Interesting to have a goalie here in the week inwhich Tim Krul saves points for Newcastle again and Stekelenburg plays anonymously in Italy...

He was one in a long line of great Dutch goal keepers. And he was one of those that hardly played the number of international games his talent [read more]

By now we all know the story pretty well: the defense was crap at the beginning of the season, but by the end it was one of the Portland Timbers' strengths. Individual players improved, as did communication amongst them, and the front office augmented that development with a shrewd mid-season trade.

A couple of weeks Back David wrote in our sister site Soccerticketsonline.com about his recent trip to London and his tour of London clubs Arsenal and Chelsea. You can have a look at the article here .

In the article he mentioned one thing that really struck me. He talked in detail about the stadium, the press room where all the important information concerning the club is made public and also about the dressing rooms where both the home and away sides freshen up and strategise on their plays.

Martin Kelly scored a great goal against Iceland in England U21s 5:0 victory. Kelly picked up the loose ball went on to beat two challengers then scored past the goal keepers near post. Show's he can be a force when going forward.

Will this put extra pressure on Glen Johnston's position at right back?

Paulo Bento has named his squad for the all-important two legged playoffs against Bosnia Herzegovina.

Goal Keepers: Beto, Eduardo, Rui Patricio

Defenders: Bruno Alves, Pepe, Rolando, Sereno, Fabio Coentrao, Joao Pereira, Silvio

Midfielders: Carlos Martins, Joao Moutinho, Miguel Veloso, Raul Meireles, Ruben Amorim, Ruben Micael

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Danny, Hugo Almeida, Helder Postiga, Nani, [read more]

Roma goalie Stekelenburg

Well, quite a weekend. Too weird for words.

Kenny leaving Kuyt off. Rooney doing a Beckham penalty. Torres missing one complete sitter, missing another relatively easy chance and scoring a beauty. Van der Vaart coming off the bench. Drenthe coming off. Heitinga staying on.

All the way back on Wednesday I was at the Portland Timbers practice and had the opportunity to interview John Spencer, David Horst and Jack Jewsbury. Unfortunately, I also had to go to work and pay my rent. So, here are a bunch of quotes from Wednesday that I did not have time to transcribe before rushing out the door.

Despite the recent denial about already sealing a deal with Manchester United, David De Geal looks all but set into becoming the heir of Edwin Van Der Sar after reports in England confirmed that the Atletico Madrid keeper have already undergo a medical check up at Manchester.

According to the reports, the player attended the routine medical check up on Monday afternoon and will surely soon be announced as the new Red Devil's signing in the summer.

Albert Camus, goal keeper of French Algerian descent.

Famous author and philosopher Albert Camus once said, "All that I know most surely, about the morality and the obligations of man, I know from sport." His sport of choice? Football of course, and his chosen position was goal keeper, the place of those odd men who live in a very different psychological universe than the rest of the players on the field.