Tough one.

Can't call them "snap judgments" because they took way too long. TSG's Tuesday will be along shortly with the official review.

Here are some thoughts that I want to spill out on the screen. We'll give it the "Good, Bad, Ugly" treatment because it works well here.

Gloves?

PARIS, France – The United States Men's National Soccer Team's struggles to generate offense continued on Friday as they fell 1-0 at Stade de France and are now 1-4-1 under head coach Jurgen Klinsmann.

The Americans kept the French quiet during the first half, but the home side came out with renewed life in the second period, keeping the visitors pegged back for much of the final 45 minutes and eventually finding the back of the net.

Euro Qualifier on Friday.

Fifa.com has a post about Cisse and Gomis being called up as replacements to injured players who include:

Benzema;
Ribery; and
Sagna.

That's 3 starters, plus Abidal reportedly has "fitness concerns."

Mexes is still out, right? We should get an updated roster:

From AFP "one day ago":

Revised France squad

Goalkeepers
Hugo Lloris (Lyon)
Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
Cedric Carrasso (Bordeaux)

Defenders
Eric Abidal (Barcelona/ESP)
Mathieu Debuchy (Lille)
Adil Rami (Valencia/ESP)
Patrice Evra (Manchester United/ENG)
Anthony Reveillere (Lyon)
Younes Kaboul (Tottenham/ENG)
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal/ENG)
Jeremy Mathieu (Valencia/ESP)

Midfielders
Alou Diarra (Marseille)
Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle/ENG)
Yann Mvila (Rennes)
Florent Malouda (Chelsea/ENG)
Jeremy Menez (Paris SG)
Samir Nasri (Manchester City/ENG)
Marvin Martin (Sochaux)
Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)

Forwards
Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon)
Kevin Gameiro (Paris SG)
Loic Remy (Marseille)
Djibril Cisse (Lazio/ITA)

Just a brief reminder that if France do not win against Albania, we're probably screwed (i.

Here's Laurent Blanc's selection for the friendly on Wednesday in Montpellier against Chile:

Goalkeepers
Hugo Lloris (Lyon)
Cedric Carrasso (Bordeaux)
Steve Mandanda (Marseille)

Defenders
Eric Abidal (Barcelona)
Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
Younes Kaboul (Tottenham)
Adil Rami (Valencia)
Anthony Reveillere (Lyon)
Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)
Mamadou Sakho (PSG)

Midfielders
Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle)
Alou Diarra (Marseille)
Yann M'Vila (Rennes)
Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
Marvin Martin (Sochaux)
Blaise Matuidi (PSG)
Samir Nasri (Arsenal)
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This was not a good weekend for oil and gas rich sheikhs shaking up football with their big spending ways. Paris St Germain now under control of the Qatari Investment Authority (QIA) lost their season opener at home against Lorient who scored through Julien Quercia.

Queens Park Rangers has already had dealings with Paris Saint-Germain in this transfer window and refusing to sell Adel Taraabt may come back to haunt them.
PSG has entered the race for Joe Cole and with the Liverpool's midfielder's £90,000-a-week wages proving a stumbling block in QPR's loan bid, the French outfit are in pole position to sign Cole.

Episode 25, Alex, Julian, and Greg all return for another round of LaMagicast- and it's edited this time! This pod has somewhat of a sad tone to it- the departures of Jeremy Menez and Mirko Vucinic leave all three hosts wondering what's next for Roma. Podcast Powered By LaLigaWeekly.com Standard Podcasts: Download
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Episode 25, Alex, Julian, and Greg all return for another round of LaMagicast- and it's edited this time! This pod has somewhat of a sad tone to it- the departures of Jeremy Menez and Mirko Vucinic leave all three hosts wondering what's next for Roma. Podcast Powered By LaLigaWeekly.com Standard Podcasts: Download
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Typical Mirko, it was inevitable wasn't it? A big game player by design, scoring against one of the titans of modern day English football on the greatest club stage in the world. In fact, nearly every facet of that goal simply oozed of the Montenegrin, an epitome of the way he played. It was his second of the night, and Roma's third.

The Wesley Sneijder to Manchester United saga continues to evolve, as the move seems to be picking up steam. But the rumors are somewhat conflicting to say the least.

Reports from England in the last 24 hours suggest Inter have accepted a bid from United, clearing the way for the player to discuss personal terms.

Dopo l'addio di Jeremy Menez, ceduto al Paris Saint-Germain di Leonardo, anche quello di Mirko Vucinic dalla Roma a stelle e strisce è cosa assodata. Destinazione Torino e la Juventus di Antonio Conte. L'attaccante montenegrino ha salutato Roma (dopo 5 anni e quasi 50 goals in 147 presenze) per farsi accogliere a Torino per le [.

