This week's Ultimate 11's is top blogger Michael Summervilles' beloved Fulham FC. For those of you who are old to remember Fulham had a great side in the 70's with the likes of George Best, Rodney Marsh & Bobby Moore.

At times Fulham were like the Harlem Globetrotters, and here's some proof.

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Carlo Ancelotti is afraid of meeting Barca for obvious reasons. He'd rather have his Chelski take on Madrid who're not a "team" yet. In other words, he thinks he's assembled the second generation of Harlem Globetrotters.

"At this time, I prefer to meet Real Madrid.

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GOLD Coast United owner Clive Palmer once referred to his team as the 'Harlem Globetrotters' of the A-League.
Apparently, in his humble opinion, the Gold Coast would go around to all the other clubs and boost their attendances and make them money.
With that in mind, it seems a bit weird that the arrival of 'the New Bling' has been met with almost no hype at all here in Perth. Click to continue reading...

Take a good look at that crest ladies and gentleman. We all remember it fondly as this was the most famous name in all of football during the era of the North American Soccer League (NASL). We remember the movie about the history of the New York Cosmos and how popular they were once famed Brazilian International Striker Pele came to these shores and created a major buzz over in Downing Stadium at Randalls Island (Which was torn down and rebuilt as Icahn Stadium), Hofstra University, the first Yankee Stadium and finally calling Giants Stadium home at the Meadowlands in the late 70's thru the mid 80's.

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After what seemed like an eternity, The Kyle y Javi Show has returned, and this time with a special guest...the Harlem Globetrotters! I'm just kidding. They were too busy shooting a Scooby Doo reunion show to make it so they had to get someone else.
The RSL duo managed to get their hands on The Don for a few minutes of broken English, sputtering Spanish and matching white polos. Click to continue reading...

Americans Abroad / USMNT
Workday Watching Welcomed For USA-Spain - Match Fit USA
Report: Onyewu To Fenerbahce - Soccer By Ives
Onyewu Reportedly Headed To Turkey - Match Fit USA
Tim Howard Drafted By Harlem Globetrotters - Extra Time (NY Post)
US Shows Poise, Grit In Improbable Advance To Semis - American Soccer News
Four Yanks Learn European Fate - Yanks Abroad
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Plenty to discuss in the soccer world, some big news, some not so big, so let's get to some of the nuggets that have emerged today:

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On the same day it struck a deal to secure La Liga rights, ESPN also lands the UK rights to broadcast EPL matches.

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La "scissione" tra Serie A e B è ancora tutta da decidere (sarà un percorso lungo, sempre che arrivi alla conclusione), nonostante la volontà , espressa in Lega qualche settimana fa, nell'Assemblea Generale, di ben 19 club su venti (escluso il Lecce), che hanno dato mandato a Maurizio Beretta, ex Direttore generale di Confindustria, di costituire la nuova Lega Calcio Serie A. Click to continue reading...

Sorry to those with Triskaidekaphobia, the U.S. has made it a lucky 13 trips to the U-17 World Cup... well, we suppose they will make it 13. Here are 13 other great things associated with the number 13:

1. There are 13 players in a rugby league team.
2. Kristine Lilly, who made more international appearances than any other player in the sport's history, wore #13 for the USA women's team (maybe you've heard of her)
   
3. The number of colonies that formed the United States.

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If press reports are to be believed, we could be on the brink of a new era in football spending that will make Abramovich's Chelsea look positively frugal. I am of course referring to the takeover of Manchester City on Monday by an Arab consortium estimated to be worth around £650billion.

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You wouldn't know that New England has spent most of the season as the class of the league and San Jose has spent most of the year as the worst team in the league based on their meeting on Saturday. The revamped Earthquakes thrashed a short-handed Revs side 4-0 to serve notice that their drive for a playoff spot isn't an exercise in futility.

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Though this game was played Wednesday night this is the first chance I've had to write anything about it.
As ever with a Persik game you're left holding your breath. A side short of quality such as Legimin, Danilo and Fagundez was good enough to beat most teams in the ISL, especially with Budi Sudarsono, for me the most technically gifted Indonesian player at the moment, in such sincilating form. Click to continue reading...

THE Harlem Globetrotters are surely the greatest entertainers in world sport - alongside snooker trickshot king John Virgo and that table tennis guy with mirrors and combs concealed in his bat. I'm being ironic about the last two. This Saturday morning is all about slam dunks, flip shots and dribbling in our house after Jack's visit with his cousins Alice and Michael to the Globetrotters at the Manchester Evening News Arena last night. Click to continue reading...

THE Harlem Globetrotters are surely the greatest entertainers in world sport - alongside snooker trickshot king John Virgo and that table tennis guy with mirrors and combs concealed in his bat. I'm being ironic about the last two. This Saturday morning is all about slam dunks, flip shots and dribbling in our house after Jack's visit with his cousins Alice and Michael to the Globetrotters at the Manchester Evening News Arena last night. Click to continue reading...