Liverpool can't continue their hot streak and end up with their eighth home draw of the campaign, failing to take advantage of a Spurs side that were lacking in both personnel and intent. With the success of the past few weeks creating a healthy dose of optimism this one's got to be chalked up as a disappointment, and worrying in that Liverpool yet again failed to capitalize in a match that mostly looked like theirs for the taking.

Didier Drogba to the Chicago Fire. I'm not sure how it even started but now we are really getting into absurdity.

Chicago Fire confirm talks with Chelsea's Drogba

Thanks for the big headline Tribal Football. On yesterday's conference call, Chicago Fire head coach Frank Klopas did say all of the following: "Drogba?

Fernando Torres has been the focus of press and media attention ever since he signed for Chelsea. He scored 81 goals in just 142 games for Liverpool and everyone expected more of the same here but it hasn't happened. Everyone is asking questions, people are beginning to turn and doubt Torres but I am posting this because I for one believe in Torres.

There is a glimmer of hope amidst the sea of negativity that Arsenal have been swimming in recently. Some players are close to making their return after serious injuries. Of course, as we have seen with Wilshere recently and with others in the past, getting hopes up when it comes to injuries and Arsenal is not a smart choice.

Peruse the Sunderland fan forums and you'll find quite a few optimistic fans. Despite our brilliant form of late, following our defeat against Stoke, Sunderland's win against Blackburn and the appointment of Martin O'Neill, a few of the Sunderland fans genuinely think they will win this match and that "Spurs ain't all that" and "we've just been built up by sky and the media into thinking we're something we're not".

Pros
So, the first pro is fairly obvious - hilarity. It's always funny to watch United lose, especially in Europe where Fergie's ability to influence referees is less pronounced. The fact that they were served up one of the easiest CL groups I can remember makes it even funnier.

Manchester United third choice goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszchak has launched a blistering attack on his employers accusing them of slavery.

And I bet anyone of you reading this would love to become a 'Slave' if you were to earn anywhere near his £30,000 a week?

Kuszchak (29) who spent the last four years as Edwin Van Der Sar's understudy without actually stepping up to the plate with performance's to match his obvious big head has fallen behind Anders Lindegaard and David de Gea in the pecking order is desperate to leave Old Trafford before January to enhance his chance's of making Poland's Euro 2012 Finals squad had this to say:

"I've become a slave to Manchester,".

By Alan Duffy

Kuszczak begs for his freedom

Poor old Tommy Kuszczak the Polish goalkeeper has slipped down the pecking order at Manchester United, and now finds himself behind David De Gea, Anders Lindegaard and even Ben Amos.

Eager to stake a claim for a place in the Polish squad for the Euro 2012 finals, Kuszczak was hoping to move to Leeds United on loan until the end of year, but according to the 29-year-old, Sir Alex Ferguson blocked the move.

Tomasz Kuszczak has again spoken about his frustration at not being allowed to leave Manchester United following options to join other clubs on loan.

Towards the end of last season, as United battled to claim that 19th league title, Kuszczak spoke to the papers about his desire to leave the club and become a #1 elsewhere.

Tomasz Kuszczak has again spoken about his frustration at not being allowed to leave Manchester United following options to join other clubs on loan.

Towards the end of last season, as United battled to claim that 19th league title, Kuszczak spoke to the papers about his desire to leave the club and become a #1 elsewhere.

With the news just released today that the WPS has officially terminated the former Washington Freedom franchise now known as magicJack is their now a glimmer of hope for fans in the D.C. area that a return of the Freedom may be in the making?
Dan Borislow did respond to the Washington Post about the termination of his team: Read his response here
WPS Press Release:
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 26, 2011) – After careful consideration, the Board of Governors of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) voted on Tuesday to terminate the Boca Raton based magicJack franchise.

Bottom of the league and calling for the managers head. Devastating depression is what springs to mind flicking through the posts on the Rovers forums. With protests planned before and after the game, some reckon it could get dicey around the stadium should Blackburn suffer a heavy defeat, with some predicting carnage on and off the pitch.

Join the guys on another depresseing edition of the UnitedManis.com Podacst. Special guest Chris Riordan of Majorleaguesoccertalk.com joins in to talk about United's collpase at the end of another season and DC's glimmer of hope to make the post season...

As we wind down to the final weekend of the 2011 MLS Regular Season the race for the Eastern Conference regular season title, and the No. 1 seed that comes with it, is wide open. Four different teams have a chance to clinch the top spot in the East.

Right now the front-runners are Sporting Kansas City and Philadelphia.

The call for youth to reinvigorate a national squad every two and four years must be included in the standard guidebooks for both managers and football association officials on what to say in response to failed attempts at qualification for a big tournament. Just the previous summer after Green's Gaffe and Germany's show of youth in revolt, England supporters received an earful from Fabio Capello through his suddenly atrocious grasp of the language and delivered an annoyingly vuvuleza-like din themselves about how the only way forward for the Three Lions was in bringing more youth into the senior side.

Ok, the headline may sound strange. But given his act of petulance against Montenegro will have ramifications on England's preparations for next summer, it may force England into a beneficial reshuffle.
At time of writing Rooney is set to miss just the opening game of the finals in Poland and the Ukraine, though that could be extended to two or more.

Bolton's misery continues

• Saturday, October 2, 2011
• Venue: The Reebok Stadium
• Attendance: 24,657
• Referee: Peter Walton

• Daniel Sturridge [2]
• David Ngog [10]
• Frank Lampard [15]
• Daniel Sturridge [25]
• Frank Lampard [27]
• Dedryck Boyata [46]
• Frank Lampard [59]
• David Luiz [61]
• John Terry [79]

Not so long ago Daniel Sturridge was helping Bolton Wanderers climb the league, his return to north left The Trotters firmly at the bottom.

