Five years ago Ronaldinho was considered the greatest footballer in the world by many critics. And this month the Brazilian midfielder is expected to finally make his long awaited return to the Brazilian national team. Newly appointed head coach Mano Menezes recently stressed that the AC Milan man "can add value in a sector where we must still evolve.

O técnico da seleção paraguaia, Gerardo Martino, anunciou nessa terça-feira uma lista com 30 jogadores para a Copa do Mundo. O atacante Salvador Cabañas foi substituído por Lucas Barrios.
Cabañas vai ficar fora da Copa depois de tomar um tiro na cabeça em um bar na Cidade do México há cerca de três meses.

27/05/2010Vitoria - Atletico Mineiro ore 0.30Gremio - Avai ore 0.30Fluminense - Flamengo ore 0.30Sao Paulo - Palmeiras ore 1.30Gremio Prudente - Corinthians ore 2.50Cruzeiro - Botafogo ore 2.50Santos - Guarani ore 2.5028/05/2010Vasco da Gama - Internacional ore 2.00Atletico Paranaense - Atletico Goianiense ore 2.

In attesa di conoscere quelle che saranno le scelte definitive di Marcello Lippi, per ora veniamo a conoscenza di quelle di Gerardo Martino, selezionatore del Paraguay, una delle sfidanti degli azzurri, insieme a Nuova Zelanda e Slovacchia.

03/06/2010Atletico Paranaense - Botafogo ore 0.30Fluminense - Vitoria ore 0.30Gremio Prudente - Atletico Goianiense ore 0.30Ceara - Avai ore 2.00Palmeiras - Flamengo ore 2.50Goias - Sao Paulo ore 2.50Cruzeiro - Santos ore 2.5004/06/2010Gremio - Atletico Mineiro ore 2.00Vasco da Gama - Guarani ore 2.00Corinthians - Internacional ore 2.

02/06/2010Portuguesa - Atletico Mineiro 1 - 0 Highlights e GolSao Caetano - Nautico 5 - 0 Highlights e GolVila Nova - Santo Andre 0 - 3 Highlights e GolIcasa - Bahia 4 - 0 Highlights e GolSport Recife - Parana 1 - 0 Highlights e GolCoritiba - Ponte Preta 2 - 1 Highlights e GolFigueirense - ASA 6 - 0 Highlights e GolBragantino - Brasiliense 2 - 2 Highlights e GolIpatinga - Guaratinguetá 3 - 0

1 Justo VILLAR 30/06/1977 P Valladolid (ESP)2 Dario VERON 26/07/1979 DF Pumas UNAM (MEX)3 Claudio MOREL RODRIGUEZ 02/02/1978 DF Boca Juniors (ARG)4 Denis CANIZA 29/08/1974 DF Leon (MEX)5 Julio Cesar CACERES 05/10/1979 DF Atletico Mineiro (BRA)6 Carlos BONET 02/10/1977 MC Olimpia Asuncion (PAR)7 Oscar CARDOZO 20/05/1983 DL Benfica (POR) (foto)8 Edgar BARRETO 15/07/1984 MC Atalanta (ITA)9 Roque SANTA CRUZ 16/08/1981 DL Manchester City (ENG)10 Edgar BENITEZ 08/11/1987 DL Pachuca (MEX)11 Jonathan SANTANA 19/10/1981 MC Wolfsburgo (GER)12 Diego BARRETO 16/07/1981 P Cerro Porteño (PAR)13 Enrique VERA 10/03/1979 MC Liga de Quito (ECU)14 Paulo DA SILVA 01/02/1980 DF Sunderland (ENG)15 Victor CACERES 25/03/1985 MC Libertad (PAR)16 Cristian RIVEROS 16/10/1982 MC Cruz Azul (MEX)17 Aureliano TORRES 16/06/1982 DF San Lorenzo (ARG)18 Nelson VALDEZ 28/11/1983 DL Bor.

The summer break is closing in on the end and I'm settled back in the United States, at least for a few weeks, so it seems like a good time to bring back the weekly U.S. television schedules for the beautiful game.

In the coming week, we will present our third annual pre-season rankings, but for now we're still relying on the final 2009-10 weekly rankings for the rankings below.

*Mexico is moving cautiously on appointing a new national team coach:

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico soccer officials have named two veteran coaches to handle upcoming exhibition matches, giving the national federation time to find a full-time coach to replace Javier Aguirre.

Enrique Meza will handle the Aug.

We know Lazio was Il Duce's fave team, but take it easy on the Roman salutes this weekend, ok?

Listings for what's on TV taken again from Soccer Insider courtesy of the kind and gracious Steven Goff at the Washington Post:

SATURDAY

England, Bolton-Spurs 8:30 a.