It's the day before matchday, folks! The New England Revolution are likely already in DC preparing to return the favor of a home loss to United after Chris Pontius stole a point from the Revs a few weeks ago at Gillette. Meanwhile, in the world of soccer, there have been some interesting developments.

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By Walter Broeckx

In this new series about the refs I have so far published two articles:

London people are unfit to referee according to the referees' [.

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60 games done. 60 games reviewed by our team of reviewers. And I would like [.

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By Ref Reviewer 02

For the game between Wolverhampton and Chelsea we had ref Peter Walton.

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By Walter Broeckx

Well we had an Fa cup game at the Emirates that wouldn't stay in our [.

Here, in the latest of our book reviews, Ben Summers takes a look at Barney Ronay's The Manager, a book which surely deserves more than its two current stars on Amazon. The Manager: The Absurd Ascent of the Most Important Man in Football By Barney Ronay Published by Sphere August 2010, £8.99, ISBN: 9780751542790 This book's incongruous appearance in Fabio Capello's 2010 World Cup luggage leant it a curious subplot that could easily have been incorporated into the book itself.

Shannon Smyth (Mequon/Milwaukee DSHA) was named to the Republic of Ireland squad for the Algarve Cup in Portugal.

The 24-year-old Smyth, who will start her second season with Amazon Grimstad FK in Norway's Toppserien in April, has six career caps. She has dual citizenship because her father, Brendan, was born and raised in Ireland.

Imagined Football Pitches in the Amazon

It's no secret that the Amazon rainforest is shrinking every year. However, we are rarely given such a poignant image magnifying just how drastic the Amazon's environmental climate is changing. Xavier Barrade is a London-based artist who decided to take the concept often used describing the loss of Amazonian rainforest based on the number of football pitch equivalents by literally drawing the pitches onto real aerial photography of the Amazon.

At FSOU, we specialize in sports writing for an online audience. Think of it as creative writing degree sans the creativity. We also offer an advanced degree known as a MDA (Master in the Dark Arts) for superior students that show a special talent. Tuition rates are still being discussed, but, for now, enjoy a few free lectures.

Apologies for the quiet here, since Tuesday's fun Stan's had a version of Scarlet Fever so all hands to the pumps. Just as well I didn't hand him to a player for a photo, eh?!

Anyway, in the meantime, any interest in the books above? We're trying to have a bit of a clearout (well, I am, everyone else's crap remains untouched) before possibly moving house.

Apologies for the quiet here, since Tuesday's fun Stan's had a version of Scarlet Fever so all hands to the pumps. Just as well I didn't hand him to a player for a photo, eh?!

Anyway, in the meantime, any interest in the books above? We're trying to have a bit of a clearout (well, I am, everyone else's crap remains untouched) before possibly moving house.

USA national team coach, Jurgen Klinsmann, is engaging. His voice has a laid back feel. He has lived in California for a while. And from there he stares out across a continent of differences, and beyond that, over the sea to Americans playing soccer in foreign lands. From this acreage he picks the ingredients that must safeguard the American settlement in world soccer.

The Daily Mail has an interview with Michael Owen.

ManUtd24 has an article on Roy Keane's performance against Juventus.

The Telegraph says Mancini needs to learn from Ferguson.

The Mirror talks to Anton Ferdinand about QPR's chances on Sunday.

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It's not often that your non-soccer friends offer up astonishing soccer reading advice, but just a few weeks ago, that happened to me. "Graham" Cory said as we sat on his couch watching an old show, "I have a book you need to read. It was the first book to make me understand why people all over the world love and enjoy soccer.

Was für eine Überraschung! Da klingelt der Postbote an der Tür und überreicht mit ein Päckchen von Amazon. Mh, bestellt hatte ich eigentlich nichts, aber wenn da schon mal mein Name drauf steht, dann muss es ja für mich sein oder? Also mal schnell reingeschaut und was sehen meine müden Augen? Das neue Adidas DFB [.