We see London. We see France. We see a WAG's underpants.

Oh Shayk. Just when we think things are improving, you go and let us know what colour your underthings are and how cold you were.

First things first we love this dress. It comes from Alexander Wang's Spring 2012 collection and it's sporty and sexy and colourful.

Alex Bunbury foi um internacional canadiano que durante seis épocas, entre 1993/94 e 1998/99, foi a principal referência atacante do Marítimo. Vindo dos ingleses do West Ham, o possante avançado rapidamente "pegou de estaca" na equipa madeirense. Hoje com 44 anos, Alexander Bunbury está retirado do futebol, após ter terminado a carreira nos norte-americanos do Kansas City Wizards e acompanha a carreira dos seus dois filhos: Teal (21 anos) e Logan (16) e nascido em Portugal.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish has hailed striker Andy Carroll for refusing to let his head drop during a testing season for both player and club.
Carroll put his hand up for a start in this weekend's FA Cup semi-final against Everton by heading in the goal that earned the Reds a 3-2 victory over Blackburn in the Premier League on Tuesday.

Mid-April 2011 marked the Timbers' first in-season acquisition of the MLS era (DP Diego Chara, signed April 13), but the team still had two MLS trades ahead, acquiring instant starters LB Mike Chabala and RB Lovell Palmer in July, and midfielder Eric Alexander in August.

So while worries about the team's defensive performance have already expressed themselves in the form of two veteran international trialists, why wouldn't the front office be actively pursuing an MLS trade to upgrade the back line?

And in a quirky little statistic that I like to throw out on twitter from time to time, Perlaza has now started in 12 of Timbers' 13 MLS wins – the most of any player on the roster, and has a win rate of 40%, compared to the Timbers own 31.7%. Funny, that.

Great piece again by Kevin Alexander at Slide Rule Pass about the SKC win.

By Chris Wright

In which AIK centre-half Alexander Milosevic takes aim from the edge of the semi-circle and crashes an absolute exocet into the top corner from 45 metres out...

Who shoots from there for Christ's sake?

Whenever the commentators immediately bring up the YouTube, something either very good or very bad just happened. For the unlucky gentleman Alexander Soderlund, tis very much indeed the latter.

There have been worse, more unbelievable and certainly more unforgivable, but perhaps none quite so nonchalant, almost as though that's what he meant to do.

We're sure that Bernadien Robben is sympathetic, but she's not going to be looking forward to the next couple of weeks. Image: REUTERS/Alexander Hassenstein.

Arjen Robben's missed the odd important penalty this season, but none was as crushing as the one he missed on Saturday. With the Champions League final poised at 1-1 in extra time, Didier Drogba's foul on Franck Ribery in the 95th minute handed Bayern Munich the opportunity to take the lead and.

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And let's face it, it's the back four that is the club's biggest problem. So the signing of 30-year-old defender John Alexander Valencia, who has made 112 starts in 114 games for Colombian champion Atletico Junior since 2007, sounds exactly what the club needs. "John is a player we have

The Portland Timbers held a lively practice today, playing some of what could actually be called soccer for the first time this preseason. After the usual warm-ups and passing drills, the Timbers played games of 9v9 which was a deviation from last season which saw the Timbers doing purely fitness and passing drills for their first several weeks together.

The Portland Timbers completed their California pre-season trip undefeated after beating the Chicago Fire 2 to 0 behind goals from Jorge Perlaza and Eric Alexander. Trialist Franck Songo'o assisted on both goals, and his pre-season efforts were awarded with an official contract offer from the Timbers as announced on February 16.

The Portland Timbers are facing off against the Oregon State Beavers in a preseason match-up tonight at 7:30. Andy and I are here and will be sharing our thoughts on the game in the comments.

The grounds crew are on the pitch watering up the surface as we speak, and the referees are on the sidelines doing their stretches, so we should be getting ready to pretty soon.

It's time for the league to ... establish itself as one of the world's elite, shorn of gimmicks and stunt signings, but built on a solid foundation of youth development and healthy competition.

