Rangers @ Celtic 5/4/10 Maurice Edu started, played the full 90, and gave a foul in the 2-1 defeat in Celtic Park. DaMarcus Beasley did not see any action for the 'Gers, however he has indicated that he would be willing to take a pay cut to stay with the club. Borussia M'gladbach v. Bayer Leverkusen 5/8/10 Michael Bradley played all 90 minutes, committed a foul and got a shot off in the 1-1 draw.

Leverkusen head to Bochum, Wolfsburg host Bayern, and Schalke pay a visit to Freiburg in this weekend's matches.
Friday
Werder Bremen – Hertha Berlin
Saturday
Koeln – Hamburg
Freiburg – Schalke
Hoffenheim – Hannover
Bochum – Bayer Leverkusen
Wolfsburg – Bayern Munich
Nuernberg – Stuttgart
Sunday
Mainz – Borussia M'gladbach
Borussia Dortmund – Eintracht Frankfurt

For the US to find success at the FIFA World Cup this summer, Michael Bradley will have to play a large part in it.
Luke Cyphers of ESPN writes of the emerging workhorse in the US midfield.

Unfortunately, "enough" isn't a word Bradley understands. About matters of soccer, he is never satisfied.

• Oguchi Onyewu was part of the AC Milan squad which traveled to Genoa for a game Sunday. Gooch did not feature in Milan's 18-man gameday roster. Milan concludes the season next weekend against Juventus.

• Maurice Edu and Rangers ended the season with an anti-climactic 3-3 draw with Motherwell, with the midfielder playing 90 minutes for the Scottish Champions.

Sources in Norway are reporting that Newcastle United are keeping tabs on Norwegian youngster 19 year-old Marcus Pedersen. Marcus Pedersen - Newcastle interested? Newcastle are not the only club interested in the Stromsgodset forward who has already scored 5 goals in 9 game sin the Norwegian Tippeligaen this season Clubs like Fulham, Bolton, Sunderland, Blackburn, Borussia [.

By Dominic Vieira, writing from Portugal

IPAM (Instituto Poruguês de Administração de Marketing) is a Portuguese marketing firm who researched the stadium attendances in 36 European leagues. There was a a total number of 544 clubs used to find out which teams had the highest average attendance per game in the 2009/2010 season.

Schalke host Stuttgart, Hamburg visit Leverkusen, and Bayern face Freiburg in this round...
Friday
Schalke – Stuttgart
Saturday
Borussia M'gladbach – Wolfsburg
Hannover – Eintracht Frankfurt
Hertha Berlin – Nuernberg
Mainz – Koeln
Bochum – Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich – Freiburg
Sunday
Hoffenheim – Werder Bremen
Bayer Leverkusen – Hamburg

• Michael Bradley scored Borussia Mönchengladbach's second goal in a 2-2 draw with Schalke. Jermaine Jones started in the midfield for Schalke. Bradley's goal below:

• Benny Feilhaber scored the winning goal in Aarhus' 3-2 victory against HB Koge. HIGHLIGHTS
• Steve Cherundolo and Hannover are up to 3rd in the Bundesliga after their 1-0 victory against Kaiserslautern.

Friday
Schalke – St Pauli

Saturday
Borussia Moenchengladbach – Bayern Munich
Eintracht Frankfurt – Wolfsburg
Hamburg – Hoffenheim
Nuernberg – Koeln
Freiburg – Mainz

Sunday
Hannover – Borussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen – Kaiserslautern
Stuttgart – Werder Bremen
Preview

Friday
Bayern Munich - Hoffenheim
Saturday
Bayer Leverkusen – Mainz
Borussia M'gladbach – Bochum
Eintracht Frankfurt – Werder Bremen
Hamburg – Freiburg
Hannover – Hertha Berlin
Stuttgart – Wolfsburg
Sunday
Schalke – Nuernberg
Koeln – Borussia Dortmund
The Bundesliga resumes after a long winter break.

