Even after the additions of Christian Tiffert and Mario Martinez, the Seattle Sounders might not
be done adding to their attack just yet.
According to the Seattle Times, Sounders general manager Adrian Hanauer said that former Chelsea
and Barcelona attacker Eidur Gudjohnsen will be with the club on trial this week ahead of the
Sept.
Sir Alex Ferguson will lead his beloved Manchester United into league battle for a record
1,000th time today at Southampton with a record of W598, D233 and L168 a record which has claimed
12 League titles. Here's some crucial match facts for todays game.
MATCH FACTS
Manchester United have won their last four visits in all competitions to St Mary's.
As it turns out, footballers don't care much for preseason medals. Especially when they're
upset. So for two fans at Villa Park on Sunday, the Community Shield turned into a free medal day
courtesy of Ashley Cole and Kolo Toure.
First, we have a bitter Kolo Toure tossing his winner's medal away after Man City beat Chelsea
3-2.
Having secured a first ever Women's light-weight Olympic Gold medal, Irish World and European
boxing champ Katie Taylor, who is expected to hang up her gloves having won everything possible in
her weight division is being touted as Arsenal's next target.
However she won't be replacing RVP at the Emirates, instead she will tog out for the Gunner's
successful ladies team who have won 1 Champions League and 12 Premier League titles alongside
numerous other Ladies cup competitions.
On Saturday, the OTWT Tailgating Crew traveled to Baltimore to take in the preseason friendly
between Spurs and Liverpool. The game was terrible but the stadium is amazing.Alan Shearer has more
Premier League titles than Steven Gerrard
A life size picture of former Rutgers star Ray Rice. Loved watching him college as a Rutgers season
ticket holder.
With the Dutchman announcing he won't sign a new contract and the Giro-Pod flexing its forearms,
hell-bent on destroying premiership defences with its bare hands, it's easy to see how Wenger's
potential nomination of his successor may have slipped through virtually unnoticed in this
turbulent summer.
With the Dutchman announcing he won't sign a new contract and the Giro-Pod flexing its forearms,
hell-bent on destroying premiership defences with its bare hands, it's easy to see how Wenger's
potential nomination of his successor may have slipped through virtually unnoticed in this
turbulent summer.
The next manager to try and help the Netherlands finally meet expectations is a man who has
tried before.
Louis Van Gaal has replaced Bert van Marwijk as manager of the Dutch national team, taking the
same job he previously held from 2000 to 2001, when he led the Netherlands in a failed bid to
qualify for the 2002 World Cup.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has tipped right-back Rafael Da Silva to become one
of the best in his position after the player signed a new four-year at the club yesterday.
The 21-year old Rafael has scored two goals in 90 appearances for the Red Devils across all
competitions since arriving in 2008 but as he prepares to feature more prominently in the future,
the legendary Fergie has offered him a few strong words of encouragement.
It's official. We've heard the rumours for months. They are true. Shinji Kagawa has won the
Bundesliga title in both of his seasons in Germany and now he'll try to win Premier League titles
at Old Trafford. He's Manchester United ... Continue reading →
In less than a week, Europe's top international squads will compete for the European
Championship, a tournament that gives anyone in play the most random opportunity to win. Squads
full of top class players from around the continent will have finished up their club seasons, and
because everyone just spent a huge amount of time killing themselves to win UFEA or league titles,
almost every squad will have some players tuckered out and nursing some sort of an injury.
The ex-Arsenal star Freddie Ljungberg has just retired from football at 35 years of age, and he has
taken the opportunity to celebrate his glory days at Arsenal, where he won two League titles and
three FA Cup Winners medals. But he remembers that Arsene Wenger used to buy in top stars every
year, and [.
Borussia Dortmund star Jakub Blaszczykowski has snubbed rumoured interest from Liverpool, by
agreeing a new four-year deal with the Bundesliga champions.
In a statement on Dortmund's official website, it was announced that the Polish international put
pen to paper over a new long-term deal, effectively ending any such chances Liverpool had of luring
him to Anfield.
Spirits are high at Celtic, where they've already won the next few seasons worth of Scottish
Premier League titles and on Wednesday, booked a place in the Champions League group stage. In
fact, these early successes have come so easy that the players had the time to cover teammate
Mohamed Bangura's Audi in Post-It notes.