Major League Soccer – The Past, Present and Future, a terrific framing of MLS' current position on the continent and in the soccer world, from Kevin Alexander at Slide Rule Pass.

Quick Recap:

The Portland Timbers come out strong but don't hit their stride until the Second Half and a wake-up call after going down 1. Portland were galvanized instead of hanging their heads and end up with a dominant win 3-1.

First Half:

Portland really came out like they meant to take the game to the Philadelphia Union and almost immediately attacked the Union down the wings.

El Salvador Under-23 player Alexander Larin has been suspended for three games by FIFA after punching USA forward Terrence Boyd during the final group stage game of CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying. The incident wasn't sanctioned by the match official. Larin will miss the rest of qualifying and the first game of the Olympics should El Salvador advance.

The PortlandTimbers looked good, very good, for much of their game against Real Salt Lake. The problem, of course, is that Real Salt Lake looked good when it counts. The Timbers' defense, although they held strong for much of the game, crumbled under the pressure of a continuous Salt Lake attack late in the game.

Spartak Moscow goalkeeper Andrei Dykan suffered a concussion and fractures to his face and jaw during Saturday's match against Zenit St. Petersburg when Alexander Kerzhakov's knee caught him in the head. Dykan dove to save a shot from Kerzhakov, but the Zenit striker could stop before his knee connected with the keeper's face.

Sebastian Coates believes Alexander Doni will do his best to capitalize on Pepe Reina's three-game suspension.

Reina's red card at Newcastle United on Sunday means he could miss the Reds' Barclays Premier League clashes with Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers, as well as the FA Cup semi-final with Everton at Wembley.

Alexander Doni admits he does not know if he will be at Liverpool next season as he prepares to fill in for Pepe Reina.
Reina is facing a three-game ban following his sending off against Newcastle for violent conduct for an apparent head-butt on James Perch.
Doni, who joined Liverpool from Roma last summer, is expected to start in goal against Aston Villa next weekend in the absence of Reina despite not playing a competitive game for the club as yet.

Liverpool are in the midst of their worst run since the 1953-54 season, one that has Liverpool fans asking the unthinkable: 'Is Kenny Dalglish's job safe".

The answer to that question might be answered in the next couple of week, and Kenny Dalglish will be hoping that Alexander Doni, who has not even completed a full friendly for Liverpool, can help get Liverpool into the FA Cup final.

The Crewe Alexander midfielder Nick Powell has been playing for England at all levels from U16 to U18, and despite his tender years has already made over 50 appearances for the League Two club. The 6ft hitman can play up front as well as in midfield and has scored an impressive 12 goals in 37 [...]

Game day! Also another chance for the Portland Timbers to redeem themselves after an early lull in the season. I know we had all hoped for a great, exciting start to the season, but, unfortunately, that just doesn't happen sometimes. The optimist inside me wants me to compare the current Timbers to last year's Seattle Sounders (I know, I know!

Quick Recap:

The Portland Timbers finally get the first goal and takes the lead into half-time. The second half was probably the worse half the Timbers have every played at home and they go down 2-1.

First Half:

Portland came out flying. Franck Songo'o was all over the place. He was playing both wings, the CM and hitting perfect free kicks and corners.

Jack Jewsbury is no more an attacking midfielder than I am the Dragon King of Bhutan.

Kevin Alexander in an excellent breakdown of the Timbers' collapse last night.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Mario Balotelli is once again in the headlines for the wrong reasons, and once again the question being asked is if he is worth all the trouble.

For Manchester City head coach Roberto Mancini, the answer appears to be "not anymore".

Effort
Think the biggest problem with the Timbers right now is effort? The Timbers postgame comments would appear to agree with you, as would former captain Ian Joy:
Playing for the Love of the Axe

Tactics
Slide Rule Pass is the go-to blog for post-match tactical breakdowns.

Ha, sorry about posting this early, the full version is below. Thanks!

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If you have five central midfielders, and zero wide midfielders, do you have a central midfield?

