One of the disadvantages of working a paying job whilst trying to build a readership on your own blog is that sometimes we get blindsided by events that need immediate reporting such as we saw today in London as England manager Fabio Capello resigned his position immediately following a meeting with FA Chairman David Bernstein.

Bob Bradley has always been a tremendous example for his players and leader as a soccer coach. Now, in the wake of a terrible tragedy, he is asked to do the same for a nation.
Bradley insisted Monday that he is "totally committed" to coaching Egypt's national soccer team despite the turmoil in the country following the riot at a game last week that left more than 70 dead.

Fabio Capello is furious at the English FA for firing his captain John Terry, and you have to begin to wonder whether Capello will still be in charge of England when this summer's Euro 2012 rolls around.

Capello was interviewed by national Italian broadcaster Rai 1 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon, where he attended Chelsea's 3-3 draw with Manchester United, and he stated openly how angry he was.

This certainly isn't going to go down that well with the FA.

England manager Fabio Capello laid out his thoughts on John Terry and the FA's decision to strip him of the England captaincy to Italian broadcaster Rai 1 today. To say he's not pleased with what has transpired would be a gross understatement.

Former New England Revolution star Clint Dempsey could be changing teams before England's January transfer window comes to a close at 6PM ET on Tuesday. The current Fulham FC midfielder has been lighting it up in the Barclays Premier League with 15 goals through all competitions and could see a dream move to one of the top clubs in the league before Tuesday's deadline.

Without a "Group of Death," and without 5 of the top 8 ranked African countries (Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon and South Africa all failed to qualify), the opening stages of the African Cup of Nations lacks a bit in the tasty fixtures department. For perspective, Tunisia, the participating country with the fourth-highest FIFA ranking is still behind tiny Cape Verde Islands (who also did not qualify).

"The BBC's governing principles, closely associated with its first Director-General, Sir John Reith, are to educate, inform and entertain the whole nation, free from political interference and commercial pressure. These ideals continue to underpin an enduring vision of the BBC as the "national" broadcaster.

Where's Waldo? The question should instead be, Where isn't he?

Former US international and current Fox Soccer broadcaster Eric Wynalda may be called many things, but one of them is definitely not "shrinking violet." Wynalda, at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention in Kansas City, Mo.

39-year-old Rogério Ceni gets ready for another Paulista for São Paulo FC

The São Paulo state league gets underway on Saturday and here are the games we'll be covering up to round 7.
This year, we'll also be transmitting live midweek games but commentary will be provided by your local broadcaster.

Now THAT'S a SuperDraft!Wow that's a lot of punnage in one title. With reason though, as something is definitely going on behind the scenes which will help explain Toronto FC's two First Round draft picks at the MLS SuperDraft. (Don't you just hate those non-Super Drafts? So boring.) With their braintrust gathered in Kansas City, TFC did their best to confound those who do mock drafts.

No holds barred: Retiring Houston defender Eddie Robinson is one of a kind

Former Dynamo broadcaster Jonathan Yardley offers an excellent retrospective on the career of Eddie Robinson. Definitely worth your time.

Google and Apple may not exactly be the first names that spring to mind when looking for alternatives to challenge Sky's dominance of sports broadcasting in Britain, but it should be no surprise that two of the giants of the tech and online world are eyeing up sport as a way to lure consumers into their new offerings.

Goal: Man arrested as police investigate claims of racial abuse towards former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore on Twitter

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody by police following claims from the broadcaster and charity supporter that he was racially abused on the social networking website

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Goal: Man arrested as police investigate claims of racial abuse towards former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore on Twitter

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody by police following claims from the broadcaster and charity supporter that he was racially abused on the social networking website

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2012-01-07 19:23:00 from: Goal

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Goal: Man arrested as police investigate claims of racial abuse towards former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore on Twitter

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody by police following claims from the broadcaster and charity supporter that he was racially abused on the social networking website

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2012-01-07 19:23:00 from: Goal

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Goal: Man arrested as police investigate claims of racial abuse towards former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore on Twitter

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody by police following claims from the broadcaster and charity supporter that he was racially abused on the social networking website

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2012-01-07 19:23:00 from: Goal

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Goal: Man arrested as police investigate claims of racial abuse towards former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore on Twitter

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody by police following claims from the broadcaster and charity supporter that he was racially abused on the social networking website

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2012-01-07 19:23:00 from: Goal

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This is our last installment in a series of post setting out the top business stories in American soccer from 2011. We have looked at Portland and Kansas City while also discussing NBC's entry as a soccer broadcaster and FOX's big play for World Cup television rights. We will set up a vote to select the top story early next week.

The derogatory chanting aimed at Manchester United and Manchester City following their Europa League 'qualification' not least by Ashley Cole could be taken as an insult by the broadcaster. Instead they wisely decided to treat it as free advertising. Presenters Jim Rosenthal and Stan Collymore enjoyed a singalong of the song over a [.

The derogatory chanting aimed at Manchester United and Manchester City following their Europa League 'qualification' not least by Ashley Cole could be taken as an insult by the broadcaster. Instead they wisely decided to treat it as free advertising. Presenters Jim Rosenthal and Stan Collymore enjoyed a singalong of the song over a [.

Finally, we've come to the end of my rather lengthy interview with former Seattle Sounders play-by-play voice Arlo White. In the first two parts, he dealt with some of the big picture stuff both about his time here and what led to his departure. In the final installment of the interview, many of the questions were generated by our readers.

MirrorFootball Podcast: Robbie Savage, Rebecca Lowe and Dion Dublin join Steve Anglesey

On this week's instalment of the MirrorFootball Podcast host Steve Anglesey chats to Robbie Savage, who explains why it's time for Blackburn manager Steve Kean to go. Rebecca Lowe, presenter and reporter for ESPN, broadcaster of the FA Cup, gives us her take on this weekend's second round games in the world's oldest domestic cup competition.

