I've decided that today's Cut of the Day will actually be a medley. Today, you will hear nothing but songs from South Park episodes. And why? Because I'm easily amused like that. The first one is dedicated to the L.A. Galaxy and Real Salt Lake...Let's flip the channel to ESPN for both a preview of Sunday's final and a stroll down MLS Cup memory lane. Click to continue reading...

Reports all week from the lovingly grungy Northwest

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True story, swear it: I had big pep in my step on my first trip to Seattle about 10 or 12 years ago.

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During the last week I have received request after request for some opinion about the college game that by now the whole soccer world knows about. CNN went to the streets for comments from the public; it was all over... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has once again publicly supported Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez.
The beleaguered Anfield supremo remains a man under mounting pressure, yet his Premier League rival suggests Benitez is the perfect man for the job, and Liverpool's hierarchy should not do anything foolhardy. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor was interviewed on CNN International by the sports correspondent Pedro Pinto. He spoke about his early months at Eastlands, how they can get into the top four and why the attitude of former team-mates hurts. Click to continue reading...

Becks shows his expertise with "spit pieces"

The Health Protection Agency has determined that spitting could lead to the spread of the H1N1 virus and asked footballers from refraining to do that on the pitch.

''Footballers, like the rest of us, wouldn't spit indoors so they shouldn't do it on the football pitch.

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Fabio Cannavaro -- the frustrated one -- has been cleared of his doping allegations.
Turns outs his bee sting alibi had legs.
I also heard he slammed Italian media and said he's retire if his country wins the World Cup again.
Now the links:

• Argentina dudes asked Peru to throw game?

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First off, Ryan B. is departing The Spoiler. He's been doing some great work for a while and I wish him the best.
Now the best of the rest:

• Grant Wahl was robbed in Honduras. WTF. [SI]
  
• New Armani underwear model: Ronaldo. [TOW]
  
• Arsenal needs trophies ASAP.

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As you might have seen late last week on my VLOG post I am super excited right now!! Gary Vaynerchuk, the new internet social media poster boy, is releasing his 1st business book tomorrow October 13th called Crush It! The book is going to be wildly popular, he will be on the majority of popular TV shows like Ellen, Conan, CNN, Oprah, and probably ESPN!

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More daggers thrown by US Under-20 national team coach Thomas Rongen about how the absence of a reserve league in Major League Soccer essentially had taken it's toll on the lack of experience for our United States Under-20 national team.
"We have a bunch of part-time players, quite frankly. Click to continue reading...

Eastlands star will face no ban for Old Trafford 'incident'. Craig Bellamy pictured yesterday below.

Portsmouth Vs Manchester United Tickets Still Available!

Craig Bellamy yesterday, was unavailable for comment

MANCHESTER, England (AP) -Police will take no action against Manchester City forward Craig Bellamy, who pushed a Manchester United fan in the face after the supporter had run onto the field at the end of Sunday's game at Old Trafford.

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I'm sure you all thought I forgot about that last promised transfer Top 5 List. But aha! I have not, and it's coming later today to look at which MLS players may be leaving soon. With MLS contract terms so often shrouded in secrecy, a little extra research paid off handsomely on this one.For now, enjoy a nice CNN story I caught last night about the first Bedouin Arab to ever play in the Champions Click to continue reading...

Adebayor charged for Arsenal incidents
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(CNN) The English Football Association has hit Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor with charges of violent and improper conduct following the Togo captain's performance against his former club Arsenal.

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Adebayor charged for Arsenal incidents
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(CNN) The English Football Association has hit Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor with charges of violent and improper conduct following the Togo captain's performance against his former club Arsenal.

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SI's Grant Wahl does an outstanding job of gaining some insight from US national team head coach Bob Bradley, and really outlines some important components in Bradley's philosophies-
• Playing hard games matters. "As players move from one level to another, they have to grow," Bradley says. Click to continue reading...

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Fabregas out of United showdown
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LONDON Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is out of Saturday's Premier League clash against Manchester United.

Fabregas missed Arsenal's midweek victory over Celtic in the Champions League after aggravating a hamstring injury against Portsmouth last weekend.

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Thank you for providing us with the definitive moment in the health care debate:

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You see, it probably wasn't the best idea to evoke the world's most famous murderer of Jews and homosexuals while standing only a few feet away from a gay Jew, and a cranky old one at that.

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Being away this weekend on business, limited the MLS action I saw, to just the Telefutura match. In Central Florida, which has many football fans, the pubs were overflowing Saturday morning for the start of the Premiership season, and it was easy to talk Mexican Football with some patrons on holiday because, as I was told, "Mexican matches are always on in every hotel.

