U.S. defender Stephanie Cox took a ball off the face from an odd angle the other day and had to sit out a few days with some eye issues. She returned to training on Thursday, but only with some special glasses to protect the her eye.
While she got a bit of stick from her teammates, we think she's making a fashion statement, and in fact she's talked about getting them tinted so not only can she look cooler, but perhaps a bit like Dutch legend Edgar Davids.

By Chris Wright

A gaggle of footballing legends turned out for the UN's ninth annual 'Match against Poverty' last night, which saw a squad of 30-odd luminaries such as Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo (who are both UN Goodwill Ambassadors), Didier Drogba, Fernando Couto, Luis Figo, Edgar Davids, Pavel Nedved and Fabio Cannavaro take on a Hamburg SV All-Stars side in front of a 24,000-strong crowd in Germany.

French great Zinedine Zidane and Brazilian icon Ronaldo put on their annual Match Against Poverty event Tuesday, taking on a team of Hamburg SV All-Stars in Germany, and the legend-laden squad did not disappoint.

Ronaldo scored as part of his team's 5-4 victory, with proceeds from the event going toward combating poverty in the Horn of Africa.

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By "The Other 87 Minutes" / Senior Unemployed English Major CorrespondentsCorruption. Injustice. Obscene profits. In this week's list, we're assembling a crew of famous footballing names to Occupy FIFA. They won't rest until they bring down the soccer juggernaut (and Sharpie a moustache on Blatter while he's sleeping).

Their Words If you're a fan and you really want excitement you have to watch a Premier League game. Edgar Davids. Other Sources Keane's return, Davis' absence mark Cup countdown - from Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney: "We're going certainly to give him a couple of easy days and have him ready for Sunday.

Sonny Silooy was a terrific footballer who climbed to the pinnacle of world soccer with AFC Ajax and the Dutch National Team (that's him with Edgar Davids in the 1996 UEFA Champions League Final). He also broke my finger on Tuesday. Well maybe, as the fallout from this most recent debacle has yet to be determined.

They are two of the games great executioners. Their preferred methods of delivering the coup de grace could hardly be more different, but they share the same efficient outcome. Back in 1998 it was Fabio Capello's Milan who were on the receiving end of a cold-blooded calcio killing. If you want a masterclass in the respective abilities of Alessandro Del Piero and Filippo Inzaghi you need.

The transfer day deadline was a flurry of activities and I loved it! Sitting down sifting through TFB4's twitter page, there was a feeling of major surprise signings and it did take place albeit in small measures. I compiled The Flat Back Four's top five most intriguing transfer signings.

Once the kit provider of Real Madrid, Spanish sportswear firm Kelme recently signed a deal to become the official kit provider of the Surinam national soccer team. Though a slew of Suriname-born players and Dutch-born players of Surinamese descent such as Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Ryan Babel, Aron Winter, and Jimmy [.

By Chris Wright

"All for charidee mate"

'Friends of Lionel Messi' took on 'Friends of Marcelo Salas' in Santiago, Chile last night in a benefit match that saw the likes of Cafu, Lucio, Edgar Davids, Ariel Ortega, the Milito brothers, Juventus new boy Arturo Vidal, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Radamel Falcao all turn out in order to raise money for the victims of heavy snowstorms in southern Chile.

By Gareth McKnight

The phrase 'my body is a temple' is fitting for the professional footballer who, through strict diets, lung-busting fitness drills and daily conditioning training, eventually become the all-round athletes we watch on a weekly basis.

Despite club doctors and dieticians monitoring and controlling what multivitamins, food and supplements the average Premier League player puts in his body, some have overstepped the mark, accidentally, in rebellion or through ignorance.

The Ajax membership approved the new candidates for the Board of Directors this week. This means that Johan Cruyff returns to restructure his first love.

Business man Steven ten Have will be the new chair of the board. Other directors will be former international Edgar Davids, lawyer Marjan Olfers and tv [read more]

By Chris Wright

All things must pass an apt epitaph for the career of a man who used the ball like Paul Scholes did in his pomp, a midfield hub that could ping a zephyr-like pass across the width of a crowded football pitch and land it on a pound coin 99 times out of 100.

By Chris Wright

All things must pass an apt epitaph for the career of a man who used the ball like Paul Scholes did in his pomp, a midfield hub that could ping a zephyr-like pass across the width of a crowded football pitch and land it on a pound coin 99 times out of 100.

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen — the most complete — is Scholes. I have spoken with Xabi Alonso about this many times. Scholes is a spectacular player who has everything. He can play the final pass, he can score, he is strong, he never gets knocked off the ball and he doesn't give possession away.

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen — the most complete — is Scholes. I have spoken with Xabi Alonso about this many times. Scholes is a spectacular player who has everything. He can play the final pass, he can score, he is strong, he never gets knocked off the ball and he doesn't give possession away.

A report in the Express today says that Chelsea are prepared to hire Marco Van Basten and Guss Hiddink to replace Carlo Ancelotti.

Hiddink has already turned down Roman Abramovich's overtures to become manager again of Chelsea as he would prefer to become Chelsea's director of football operations.

MILAN, Italy Ajax midfielder Urby Emanuelson is going to AC Milan. The Dutch player signed a 3,5 year contract. The 24-year-old can play at left-wing, left-back, wing-back or in midfield. "He was one of our objectives in the transfer market and I am happy for him to come," said coach Massimiliano Allegri.

This report suggests that former Manchester United and Northern Ireland winger Keith Gillespie was offered to Liga Primer Indonesia side PSM Makassar but they rejected him.
Gillespie joins an ever growing list of former English Premier League players who have apparently been offered to the unofficial league but none have yet signed.