As the New England Revolution's search for quality and stability at striker continues, a significant horse in this offseason's race has bowed out of the running. Reports in Denmark have surfaced and indicate that Rajko Lekic has agreed to terms with relegation-threatened Superliga side Lyngby BK. Apparently he's being hailed as a "savior" and saddled with the expectation of bringing the club out of the basement.

New Year's in NYC x AFR

No, the whole AFR Team didn't come together to take over the Big Apple. Now that would be writing a few thousand words about. But my brother and I, alongside a couple of friends, did enjoy a few festivities and quite a bit of footy.

The Montreal Impact continued to shape their roster on Monday, signing a player who is no stranger to the club.

The Impact signed Canadian international Patrice Bernier, a 32-year-old midfielder who previously played for the club from 2000-2002. Bernier, who was born in Quebec and resides in Montreal, will vie for a starting spot on the team.

Conor O'Brien will hope to be on the field for SonderjyskE in their Cup game against minnows Naesby BK while Michael Parkhurst and Nordsjaelland face a tough test against league leaders Copenhagen.

Disney today announced the other teams and the format for the Disney Pro Soccer Classic this coming preseason. Sporting KC and Orlando City SC had already been announced as competing, but the other 6 teams were announced today. Joining those two in Orlando in January are the Houston Dynamo, Vancouver Whitecaps, Montreal Impact, Toronto FC, FC Dallas, and BK Hacken out of Sweden.

Tweet my Goal! The funniest comments from Spurs 3-1 Shamrock Rovers and Thursday's Europa League action

Not a classic night in the Europa League, but an entertaining match at White Hart Lane made up for it... Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock Rovers: Pav and Gio end Irish dreams Stoke 2-1 Besiktas: Walters' Turkish delight Odense BK 0-2 Fulham: AJ grills BK Maribor 1-2 Birmingham: Wade in for Blues These were the funniest Tweets on the game from our @MirrorFootball feed :

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Almost assured of being relegated at the conclusion of this season, Ryan Miller and Halmstadts BK went down hard to Malmo FF in midweek Allsvenskan action.

Brad Rusin returns from suspension for Koge's battle with still-undefeated Aalborg BK and Chris Rolfe, while Michael Parkhurst and Nordsjaelland will try to wipe their Europa League tears on lowly Lyngby.

The Football Gods smiled on Spanish Football Club VILLAREAL in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE pre-qualifier match-ups drawn today at UEFA headquaters. The Spanish Club could have landed powerful Clubs like Ruben Kazan, Udinese, Arsenal etc , but was drawn with relatively less powerful ( but no less dangerous ) ODENSE BK from Denmark The 1º leg match will be in Denmark on the 17th of August, with the

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We had our suspicions that we would be seeing more of Utsiktens BK player Anton Hysen. For those who have not been paying attention, Hysen was the subject of a media frenzy a few months ago when he came out as gay during an interview with Offside magazine and simultaneously ingratiated himself with the laydeez by being incredibly darn cute.

A footballer came out of the closet last weekend. Anton Hysén, as you will likely have read over the last few days, gave an interview with the Swedish football magazine Offside in which he confirmed his sexuality. Hysen plays for Utsiktens BK in the fourth tier of the Swedish league system (which, in a manner similarly confusing to that in England, is called Division Two) and, if this were any other matter, the biggest aspect of any story concerning Anton Hysén would be that his father is Glenn Hysén, the former Liverpool defender and captain of Sweden (who, for the record, has already expressed his support for his son publically).

Oops... I think our "photo editor" has made an error or has developed a slight hearing problem (or is a smartass, which come to think of it, seems much more likely).Nevertheless, Aalborg BK's Chris Rolfe slipped me a note to inform that he is back from his long and frustrating hamstring injury layoff, and in the squad that will host runaway league leaders FC Copenhagen this evening.

After spending most of last season as a backup, Steve Clark will start the 2011 Norwegian season as the number one goalkeeper at 1. Division club Honefoss BK.

Anel Raskaj is the next Zidane, atleast that is what former Halmstad BK manager Janne Andersson believes. Anderson claims that Raskaj is even better than Halmstad greats Fredrik Ljungberg and Niclas Alexandersson. Raskaj was born on August 19, 1989 in Prizren, then a part of Yugoslavia. He started his career with KF Liria.

Midfielders JC Banks (Milwaukee Riverside/UW-Green Bay) and David Prochazka (UW-Green Bay) won't be offered contracts by BK Häcken, the Swedish club announced Monday.

The former Phoenix standouts had been on trial with the top-level Allsvenskan club in Gothenburg for the past three weeks.

JC Banks (Milwaukee Riverside/UW-Green Bay), who is on trial with Swedish club BK Häcken in Gothenburg, told a local newspaper that he would rather play in Sweden's top league than in Major League Soccer.

He was selected by Toronto FC in the first round of the MLS Supplemental Draft last month, and had trials with three other clubs in Sweden in December.

JC Banks (Milwaukee Riverside/UW-Green Bay) continues to impress in his latest trial in Sweden, this one at top-division club BK Häcken.

Banks played the full 90 minutes and scored the final goal as Häcken beat Norwegian side Sörlandslaget 3-1 on Friday at the Color Line Cup, an indoor preseason tournament in Kristiansand, Norway.

KRISTIANSTAD, Sweden Brawling parents at a youth soccer tournament in Sweden had to be separated by police as several players looked on in tears, Swedish news website The Local reported Tuesday. Fighting broke out in the stands during a semifinal match of the Alliansen indoor soccer tournament at which 12-year-old boys were competing.