The LA Galaxy are in last place of the Western Conference. After being bounced out of the CONCACAF Champions League to the hands of Toronto and suffering yet another league defeat, AEG President Time Leiweke awoke to another bit of bad news concerning his LA Galaxy.
Both Bruce Arena and Landon Donovan have decided to part ways with the club.

The U.S. Under-23 men's national team's hopes of reaching the 2012 Olympics have been dealt a serious blow.

Two days after routing Cuba, the Americans suffered a shocking 2-0 defeat to Canada at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. on Saturday night in their second Group A match. Both goals came in the second half off of corner kicks, with Donell Henry and Lucas Cavallini scoring after defensive mistakes from the United States.

Mario Balotelli faces a potential 4-match ban (3 league games) for a stamp on Scott Parker in Manchester City's win over Tottenham on Sunday. While that's bad news for City fans, it's super news for fantasy managers / potential owners ... Continue reading →

Some good and some bad news for Salomon Kalou today at the Africa Cup of Nations.

We'll start with the good, the real good. Kalou opened the scoring for Côte d'Ivoire in their 2-0 win against Burkina Faso tonight. Peep Sal's excellent volley in visual form below.

The volley was the cherry on the top of what was another fine performance from the rarely used Chelsea vet.

Here is a little transfer news for you. According to emerging reports, Arsenal have apparently reached an agreement with German club FC Cologne to sign Lukas Podolski on a 4 year deal worth £10.8 million.

Last week, it was reported that Podolski had reached personal terms with the club and so confirmation of this through this 'agreement' is bound to be very good news for Arsenal fans.

Bad news comes for the USWNT as star defender Ali Krieger will be sidelined for 6-8 months with tears in both her ACL and MCL. The injury occurred during the the first half the teams landslide victory against the Dominican Republic. After taking a shot on goal, Krieger was kicked hard in the knee when a DR player was trying to make a tackle.

Gabriel Gomez was signed by the Philadelphia Union in late December. Last night was the first chance Philly fans have had to examine the versatile Panamanian.

In a 1-0 friendly loss to the United States, Gomez played as a calming link between Panama's back four and skittish front five.

The good news: He was fantastic.

Bad news for all those soccer haters out there. Your ignorance is no longer bliss. Professional soccer is now the second most popular sport in the USA in the key age group of 12-24.

Liverpool's Dutch striker Dirk Kuyt is ready to quit the Reds if he Kenny Dalglish does not offer him more playing time. Kuyt has only featured for Liverpool 29 times this season scoring a paltry 4 goal in the process.

Speaking to MirrorFootball, Kuyt made it clear that it was disappointing sitting on the bench.

It was bad news that Newcastle could lose Fabricio Coloccini for the next four games with a hamstring pull. Coloccini congratulates Papiss Cisse after first goal But some good news to balance that is that Cheick Tiote and Ryan Taylor are expected to be fit for the Liverpool game at St. James' Park next Sunday [.

Gotze News by SV I shall begin today's post by reiterating some bad news, in case any of you Gooners have not heard. Arsenal's chances of signing their number one target, Mario Götze, have been effectively reduced to zero. The German international signed a contract extension with Borussia Dortmund which commits him to the club [.

Bad news for Villarreal and Italy as Villarreal have confirmed that Giuseppe Rossi has suffered another cruciate knee ligament injury and will be out for a further six months on the sidelines.

The Italy international was only just returning to full fitness after damaging his right knee in October.

Here are a couple of things to look out for in today's game. Be sure to check out the pre-game show at 5:30 PM on Comcast SportsNet. Ours and your in-game comments are after the break.

Jalil Anibaba and Arne Friedrich Pairing

The bad news is that Cory Gibbs is out 4-6 months as he recovers from knee surgery.

Chelsea's epic performance against Barcelona last night is a result i am sure will be talked about for weeks even years to come. The Blues finally broke their duck against a Barcelona side that won more titles in their last 3 years than Chelsea have in the last decade.