I suppose I better eat my words, at least for this game where Liverpool's ten men beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 thanks to an injury-time header from Andy Carroll.
Without further ado, Liverpool's second-string raced into a 2-0 lead after 15 mins thanks to two goals from prolific midfielder Maxi Rodrigues.

Meet Liverpool academy goalkeeper Jamie Stephens. The way things are going at the moment, he'll fancy his chances of getting a game in the FA Cup semi-final against Everton on Saturday. For it seems that Liverpool's senior goalkeepers have some sort of Wembley death-wish and are desperate to avoid the big clash with their neighbours.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish refused to discuss goalkeeper Alexander Doni's red card after his 10-man side edged out Blackburn on Tuesday night.
Reds shot-stopper Doni, in for the suspended Jose Reina, was dismissed for a foul on Junior Hoilett and was replaced by Brad Jones who saved Yakubu's penalty.

Liverpool are to recall Peter Gulacsi from his loan at Hull City in order to solve their goalkeeping crisis.
Hull have announced the Hungarian will later on Wednesday return to his parent club to provide cover for the suspended Jose Reina and Alexander Doni.
Liverpool have been plunged into a shortage of goalkeepers for this weekend's FA Cup semi-final against Everton at Wembley.

Brad Jones is still getting used to the fact that he has been thrust into the Liverpool spotlight, but claims he is ready for a day out at Wembley.
As third-choice goalkeeper at Anfield, the Australian shot-stopper was not expecting to see a lot of first-team action this season.
He has, however, seen Kenny Dalglish suffer something of a shot-stopping crisis, with Jose Reina and Alexander Doni forced to serve suspensions after picking up red cards.

BY ADAM SERRANO

CARSON, Calif. --David Junior Lopes is fully aware of the opportunity that being a member of the Los Angeles Galaxy provides and the hulking Brazilian centerback believes that he can shine with his new club.

Lopes was acquired from Chivas USA on Tuesday in a deal that sent Paolo Cardozo to the Galaxy's cross-hall rivals.

Morning all. A few bits and pieces from yesterday's press conference and beyond to get us going.

We'll start with Arsene Wenger declaring football to be too conservative when it comes to introducing video technology. The manager reckons it's high time we sorted this out to provide an aid to referees who, due to the fact they're not robots, will make mistakes and miss things.

Kenny Dalglish is convinced Liverpool FC have the character to defy the formbook by beating Everton to reach a second domestic cup final this season.
Having already claimed the Carling Cup in February, Dalglish's side returns to Wembley this afternoon to take on the neighbours in their FA Cup semi-final.

Quick Recap:

The Portland Timbers started with a defensive minded line-up and it paid off with their first shut out of the year. Offensively Portland only managed 2 shots on goal and both of those were easily saved but SKC were gracious visitors and put one in for Portland. 1-0 win for Portland.

First Half:

John Spencer sent out a line-up with some interesting changes.

Liverpool's form in the Premier League has been poor since the turn of the year but have excelled in the Cups, winning the Carling Cup and getting to the final of the FA Cup

The Reds are currently eighth in the Premier League, but the Spaniard believes the Cup success shows they are a better team than they were 12 months ago

There's no doubt we've improved from last season already," Reina told LFC Magazine.

Graham Alexander is a true legend. After moving from Burnley to nearby Preston, the 40-year-old Scotsman retired from professional football yesterday after 1023 matches, after Preston's last game of the season against Charlton Athletic at Deepdale. Thankfully, the game was memorable for the veteran. He was brought on by manager Graham Westley in the 83rd [.

Esta semana no se puede pasar sin ver esta jugada que debio terminar en gol,pero fue un fiasco total y entra en la categoria por ser la peor falla del año,porque de la semana ya lo es,

El futbolista del Haugesund Noruego Alexander Søderlund lo sabe y ha dicho lo siguiente:
"Esto me seguira por mucho tiempo, lo escuchares esto por años" declaro lo anterior por la terrible falla que tuvo.