So I hear the clubs won their appeal to get Messi, Diego and Rafinha back from the Olympics.

Which means all the teams could call their boys back.

Which means this soccer tournament could get really lame. I'm sure Benitez would love to force Babel back after the Gerrard injury.. Click to continue reading...

Check out this craigslist posting spotted by The Spoiler.

Some dude really wants Dwayne De Rosario to go to Toronto F.C.

Click the link to check out the full posting. This Canadian guy is quite the comedian. There's even a Daniel Day Lewis reference.

• Is Michael Bradley going to Hamburg?

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Chelsea seems to have a lot of new fans these days. I wonder if any of these three ladies can name one player on the team...

• Toronto's coach hates his players. [SportsNet]
  
• Heskey's wife robbed at knifepoint. [Daily Mail]
  
• Q&A with Rafa Marquez. [Goal!]
  
• Local soccer mom steals $50K from team.

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Belgium's Olympic Football squad for Beijing 2008: Coach: Jean-François De Sart (46) Goalkeepers: Logan Bailly (22) (Racing Genk) Yves De Winter (21) (Westerlo) Yves Makabu-Makalambay (22) (Hibernian, Scotland) Defenders: Laurent Ciman (22) (Club Brugge) Sepp De Roover (23) (Groningen, Netherlands) Vincent Kompany (22) (Hamburg, Germany) Landry Mulemo (21) (Standard Liège) Sébastien Pocognoli (20) (AZ Alkmaar) Thomas Vermaelen (22) (Ajax, Netherlands) Jan Vertonghen (21) (Ajax, Netherlands) Midfielders: Marouane Fellaini (19) (Standard [. Click to continue reading...

The fashion experts in the soccer world aren't impressed with the hairshirt Cristiano Ronaldo has donned as he agitates to move away from Manchester United.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter knitted that hairshirt with his "modern-day slavery" comparison, which Ives Galarcep calls "essentially putting his foot in his mouth for about the 20,000th time during his reign as FIFA president.

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Sometimes people say things that are so outrageous, so absurd, I, on simmer, am compelled to re-read what they said and then immerse myself in water to cleanse my precious body of the horrible words that have been swallowed. This morning, while eating delicious Cheerios (TM) for breakfast, was one such occasion. Click to continue reading...

Some of the most interesting football stories doing the rounds today: 1. Korean players are deliberately dislocating their own shoulders to avoid national service. Ouch. The Offside 2. Sepp Blatter wants a vote on quotas for home-grown players to take... Click to continue reading...

Some of the most interesting football stories doing the rounds today: 1. Korean players are deliberately dislocating their own shoulders to avoid national service. Ouch. The Offside 2. Sepp Blatter wants a vote on quotas for home-grown players to take... Click to continue reading...

Some of the most interesting football stories doing the rounds today: 1. Korean players are deliberately dislocating their own shoulders to avoid national service. Ouch. The Offside 2. Sepp Blatter wants a vote on quotas for home-grown players to take... Click to continue reading...

Some of the most interesting football stories doing the rounds today: 1. Korean players are deliberately dislocating their own shoulders to avoid national service. Ouch. The Offside 2. Sepp Blatter wants a vote on quotas for home-grown players to take... Click to continue reading...