Remember when the Grown-Ass Man started saying thing s like "What Eddie Johnson is not going to do is ______" and we were all like what? I mean dude had swag and all at the time but once you start talking about yourself in the third person it's only a matter of time before you're hanging out in Vegas with Spiedi at an event sponsored by AXE and Ed Hardy.

Wayne Rooney assisted three of England's goal against Bulgaria in the Euro 2012 Qualifiers and gave a brilliant pass for the first goal as well. Roo was fantastic. Here are all the assists:

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Fabio Capello's England squad have received a huge moral boost this afternoon after England striker Wayne Rooney travelled with the squad to Switzerland prior to Tuesday night's all important European Championship qualification match. In spite of potentially damaging allegations surrounding the Manchester United striker's private life, the England coach confirmed that England's star man would travel and play for his country against the Swiss as England seek to keep up the momentum after a promising 4 - 0 win over Bulgaria at Wembley on Friday.

Long time U.S. national team midfielder Eddie Lewis has announced that the 2010 MLS Season will be his last as a professional. The 36-year-old earned 82 caps with the U.S. National Team, scoring 10 goals and adding 16 assists. A two-time World Cup veteran, his most famous moment came when he delivered a perfectly placed cross onto the head of Landon Donovan that resulted in the insurance goal of the USA's 2-0 victory against Mexico in the Round of 16 at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, helping the U.

Colorado's starters will have to wait until Thursday to find out what the team will look like after Tuesday's trade of midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy for forward Macoumba Kandji.

The starters are scheduled to take the day off from practice on Wednesday, which gives the team a couple of days to figure out where Kandji fits and who will be called on to create from the midfield in front of Saturday's 7 p.

After every World Cup there are players that get noticed for their performances, sign on to big contracts, and then never live up to the hype. In fact that is more the case than not. After watching the first several performances from Mesut Ozil you can already see that in his case he is in the divine minority.

This was one of those rare games that falls in the category, Easier Done Than Said. Many expected Braga to put up a stronger challenge. Given their wins over Celtic and Sevilla in the qualifying stages it was a justified opinion. I thought the occasion, first time ever in the Champions League, got to them.

Juan Pablo Angel will battle rookie Zac Loyd tonight in Dallas. (Getty Images)

Could a steak come to an end this evening in Frisco? FC Dallas hosts the star-studded New York Red Bulls tonight at Pizza Hut Park. FCD is hoping to keep their 14-game unbeaten run going here.

FC Dallas is hoping to get revenge tonight on one of the two clubs that have beaten them this season.

The Air Force women's soccer team dropped a 1-0 match to Weber State Friday night in day one action at the Falcon Invitational at the Cadet Soccer Stadium.

The loss drops the Falcons to 6-4-1 on the season while the Wildcats improved to 1-9-0. In the opening game, UNLV (6-4-0) coasted to a 5-0 win over VMI (1-8-0).

Before I head out to Galaxy practice in Carson this morning (despite this insane heat) ahead of next Sunday's SuperClasico I have time to note that:

Chums: Beckham describes how much bigger the fortune of CONCACAF President Jack Warner could get as they chat Sunday during a coaching clinic in Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago (AP Photo).

Arsenal youngster Theo Walcott has made it no secret that last season, which was blighted with injuries and a struggle for form, was a major disappointment for him.

The 21-year old was left with a bitter taste in his mouth as he went into the summer trophyless with the Gunners while also missing out on Fabio Capello's World Cup squad.

Nate Jaqua scored twice and Steve Zakuani notched two assists in leading the Sounders to an impressive win over Chivas USA.

Assists of the Week are here again and the likes of Iniesta, Llorente, Giovinco, and Nani light up the compilation. However, one name you probably don't know is Kees Kwakman on NAC Breda who lifted an absolute beauty. Anyway, which is your favourite?