After surviving the shock of falling a goal behind to their League Two opponents, struggling Arsenalcame back to beat Shrewsbury Town 3-1 and comfortably progress into the fourth round of the Carling Cup at the Emirates Stadium.

The visitors stunned the Emirates crowd after 16 minutes when James Collins's bullet header beat Lukasz Fabianski, and a major upset looked to be possible.

Couldn't find a reliable stream in the bunker at an undisclosed location last night, so no reaction piece to United's 1-0 loss away to KC. Watching the condensed match wasn't much help save that Willis looks a reliable #2, we backpass too much, we carry no threat without De Rosario, and any match where we're looking to Ngwenya to save us is an automatic loss.

So, how much stock are you taking from the statistic 'Ipswich Town have lost two out of three games'?
At the risk of stating the obvious, it's not a great start! And if you include the fact that Town have already been dumped out of the Mickey Mouse Cup, it looks even worse.

Klasnic rolls away after finishing the performance

And the Whites go marching on, on, on through their preseason with an impressive showing against Bradford City AFC at Valley Parade in front of 295 Wanderers supporters among the 2,943 in attendance. The 4-1 scoreline provided Bolton with their third consecutive win this preseason.

So often in major international tournaments, the knock-out stages are where the rot starts to set in, even though they are supposed to be where the tournament ‘hots up.' Thankfully, the 2011 Women's World Cup quarter-finals were more hot than rot. In truth, although the group stages produced a lot of watchable football, they lacked a bit of bite and intensity at times.

We're still here!
We continue our comprehensive coverage of American soccer culture with our series "Better Know a Supporters Group," just like Steven Colbert's "Better Know a District" from "The Colbert Report".
Our goal: to feature each of the MLS teams' supporters groups.

UEFA U21 Championship - Denmark 1:3 Iceland
"No jocund health that Denmark drinks today" - Hamlet I.ii
'The History of Danish Dreams' was the 1988 novel which launched Copenhagen's Peter Høeg onto the world's literary stage, but tonight in Aalborg dreams of making history became nightmares as Denmark's U21 team was eliminated as host nation after a demoralising 3-1 defeat to Iceland.

The Gunners ended the season with relegation form – 2W,3L,6D – in the final eleven games of the season. The fact that this form came straight after a horror fortnight that saw heartbreak in all the Cup fixtures, including the Carling Cup final, means that even the most positive of Gooners are finding it hard to sustain the faith.

The weather hasn't been the only thing gloomy around Seattle these days. With Wednesday's loss to FC Dallas, it appears that many of use who make up the Seattle Sounders fan base have turned on one another. Finally, though, there appears to be some good news: Brad Evans and Alvaro Fernandez should be available for Saturday's against Real Salt Lake.

Dortmund fans celebrate winning the 2011 German Championship ("Deutscher Meister 2011″) with a massive choreo. Frankfurt fans celebrate winning the self-awarded and newly invented 2011 German Riot Championship ("Deutscher Randalemeister 2011″) without a choreo but some flares and a banner.

Sunday's 2-1 defeat by Manchester City summed up West Ham's season for me as the Hammers once again failed to pick up points a scenario which leaves them rooted to the bottom of the Barclays Premier League title with just three league matches to go. Sitting here writing this article, I still feel that West Ham will survive, but I have felt like this all season and yet with just 3 games left, they do still prop up the table.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

There were no surprises in Wednesday's UEFA Champions League quarterfinals as Real Madrid and Schalke used virtually insurmountable leads to carry them into the semifinals.

Tottenham's European dreams came to an end with a 1-0 defeat (5-0 on aggregate) to Real Madrid at White Heart Lane.

The last ten days have been encouraging for England there's certainly no lack of competition for places throughout the squad, even though the general feeling about Sr. Capello is that the sooner he's replaced the better. Richard Smith takes an overview of the recent games.

So, after the debacle of the captaincy change and England's latest two matches against Wales in the Euro 2012 qualifier last weekend and the friendly against Ghana at Wembley in midweek, how far exactly has England come in the past nine months in terms of putting away their world cup nightmare and moving on?

Break internazionale is finito. I cannot be the only one who is overjoyed by that sentence.

Shouldn't play.

It's been a long ass while since the mighty Blues of London have taken the field in an official, competitive capacity. A week and five days to be exact.

That felt...awesome.

When we got the draw a few weeks ago, I thought our Cup run was over before it began. We hadn't beaten Spurs in the Cup since Queen Elizabeth, or something around then. Harry Redknapp actually takes this competition seriously, and the match date wasn't close enough to Spurs' Champions League duties that we could catch them distracted.

Ahead of our big FA CUP clash at Goodison Park tomorrow here is the view from www.themerseyjuror.co.uk.
As an Evertonian I am in no way looking forward to this game. Things off the pitch are taking over for us at the minute. We are absolutely skint, will not (by the looks of it) be making any additions to the squad.

The best part of post-draft analysis is that everyone's opinion may be right. Hometown fans are usually very optimistic and begin that glimmer of hope that this coming season might bring them a championship.
Since nobody can prove my opinions wrong (yet), here is my take on the "super" winners , losers and highlights of the day.

10 points in 11 games, the best response to me seemed to go into hiding, pray and return when the sunshine breaks through the looming clouds. However, Let the records show that my official excuse for my absence has been insane travelling around the country. It's true, I have tickets to prove it.

Australia has been granted the rights to host the 2015 Asian Cup.
Another great benefit of being in Asia and gives us a glimmer of hope should we fail to qualify for 2014 World Cup. The game never stops now does it?
But can we deliver quality pitches....we can't consistently for the A-League.