By FRANCO PANIZO

MLS wasn't the only team to lose something during All-Star week.

Manchester United forward Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez will miss the next two weeks of preseason preparations after suffering a concussion during the club's practice session on Tuesday.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Franck Ribery recently said he could be as good as Leo Messi if he kept himself injury-free this coming season.

Well, so much for that.

Ribery could miss the start of the Bundesliga season after picking up an ankle injury during Bayern Munich's training session on Sunday.

Thomas Di Benedetto is a stranger in a strange land. As an American in charge of an Italian football club Italy being infamously insular when it comes to calcio the Bostonian needs to make a strong and favorable impression immediately upon the minds of Romanisti. The club's most noticeable problem is a leaky defence, the likes of which is prone to spectacular mistakes in judgments.

Alain Migliaccio, agent of Jeremy Menez, denied that Arsenal offered Gael Clichy in a swap transfer deal for the talented French midfielder. Speaking to Italian website Calciomercato.it, the agent explained that the Italian Serie A side ...

It looks like a player from Europe will be unveiled at Newcastle in the next few days, but who he is, we have no idea. Jeremy Menez Newcastle interested in French International One player it could possibly be is Roma's Jeremy Menez, the 24 year-old gifted French International, who is currently at Roma.

"Internazionale took the field this weekend fielding a familiar 4-2-3-1 formation. Giampaolo Pazzini was chosen to lead the line, with Samuel Eto'o and Philipe Coutinho forced out into the wider positions. Despite winning the game 3-1, Inter showed they still have flaws in their side. Top of the list, a distinct lack of width; this will be apparent to any fan of the team who has watched.

Join the SerieAWeekly crew for live commentary and lively banter when the Capital Romanista welcome Northern Rossonero in AS Roma vs AC Milan for Italian Serie A action, Saturday at 20:45 local time (2:45pm EST) AC Milan will clinch their 18th scudetti with a win or draw, so all eyes will be glued to this one.

Liverpool has been the latest side to express their interest in luring Roma's £10 million rated star Jeremy Menez to Anfield in the next transfer window.
As Liverpool's wild search for a star winger goes on, Roma winger Jeremy Menez's solid display throughout the season in the Serie A has caught the eye of the 18-time Premier League champions.

The Italian national team did play yesterday, pulling off a comfortable 1-0 win away against Slovenia- the first time Gli Azzurri had ever won away there. Cesare Prandelli's rebuilding continues along a smooth pace, with more answers than questions being delivered. The Italian newspapers can only talk about that one game for so long, for so many pages, however, and the subsequent result is massive, massive amounts of transfer talk.

Reported Tottenham target Jeremy Menez would be open to joining Liverpool, it has been claimed.
The versatile Roma playmaker has also previously been on the radar of Manchester United and has been linked with a move away from the Stadio Olimpico in the summer.
Sportingo initially reported that Spurs were monitoring the France international with great interest and there has been growing speculation in recent weeks that Menez wants out of Roma when the transfer window reopens.

After a nightmare seven months at Roma, Adriano's contract has finally been rescinded. Kaka, the Champions' League, and other topics are also taken up in today's Serie A news roundup.

• Roma today announced that they have terminated, by mutual consent, the big Brazilian's contract.

STARTERS
My new fave Brazilian player name is: Wallyson! From Cruzeiro.
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CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals start next Tuesday night! Feb 22! Are you ready?
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FC Miami Blues officially became the Fort Lauderdale Strikers today.

By Chris Wright

Champions League dark-horses Shakhtar Donetsk beat Roma 3-2 in the Stadio Olimpico last night, but the goal of the game belonged to Giallorossi forward Jeremy Menez, who picked out what pundits like to refer to as the 'postage stamp', i.e. placing a shot about as 'top corner' as it's physically possible to get.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

Almost a year after Lionel Messi's four goals sent Arsenal packing from the UEFA Champions League, the Gunners got a little bit of revenge.

Late goals from Robin Van Persie and Andrei Arshavin canceled out David Villa's first-half strike and give Arsenal a 2-1 advantage over Barcelona when the teams meet again at the Camp Nou next month for the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie.

ROME, Italy - AS Roma coach Claudio Ranieri was left to fight off loud boos and speculation his days at the club are numbered after an embarrassing 3-2 home defeat by Champions League knockout round debutants Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday. Three Serie A games without a win and the club being up for sale had [.