The man of the moment however, was their £50 million signing Fernando Torres.

Couple of pieces I found on the web.

First, our friends at New England Soccer Today reports that Milton Caraglio has signed with a Chilean club, C. S. D. Rangers. Here is the link: http://nesoccertoday.com/?p=8201

This is a definite weakening of an area which was not a strong point last year.

A comfortable scoreline and advancement to the next round of the FA Cup. Struggling players getting on the scoresheet. A good day, then. Even a great day. When absolutely nothing went wrong and no bad news came out...

* Luis Suarez served the second match of his eight-game ban, Andy Carroll scored, and Stewart Downing broke his 22-match scoring drought.

Some breaking news recently with Stewart Downing being arrested on suspicion of assault. Downing was arrested following an alleged incident with an ex-girlfriend in the early hours of Sunday morning. More bad news for Liverpool, who would be hoping to stay out of the headlines after the recent incidents at Anfield.

A 3-2 home to defeat to their bitter rivals might've been bad news for City players and fans, but it was brilliant fodder for our nefarious, non-partisan purposes. Image: Alex Livesey/Getty Images.

Arsene Wenger had nothing but bad news for Arsenal fans ahead of the crucial match against Man Utd this weekend, well unless it can be considered good news that Fabianski will replace Almunia on the bench. There were hopes that Mikel Arteta and Thomas Vermaelen could get fit in time for the game, but Wenger [.

The Frank Lampard Appreciation Society offers another unique, unadulterated glimpse into the voyage of life of one tragic Monseur Lampeur.

DECEMBER 6, 2011

It's funny how the clothes we wear reflect who we are, and I don't mean those t-shirts that the mentally handicapped wear and include the person's name, number, and address.

Deepdale players discover they now need to be deep sleepers New Preston boss Graham Westley hasn't exactly endeared himself to some of his charges after sending a 2am text message that informed four players that they were being dropped. Westley sent the group text in the early hours of Saturday morning ahead of his side's [.

By Alan Duffy

OMG... Da playrz h8 me... Im a total ****... FFS!!! :(

We've all done it, had a few too many down the pub only to drunkenly text someone, usually an ex or someone we fancy. However, I doubt many of us have sent a late night text informing professional footballers that they had been dropped for the following day's game.

Morning all.

We'd best start with the bad news this morning and that's Jack Wilshere. He's suffered a 'little setback' according to Arsene Wenger and although the manager was obviously trying to play it down a bit, saying he couldn't put a timeframe on it because Jack has to see consultants, the fear is that this could keep him out for at least 6-8 weeks, if not the rest of the season.

The members of the U.S. Women's National Team didn't even have 24 hours to celebrate their CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament Championship before they received some very bad news on Monday morning. That news amounted to what would be a pink slip for most of us. The WPS (Women's Professional Soccer (league)) announced Monday morning, they [.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish stated yesterday that the club would not be buying or selling anyone during the January transfer window. For many fans, that was bad news, but I doubt it's actually true. I'm sure the club is working behind the scenes to try and bring someone in, and Wolves manager Mick McCarthy may have inadvertently confirmed that to be true.

At last we hear that AVB has an angry side with his players aswell as the media!. Up till now we have only seen his angered response to some lines of questioning during pre or post match press conferences when speaking to the media or the written press. It seems as though he let the players see the exact same side after defeat to United on Sunday.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp was cleared of tax evasion charges earlier today, and whilst that's great for him and Spurs, it could be bad news for Liverpool FC. The jury in the case - which was heard at Southwark Crown Court - delivered a unanimous verdict in favour of Redknapp and former Portsmouth Chairman Milan Mandaric, and afterwards, Redknapp blasted the decision to bring the

There has been some very bad news for football over the last week. The fact that Glasgow Rangers have been put into administration, by the club's owner, is an indication of the sorry state the Beautiful Game is in both financially and in terms of management.

