Rio Ferdinand has claimed that the dressing room atmosphere didn't match what someone might perceive a dressing room to look like after beating AC Milan 4-0.

He says the mentality at United requires you to always look forward to the next game and how this attitude is different to that of other clubs he's played for.

With just over 30 days left until the 2010 World Cup the anticipation is palpable and this video highlights some of the great football moments from FIFA's previous World Cup only 4 short years ago. To get you in the mood the Las Vegas rock band The Killers deliver the perfect soundtrack with their hit "All These Things That I've Done".

adidas has created TECHFIT jerseys for the Chicago Fire, D.C. United and LA Galaxy in anticipation of the 2010 MLS season. Seen for the first time with the release of adidas 2010 National team jerseys, TECHFIT PowerWeb jerseys have special technology designed to improve player performance on the field.

The anticipation and excitement of Fox Soccer Channel launching in HD has been building for ten months now ever since the January 2010 date was first announced last April. Soccer fans across the United States have been drooling at the prospect of watching their favorite Premier League team and international football in glorious HD on FSC.

Our second draw in 4 days. Yet another match in which we were expected to win, although we knew it would be a challenge from the moment the team sheet was released. Upon the completion of the game, the most common reaction to the starting 11 was how much it resembled a Carling Cup side and not one that was challenging for the biggest prize in Europe.

I've been waiting for this week in the rankings for months!!! This is when it gets exciting again. Why? As the season goes on and clubs move up and down the domestic tables with less frequency, the rankings tend to get stagnant and you see the same clubs in the same spots week-after-week. After the end of the first knockout stage of the Champions League, however, two things happen.

I got this idea from a comment by David in the Weekend that Was post. I thought it would be good to name the best players on the three teams that were relegated: Atalanta, Siena, and Livorno. Although all three teams will be plying their trade in Serie B next season, some players on their rosters probably won't be sharing the experience.

By Dominic Vieira, writing from Portugal

There are ten days left until the World Cup kicks off and here are the ten young stars to look out for at South Africa!

10. Miroslav Stoch, Slovakia, Winger, Aged 20

After his magnificent loan spell at Twente where he was crowned league champions, Stoch is travelling to South Africa in perfect form.

Did Becks convince Ronnie to come to Hollywood?

A Football Report has learned, through our friend Matthew Wall over at SoccerProse, that Ronaldinho and Kaka will be leaving their respective clubs in the January transfer window. Matthew works for one of America's leading soccer stores, SoccerPro, and he has learned that no new orders for Kaka or Ronaldinho name sets for the backs of soccer jerseys are being sold to suppliers in anticipation of these moves.

The Daily Mail claims that Roberto Mancini, the Manchester City manager, is planning to sell Stephen Ireland this summer as he sets about revamping his midfield.

Questions over the Irish playmaker's future at Eastlands have arisen following the Sky Blues' January pursuit of Parma star McDonald Mariga, who ended up joining Inter instead.

Rafa Benitez has placed Daniel Pacheco on red alert as he revealed the promising young striker is edging closer to a first-team start.
The 19-year-old has been attracting rave reviews for Liverpool reserves this season and there is a buzz of anticipation among supporters about his progress.

With anticipation mounting for the Nike World Cup 2010 kit collection (the Brazil away kit has already been launched), here's another Nike 2010 design from the Orient. This time it's from Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua F.C. Once featuring former Germany and Bayern Munich man Carsten Jancker and 1998 World Cup finalist Júnior Baiano, Shanghai Shenhua [.

The Philadelphia Union are preparing to take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies today in what will be their last preseason test before their first season in Major League Soccer (hopefully) begins. It's true that the anticipation and buzz surrounding First Kick has been doused by labor talks, but if there's one person out there that's just happy to be around the game, it's the Union's Team Coordinator Josh Gros.

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I usually leave the worldwide aggregating and linking duty to Bruce McGuire and DuNord. How he finds the time to ferret out all those great soccer articles between extensive beard grooming sessions, I'll never know.

Generally speaking I look forward to April; the long, dark nights are receding, the sun shines that bit longer and flowers start to bloom. All in all, there's a sense of renewal and anticipation in the air. Unfortunately, spring also heralds the time of year when Sir Alex Ferguson cynically begins his tapping up of our best players.

While most will be hanging on to ever call in South Africa, all the cool kids will be heading to Singapore for the real World Cup: RoboCup 2010. Like the real World Cup, but for robots. With the entire aim to defeat humans by 2050, and then take over the world. But not before their goalkeepers improve their positioning.

FIFA has released a timetable for the 32 World Cup nations to set their 23 man rosters.

The 30 man provisional roster must be turned in by midnight on May 11 and FIFA will publish the list on May 13th.

The final 23 man rosters must be submitted by June 1 and FIFA will release them on June 4.

With more famous faces than you can shake a stick at, plus some we couldn't quite recognise, its the latest Carlsberg ad hoping to get England buzzing ahead of the World Cup.

On the subject of Beer and the World Cup. Where do you plan on watching the games this summer? In the local? If so any establishments you want to advise others to visit that for some reason are more likely to be the best place to view the games?

The World Cup begins in a month, but, for many, the party has already begun. The major leagues in Europe are coming to a close, and all we have left is the anticipation of all the joy and excitement that we will behold throughout the month we all cannot wait to get here soon enough. The final squads are being announced within the next few weeks, and by that time all the analysts will have isolated themselves in the studios to give add to the footballing manifold of advice.