Brazil's Hernanes greeted France's Karim Benzema with a very unkind handshake this evening, that in the form of a Nigel de Jong* to the chest. He was obviously sent off for his unfriendly greeting, landing instant infamy in the land of the YouTube and semi-creative GIFs.

Of course while the tackle was unfriendly, he was given consolation from Jeremy Menez of Roma, archenemy to Hernanes' Lazio.

Inter-Roma is no ordinary clash between two title rivals. Over the past four years or so, it has been the title clash between the only two clubs who ever really competed for it. Each match has been enthralling, full of controversy, red cards, and goals. Claudio Ranieri's side this term have taken full points off all the teams above them bar Napoli thus far in the campionato and will look to.

'La Magicast' return with the fifth episode on everything AS Roma. This episode of La Magicast marks the return of Julian after a one-week absence along with the ever-present Greg (Alex misses out due to time constraints). topics include: Julian's hatred for the Coppa, Menez and Mirko as super-subs, Totti's locker room influence, Mexes and DDR's revival.

In episode 4.1 Adam and Walker travel south to Sicily and welcome Lorenzo Vicini (think I got that right this time) to the podcast. The boyz discuss all things Palermo as well as the full fixture list from Match day 21 of Italian Serie A. Lorenzo writes for the Palermo-offside and is dedicated supporter of the Azzurri as well.

Mirko Vucinic and Jeremy Menez are so effective coming off the bench that Claudio Ranieri may never start them again. The two creative stars for Roma shone during their cameo into the match against Cagliari, once again providing the attacking creativity to lead Roma to an overwhelming win. A game that was lost 5-1 in the previous fixture this season has been won 3-0 this time around and Claudio.

Mirko Vucinic and Jeremy Menez are so effective coming off the bench that Claudio Ranieri may never start them again. The two creative stars for Roma shone during their cameo into the match against Cagliari, once again providing the attacking creativity to lead Roma to an overwhelming win. A game that was lost 5-1 in the previous fixture this season has been won 3-0 this time around and Claudio.

Touché Roma losing 5-1 to the islanders from Sardinia in your first meeting this season, you now turn tables with a 3-0 clean sheet result Saturday in Rome. Opening Goal awarded from penalty spot To open the scoring at the Stadio Olimpico fans would witness the referee point to the spot after Daniele De Rossi was pulled back by Michele Canini when attempting to get his head to ball on a Francesco.

ROME, iTALY — Roma kept themselves in the Serie A title hunt as a 3-0 win over Cagliari at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday took them up to second, for a day at least. Club captain Francesco Totti scored the opener from the spot and Simone Perrotta was gifted the second after a horror mistake [...]

It was the Derby della Capitale on Wednesday January 19, 2011 as Roma hosted Lazio in the Coppa Italia. Considered one of the biggest and fiercest derbies in Europe, if not the world, Wednesday's match lived up to its billing as 90 minutes of fierce play saw Roma win their fourth straight derby.

'La Magicast' return with their fourth episode on everything AS Roma. Greg and Alex (Julian misses out due to travel) discuss the 1-0 win against Cesena. It seemed as if Raineri didn't have a gameplan, which is dissected as well. Also discussed is the departure of Cicinho, who joins Baptista and Okaka on the list of players who left the club this weekend.

When a star collapses under its own weight, in an extraordinary phenomenon that occurs for a variety of reasons including an excess consumption of fuel, a black hole results. The star's internal pressure cannot withstand the force of its own gravity, and essentially implodes, becoming a swirling outlet which devours anything it comes across.

Gazzetta dello Sport A Wasted Ibra Zlatan Ibrahimovic's most spectacular career goals was not enough for Milan, who were pegged back 1-1 at Lecce Good thing there is Del Piero After two losses a shot in the arm for the Bianconeri still in emergency mode (2-1). A moment of magic from Alexandro and Aquilani punish Bari.

Happy New Year from the Roma Review! Intense last matchday in Serie A with games on Thursday and Sunday. Playing two matches so close together can take a toll on players, especially after winter breaks as holiday revelry and distractions which occur off the pitch require a refocus upon return.

Scot is back to take a look at team of the Week for Match day 19 of Italian Serie A Goalkeeper Gianluca Curci (Sampdoria) The Roma co-owned keeper put in a stellar display against his parent club. Curci was dominant between the sticks and pulled off 3 brilliant saves to deny both Jeremy Menez and Marco Borriello Defence Maicon (Inter) After a sluggish first half of the season, the powerful right.