This latest occurrence has come about as a result of Her Majesties Revenue and Customs (HMRC) demanding up to £50 million in unpaid taxes and National Insurance contributions due on money paid into Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs).

Sunderland Injury News and Lineups: by SV There is good and bad news on the team news front today. On the significant downside, Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny are both out. Mertesacker is out for the ‘long-term'; this is disappointing as Arsenal's BFG has been largely unappreciated for his role in shoring up our defence [.

Arsene Wenger is trying hard to get the Arsenal team back on track ahead of today's crucial FA Cup match against Sunderland, and he had some good news on the injury front despite the devastating long-term injury to Per Mertesacker. So the bad news first Wenger had this to say about the big German: [.

By Chris Wright

As alluded to already this morning, Liverpool hammered Brighton 6-1 at Anfield in the FA Cup yesterday afternoon without actually scoring half of the goals, with the Seagulls notching three own goals the first time three O.Gs have been scored by the same side in a match since the FA Cup began in 1871.

Despite only making 9 appearances for the Blues this season and scoring only 3 goals, Ivory Coast international Salomon Kalou is set to be offered a new £80,000 per week contract by Chelsea.

The 26 year old is out of contract at the end of the summer and under fire coach Andre Villas-Boas is keen to keep him at the Bridge longer.

The Boston Red Sox have decided to clean up their act. After reports surfaced last season that some Boston Red Sox players were routinely drinking beer in the clubhouse, it was obvious that the team had to do something to change that culture. This weekend, the Red Sox announced that they have banned beer in the clubhouse.

It has been sixteen years since Liverpool Football Club last appeared at Wembley Stadium. Much has changed in that intervening decade and a half, not least of which is the fact that the stadium itself has been knocked down and replaced by the monument to modern football which continues to justify its existence through the medium of playing as many games there as physically possible.

Arsenal puts out a magnificent display on Sunday when they come back from a two goal down to eventually trashed their city rival, Tottenham Hotspurs 5-2, with Theo Walcott grabbing two goals, adding to Bacary Sagna, Robin Van Persie and Tomas Rosicky's earlier strike.

This spirited effort received praise from their manager, Arsene Wenger, who stated that his team put out a perfect performance on the day, completely dominating the fixture despite going two goals behind at first.

Bad news arrived for Aston Villa and potentially England national team as Darren Bent's injury appeared to be really bad as reports claim that the striker would be out until the rest of season.

Having his left ankle ruptured in the game against Wigan on Saturday, apparently could face up until 12 weeks absence, which would pretty much forced him in race to get match fit ahead of the Euro 2012.

Morning all,

there'll be an early press conference today, I'd imagine, before we make the trip northwards to Liverpool for tomorrow's game. We do have some early team news from the manager, and the good part is there doesn't seem to be anybody banjaxed by the midweek internationals.

There's nothing sinister about van Persie only playing 45 minutes for Holland, according to Arsene:

It was planned by his manager because he knows we have a tough schedule.

Bad news out of Commerce City today as Anthony Wallace ripped his Achilles in training yesterday and he'll miss 6-9 months. That means if he takes exactly 6 months and no longer he can get back for the final 7 games. Realistically he'll be back closer to the final 2 games, at which point hopefully the Rapids will be in their playoff push.

I have very bad news for you all. There were no crazy incidents, due to my fault or others, on this trip to Genoa last week. Just some great food, a great win by the USMNT and some parting thoughts I had not been able to get up as soon as planned for various conspiring reasons.Let's forgo the rambling narrative this time, and just deal 'em out like cards.

Bad news today as Newcastle striker Peter Lovenkrands' could be out for the season after picking up a thigh injury in training this week. With Peter's contract running out at the end of June, it could be that his appearance against Sunderland wil be the last time he is seen in as Newcastle strip as we expect him to become [.