After Warzycha benched the teams biggest threat for the teams biggest match (what a dope!), it should have sent warning shots in the minds of everyone associated with MLS.

Former All Star, MLS Cup Winner, Boca Jrs. Legend and league MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto has just been asked to take a sizable pay cut by the Columbus Crew, to the tune of $400k.

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The team continues to undergo it's offseason makeover. Leo Krupnik, formerly of Maccabi Haifa, has just signed on with Maccabi Netanya for an undisclosed sum. He appeared in only three games, starting in two.

If you are keeping score at home, that is now 9 players that started 2009 with the Bulls, who now find themselves elsewhere.

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Big Apple Soccer, home of everything New York Soccer, reports speaking to "El Professor" Juan Carlos Osorio about his move to Once Caldas. His reply?

"The offer is a very good offer," he said. "The club is a very good club. I am considering the offer. However, I would like to stay in the United States.

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If you were betting on Once Caldas of the Colombian Mustang division to be the first suckers to hire the preeminent Professor of the 4-5-1, grab yourself a boobie prize kid.

Juan Carlos Osorio is a head coach once more. He takes on a squad that is currently 8th in their table, with 7 wins, 7 draws and 4 ties, accumulating 23 goals for and 14 against in that time frame.

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Arsenal's midfield maestro Cesc Fabregas has been speaking to the Spanish press about his country's upcoming friendly with Austria, admitting that he doesn't know too much about tomorrow's rivals. The 21-year-old Gunners' skipper said that the Spaniards will treat the game exactly as they do every other game aiming to win. Click to continue reading...

Leeds United, once tippy top dog of the First Division, has been relegated to the third division for the first time in it's storied history. Today, a once ravaged squad stands as tippy top dog again, having it's finances in order as well as their management, going undefeated in eight games, and taking an early lead in the poll race for a Championship promotion.

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Are we at all sure that Youri hasn't been hired by Red Bull already?

The French legend has been planting seeds in France, playing Red Bull ambassador in the hopes of attracting his countrymen stateside through interviews like the one he had with football-ravageur, a French footy outlet.

He has some great insights on the successes and short comings of David Beckham, the measure of MLS against other leagues and the possibility of including more French players to the league structure.

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Dieter, Dietmar . . . close enough.

Dietmar Beiersdorfer, the new sporting director for worldwide Red Bull soccer operations, has descended upon New York and has brought with him a cloud of speculation. Is he here to hire a new GM? Perhaps weigh in on the coaching situation?

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Phil Brown has been talking a storm about Jozy's "Twittergate" this week, including gems like this:

Asked if Altidore had put the twit in Twitter, an unimpressed Brown replied: "I'd have put an 'a' in it."

Now that is the kind of comment Maradona would be proud of!

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While at yesterday's final grass installation, there was a rare positive vibe with the team, not just for the Arena's near completion, but for the season to come. Whether it was players, management or press, everyone seemed to look towards the future with longing eyes.

A lot of the hot button issues were discussed, and others simply insinuated.

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Jozy Altidore was excluded from the Hull City game with no explanation for his absence to be found. But the young lass loves his social networking sites, so the mystery didn't take very long to figure out. While Hull was already playing, Jozy sent his fans a little tweet to explain what had happened:

"Apologize to the all of you.

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It's a long journey back for Jonas Gutierrez but he will probably be floating on air, because his dream has come true, and Argentina have qualified for the World Cup finals in South Africa next summer. Jonas Gutierrez - responsible for winning goal They defeated Uruguay 1-0 in Montevideo last night 1-0 with a goal from [. Click to continue reading...

Andrey Arshavin capped off a good week for his country with a goal against Azerbaijan. The Russian playmaker bagged an early goal after 'keeper Agahev failed to hold Alan Dzagoyev's low shot from just inside the box. Russia had already clinched second place in Group 4 behind Germany, and will enter the playoffs for a spot in [. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton says that the Geordie striker, Andy Carroll has returned to Tyneside in buoyant mood after playing so well for the England Under-21 team with two goals on his competitive debut. Andy Carroll man of the match for England U21s The 20-year-old Gateshead born striker, who used to play left back for the Academy side, [. Click to continue reading...

Our star young Dutch goalkeeper Tim Krul saved a penalty to preserve his unbeaten record in the European Qualifiers as Holland Under-21s made it three wins in a row with a 4-0 win over Poland in Kielce. Tim Krul - saved a penalty top preserve unbeaten status Tim has yet to concede a goal in the [.. Click to continue reading...

One of the things that settled our Argentine Internationals down over the summer, was when manager Diego Maradona told them they didn't have to leave Newcastle to keep their places in the Argentine squad. Jonas Gutierrez - vital game tonight for Argentina Maradona has had a difficult start to his coaching career, but Newcastle manager Hughton believes [. Click to continue reading...

