LIVERPOOL, England Liverpool is giving away free tickets to youngsters accompanied by a paying adult in the latest bid by the team's American owners to win over supporters. Boston Red Sox and Liverpool owner John Henry is trying to repair the Premier League club's frail relationship with fans after buying the team in October [.

By Eric Beard, writing from Boston

Though Major League Soccer will be entering its 16th season when Spring 2011 rolls around, it's fair to say the league has come a long way. Not simply in trying to break down the perennial American mindset against the beautiful game, but rather trying to be accepted by mainstream media.

By Eric Beard, writing from Boston

As Florent Malouda rushed to the Chelsea bench after scoring what would be the winner for the Blues as they defeated the ever-resilient Bolton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge, there was nothing but a hint of desperation in the air.

Sedes (18): Atlanta, Boston, Baltimore, Dallas, Denver Houston, Indianapolis Kansas, Los ángeles, Miami, Nashville, Nueva York, Filadelfia, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, Tampa Bay y Washington.Estadios (18): no necesitan trabajos.Entradas: 4.957.000 Alojamientos: 170.

The AFR team has shared its diverse perspectives on the drama that unfolded in Switzerland in a series of posts. We finish with the thoughts of University of South Wales student Darshan Joshi (currently in Kuala Lumpur) and Emory University student Eric Beard (currently in Boston).

Darshan

This might be a bit of a dismissable opinion to the vast majority of our readers, but, after letting the initial storm engage in some soothing relaxation therapy and metamorphose into something ever so slightly more like a vapid drizzle, the epiphany dawned onto me that every country on FIFA's shortlist must be capable of hosting a successful tournament.

Should the Rev's local Fox affiliate be known as "Boston FOX25: our source for not-quite-breaking-but-still-quite-interesting New England Revolution news"? I think so but I'm kinda random like that. It also seems random that the Revs are on TV at this point in the off-season but hey, we take what we can get.

By Nitjyot Saroan, Boston

This summer Van Gaal had one target - Edin Dzeko. He refused the idea of signing Ozil and Khedira with Christian Nerlinger (Sporting Director of Bayern) proclaiming that the Bavarians were unsure of their quality. From the beginning of this season German media has been certain that Dzeko is promised to Bayern.

... it's DAMN cold here in NH!

Now that I've got that off my chest, gotta let you know that WPS has finalized its 2011 schedule ... reducing the number of matches to 18 and taking a break in deference to the Women's World Cup. (The World Cup runs from June 26-July 17 ... so you might want to pop that into your calendars now!

When news came a few days ago that the Red Sox signed former Tampa Bay Rays Left Fielder Carl Crawford for a seven year $142 Million dollar contract, some supporters of Liverpool were not very happy to hear that.

I'm dumbfounded to read about Liverpool supporters screaming for half of that amount that should be given to their club to purchase players during the winter transfer window.

By Eric Beard, writing from Boston

We're all guilty. No matter how noble we may try to seem in 140 character splices, we've all done it. Whether it is in FIFA 11 or Football Manager, we've all disregarded allegiances to our lifelong clubs and have succumbed to the lure of taking the reins at what is now the richest club in world football.

EDITORS'S NOTE: This is a guest piece from A Football Report Editor Eric Beard, writing from Boston. The article originally appeared yesterday at his wonderful website. We thank him for allowing us to reuse it here. We're all guilty. No matter how noble we may try to seem in 140 character splices, we've all done it.