Only 30 more days to go, all the World Cup finalists are in the midst of naming their provisional squads. The anticipation and excitement are building up as we speak. Work and relationships take a backseat for a month as we witness and experience the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Here are the top ten best World Cup final.

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So, yeah. Anyone that can watch the World Cup twitch-inducing Nike Write The Future video and not squee with anticipation worthy of a Topshop opening is dead to us.

With the World Cup kick-off just about one week away, football fans are already going wild in anticipation. Today Visa has launched its VISA FIFA YouTube Channel to collectively harness this enthusiasm and create the longest "goool!" shout in history.

It's technically after hours at Kickette HQ and a lot has fallen to the wayside since we accidentally started drinking ahead of normal public scrutiny hours. Since our next top 5 World Cup National Team hotties list for today is way late, this is all we can offer: a caption contest.

So how's everyone doing in the last breathless run-up to World Cup? Checking out some of those friendlies? Obsessively filling out wall charts, making predictions? Chewing your own arm off in crazed anticipation?
One of the ways we here at a pretty move have been coping is by acquiring a stash of footie books to keep us going before, during, and in the aftermath of World Cup 2010.

Telegraph.co.uk And Finally... Pub staff officially rename themselves Wayne Rooney for World Cup ChesterChronicle.co.uk (blog) All the bar staff at the Woodside signed up for the scheme and will each wear 'Call me Rooney ' T-shirts in ... England vs. United States: The Beauty of Anticipation New York Times A few things to watch while watching the World Cup The Associated Press Capello's toughest test at this World Cup might be keeping live-wire Rooney .

With the World Cup just ONE DAY AWAY (I was so excited I woke up at 7:00 AM today thinking that today was June 11th...), I have found/created three truly awesome things to show all you footy fans tingling with anticipation.
1.) A wonderful World Cup infographic about World Cup Facts, it's something that you should really check out.

Four years of anticipation and expectations are now only hours away. Some of football's greatest stars are assembled in South Africa preparing to put on "The Greatest Show On Earth" but a number of...
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Roy's boys are on fire. Johnny P had a goodun today as Ghana destroyed a good Serbia side. Those of us with a fiver on the black stars to win the whole thing are wriging our hands in anticipation of a big payday.

By Dominic Vieira, writing from Portugal

The Group G clash between Drogba's Ivory Coast and Ronaldo's Portugal failed to live up to its hype and anticipation, in fact it was an incredibly boring goalless draw.

Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez holds his line perfectly, moving only when the ball was lofted over by Rafa Marquez. Great bit of anticipation - and the Man Utd bound striker showed great composure faced one on one with Hugo Lloris, side footing him, and in a perfect finish sending Mexico one up.

It may have only been a 1-0 victory over tiny Slovenia, but England finally showed glimpses of their class. Yes Wayne Rooney still didn't look 100%, and yes there were still a few momentary lapses of concentration at the back.

But England looked like a side that played without fear or real pressure, they strung passes together and created clear cut chances (that weren't put away!

He's 28-year-old Giancarlo Maldonado, most recently of Mexican club Atalante, and Venezuela's all-time leading scorer with 19 goals in 48 appearances.

"Giancarlo is an experienced striker with international experience and the ability to score goals," said Chivas USA Coach Martín Vásquez.

It really couldn't have gone better for Thierry Henry and the Red Bulls last night. Sure, it would have been nice to actually win the game, but in the end losing hardly matters. Henry played, shone, and scored. Red Bull fans have to be giddy with the anticipation of letting the Frenchman loose on unsuspecting MLS defenses.

New United hero? Javier Hernandez, the first Mexican to play for Manchester United, scores on his debut in front of an adoring Mexican-American crowd in Houston and the Red Devils head to Guadalajara to sell replica jerseys with his name on the back to play Chivas Friday in a match that was a condition of his transfer from the club (AP Photo).

A brace from David Ngog all but puts Liverpool through to the next round.

Conflicted feelings seemed to rule the days leading up to this one at least for me, I felt a great anticipation for things finally to turn towards the pitch that coincided with quite a bit of anxiety about how the club would start the season.

I cannot confirm nor deny anything. In the last six months, this story has made our lives difficult. At the moment, what is important is that when Cesc comes back, that he comes out. For me, I have nothing more to add. The conversations with the players have to be private because I cannot come out every time I speak with a player.

It is hard not to be slightly fearful with the new season almost upon us and I think that says a lot. Even the ever optimistic Arsene Wenger was just 'hopeful' going into Sunday's game at Anfield. When you have a great squad and a decent chance of the big titles then one has this eagerness and anticipation combined with an almost naive over confidence.

After months of anticipation, the demo for EA Sports FIFA 11 is now available for download. The demo allows users to play exhibition matches with Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen and Olympique Lyonnais. To download the FIFA 11 demo for PlayStation 3, visit the PlayStation Network and go to the PlayStation Store.

Pat will be glad that Wenger is right next to him this Sunday

If Arsene Wenger was not sure yesterday, he is now. Cesc Fabregas has failed to recover sufficiently from his hamstring injury and will miss out on this Sunday's game at Stamford Bridge. There is no doubt that we could use a player of his class and invention in a game like this.

Hekari United are the defending champions

This weekend sees the beginning of a new campaign in Oceania's elite football competition, the O-League. Having established itself as a regular feature of the football calendar since it was rebranded with a new format in 2007, the anticipation ahead of this tournament is growing mainly because of last season's shock victory of Papua New Guinea's PKR Hekari United FC.