Bremen host Bayern, Hoffenheim visit Leverkusen, and Dortmund face off against Hamburg in this weekend's action.
Friday
Freiburg – Stuttgart
Saturday
Hertha Berlin – Borussia M'gladbach
Mainz – Hannover
Nuernberg – Eintracht Frankfurt
Bochum – Schalke
Werder Bremen – Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund – Hamburg
Sunday
Wolfsburg – Koeln
Hoffenheim – Bayer Leverkusen

Leverkusen, Bayern and Schalke all face tough tasks this weekend...
Friday
Borussia M'gladbach – Nuernberg
Saturday
Bayer Leverkusen – Wolfsburg
Hannover – Werder Bremen
Hertha Berlin – Mainz
Stuttgart – Hamburg
Bochum – Hoffenheim
Bayern Munich – Borussia Dortmund
Sunday
Schalke – Koeln
Eintracht Frankfurt – Freiburg
Preview

Leverkusen face a tough trip to Bremen and the Bavarian derby will be played in Nuernberg in this week's action.
Friday
Hoffenheim – Borussia M'gladbach
Saturday
Borussia Dortmund – Hannover
Koeln – Stuttgart
Hamburg – Eintracht Frankfurt
Mainz – Bochum
Nuernberg – Bayern Munich
Sunday
Freiburg – Hertha Berlin
Wolfsburg – Schalke
Werder Bremen – Bayer Leverkusen

The Ruhr and Rhine derbies are on the menu this weekend, as well as a north-south clash between Bayern Munich and Hamburg.
Friday
Schalke – Borussia Dortmund
Saturday
Borussia M'gladbach – Freiburg
Hertha Berlin – Hoffenheim
Mainz – Werder Bremen
Stuttgart – Eintracht Frankfurt
Bochum – Nuernberg
Bayer Leverkusen – Koeln
Sunday
Hannover – Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich – Hamburg
I just can't get enough of this guy.

Koeln host Bayern Munich, Nuernberg take on Bayer Leverkusen, and Werder Bremen face off with Stuttgart in this week's action...
Saturday
Eintracht Frankfurt – Schalke
Koeln – Bayern Munich
Hamburg – Hertha Berlin
Freiburg – Hannover
Wolfsburg – Bochum
Werder Bremen – Stuttgart
Borusia Dortmund – Borussia M'gladbach

Sunday
Nuernberg – Bayer Leverkusen
Hoffenheim – Mainz

This week's high-profile matches include Dortmund/Leverkusen and Hamburg/Schalke.
Friday
Koeln – Borussia M'gladbach
Saturday
Freiburg – Mainz
Werder Bremen – Bochum
Stuttgart – Hannover
Nuernberg – Hoffenheim
Eintracht Frankfurt – Bayern Munich
Borusia Dortmund – Bayer Leverkusen
Sunday
Hamburg – Schalke
Wolfsburg – Hertha Berlin

19/03/2010Colonia - Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 - 120/03/2010Eintracht - Bayern Monaco ore 15.30Norimberga - Hoffenheim ore 15.30Stoccarda - Hannover ore 15.30Werder Brema - Bochum ore 15.30Friburgo - Mainz ore 15.30Borussia Dortmund - Bayer Leverkusen ore 18.3021/03/2010Amburgo - Schalke 04 ore 15.30Wolfsburg - Hertha Berlino ore 17.

This week's high-profile matches include Bayern Munich/Stuttgart and Leverkusen/Schalke.

