Something to read while you think twice about ice cream... Marta coming to America (WPS Offside) Pipe and slippers time for the Carling Cup? (Reuters Soccer Blog) Sergio Aguero to Middle Eastlands? No. (Soccernet) Welcome to ITV4 Fergie (The Spoiler) Blanco-Donovan now BFF (Red Card) More Brazilians at the Bridge (Chelsea Offside) Now Eto'o hearts Pep (STI) Chas 'n Dave to manage Newcastle? Click to continue reading...

Something to read while being glad Li Jiao isn't your roommate... DC United need web developers (Behind the Badge) David Bentley wouldn't cut it as an Offside blogger (The Spoiler) When was football's golden age? (200%) The great Gerrard and Lampard England debate, part 1,234,443 (Times Online) Why Platini's attack on Wenger makes no sense whatsoever (The Run of Play) Gareth [. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while your big arse lands you in jail... Five football court cases to come (The Spoiler) Roughing up skilfill players, yay or nay? (Soccerlens) Catch up withh Igor Biscan (The Guardian) Four Associations Cup to start in 2011, sans Three Lions (England WCB) Motivational advice from The Voyeur (EPL Talk) Pirates of the Mediterranean (Valencia Offside) Johnny Exantus: everything [. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you learn that honesty is always the best policy... Some brief love for Ji-Sung Park (Man Utd Offside) Raul really likes playing for Madrid (The Spoiler) Amr Zaki - unsurprisingly good (Kornheiser's Cartel) Balls through the ages (Football Filter Blog)* The future of Dutch football (Netherlands WCB) Man City - poorer than advertised (The Run of Play) Ten [. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you steal from the rich and give to the poor..... Tomas Rosicky's fantasy team. (uefa) Video of a scantily clad woman frolicking on the beach. (WAGs Offside) Time for a Bundesliga movement. (Bayern Offside) Volleyball doesn't work on a football pitch. (The Spoiler) A spot kick duel between Kroenke's stache & Usmanov. Click to continue reading...

This spotted by The Spoiler in Aston Villa's UEFA Cup match v. PFC Litex Lovech.

At about the 0:56 mark. Right before the obvious red card walk of shame. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you fall asleep committing a robbery..... ManU gets a new sponsor. (Unprofessional Foul) Chelsea is the new ManU. (Kornheiser's Cartel) Mike Ashley isn't exactly trying hard to sell Newcastle... (The Spoiler) Another perspective on Hoffenheim. (ESPN) Psychological gameplay in Amsterdam. Click to continue reading...

Search engine has Spurs' card marked It seems that even Google has now cottoned on to the fact that Tottenham's pre-season expectations may have been set a little too high! Spotted on The Spoiler Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you buy cocaine from your priest........ Someone who isn't a fan of Vinnie Jones' movie career. (Guardian Unlimited) An interview with Darren Huckerby. (Unprofessional Foul) Zola must achieve the highest highs to stick on at Upton Park. (Soccer Advise) Newcastle fans: In need of an owner & spelling lessons. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you scarf down 21 pounds of grits in 10 minutes......... The day after hiring Zola, West Ham's sponsor goes bankrupt. Nice. (Guardian) The good billionaires you want owning your club. (SoccerLens) Study says vertically striped shirts make you look fat; Ronaldinho needs to make better club choices. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you eat 23,000 Big Macs...... Player breaks leg during goal celebration. Goal disallowed. Insult, meet injury. (The Beautiful Game) Fergie's hardest ever decision. No, you won't believe it either. (The Spoiler) Picking an England squad Mourinho-style. (Kornheiser's Cartel) The Three Lions need a cricket player. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you get knocked out by a fish out of water........... WAG is now in the dictionary. Apocalypse and all that. (Telegraph) New club dawning: Liverchester City (SoccerLens) Emmanuel Petit talks about his Barca mistake. (The Spoiler) All you need for a CD Juarez kit is a grocery bag. Click to continue reading...

The guys at The Spoiler have once again had us at COS in fits of laughter whilst consuming our usual diet of web-searching. We thought we would pass this one on to the Toon Army, would could well do with some cheering up as Mike Ashley continues to make himself ... Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you get an elephant addicted to heroin.... A ref banned for being garbage to ref this weekend's Scotland-Macedonia qualifier. (Guardian) How not to treat a pitch invader. (Dave's Football Blog) Sky Sports reads an email on air insulting Geordies. (The Spoiler) More thoughts on Man City ownership. Click to continue reading...

Was he fired? Did he resign?

Does anybody know what's going on?

We should know by the weekend, right?

• Was the fix is in for Brazil-Ghana '06 World Cup game? [Yahoo!]
  
• Naming the Sounders F.C. sections. [Goal Seattle]
  
• Antonio Puerta, one year later.

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I guess he's trying to expand his portfolio in case the transfers all fall through and/or he goes unsigned after his contact's up.

I think he'd be a fitting model for Gucci (get it?). Sigh...

Kickette, With Leather and The Spoiler all have more photos of the less clothes, more provocative kind. Click to continue reading...

Those guys at The Spoiler have come up with their worst team made up of current top tier players, but are they spot-on or way off the mark? Why not join the debate at the COS forum? I have to admit to be more than a little surprised by some of these ... Click to continue reading...

(he's like do I really have to wear this?)

The superstar Argentine, that Columbus doesn't deserve, has won MLS Player of Week for the third time.