We had Ryan Donaldson playing the full game and scoring for the England U19 side against Slovenia in their recent 3-1 win, and we have two other youngsters starring for their side in European qualification and scoring too. 17 year-old Brad Inman - scored two goals for Scotland Now it's Australian Brad Inman and Irishman Shane Ferguson [. Click to continue reading...

We had been wondering why Nile Ranger had been missing form the two games the England U19 team played last week, and now we know he's had a virus. Nile Ranger - struggling with a virus Nile missed the England Under-19s' latest round of European qualifying matches because of a virus, and it turnbs out the [. Click to continue reading...

England U19s took another step in qualifying for the European Championship Finals with a comfortable 3-1 victory over hosts Slovenia yesterday. Ryan Donaldson - scored England's first goal And Newcastle's Ryan Donaldson played the whole game, his first start for the team, and scored England's first goal, his first goal at the level. Click to continue reading...

Jonas Gutierrez has a dream of playing in the World Cup and Argentina are just one game away from qualifying. Jonas Gutierrez - vital game on Wednesday After last Wednesday's dramatic injury time win over Peru, 2-1 they now only have to draw in this Wednesday's final qualifying game at Uruguay to qualify for the finals next summer [. Click to continue reading...

Andy Carroll is back on Tyneside today after helping the England U21 side get a valuable 6-3 win against Macedonia last week. Andy Carroll after scoring England's 4th goal and his second Andy started the game and was preferred to Manchester United's impressive Danny Welbeck, and he repaid the confidence shown in him by coach Stuart [. Click to continue reading...

Mexico eased to an easy win over El Salvador and qualified for the World Cup Finals in the process last night. Arsenal's Carlos Vela got on the scoresheet in the dying minutes of the second half. Check out his cheeky flick below. Click to continue reading...

Two of our three players involved in World Cup qualifiers yesterday were successful. Jonas helped Argentina to dramastic win Geremi claimed his 106th cap for a Cameroon side, who won 3-0 against Togo, and it was Geremi who scored Cameroon's first goal,he 11th goal for his country. Cameroon are at Morocco on Wednesday. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's International stars were in action for their respective countries tonight and it was the FIFA 2010 World Cup Qualifiers that became the main talking point of the evening. Here at Gooner Talk, we look to bring you the latest updates and results on how the Arsenal players are doing for their countries with a video [. Click to continue reading...

After sitting out on the sidelines for a long time, because of a suspect ankle injury, which he suffered in the opening clash of this years CONCACAF Gold Cup, young Arsenal hotshot Carlos Vela is preparing himself with his national teammates for the World Cup Qualifier against El Salvador tonight at the Estadio Azteca.

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Jionas Gutierrez has today saif he is happy that Newcastle allowed him to have treatment by the Argentine medical staff and it looks like he's fit and likely to start for Argentina in their game with Peru today. Jonas Gutierrez likely to start today We have to hope the lad is 100% fit and not being risked [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle striker Andy Carroll has been included in the England U21 24-man squad, for the European Championship qualifier against Macedonia next week. Andy Carroll - call up for England U21s The squad also includes Micah Richards, Sam Hutchinson, Fabien Delph, Jack Wilshere and Jack Rodwell for the qualifier at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on Friday, Oct 9th. Click to continue reading...

The Newcastle official site has today published Newcastle players' involvement in the upcoming Internationals. Nile Ranger - called up by England U19 side The two week International break will start after next Saturday's games. Here are the lads involved in the International games. Nile Ranger and Ryan Donaldson England Under-19s 9. Click to continue reading...

News today that both our Argentine Internationals Coloccini and Gutierrez have been called up by their country for the important World Cup qualifying games in a couple of weeks time. Gutierrez - missed last 5 Newcastle games The World Cup qualifying games are against Peru and Uruguay on October 10th and 13th, and could decide if [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's Fran Merida helped Spain to thrash Tahiti 8-0 in the Under-20 World Cup, with Aaron Niguez, Emilio Nsue and Kike scoring twice each. Gunners youngster Merida thumped in another from 25 yards in the 74th minute and Kike came off the bench to grab two late on, before Ander Herrera completed the rout in the [. Click to continue reading...

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Today a four year legal battle that has dominated the national and international news has come to an end, Michael Shields has been pardoned by the British government following his conviction for attempted murder in a Bulgarian court. After serving time in both Bulgarian and British prisons Michael Shields will be freed in the coming days a thought that must have seemed a long way off following his conviction and 10 year sentence four years ago.

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In international news, Brazil beat Argentina at home in the Rosario stadium 1-3, Argentina dominated the game for 20 minutes but soon after Luisao headed it into the back of the net with a beautiful free kick by Elano. Several minutes later Luis Fabiano scores, making it 0-2 for Brazil. Napoli's winger Datolo scores for Argentina in the 65' minute, but Luis Fabiano put the game away three minutes later, making the score 1-3. Click to continue reading...