With Gary Neville's proposed date for his return to injury set back so many times, United fans began to worry whether their captain would ever be able to hold down a place in our team again. Like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer before him, would Neville be forced in to retirement because of his reoccurring injuries? Click to continue reading...

Look at the happy couple. Cheryl said the wedding is back on and she has forgiven Ashley for his sins.

Not only that, she's gonna let him party and hang with the boys without bother.

Sounds fishy to me.

• Remembering soccer at Yankee Stadium. [Goal!]
  
• Kahn snubs return from retirement.

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Whilst Ryan Giggs is a player loved by many, I can't help but think it will take his retirement to make people understand exactly what he's achieved in his years at Manchester United. He now has more appearances than any other player who's pulled on our shirt, he has won ten league titles as well as [. Click to continue reading...

The word flying around the Mediterranean is that Euro 2004-winner Angelos Basinas is considering his retirement from the national team. The catalyst for the sudden change of heart? Apparently the 32 year-old wasn't too happy with ol' Otto omitting him from the starting line-up against Latvia, instead choosing to hand Click to continue reading...

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, the former Boro striker, has announced hie retirement from football after deciding not to move to the Middle East for one last pay day. Click to continue reading...

On Wednesday night, as Italy battled Georgia and the sky of Udine radiantly displayed its Azzurri colors, there was a slight touch of giallorosso on the almighty's paintbrush. With Andrea Pirlo now wearing nº10 (stupid FIFA rules) and a certain Francesco Totti still keeping his retirement vows, things have been a bit confusing with Azzurri [. Click to continue reading...

As expected, Artur Wichniarek announced his retirement from the national team for as long as Leo Beenhakker remains the manager. This only added to the bad press that our team is receiving at the moment. Did Wichniarek have the right to do it? Could he be considered a potential saviour of the national team?

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Apparently, Robinho wasn't the only big name player that Manchester City tried to recruit on the deadline day of the transfer window as ESPN reports in this article that they placed a big for Mario Gomez as well. I wonder if they also tried to recruit Pele and Franz Beckenbauer out of retirement....

Anyway, it seems that "Super Mario" wants to move on to a bigger club after the success that he has had in recent years with all of the goals that he has scored in the Bundesliga. Click to continue reading...

Leyendary FC BARCELONA player & "The Great Captain" JOAN SEGARRA (pictured) has passed away at the age of 80 years. Segarra played 402 games with Barça until his retirement in... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

First thing. I'm thrilled by the win, and thrilled that we scored three goals, and thrilled that the Govou who showed up today was Visible Sidney, as opposed to his more-frequently-present evil twin, Invisible Sidney. And Sagna looks promising, especially offensively, and he and Benzema could be golden together when it comes to scoring.

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Well, on one level, it at least gives us a chance to look at this rather nauseating picture again.

Mmm. Badge.

I suppose it also signifies that Arsene, and the Arsenal hierarchy, are serious about wanting to keep him at the club, and that they're willing to improve his wages to achieve this. Click to continue reading...

Alexi Lalas was finally canned, and Rudd Guilt resigned and once again the Circus that is the LA Galaxy is shining more than the product on the field.
MLS flagship team, (NOT) is once again shining more than Barnum and Bailey's, now Bruce Arena wants to be the ringmaster, and reports are that he has been hired to be the ringmaster. Click to continue reading...

As we've reported here previously, Standard Liege's American defender Oguchi Onyewu has drawn interest from FC Koeln, Fulham lately (not to mention Marseilles an Lazio back in January). With French legend Lilliam Thuram being forced into retirement by a heart condition, PSG remain in the market for a central defender. Click to continue reading...

Rumors that had been swirling all season have finally been proven true, Wizards midfielder, Kerry Zavagnin will retire at the end of the season. Zavagnin, the Wizards all time leader in games and minutes played won an MLS Cup and MLS Supporter's Shield in 2000 along with a US Open Cup title in 2004, when he was also selected to the MLS Best XI team. Click to continue reading...

It does appear to be the case that former Dutch International and Arsenal, Ajax, and Barcelona winger Marc Overmars is back after 4 years of not playing professionally. He has been the manager for Dutch second division side Go Ahead Eagles, and he will come out of retirement to play for them. His goal is to lead the team by example and presumably get them back into the Eredivise. Click to continue reading...

Ex-Arsenal winger Marc Overmars will be coming out of retirement to play for Dutch side Go Ahead Eagles next season. The 35-year-old Ernst-born winger had been working as the Eagles' technical director since retiring from football in July 2004. He was a member of the Ajax team that won the European Cup in 1995 against A. Click to continue reading...

This picture was reportedly taken at some point recently. He and Maradona are going to get along nicely in retirement as they personally support entire McDonalds franchises. (Daily Mail) Click to continue reading...