That ties him with LanDo for most this season.

Good stuff dude. Keeping the good fight over in Ohio.

• Talking Sounders business.

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Stuff to read while you find naturally growing marijuana plants at the beach.... Lesson: Don't leave your children unattended around British tourists. (Unprofessional Foul) Becks playing for Preston North End way back in the day. (The Spoiler) Stuff overheard after the US game. (Dan Loney Blog) Somebody's questioning Fabio Capello & his trophy cabinet. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you give birth to your own grandchild....... The miracle that is Darijo Srna. (Guardian Unlimited) Does Fabio need an umbrella too? (101 Great Goals) A fantastic puzzle to waste away the work hours. (The Spoiler) Silvestre to Arsenal is being being digested very slowly. (Arsenal Offside) Cesc has his credit cards rejected; obviously needs a bigger [. Click to continue reading...

Those guys at The Spoiler have found a video that may or may not make Liverpool fans laugh! Visit the link below to see an amusing collection of dives by a certain Anfield legend accompanied by some somewhat hypocritical quotes from the Liverpool and England midfielder set to some nice music. ... Click to continue reading...

Atlanta Silverbacks are off to the Great White North to take on Montreal Impact tonight in a match that should help the Backs push closer to securing a playoff spot.

Impact will be looking to play spoiler though on their home field and could use a win to help them climb out of 9th position in the table. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you call the cops for a noise disturbance at a kindergarten....... Argentina's women's team pays tribute to the Spanish men's basketball team. (The Spoiler) Everton has peaked, for now. (Reuters Soccer Blogs) Captaincy is the least of England's worries. (Guardian Unlimited) Mutu thinks FIFA are guilty of human rights violations. Click to continue reading...

I won't even try to explain the pic, I'll just get right to it.

• Potential Three Lions saviors. [The Sun]
  
• The all-injured team. [EPL Talk]
  
• Berbatov pleads for dream move. Haven't we heard this before? [BBC]
  
• Soccer history like only they can. [Pitch Invasion]
  
• Top 25 clubs in world update.

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Watching football in the Olympics is kind of like reading a censored copy of Nuts in an Amsterdam brothel. Regardless though, there will always be a bit of fanfare when the two most entertaining teams on the planet (patent pending), Argentina and Brazil, face one another, and in the build up to tomorrow's semi-final those good folks over at The Spoiler have dug up a bit of a treat for you all today. Click to continue reading...

We all know Cobi ain't the long-term answer for the Galaxy.

The L.A. Times think Nowak is the one favored. But at last night's Super Clasico, that Leiweke dude was chilling with Arena and raving about the former USMNT coach.

Hmmmm....

• Hilarious faux Lampard contract.

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Stuff to do while you pop out a human being on your front lawn...... Chatting up the always good Rafael Honigstein. (Bundesliga Talk) A glimpse at Frank's actual contract. (The Spoiler) Italian legends descend upon The Offside (Gianluigi Buffon Offside & Francesco Totti Offside) Oh, and look, another Italian blog. Click to continue reading...

So obviously everyone's thrilled that ‘Super' Frank is going to be staying at Chelsea for the rest of his career, getting paid £130,000 a week or whatever to stroll around looking generally non-plussed, rather than showing some actual ambition and desire to test his abilities by going abroad.

Anyway, those resourceful chaps over at The Spoiler have somehow managed to ‘acquire' a copy of Mr Lampard's new contract and it makes for some interesting reading.

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Stuff to read while you get robbed by Winnie the Pooh...... Stevie G's new £350,000 garden ornament. (The Spoiler) Franky Lamps is staying in London forever and ever. (Chelsea Offside) Once USSR's biggest rivalry resumes...and didn't go so well for the hosts. (Guardian Unlimited) How Not To Dress, by Mrs. Click to continue reading...

This calls for a spoiler image! Image: http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2251c61cb8fdb00cd970453b04cd5-320pi... Click to continue reading...

Monday's football brunch Steven Gerrard enjoys some groin love [The Spoiler] Man City boss Mark Hughes furious after Thaskin Shinawatra tries to sell Vedran Corluka and Stephen Ireland behind his back [Mirror] Arsene Wenger will be without injured Abou Diaby... Click to continue reading...

Check out this wild interview with Marcus Hahnemann by FourFourTwo.

Maybe one or two conventional questions throughout. Here's a sample.

Would you rather listen to non-stop hip-hop on unremovable headphones for six months, or have a limb broken with a mallet?

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The awesome picture is courtesy of Adam over at TiAS, who also has a great post of the Summer of Soccer program in NYC.

Tons of great photos and a video. What are you waiting for?

• Edu and crew can't breathe in Beijing. [MauriceEdu.com]
  
• Is Tottenham still shopping?

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Something to read from the safety of your bulletproof bra... The best of Bellamy (Who Ate All the Pies?) Ola Rafael (Real Madrid Offside) Dish Network says adios to GolTV (The Beautiful Game) The (talented) Fallen Out With Fergie XI (The Spoiler) Overseas Poles (Poland WCB) Some brilliant satirical stats (The Gaffer) The "giddily bullish transfer market" of European footy (Time) Click to continue reading...

British players overpriced, never! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Those good people at the Spoiler have come up with a top ten list of the biggest overpriced English players and it's an interesting collection of players who seem to have been sold at greatly inflated prices. It's a well-established fact . Click to continue reading...