A lot of thought/homework going into Valencia...earliest we will have detail will be Wednesday

Any player the Timbers sign is always subject to the player passing a full physical exam

The Player is our priority #1 and I am optimistic Valencia will still be a part of our future

Three Tweets concerning Valencia from Merritt Paulson

One of the homework items Papiss Cisse could do while he has a little bit of spare time out there in Africa, is to check out Alan Shearer's goal-scoring record at Newcastle. Alan Shearer one of the 206 goals he scored for Newcastle Over a magical 10 year period when he was on Newcastle's books [.

Philadelphia Union assistant coach John Hackworth spoke to reporters via conference call on Wednesday night ahead of today's SuperDraft. He discussed the Union's approach to the Players Combine, the possibility of trades, particularly for an international spot, and how the Union are in a different position going into the 2012 SuperDraft compared to 2010 and 2011.

Tickets for the daftly named LionsXII, sorry but it is a daft name, opening game in the Malaysia Super League against Kelantan go on sale this Friday. Again the Singapore FA have this nonsense idea that tickets will only go on sale to Singaporeans and Permanent Residents which means if I wanted to go I couldn't.

Courtesy of the Evansville Courier Press, December 25, 2011
With the holidays upon us, it's important to remember what's really important and matters the most.
That reflection can happen at home with family and within your own religious faith, but also within your team, too.

We're almost a third of the year through the 2011-12 Premier League season, and already several summer signings have stood out as comparatively bargain buys. Which clubs have done their best homework to find the bargains who are producing the ...
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It's Halloween weekend and FC Tokyo's mascot, Tokyo Dorompa (seen above) dressed to the theme at a J-League match two days ago. Vale vale vale, the outfit looks like it was put together in less than 10 minutes, but you know Dorompa wanted all the attention to be on him.

Pete Nordsted's betting tips: Do your homework before steaming in on Manchester City to destory Wolves, plus exclusive Premier League tips

The free-scoring league leaders are a short price to rack up another big win but tread carefully before banking on another Citizens romp argues the betting expert

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Pete Nordsted's betting tips: Do your homework before steaming in on Manchester City to destory Wolves, plus exclusive Premier League tips

The free-scoring league leaders are a short price to rack up another big win but tread carefully before banking on another Citizens romp argues the betting expert

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A news article on 2011-10-27 10:25:00 from: Goal

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Pete Nordsted's betting tips: Do your homework before steaming in on Manchester City to destory Wolves, plus exclusive Premier League tips

The free-scoring league leaders are a short price to rack up another big win but tread carefully before banking on another Citizens romp argues the betting expert

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2011-10-27 10:25:00 from: Goal

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Pete Nordsted's betting tips: Do your homework before steaming in on Manchester City to destory Wolves, plus exclusive Premier League tips

The free-scoring league leaders are a short price to rack up another big win but tread carefully before banking on another Citizens romp argues the betting expert

View the full story here: Goal

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The Rams ate my homework Derby County youngster Mason Bennett is set to make his debut aged 15 this weekend. He will become the Rams' youngest ever player in the process, but his first appearance is a few days later than planned. Manager Nigel Clough had to shelve plans to include him in the squad [.

The goal scorer and the muffler

Not quite the class of the goal that Dennis Bergkamp scored but it was a goal that was enough to send us top of the group with a point ahead of the beaten side, Marseille. Another one of those where the result was more important than the performance. 5 wins out of 6 games now and that is momentum building.

Liverpool hot-shot Luis Suarez insists he is not worried about becoming a marked man from rival defences after lighting up the Premier League.
Suarez has been a revelation at Anfield since arriving during the January transfer window from Ajax and he has carried the form he showed last season into the new campaign.

Trouble arrives for Chelsea ahead of their second league game this weekend against West Brom after reports from the Blues' camp confirmed that goalkeeper, Peter Cech, picked up an injury during training and is likely to be absent for three-four weeks.

The bad news was revealed by the London club's manager, Andre Villas-Boas to the press stating that the Czech international player suffered a ligament injury because he fell awkwardly in the end of Wednesday's training.

As the US prepares for its critical quarterfinal Gold Cup match tomorrow at RFK, Bob Bradley appeared calm and focused at the pre-game press conference when discussing his team's progress during the Gold Cup.