Oh man, this guy is great for the blogs. Crazy, but talented enough to stay in the lineup.

Remember when he said the Euro final was fixed?

Anyways, if anyone in the soccer world is gonna come out of retirement after a couple months, it's probably this guy. Click to continue reading...

Jens Lehman has retired from international football at the age of 38. Despite a succesful display in goal for Germany during Euro 2008 the ex-Arsenal stopper has decided to call it a day. Lehman made 61 appearances for Germany playing his first game against Oman in Febuary 1998. Lehman also looks set to retire from football altogether when his contract at Stuttgart runs out at the end of the coming season. Click to continue reading...

In honor of Ruud's retirement from the Dutch National team, here is a moment of inspiration courtesy of Ruud. The moral of the story with this goal is don't ever give up! Or laugh when someone misses a penalty kick.
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This isn't exactly a shocker, but today Ruud Van Nistelrooy retired from the Dutch national team. Its a bit of a shame that Ruud wasn't able to achieve more with the national team during his time there. His goal scoring record of 33 goals with 64 caps is very good, but never was able to achieve the same sort of success as his predecessors. Click to continue reading...

Lilian Thuram's retirement has meant one of France's finest players of the past decade, who transcended the sport and made an impact in political and social circles, has finally hung up his boots. Click to continue reading...

After 10 years of working as our goalkeeping coach, Tony Coton was forced in to retirement because of a persistent knee problem last season. The former City goalkeeper was regarded as one of the best coaches in the business, leaving United with the problem of replacing him. However, Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that a deal [. Click to continue reading...

An interesting move by the Chicago Fire as they acquire the rights to Brian McBride from Toronto F.C. The Fire won't actually get to have McBride play for them until after the Olympic games are over, but that will serve as a good way to get him into game shape and ready for the stretch run and the playoffs. Click to continue reading...

Given the focus that this blog has given to United's roster this year, I thought it would be appropriate to base our Mid-Season Review specifically on the roster moves that the team has made. In part 1, we will look at United's acquisitions, meaning the players that the team added since the end of last season that they didn't have to give up anything for. Click to continue reading...

If Man Utd think this whole Cristiano Ronaldo thing is a nightmare, just wait til they have to deal with Alex Ferguson's retirement. Ronaldo might be a massively important part of the team, but Fergie is Man Utd right now, and once he swaps the Old Trafford dugout for comfy chair and slippers (in two [. Click to continue reading...

Alex Ferguson will be given the opportunity to anoint his successor as Manchester United manager after the club's chief executive, David Gill, confirmed that the club's owners, the Glazer family, plan to seek the opinion and advice of the 66-year-old when he finally announces his retirement at Old Trafford. Click to continue reading...

Croatian star Igor Tudor has been forced to retire from football with a persistent ankle injury, a blow to Croatia's hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup Finals. The defender, who is only 30, announced his retirement to the media on Wednesday evening. Tudor suffered the injury to his ankle playing . Click to continue reading...

One of the cornerstones of the Golden Generation, João Vieira Pinto, is announcing his retirement after more than twenty years of professional football. He's one of the key reasons why Portugal are where they are today among the world football elite. Obrigado, JVP. Click to continue reading...

The latest news has Alex Ferguson trying to convince Cristiano Ronaldo to stay put at Manchester United by telling him that he would be making the biggest mistake of his career by going to Real Madrid. I don't understand how it would be such a big mistake for Ronaldo to go there if that is the club that he really wants to play for. Click to continue reading...

His purported deal with Toronto FC has been scrapped (or never existed in the first place, according to some reports) but Turkey legend Hakan Sukur still wants to sign with a Major League Soccer team. The 36-year old "is free, available and wants to come to the U.S.," according to an individual with knowledge of the situation (don't you just love those? Click to continue reading...

Like many of you I too wondered a great deal about the famed second designated player slot that the New York Red Bulls owned. With the announcement of Claudio Reyna's retirement today the question on everyone's mind was surrounding that second DP slot. As we all recall New York traded for a second DP slot back [. Click to continue reading...

As you all might no, Claudio Reyna,  "Captain America" announced his retirement because of recurring injuries yesterday.  As poor as Reyna looked for the Red Bulls, it should do nothing to play down his illustrious career.  I present the following video to honor all the good "Captain America" has done for US Soccer. Click to continue reading...

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With the Claudio Reyna retirement press conference still a few hours away, there are still plenty of questions being asked about his retirement and its ramifications. I've decided to answer some of the questions I'm seeing being raised.

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Just as promised, once I got more information, I would pass it along to you. This morning was more like a flood of information from sources, reports, and other blogs. What we do know is Captain America has retired. But what it appears to be now is he was some what forced into retirement by his [...] Click to continue reading...