Assists of the Week are here again and the likes of Iniesta, Llorente, Giovinco, and Nani light up the compilation. However, one name you probably don't know is Kees Kwakman on NAC Breda who lifted an absolute beauty. Anyway, which is your favourite?

This is odd. Do Manchester Unite usually end August with seven points from three? Of course, historically, United are slow starters. By no means was August a great start to the season (use Chelsea's start as a reference to define 'great') but it was solid, no less, and very encouraging. Anyway, what normally makes deciding a Player of the Month so difficult is the fact that football is a team game, so opinion is usually split over whom deserves the recognition.

David Beckham said he is targeting the Sept. 11 game against the Columbus Crew at Home Depot Center.

You might want to hold off on buying your tickets just yet though.

"I'll be on the bench and hopefully I'll get on the field for 15-20 minutes,"Beckham said Thursday.

Frankly, I'll believe it when I see it.

Former Fulham forward and current member of the MLS Chicago Fire Brian McBride is set to retire at the end of the 2010 MLS season.

And the former USA national team star is considered one of the best Americans to ever play the game and is currently in third place all time for career goals for the national team side.

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Marko Perovic has been the Revolution's most consistent offensive threat.

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The Revolution are not good.

Phoenix Suns forward Hedo Turkoglu scored 20 points and Sinan Guler chipped in 17 as Turkey came away with a 95-77 win over France on Sunday at the FIBA World Championship. A crowd of 15,500 fans (including 22 members of the Turkish soccer team) cheered on the home team to victory in the round of 16 game.

These days, the most unpopular people in modern-day Britain are politicians, bankers and journalists. Imagine rolling them all into one. Eurgh. That's exactly the impression the Telegraph's Henry Winter seems to give (some would argue he's the best journalist on these shores), a hack so arrogant it's difficult to comprehend into words.

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Congratulations to the August Online Soccer Academy players of the month! August's winners are Samantha Jones, Tommy Michaels and Rachel Twins.

Samantha Jones wins it for the Rookies group! Samantha has had a great start to her fall season. She scored 3 goals in her first game this season.

When Argentina is playing international basketball, it's usually Manu Ginobili playing the starring role. With Ginobili sitting out this year's World Championships, the mantle has been passed to Luis Scola and he hasn't disappointed. In fact, he's been the World's best player. Against Brazil, Scola was simply awesome.

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A good week for Germany, England, Italy and Holland but not so good for the Portuguese or the tabloid press in England. These stories and more feature in this week's the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which can be heard on our weekly podcast.

I'm not sure how much clearer I can say it. The title says it all: Ricky Rubio sucks. He is so overrated and so overhyped that it's unbelievable. Listen to most basketball fans (even scouts) and you'll hear Ricky Rubio compared to everyone from Magic Johnson to John Stockton to Pistol Pete. In reality, Ricky Rubio is a better passing version of Rafer Alston minus a bit of athleticism and a lot of defense.

By Walter Broeckx I must admit the first hours when I found out about the Walcott injury I was down. Very down. Why oh why did it happen again to one of our players. We all remember last season. Robin Van Persie who was on fire. From the start of the season he gave assists and [...]

Although Real Madrid started off the season slow with a draw against Mallorca, Los Blancos will be looking to bounce back from their disappointing start when they take on Osasuna in league action. With Jose Mourinho having to be without his best player in Cristiano Ronaldo, Madrid should still be able to pull off a win against Osasuna.

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A pair of second-half goals from redshirt freshman Steph Brandt and junior Tamara Strahota carried the Minnesota women's soccer team to its sixth-straight win on Friday afternoon in a 2-0 blanking of Bowling Green.

"We were clinical today and because of that we were able to put ourselves in a great rhythm in the second half.

Exciting Swiss winger Xherdan Shaqiri is hoping that Liverpool revive their interest in him and make a move to sign him during the January transfer window.
Shaqiri was one of the youngest players to go to the World Cup, testament to his potential. The 18-year-old's pace and dribbling ability helped FC Basel to the league and cup double last term as he contributed six goals and five assists in his debut season.

