With Wolves set to name former Wimbledon midfielder Stale Solbakken as their new manager, OTP touts 10 other former Dons players who could take on the Molineux job. 1. Hans Segers OTP can't understand how Hans Segers isn't the frontrunner. Who snapped up everybody's second favourite betting irregularity goalkeeper when he left Wimbledon?

Sandy Macaskill of the New York Times writes of the Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City, and how this football match is bigger than any in recent memory.
MANCHESTER, England — Slanting rain and a vicious wind sent ripples and eddies across the puddles forming outside Manchester City's Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

TweetAmerican soccer enthusiasts, owe their interest, at least in part, to David Beckham, an internationally famous British soccer player. His persona, on and off the field, is one reason soccer has taken root in the American sports psyche. Even people who know nothing about soccer know about "Bend it like Beckham.

In British soccer, the number nine takes on extra significance for an elite attacking player. Historically a center forward, at certain clubs the number has a legacy all its own. Previous Everton #9 Duncan Ferguson had a tattoo of the number and it's normally associated with the player most representative of the club.

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Aug 30, 2011) US Soccer Players -- Last week, UEFA president Michel Platini spoke to journalists in advance of the UEFA Super Cup. Using words more closely associated with British soccer pundits, he said: "I fear for the future of football. It's going pear shaped." Platini also referred to "red lights flashing.

As soccer fans, we often assume that players have it all. However when I asked Sam Craven what motivated him and business partner Lance Stimpson to set up ‘Sports Academy USA,' he told me "I just wanted more from life." Up until recently Craven had been plying his trade with FC New York, but now back in England along with Lance, they aim to give the same opportunity they had to talented British players wanting more.

Growing up in the 1970's, tactics was never something that was discussed much. United played 4-4-2 week in and week out with the same players turning out each Saturday afternoon. We had Coppell and Hill on the wings, Daly and McIlroy in the middle with Pearson and Macari up front. If someone was injured then David McCreery was the usual substitute.

LONDON, England A British soccer player is suing Twitter over information published on the messaging website, the BBC reported on Friday, fuelling a growing debate in Britain over the right to privacy and press freedom in the internet age. The unnamed professional player began proceedings at London's High Court this week, accusing the U.

For a long time I felt guilty for not liking Run of Play, and more specifically, the writing of Brian Phillips. Of all the writers in the soccersphere, Phillips is probably the best example of one who can arrange words in a way the grammar nazis intended. Other writers I respect (and have in the past secretly aspired to be, although the Ives Galarcep references have mostly cured that by now) read and quote Phillips.

A Day Out in Chester " Union City Blue
I had some time off this week, so I decided to check out some of the local eateries in Chester along Route 291 (2nd Street) on the way to PPL Park from the...

Fredy Montero Still Questionable For Philadelphia Union-Seattle Sounders Match - Sounder At Heart
Fredy Montero is still questionable for Saturday's match against the Philadelphia Union after undergoing wrist surgery last week.

The board of AEK has asked Greek prime minister Papandreou to take meaures to clean up the Super League. Adamidis wants Papandreou to end the supporters violence, corruption and accusations of fraude in the Greek topleague.

AEK chairman Adamidis thinks that Papandreou can play the same role as Margareth Thatcher did in the UK in the 1980′s.

LONDON, England One of British soccer's leading television commentators was fired Tuesday, a day after being taken off the air and temporarily suspended for making sexist remarks about a female match official. Andy Gray, the face of Sky Sports' soccer coverage for the past two decades, was dismissed by the broadcaster after "new evidence [.