Friday
Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt
Saturday
Bayern Munich – Stuttgart
Hannover – Koeln
Werder Bremen – Nuernberg
Mainz – Wolfsburg
Hertha Berlin – Borussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen – Schalke

Sunday
Hoffenheim – Freiburg
Borussia M'gladbach – Hamburg

Schalke host Bayern again this week, and Bremen head over to Dortmund for a pivotal match in the race to finish in the top five.
Saturday
Eintracht Frankfurt – Bayer Leverkusen
Freiburg – Bochum
Borussia Dortmund – Werder Bremen
Schalke – Bayern Munich
Nuernberg – Mainz
Stuttgart – Borussia M'gladbach
Koeln – Hertha Berlin

Sunday
Wolfsburg – Hoffenheim
Hamburg – Hannover
Preview

Bayern visit struggling Leverkusen this weekend as Dortmund, who face Mainz, look to advance to third place.
Friday
Borussia M'gladbach – Eintracht Frankfurt
Saturday
Hannover – Schalke
Hertha Berlin – Stuttgart
Hoffenheim – Koeln
Werder Bremen – Freiburg
Mainz – Borussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen – Bayern Munich
Sunday
Bochum – Hamburg
Nuernberg – Wolfsburg
Preview

16/04/2010Colonia - Bochum ore 20.3017/04/2010Stoccarda - Bayer Leverkusen ore 15.30Wolfsburg - Werder Brema ore 15.30Schalke 04 - Borussia Moenchengladbach ore 15.30Amburgo - Mainz ore 15.30Friburgo - Norimberga ore 15.30Bayern Monaco - Hannover ore 18.3018/04/2010Borussia Dortmund - Hoffenheim ore 15.

Leverkusen visit Stuttgart and Wolfsburg host Bremen in a pair of matches that may decide which teams finish in Europa and Champions League positions.
Friday
Koeln – Bochum
Saturday
Hamburg – Mainz
Freiburg – Nuernberg
Schalke – Borussia M'gladbach
Stuttgart – Bayer Leverkusen
Wolfsburg – Werder Bremen
Bayern Munich – Hannover
Sunday
Borussia Dortmund – Hoffenheim
Eintracht Frankfurt – Hertha Berlin
Preview

The Bundesliga could soon witness the disconcerting spectacle of an English manager with a fake German accent.
McClaren and Houllier in the frame to resurrect slumping Hamburg.
CLUB PWDLGDPts Bayern Munich3118943763Schalke 043118762361Werder Bremen3115972854Bayer Leverkusen31141252454Borussia Dortmund3115881353VfB Stuttgart311489850Hamburg SV31121271548VfL Wolfsburg3113711546Eintracht Frankfurt3112910-445Mainz3112811-644FC Cologne3191012-737Borussia Monchengladbach3110714-1237TSG Hoffenheim319814-335Nurnberg317717-2228VfL Bochum3161015-2428SC Freiburg317717-2728Hannover 96317618-2927Hertha Berlin315818-1923

For the sixth year in a row, Man Utd kept its title as the world's most valuable football club.

The Red Devils despite Tea Party groups like the Gold and the Green, alarmed at the club's burgeoning debt, still reign supreme.

(In millions of dollars)

1. Manchester United 1,835

2.

The Bundesliga's European hopefuls all have fixtures against lower-ranked opponents this weekend, but no match will be easy.

Friday
Bochum – Stuttgart
Saturday
Nuernberg – Borussia Dortmund
Hertha Berlin – Schalke
Borussia M'gladbach – Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen – Hannover
Mainz – Eintracht Frankfurt
Werder Bremen – Koeln
Sunday
Hoffenheim – Hamburg
Freiburg – Wolfsburg
Preview

The Borussia M'gladbach match which resulted in Bayern dropping points in a painful draw also saw Martin Demichelis limp off at half time with a calf strain. Daniel Van Buyten followed suit with a similar injury in the 63rd minute. Both central defenders are uncertain to start the match against Lyon in the return leg tomorrow.

