They say that play acting and feining injury has become rife in football and when videos like this emerge it is no wonder why. We at In The Stands can only shake our heads and laugh. For the record his name is Narcisse Ekanga Amia, a 24-year-old Cameroonian-Equatoguinean midfielder who currently plays for TP Mazembe [.

Next year's CONCACAF Champions League competition will look significantly different from current and previous versions. Ted Howard, CONCACAF's acting general secretary, announced today that the preliminary round would be eliminated from the competition, and all 24 qualifying clubs will proceed directly to a group stage containing eight groups of three teams each.

Chuck Blazer's run as secretary general of CONCACAF will come to a close at the end of this year.

Blazer told the Associated Press that he'll be resigning from his post in December after a 21-year run in the position. Blazer added that he will maintain his position on FIFA's executive committee, for which he won't potentially be up for re-election until 2013.

Image Credit: Getty Images.

We always envisioned Cristiano Ronaldo's first foray into film and acting would be presented much like one of his former fling's self-titled cinematic debut, 'One Night in Paris'.

Sadly, our luck runneth out yesterday at the Madrid premiere of "Cristiano Ronaldo Al Limite", where we learned C-Ron was taped doing a lot of the same stuff he does every other day.

Surely there will be much news about the second leg of the Super Cup between Real & Barca, as Cesc made his debut and had quite the impact on the game, playing a pivotal role in on and off pitch antics, like being the victim in attempted-ACL murder by Marcelo, which sparked a massive kerfuffle.

Lisle Austin, acting ex-commissioner of CONCACAF, has dug up some fun reading for you on the Caribbean Football Union's website.According to the site, FIFA has no jurisdiction in telling him that he can't be President of CONCACAF and rather since it's an American conspiracy to get him out, it is between him and CONCACAF rather than CONCACAF and FIFA.

The season is not yet out and yet the rumour-mill is grinding back into full action. Here is a quick surmise of 4 players recently linked with Valencia. Take each with a pinch of salt. Try (especially Javier) to forget for a moment whether or not the transfer is economically realistic (;)) and rate them or your wanting to see them in our team.

After last Wednesday's classic against Edmonton where the side scored early and then auto-piloted all the way home, it's hard to get amped for a game with real meaning. Coming off a loss in the league that really put a dent into our Cascadia Cup campaign against Seattle, perhaps home can bring back some focus, stability and a positive talking point beyond the traditional "Frei played well.