Henry Winter was quick to blame Wayne Rooney's absence for United's draw against Everton. Sir Alex Ferguson's decision had "back fired" according to him.

Ridiculous, I thought. We scored three goals away from home, so it wasn't our attack that let us down at the weekend.

However, the reaction of Everton players might make you feel differently.

The Rapids have announced a trade with last week's opponents the NY Red Bulls. They left Ballouchy in NY and brought back Macoumba Kandji. Kandji is a 25-year old forward from Senegal who's spent some time playing on the wing as well. He was signed by NY 2 years ago tomorrow from the Atlanta USL team, and since then has made 41 appearances for RBNY, with 30 starts, 6 goals, and 7 assists.

On what has turned out to be anything but a quiet news day for MLS, the Red Bulls announced this morning that they had traded Macoumba Kandji to the Colorado Rapids for attacking midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy (above, R). Ballouchy, a native of Morocco, played his college ball at Santa Clara before being drafted as a Generation Adidas player by Real Salt Lake in 2006, then was traded to the Rapids in the transaction that brought Kyle Beckerman to Salt Lake City.

Colorado School of Mines' Baski Baker has been named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week as announced Tuesday by the RMAC.

Last week, CSM picked up a pair of wins to improve to 3-0 on the season. Mines posted a 4-0 victory over then 24th-ranked West Texas A&M on Tuesday, Sept.

The Mehdi Ballouchy era in the midfield for Colorado came to an end on Tuesday.

The club announced that it had traded the midfielder to the New York Red Bulls for forward Macoumba Kandji.

Acquired by the Rapids in a trade with Real Salt Lake on July 16, 2007, Ballouchy leaves Colorado having played in 77 games for the club and scoring seven goals adding 18 assists.

Sebastien Le Toux looks to add to his season goal tally tonight in San Jose. (Getty Images)

One team tonight still has a tiny bit of hope while the other is starting to hit their stride at the right time this year. The Philadelphia Union comes into San Jose tonight to meet the Quakes in a pivotal midweek matchup.

Oft-injured midfielder Colin Clark was traded to Houston for Brian Mullan on Wednesday, just ahead of the MLS roster freeze.

Along with Mullan, the Rapids receive Houston's natural fourth round 2013 MLS SuperDraft pick. The Dynamo picked up a midfielder recovering from a second torn ACL in two years, and allocation money.

The Tuesday trade of Mehdi Ballouchy to New York ended the Colorado Rapids experiment that was born in the 2007 swap of Ballouchy for fan favorite Kyle Beckerman.

For the Thursday list, we look at the paths the two players have taken and the way their teams have performed since that switch more than three years ago.

Lauren Jackson is the best women's basketball player in the world. And now she can add a second WNBA championship to her resume. After winning it all in 2004, Jackson and the Seattle Storm lost in the first round every year ... until this season. On Thursday, the Storm beat the Atlanta Dream 87-84 to sweep the WNBA Finals.

The Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game is all about picking winners. The game is weekly, as opposed to season long, so if you see a Premier League game where you know what's going to happen, that's points in the bank. And points in the bank means money in the bank, because the Silver, Gold and Platinum levels of the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game offer weekly cash prizes to the top three in each 11-team weekly league.

Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal

Yesterday's result was gutting, it felt more like a loss. I thought we had made it home... one last delivery to get rid of, and after doing it well all day the odds seemed like they would fall in our favour and someone would just give the ball a clout and get it out of there.

Manchester United 3-2 Liverpool: Observations

In the midst of a Mancunian drizzle, Dimitar Berbatov shone so bright that he had put others in the shade; and in the process, silencing the last of his doubters with a monumental, inspirational performance one that could never to be forgotten simply because of the manner and audacity in which he scored the second of his three goals.