through the year that I was not happy with in many ways," Clavijo told the Denver Post.

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A week ago, the Carolina RailHawks season was on life support. After Fridays 3-2 win over Miami, their condition can be upgraded to critical.
The three points earned last week are vital to the RailHawks chances of salvaging their season, but they are not in the clear yet. The win got the RailHawks out of the USL-1 cellar and into 10th place. Click to continue reading...

I've got to credit Du Nord and the US Soccer Blog for this, but who can come come up w/the best caption to this photo? Click to continue reading...

Photo from CBC.ca With yesterday's deal for Carlos Ruiz, Mo Johnston has proven once again he can make a deal to keep his team ahead of the curve or in this case from falling off the curve. Major League Soccer has very few proven consistent goal scoring talents. TFC had one in Jeff Cunningham, but now [. Click to continue reading...

What a beautiful morning! It feels Septemberish, with clear air and cool temperatures. Soccer weather for sure (at least here in New Hampshire). Before launching into the soccer stuff, I wanted to share this photo that HollyCornblog sent. It's of Charlie HopBrew taking an evening paddle in his Betsie Bay! Click to continue reading...

That's Lance on the left along with veteran midfielder Jesse Marsch and Jamaican defender Shavar Thomas on the set of KTLA in LA, as part of the "Shirt Off Their Back" promotion Chivas ran earlier this season. Way to represent Lance!

There are also plenty of action shots to be found on Google but I thought this one might get me more traffic If you click on the photo, you'll get a larger version.

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Half a dozen heroes from the new season's first weekend Click on the photo to check out the list...... Click to continue reading...

Half a dozen heroes from the new season's first weekend Click on the photo to check out the list...... Click to continue reading...