"The Gold Cup all along has been circled as the championship of our confederation, an opportunity to qualify for the Confederations Cup," said Bradley.

Fehr's parents are traveling the 7,000 miles from Tokyo to Mexico

At the end of fourth grade, Fehr was invited to try out for Tokyo Verdy 1969, a club that had moved to Tokyo about the same time as Fehr and his family. There were more than 300 kids at that tryout, and three, including Fehr, were selected to join the club's academy system.

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Today I am prostituting myself and as the title would suggest, I am appealing to the Asian Market for my "Hits". Now that I am a record breaking AA Poster, I would like to move swiftly on to today's topic. Total Football and The Wenger Way. At this point, I am about to drop a bomb on some heads, and would therefore urge the likes of TA to "Tin Hat Up".

High Ladder To Climb is a feature for the Brotherly Game. Current Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) defender Tyler Ruthven gives readers insight into the life of a player in America's lower tier leagues. His updates will be about his continued quest to make it to MLS. Follow him as he details his day-to-day trials and tribulations based on the life he is able to live through the constraints of his job - and paycheck.

Along with the my posts about the two key players for Chelsea against United this coming Sunday in David Luiz and Didier Drogba, I am reposting this article I wrote before the United games before, because they are still relevant and I believe key in how to beat United on Sunday.
I have had a look at Manchester United and have come up with some key weaknesses in their game that we need to exploit.

I have had a look at Manchester United and have come up with some key weaknesses in their game that we need to exploit tomorrow. We all know about the threat they pose going forward. Chelsea need to remain solid and disciplined defensively first and foremost. If we can keep Nani quiet and frustrate Wayne Rooney we are half way there.

"And that was that." -- Ace Rothstein, "Casino."The tent is packed up. The elephants are in their cages. The clowns have squeezed into their tiny car.The circus has left town.Or at least that's the way it seems this weekend in as the English Premier League turns.Right up front I have to get this out of the way, the dog kind of ate my homework this week.

Last night the Fort Lauderdale Strikers revealed their new jerseys! I have to admit they look good. FMB contributor Mitch Rivera supplied us with these photos.
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I also need to comment on the new updated websites.

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One of constant complaints among football managers is that the media takes their words and twists them. The latest example of this comes from The Daily Telegraph whose headline today screams "Arsene Wenger: Arsenal can win quadruple." Except he never said that.

Lineups are in:

Arsenal: Wojo, Eboue, Djourou, Koscielny, Clichy, Song, Wilshere, Cesc, Nasri, Theo, van PersieStarters: Bench: Almunia, Gibbs, Squillaci, Denilson, Rosicky, Bendnter, Arshavin

Barcelona: Starters: Valdes; Daniel Alves, Pique, Abidal, Maxwell; Busquets; Xavi, Iniesta; Pedro, Villa, Messi
Bench:

Nothing overly surprising for us.

Manchester United haven't made any signing in the January transfer window as Sir Alex Ferguson believed that their current squad is already good enough, however in the summer the veteran manager revealed that in the summer they will make at least one signing.

Speaking in an interview, Ferguson stated that there's a player that they are already interested in getting in January, unfortunately the deal wasn't possible at the time so it's being postponed until the new season start.

Kacey Ludwig, McKinney North/Missouri S&T (2015)

From the Star Local News in Plano, TX comes news of a signing for Missouri S&T Miners soccer program

Ludwig, the Lady Bulldogs' other captain, wasn't sure at first whether she would play soccer in college at all. What sold her on joining the Missouri S&T roster were her future teammates, she said.

Article reprinted with permission of the author: Coree Reuter
It was raining this morning when I woke up and headed down south to Stafford, VA to watch Virginia's State ODP training session. Rain is my favorite soccer weather, so I should have known straight away it was going to be a good day.

Rachna, Shana, and Megan give an outlook to how they think the MLS and WPS drafts will shape up as they review the MLS combine. A resolution is made that one of the girls will register for the WPS draft next year, but you can find more about that in the movie that comes out in 20 years ("From the Cheap Seats to the Center Circle" is the tag line, we're sure).