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As hard as it is to come from behind after conceding a goal, sometimes there are challenges with playing a goal up as well. As SI's Grant Wahl reports, the US has struggled to hold onto leads in recent matches.
It's a team that this summer alone has taken leads against Italy, Spain, Brazil and Mexico in games that matter, a cause for optimism among U. Click to continue reading...

Bad news for Mr. Ancelotti!

Andrea Pirlo has ended speculation that he will join Chelsea by announcing that he has been taken off the transfer market by AC Milan and hopes to stay with the Serie A side for the rest of his career.

Andrea Pirlo hopes to help AC Milan overcome the loss of Paolo Maldini and Kaka this season.

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You won't ever really know how much you hate the sound of a phone ring until you've heard it a thousand times in two days. Let's pop a cool one and watch some TV...HAGL's Lee Nguyen smashed home a free kick 4-3 winner on the weekend.Claudio Reyna joins the ESPN crew to preview the Bundesliga season, which starts Friday. Click to continue reading...

I'm impressed by two things in this clip. First and foremost it has to be said that for all his faults, ol' Goldenballs is easily the best dressed dude to ever appear on Sportscenter; have you seen some of the things Michael Irvin has worn on there? Good God!
The other thing I like is that the first question asked was about his back and whether he'll be able to go against Barcelona. Click to continue reading...

Claudio Lopez has won the MLS Goal of the Week award for his INCREDIBLE long-range strike against LA over the weekend from his own side of the half line. This is his second Goal of the Week honor of the season. Now some links for your enjoyment:
1. There were lots of different versions yesterday, but here's the CNN story on President Obama calling for the World Cup to come to the U. Click to continue reading...

As promised...U.S. highlightsMexico-Costa Rica highlightsOguchi Onyewu talks to CNN about his move to AC Milan.Embedded video from CNN VideoBrad Friedel discusses Aston Villa's summer roster changes.- Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...

With an 8 p.m. ET kickoff tonight (Live on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports en Espanol), the U.S. players have about 10 hours to kill before leaving for the match. That's a long time to wait for a soccer player anxious to play a game. What do the U.S. players do all day? Not surprisingly, most just chill. Click to continue reading...

CNN posted an interesting article interviewing the 2007 - 2008 Premier Fantasy League winner John Frisina. He is fairly coy about his winning formula but does offer some sensible maintenance strategies around injuries.
Im not sure how far I would carry his comments about "taking a chance on three or four undervalued players"; apparently Frisina was running several teams that were almost identical with only one or two players difference, something that many 'serious' players considered morally wrong, some even claiming it was outright cheating! Click to continue reading...

OK, I think it's gotten out of control now. Not my constant posting of Beckham-related video because that sh*t is a traffic goldmine only rivaled by posts whose titles contain a combination of the words "hot" and "teen" in a way that could get you an unwanted cameo on "To Catch A Predator". Click to continue reading...

Thanks to Jeff Jenkins for this article! Click here (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/06/30/progress.of.us.soccer/index.html#soundoff) to read more Click to continue reading...

Hace unas semanas en la Conferencia de Deporte, Marketing y Tecnología estuve platicando de como las Entidades Deportivas (Club, Jugador, Patrocinadores, Atletas) pueden recurrir a las redes sociales para abarcar dos objetivos principales: extender su exposición de marca e interactuar directamente con su consumidor final.

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North Korea and Saudi Arabia just needed a draw to help both teams advance and guess what they got. Iran just can't seem to catch a break anywhere at the moment. [Yahoo! Canada]
Meanwhile, South American clubs also were benefiting from scoreless draws as Nacional (Uru) and Gremio (Bra) both used scoreless draws to advance to the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores. Click to continue reading...

I heard about it from a friend. I checked the e-mail from my phone after I got out of the barber shop and couldn't believe what he said. He was walking past the Holocaust Museum after lunch, and 20 seconds later he heard the shots out. Smartly, he took off and didn't look back until he was safe inside his office.

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Jonah Freedman of SI.com writes about items we have learned during the past two World Cup qualifiers for the US National team.
With the first kick of South Africa 2010 almost exactly a year away, it's time to take a look at what we've learned, and that starts with head coach Bob Bradley. Click to continue reading...

Great collection of these over at SSN. Here's my favorite:
"When the ball hits your head and you sit in row Z, that's Zamora!"
Heard at Bolton v Fulham to the tune of 'That's Amore'.

Now for some links:

• The end of Setanta? [The Spoiler]
  
• Fan violence in Brazil kills one.

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Janey Smucker (far left) in action during Autoglass's 7-0 loss to
Betty's Cupcakes 'n More Under 12's.
At first Janey Smucker, a six year old full-back for Denver's Al's Autoglass Pee Wee Eleven's, didn't understand what the letter in the blue envelope said. It didn't help the first half was in Arabic, or that Janey can only read at a second grade level. Click to continue reading...