Hector Rueda Lookalike Wilman Conde is New York Bound - FinallyThe New York Red Bulls, having just wrapped up Tim Ream's long-awaited transfer to Bolton, didn't waste much time in finding his replacement, announcing today the signing of Colombian central defender Wilman Conde. Conde was most recently on the books of Mexican club Atlas, where injuries limited his playing time in 2011 to just 13 games.

A trip to Wembley and Liverpool's first cup final in nearly five years are on the line on Wednesday, with Manchester City heading to Anfield for the second leg of the League Cup semi-final. Liverpool have a 1-0 advantage from the first leg after a Steven Gerrard penalty capped a dominant opening spell for Kenny Dalglish's squad, but there's little illusion that they'll be able to coast into the final, with City more than capable of turning the tie over.

A trip to Wembley and Liverpool's first cup final in nearly five years are on the line tomorrow, with Manchester City heading to Anfield for the second leg of the League Cup semi-final. Liverpool have a 1-0 advantage from the first leg after a Steven Gerrard penalty capped a dominant opening spell for Kenny Dalglish's squad, but there's little illusion that they'll be able to coast into the final, with City more than capable of turning the tie over.

Arsene Wenger has yet again re-iterated that he is in desperate need of a left-back that is ready to play in the Arsenal first team straight away, and the Lyon defender Aly Cissoko definitely comes into that category. The Lyon chief Jean-Michel Aulas said yesterday: "Possible winter departures? That doesn't mean we don't have any [.

By Alan Duffy

The usually "too cool for school" Man City star Mario Balotelli was grateful to make use of the local educational facilities of a Manchester school on Thursday lunhctime, after the superstar was left in desperate need of a wee-wee.

By: Brandon Arendt
Rivals clash for the third time this season when the Milwaukee Wave play host to the Missouri Comets at the US Cellular Arena at 7:00 PM. Milwaukee is looking to extend their division lead over their Central Division rivals. All the while Missouri will be looking to simultaneously extend their lead over Wichita and draw closer to Milwaukee in the mid-season standings.

By Chris Wright

Here we go folks. Pies' pick of the top ten Premier League players who are in desperate need of, or who could simply benefit tremendously from, a loan move come January time...

10. Carlos Tevez, Man City

Let's get the obvious one out of the way up top.

Tonight Andre Villas-Boas faces a date with Champions League destiny, as his side face Valencia needing a win or a 0-0 draw in order to progress in the lucrative competition. Winning the Champions League has long been a priority for Chelsea and their owner Roman Abramovich, demonstrated by Sir Alex Ferguson's claim that success in the competition had become "an obsession" for Chelsea.

With Kieran Gibbs ruled out with an injury and Andre Santos in desperate need of a rest, Spain's Ignasi Miquel was used in an uncharacteristic left-back position, on Tuesday, against Manchester City. Speaking to Arsenal's official ...

In tribute to some little heroes

HE'D JUST set up the winning goal and was standing with the goalscorer, in front of the Sky reporter, ready to hand him the man of the match champagne – but Charlie Adam had one thing he really wanted to say. "I'd like to dedicate the win to Brad Jones who had a difficult week losing his son.

Not quite the titanic clash it was just a few short years ago, but still a fixture ripe with storylines and overall disdain. And, you know, we're kind of in somewhat desperate need of a signature win.

Let's have it, boys.

Team news and the like from 10:45am EST.

Six of our boys yes, Bob was in the house participated in EA Sports' official FIFA 12 Pro Player Tournament on Wednesday at Cobham. Cue the inevitable trash talk and the birth of Romelu "I love the silence" Lukaku.

That's right. Our young Belgian enforcer emerged from the wreckage triumphant, topping fellow 18-year-old Josh McEachran by a 4-1 scoreline in the final.

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Gadsby is on twitter.

Timothy Chandler and Nurnberg are in desperate need of a win against bottom team Freiburg while Edson Buddle and Ingolstadt will try to pull out of the bottom three when they visit Karlsruhe.

In today's early kick-off, Chelsea and Arsenal clash at Stamford Bridge with the Gunners in desperate need of all three points to move closer and closer to the Top Four. As always, please find below links ...

If Arsene Wenger's career was a kung fu movie, we would be in the part where the search is on for the villain who poisoned Arsene's rice. Taking cues from the charismatic Frenchman, all eyes would be on the usual suspects, the media, referees, disloyal players, Roy Keane, Sam Allardyce, and the most obvious targets, those pin-stripe-suited figures throwing around Scrooge McDuck money for fun.

This weekend sees Wigan entertain Fulham with both in desperate need of a result of any description. So what has happened to Wigan this year? Nothing much really if we're honest. Their form has been pretty abysmal for a sustained ...
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Yes, it's got to that stage. Where weekend after mid-week is 'lost' to watching second-string national teams beat second-rate national teams in a series of meaningless matches for a tournament about 8 months away. It's almost come to the point where there necessarily need to be club games going on all the time to rationalize the international games to a number that actually matters.

szólj hozzá: Ars 1-0 Swe

There are two ways of looking at this victory. The first and most practical one is that three points have been secured. However the perspective that this was not a victory as much as it was a gift is equally valid. That being said, Arsenal is a club in desperate need of cashing in those gift cards.

Don't Buy The Sun – the concert

Impressive line-up for the 24th September gig ONE campaign that always unites supporters of both of Merseyside's Premier League clubs is a campaign that has been going for 22 years and remains as strong now as it was the day it began.

