Beckham looks to be on the move again this winter. (R. Epperley for WVHooligan.com)

Looks like David Beckham will be back in Italy this winter as ESPNSoccernet is reporting today that a loan deal between AC Milan and the LA Galaxy is nearly a done deal.

Negotiations have been going on for some weeks and on Wednesday night Beckham intimated that they were 95% done, although the Milan chief has now confirmed the move.

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It has been quite a full day for some, others are left catching up on all the twitter messages that were lost today. There are plenty of good links to discuss so let's not waste any more time with the formalities.

First up is the lovely discussion that will be on going for the next 20 or 30 years with Major League Soccer.

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It's been a fairly busy day around these parts. From catching up to things, to getting back to the daily grind at my normal job, and to getting back to work on things with this site. I wanted to kick off with a couple items that a few of your have emailed me and commented on recently here. Its mostly end of year items and seeing how we are towards the end of the season it is fitting to revisit some of these things.

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As the playoff race has heated up in Major League Soccer, so have the goals that have been scored. This week we saw plenty of good goals but only a select amount were above the rest.

The best goal for me was either Sainey Nyassi's run against New York or Brad Davis' strike against RSL.

(Note QuickKicks on the league site did not have the Columbus/Chicago goals)

Order of video: David Beckham, Edson Buddle, Brian Ching, Yura Movsisyan, Brad Davis, Dax McCarty, Jimmy Conrad, Sainey Nyassi, and John Wolyneic.

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Not too many goals to pick from this week with all the 1-0 games we saw. So this week all the goals are included in the list.

My favorites were Beckham's and Richards. What did you all like?

Order of goals: Dane Richards, Julien Baudet, David Beckham, Pablo Campos, Bryan Namoff, Steve Ralston, Wells Thompson, Ramon Sanchez, Pablo Campos (Chivas game), Fabian Espindola, and Robbie Findley (1 and 2).

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A few stories tonight that are worth checking out. A lot of MLS based items that need discussed and a little US-Mexico hype for Wednesday. If you got a link that you feel needs discussed here just send me an email and I'll do my best to get it up tomorrow.

Blanco and Kljestan Grace FIFA Soccer 10 Cover

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Cuauhtémoc Blanco of the Chicago Fire and Sacha Kljestan of Chivas USA will be featured on the front packs of FIFA Soccer 10.

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Time to round out the end of the work week with some links and thoughts. I have a couple MLS thoughts and one US national team item to discuss tonight.

DC Plays For Trophies

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I love DC United and how they market their club. They've put little stickers on newspapers throughout DC with the date of the US Open Cup final against Seattle.

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You know it is noteworthy when Fox News picks it up.

More on the Goldenballs confronts Riot Squad member saga. I swear this will be the last I talk about it...that is unless it continues to happen. Hat tip to SF over at The Offside Rules for posting this earlier.

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Gotta love when ego gets the way of things. As you all know by now LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham had a pretty rough go of things this weekend when LA hosted AC Milan. Instead of saying and doing the right things like he always does, Beckham goes out and does just the opposite and confronts some drunk Riot Squad members.

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How's the tension between Landon Donovan and David Beckham? (Getty Images)

Let's just say tonight's clash in Giant's Stadium will be an interesting one to tune into if you can. While the Red Bulls are embarking on one of the worst seasons in league history, the LA Galaxy are hoping their chances of reaching the playoffs for the first time in a couple years continue to grow as they get the return of David Beckham.

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Nothing like some awkward moments at a press conference. David Beckham faced the media on Wednesday. Gotta love the question from Grant Wahl at the beginning.

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Hello, hello from Frisco, TX, time once again for another live commentary of FC Dallas. Today the Hoops host David Beckham and the LA Galaxy. I will try to do some play-by-play commentary on here for today's game that looks to be an interesting one for a few reasons. If you have any comments on the [. Click to continue reading...

Gotta love the kicks that David Beckham a.k.a. GoldenBalls will be sporting tomorrow night at the MLS All-Star game in Toronto. These are limited edition adidas gold Predator soccer cleats. adidas only made 2,000 pair and they are available exclusively at Eurosport (www.soccer.com) for $200 each. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to SF over at The Offside Rules for linking this one up. Anytime MLS Commissioner Don Garber talks with press about the game and of course about David Beckham I have to have a listen. So I figured I would share it along with you all as well. Nothing too noteworthy to talk about. [...] Click to continue reading...