When news first broke that NBC was pursuing Arlo White to be their soccer play-by-play voice for the upcoming season, many of us were in denial. By the time it was formally announced on Wednesday, it made perfect sense: This was a chance of a lifetime.

But whether or not Seattle Sounders fans could understand the move, it doesn't mean it hurt any less.

Arlo White has taken a job with NBC Sports to become their national soccer announcer, according to a report from KING5, the Seattle Sounders broadcast partner. This would be a considerable loss for Sounders fans, who have grown to almost universally love the British broadcaster.

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KING 5 Sports@KING5Sports has learned that #Sounders broadcaster Arlo White is moving on.

Before we delve into the MLS off season, here are some business notes from MLS Cup and the entire soccer weekend. We'll start with the MLS Cup overnight rating, which was reported by SBJ on Twitter as a .8. To put that number in perspective, the .8 is double the 2010 rating but slightly less than the 2009 rating.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. During his 11-year playing career, Jay Heaps would do whatever it would take to win. Whether it was racing into the final third and firing a sudden shot on frame or getting in the face of an opponent, the Longmeadow, Mass. native never backed down from a challenge.

Recognizing the need to reinvigorate a squad that has stagnated in recent years, the Revolution front office hired the fiery Heaps as their newest head coach on Tuesday, even though the former defender had no MLS coaching experience on his resume.

Can't shake it.

Just can't shake it.

The US Men's team came under fire after Friday's loss to France for its inability to create attacking chances and it's failure to scintillate under new manager Jurgen Klinsmann. For a brief moment now, with a 3-2 victory on the road in Slovenia, the nervous fidgeting that was beginning to surround the team and it's new manager has quelled.

Arse-TE Football stadium TV studios are always a prime target for cheeky supporters, but it is usually the fans seated directly behind the studio who indulge in this behaviour. Not this Republic of Ireland fan though, who marched into the middle of the pitch to moon in the general direction of the RTE studio during [.

Viewers looking at the television schedules for last night may have noticed a gap in the football coverage. For the first time in more than two decades, there were no highlights from the FA Cup First Round on the television on the Saturday night after the matches were played, and viewers were forced to wait until this morning to catch up with what happened yesterday afternoon instead.

Like mentioned, I did not get to see the match that Cubs lost to the Indonesians due to work.
However, here's the Youtube clip of the match via a Vietnamese broadcaster.
General thoughts of the game gathered online lauded the performance of the Singapore side for keeping the scoreline respectable especially with their performance in the second half, after conceding two goals and a player sent off (Nigel Vanu)in the first half.

When we look back to try and trace the history of football on the television in Britain, there are several dates that stand out as being of significance. The twenty-second of August 1964, for example, saw the first episode of Match Of The Day, whilst the sixteenth of August 1992 saw Nottingham Forest beat Liverpool in the first live Premier League match on Sky Sports.

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With Steve Nicol's tenure on the New England Revolution sideline coming to an end, the search begins to replace a coach who was a fixture with the organization for the last decade.

Former longtime Nicol assistant Paul Mariner has to be on the radar, even though he took a position with Toronto FC as director of player development prior to this season.

One story that has come about lately is the situation with the Overseas TV rights to show Premier League football. Liverpool's managing director Ian Ayre has raised an issue with how the money from the deals is divided and is pushing for debate to happen that could see a huge shake up in our game.

There has long been a strand of anti-intellectualism within football which can occasionally be somewhat distasteful, to say the least. It's the culture that saw Graeme Le Saux labelled as "gay" because he read a broadsheet newspaper and collected antiques. It's a culture that keeps professional footballers in a state in artificial infantilism until the end of their careers in the misguided belief that this will engender some sort of "team spirit".

Crazy keeper The turncoat! After Montenegro dramatically snatched a point against 10-man England the story was all about how the minnows' had secured a Euro 2012 play-off spot. Cue jubilant scenes among the Montenegro fans, which spilled over into a pitch invasion. The broadcaster was focusing on the joyous celebrations when who should appear in [.

How does a 20-team MLS sound to you as a stopping point? Enough? Too many?

Either way, you might just need to formulate a personal opinion on this matter, because it looks like official MLS policy is leaning in on the big 2-0.

MLS commissioner Don Garber was in Dallas over the weekend for the Red Bulls-FCD contest.

Four of Bill Shankly's greatest players will appear in a unique autumn show when the stirring, tartan tones of their legendary manager resonate around Southport Theatre.
Archive clips of the great man, from an interview only recently released, will feature in The Bill Shankly Anniversary Show which hits Southport on October 7.

What's this, a Philadelphia goalkeeper gets his own TTB edition? Yes and for good reason to. You see, starting tonight for the Philadelphia Union is Zac MacMath, the #5 overall pick in this years SuperDraft. He'll be the fourth youngest goalkeeper ever to start for an MLS side at the age of 20. The reason why he's starring in this edition is because I want to highlight his possible implications for Saturday's match against the Timbers as he'll likely be starting then as well.

This blog covers the soccer media, so we would be remiss if we didn't note the premature and sad passing of FC Dallas broadcaster Bobby Rhine. Only 35 years old, Rhine spent more than 10 years with the Dallas organization, as a player, front office memeber and broadcaster. From the team website: "It is an extremely sad day in the history of FC Dallas," said Doug Quinn, President and CEO of FC Dallas.

Why 'jokes' about cancer are no laughing matter

A few weeks ago, when parts of London were in flames, the much-loved broadcaster Danny Baker wrote on Twitter that he wished cancer on every one of the rioters. Maybe he was trying to be funny but it didn't read that way.