Michael Bradley and Borussia Monchengladbach held Bayern Munich to a point on Saturday, leaving them equal on points with Schalke and opening the title race up once more.
The Rest

Nuernberg – Koeln
Hertha Berlin – Bayern Munich
Wolfsburg – Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia M'gladbach – Bayer Leverkusen
Mainz – Schalke
Bochum – Hannover
Hoffenheim – Stuttgart
Freiburg – Borussia Dortmund
Werder Bremen – Hamburg
The Final Weekend

Die harte Gangart hat mich geärgert. Das sah nicht nach einem Freundschaftsspiel aus. Man muss keinen Spieler drei Mal über das Geländer treten.

Michael Frontzeck, Trainer von Borussia Mönchengladbach, ist nach einem Testpiel in Holland verärgert über das extrem harte Spiel des Gegners

Uli würde sich nicht bewerben, wenn er nicht sicher wäre, dass er gewinnt.

Rainer Bonhof, Vizepräsident von Borussia Mönchengladbach, ist sich sicher, dass Uli Hoeneß die Wahl zum Ligapräsidenten gewinnt. (Quelle: TZ München)

With J Hutcherson -- The Bundesliga season starts later today, and the expectations for the three clubs with US National Team players aren't exactly high. For Michael Bradley and Borussia Moenchengladbach, it's the relative prize of mid-table obscurity. It's the same for Ricardo Clark's Eintracht Frankfurt.

Si è chiusa la prima giornata della Bundesliga. Bene i campioni di Germania del Bayern Monaco che, con il sigllo di Schweinsteiger, sono riusciti a domare l'ostico Wolfsburg di Dzeko e a regalare ai propri tifosi il primo successo della stagione.

According to Forbes, these are the top 20 richest clubs in world football, updated for 2010. We see all the familiar names here, in about the order we've come to expect. Manchester United is up top, but it's worth noting that while United has the top value, Real Madrid actually brought in more revenue this year.

Es war ein wunderschönes Spiel von uns, mit wunderschönen Toren.

Marco Reuss, Mittelfeldspieler von Borussia Mönchengladbach, nach dem überraschenden 3:6 Auswärtserfolg bei Bayern 04 Leverkusen. (Quelle: Kicker)

They say this is Lady Gaga, but it looks more like a poor Finnish attempt at drag.

• CAS and Franck Ribery. (Bayern Offside)
• Laurent Blanc sees Bosnia's positives. (AFP)
• The Finnish are finished. (Nordic Football)
• Just say not to a US WC. (LA Times)
• Borussia fans fight ticket hikes.

The International Break is OVER and that means action resumes for clubs in Europe, with the first games following the conclusion of the transfer window at the beginning of this month. Some highlights of what's going on across the pond this weekend:
Tim Howard and Everton have endured a tough start to the season and it gets no easier with a visit from Tim's former club Manchester United on Saturday.

It was not a good day for many of Europe's big teams on Saturday as a number of them received shocking results that left many of their fans stunned beyond words. From Italy to Spain to Germany and England, the big boys were humbled beyond their wildest imaginations.

One result that really surprised and still makes me laugh is, Cagliari's demolition of AS Roma.

Friday
Koeln - Hoffenheim
Saturday
Bayern Munich - Mainz
Eintracht Frankfurt - Nuernberg
Schalke - Borussia Moenchengladbach
St Pauli - Borussia Dortmund
Stuttgart - Bayer Leverkusen
Werder Bremen - Hamburg
Sunday
Wolfsburg - Freiburg
Kaiserslautern - Hannover
Preview

Asamoah steht dumm rum, weiß wieder mal nicht, wo er hin soll. Ball kommt, Kopfball, Tor.

Gerald Asamoah, Stürmer des FC St. Pauli, nach seinem Tor am 5. Spieltag im Spiel gegen Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Friday
Koeln – Borussia Dortmund
Saturday
Bayern Munich – Hannover
Mainz – Hamburg
Schalke – Stuttgart
St Pauli – Nuernberg
Werder Bremen – Freiburg
Wolfsburg – Bayer Leverkusen
Sunday
Kaiserslautern – Eintracht Frankfurt
Hoffenheim – Borussia Moenchengladbach
Preview