At least it appears that way. Just when you think the MLS Expansion dreams are dead in Miami, someone comes along and pumps some new life into the South Florida city. The new word is that David Beckham is interested in investing in a Miami club. Goldenballs has a stipulation in his contract that allows him [. Click to continue reading...

I figure since I am going on vacation next week and the deadline is rapidly approaching for my All-Star ballot to be turned in I would post about it today. Feel free to take a stab or three at my picks with some of your own. Who knows I may change my mind before I [...] Click to continue reading...

Usually a third of the way into the season we have a pretty good understanding of where most clubs are going to fall this season. Some clubs have slowly been turning things around as of late so we may need to take some time at the halfway point to do this again. But the majority [...] Click to continue reading...

So, week number 10 is in the books and we can pretty much say now we are a third of the way finished here this season. Most clubs have played at least 10 games here, a few stragglers have yet to reach the 10 spot but for argument sake, we are one-third of the way [...] Click to continue reading...

Another month down here in Major League Soccer, but yes I know there is still one day left on the calendar with games on it. But for the most part this list is basically going to be fine no matter what happens tomorrow. Even if someone drops six goals in a game tomorrow, it really [...] Click to continue reading...

How freakin' silly of me. For some reason I thought these two games were tomorrow night. Instead they are tonight. Yes, two other games going on tonight in the early stages of the 2008 US Open Cup. The LA Galaxy host the Colorado Rapids, while Real Salt Lake visits the Columbus Crew. The Columbus game is already [. Click to continue reading...

Sitting in the Pizza Hut Park press box last night, I got into a discussion with a couple writers about the overall standings in Major League Soccer. Basically we all agreed that the parity is clogging up the standings and no one is running away with the points here this season. Week nine is even more [. Click to continue reading...

Week number eight is in the books and for some teams it was a statement week. Houston showed us the win at home last week wasn't a fluke as they go on the road and score their second straight win of the year. LA took their circus on the road and dropped a five-spot on [...] Click to continue reading...

On a beautiful afternoon in Frisco, Texas, the LA Galaxy came into Pizza Hut Park and walked away with their first road win since late 2007. A hat trick from Edson Buddle lead the charge in the 5-1 thrashing of the home side. "It was an embarrassing performance. We're all ashamed of ourselves in the locker [. Click to continue reading...

Week number seven is in the books. I think this weekend will easily go down as a weekend of firsts for some players and clubs. A couple guys got their first goal of the year, others got their first ever MLS goal of their careers. One club got it's first win of the year while we [...] Click to continue reading...

A lighter weekend for Major League Soccer here in week seven. Only five games unlike the normal six that we've been accustom to so far this season. Both KC and Toronto have the weekend off to regroup or whatever they both need to do in a week off. The usual game format for the weekend stands [...] Click to continue reading...

No real surprise that this weekend was mostly about David Beckham's two goals against Real Salt Lake. The weekend lacked a lot of goals and wins for that matter but Beckham's brace shined brighter than anything that anyone else did this past weekend. I tried long and hard to figure out a better candidate that wasn't [. Click to continue reading...

A weekend that saw fewer goals but enough drama to keep us interested is over. Week six is in the books and a few things remain as they were at the start of the weekend. The eastern conference is still very close at the top, while the western side is starting to heat up. Only 14 [...] Click to continue reading...

Keeping up with a tradition of last year on the last day of each month I typically try and do a monthly award thing. Usually it's a decent barometer of what the end of year awards will possibly look like. Some awards change from month-to-month but others stay on board. As always if you have [...] Click to continue reading...

Stand up if you had the Columbus Crew leading the way in Major League Soccer after five weeks. Do it. Stand up...anybody? No? Yeah thought so. Okay, now if you had the two-time defending MLS Cup champion Houston Dynamo winless through five stand up. Again, nobody? Wow, yeah. That's just how crazy this season has [. Click to continue reading...

The may come to show that this is a slow news day and I don't feel like talking about the random news from up north in Toronto. Sorry TFC fans, the rumors I have read today just haven't got me excited enough to write about them or give them the proper time. That kind of [...] Click to continue reading...