Barcelona have confirmed that former Arsenal winger Alexander Hleb will spend yet another season away from the Catalan club as he is being loaned out to German outfit VfL Wolfsburg.

Belarus international Hleb rose to prominence during an impressive three-year spell during which he made 129 appearances and netted on 10 occasions in all competitions.

Transfer deadline day leaves Newcastle United in desperate need of at least a striker and Papiss Demba Cisse currently leads the rumours in that respect. It's transfer deadline day and hopefully we'll have something to look forward to by way of a new striker. Whether we're after anything more than that remains to be seen [.

It's one of the busiest days of the year when it comes to football, it's transfer deadline day until January next year. It's the final day that clubs can do business before they have to settle for what they have at 2300GMT tonight.
We all saw how it affected us last season as we let too many players go, had the injuries to key players around the same time and as a result suffered badly.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has indicated that increasing uncertainty over the future of star midfielder Luka Modric certainly played its part in derailing his side's focus during a disappointing 5-1 thrashing at home to Manchester City this afternoon.

In the aftermath of the heart-breaking loss at White Hart Lane, Redknapp revealed that Modric went as far as urging him to be excluded from the starting line-up against the Citizens.

After what seems an eternity haggling over wages and fee, Emmanuel Adebayor's season long loan deal has finally been announced. Spurs long wait for a powerful front man is over. Adebayor is exactly the kind of striker Spurs have been looking for since summer 2010 and can provide the perfect foil for Rafa Van der Vaart and should also link well with Defoe or Pavlyuchenko if needed.

Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Images(Bleacher Report)Juan Mata was originally a Liverpool target as the Reds had been tracking him since January. However, his performance in Spain's U21 European Championships was a stock raising moment if there has been one.
With the Reds most likely out of the running as the player was destined to want Champions League football, Liverpool turned their full attentions to the signature of Stewart Downing whom they signed in the early part of July.

Tottenham confirm interest in Adebayor - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Spurs' boss Harry Redknapp said that Tottenham are talking to Manchester City about striker Emmaneul Adebayor. The former Arsenal forward would be an excellent addition for Spurs, who are in desperate need for a quality striker.

Chris Samba can solve Arsenal's dodgy defending and emerge as a lionheart leader in the same mould as Gunners legend Tony Adams. Emirates boss Arsene Wenger is in desperate need of a no-nonsense central defender and has been linked with a £10million move for the Blackburn Rovers stopper.

And Arsenal legend Lee Dixon believes the giant Congo international, 27, fits the bill perfectly to fill a void in the heart of his back four.

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By JOSE M. ROMERO

Jeff Larentowicz's low bouncer through the San Jose wall and past goalkeeper Jon Busch in the 72nd minute proved to be the difference as the Colorado Rapids came from behind to defeat the host San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 Saturday night at Buck Shaw Stadium.

Whilst predicting who will be in the running for the title is about as easy as looting a JD Sports in Hackney, a perhaps far more difficult task is looking at who are the contenders for the chop. So let's take a look at the managers facing a "squeaky bum time".
Harry Redknapp

I'm gonna start off with a potential left field choice in good old ‘arry from the Lane.

Clive Mason/Getty Images(Bleacher Report)Scott Dann has been on the Liverpool radar since early in the transfer window, and Arsenal threw their lot in around the same time. With two of the biggest names in English football chasing the player it is no surprise that there still has been no official word that he is going anywhere.

After watching last night's MLS matches several things have stuck out for me. Sore points, frustrations, points of notice and this that please me... here are a few things to consider.Kyle Beckerman is a fighter.
RealSaltLake showed who they are, or rather, who they can be. The absolutely tore apart the New York Red Bulls at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Sunil Gulati finally landed his man. It took nearly five years and multiple conversations before Jurgen Klinsmann agreed to take the helm of US Soccer. What can we expect from the Klinsmann era? To get a glimpse of what to expect all you need to do is look at what transpired in Germany after Klinsmann took over the national team on July 26, 2004.

Etchu Tabe and RoPS are in desperate need of a win as they visit MyPa while Josh Wicks and his American teammates at Mariehamn will look for some revenge when Finnish Cup villians KuPS pay them a return visit.

Alejandro Bedoya is a question mark for Orebro as they try to recover from Europa League disappointment while Ryan Miller and Halmstad are in desperate need of a win as relegation inches closer.

Liverpool is considering a move for Manchester City misfit Wayne Bridge if they fail to lure Leighton Baines away from neighbours Everton.
The City left-back is way down the pecking order at Eastlands following the arrival of Gael Clichy from Arsenal, and will certainly be shipped out this summer by Roberto Mancini.

Tottenham Need Players to Match their Aspirations - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Another week draws to a close at White Hart Lane with Luka Modric still very much a Spurs player. The Daily Mail may claim that there was a tantrum and showdown talks, but the message from Daniel Levy is very clear, there will be no sale.

Not exactly a heap of new news regarding the Chels over the past couple of days. Thus the lack of cutting-edge, thought-provoking material on this blog. That, or the three of us have been consumed by our full-time jobs.

Snoods.

Nevertheless, more transfer gossip continues to surface from Lucio to Lucho and back home to Cahill and Dann.

Ashley Young officially signed with Manchester United yesterday, making him the second signing of the summer in a five year deal worth around 15 million pounds. United's spending has now reached over 30 million pounds after already signing Phil Jones from Blackburn.

To be honest, when I first heard about United being linked with Young, I wasn't the biggest proponent of it.

Paul Mariner is the man in charge of reinforcing a TFC squad in desperate need for quality players. Thoughts on what he might have in store for Toronto FC in the next few weeks.
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