Darren O'Dea is the newest member of Toronto FC, the club announced on Friday. O'Dea was mot
recently with Celtic, where he spent the 2011-12 season on-loan to Leeds United. He won two
Scottish Premier League titles as a member of Celtic and has 14 appearances for Ireland. "Darren
addresses our need for an experienced, no nonsense central defender," Toronto coach Paul Mariner
said in a press statement.
The most successful (in terms of league titles) football club in Scotland will be playing in the
fourth tier (Third Division) for the 2012-13 season.
Rangers had been kicked out of the Scottish Premier League due to going into administration and
being heavily in debt. The club was hoping to at least play in the First Division (second tier and
just below SPL), but a 25-5 vote by the clubs in the Scottish Football League (which includes First
Division, Second Division, and Third Division) will put Rangers into the Third Division.
Maurice Edu has been the go-to guy for the folks here in Toronto, the midfielder returning to the
city where he began his professional career.
Edu on the field against Italy on February 29th, 2012
Selected as the No. 1 pick in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft, Edu appeared 25 times in his inaugural
season and went on to earn MLS Rookie of the Year honors.
Former Sweden captain and MLS Designated Player Freddie Ljungberg has called it a career.
Ljungberg, who played for the Seattle Sounders and Chicago Fire after a decorated career in
Europe, retired Friday, capping a career that began in 1994.
There's a New England Revolution game on tonight at 7:30, but Kraft Soccer has seen fit to make
this Saturday viewing experience a bit unique by bringing us a double-header. Italian giants AC
Milan will take on Honduran powerhouse CD Olimpia at Gillette Stadium, kicking off at 4:30 PM
EST.
Milan is still in preseason mode, but with only a month or so until the start of the Serie A
season, they will be looking to hone their match fitness after conceding the league title to bitter
rivals Juventus in the 2011-2012 campaign.
Liverpool will have to convince Pepe Reina that Liverpool can match his ambitions after it was
reported that Italian giants AC Milan are interested in signing the Spanish goalkeeper.
Reina has never intimated that he would like to leave the club but he will certainly not have been
happy with the performance of the club last season after they finished eighth in the league.
Rio Ferdinand signed for Manchester United for £29.1m from Leeds. In those ten years he has won
five league titles, one European Cup, two League Cups and one FIFA World Club Cup.
"10 Years Ago Today..." was originally published at The Republik of
Mancunia.
Roberto Mancini helped give Manchester City the ultimate reward in English soccer this past
season by helping them lift the Premier League title.
Now, they are rewarding him.
Mancini signed a five-year deal worth an estimated $38.7 million with the wealthy club on
Monday, meaning the Italian's contract runs through the 2016-2017 season.
In a surprise move Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung is set to move to Queens Park
Rangers for an initial transfer fee of £2m. Park has always been a player Sir Alex Ferguson turned
to for the big games, but over the past 18 months he has been reduced to more of a bit part role at
Old Trafford.
Rafael da Silva has signed a new four-year deal with Manchester United today.
"I am so happy to sign a new contract," Rafael told the official site. "I love
playing for Manchester United, there is a great team spirit here and a real desire to win. My time
here has been unbelievable; winning two league titles, a league cup and a Club World Cup has made
me hungry for more trophies.
A youthful Drogba leaves Graeme Le Saux for dead in August 2004
Following in the footsteps of former Chelsea team-mate Nicolas Anelka, Blues' legend Didier
Drogba has gone east in search of a new footballing challenge (and a pretty decent payday).
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QPR on Monday are announcing their new Stadium Plans somewhere in West London.
Crushed Oranje: What next for the Dutch? is a post from: Just Football
Euro 2012 will go down as a tournament to forget for the Netherlands. Now with the coach
falling on his sword, who's up next? Making his debut for Just Football,
Dutch-based football writer Michiel Jongsma reports:
The Los Angeles Galaxy took a step towards reinforcing the depth of its lineup ahead of the
stretch run of the MLS season on Wednesday, as the team announced it had signed Swedish midfielder
Christian Wilhelmsson.
The 32-year old Wilhelmsson has played in numerous countries since his career began in 1997,
starting out with Swedish club Mjallby, where he played there until 2000 and scored 11 goals in 51
appearences.
In 2008, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of United's first European Cup win, a statue of Denis
Law, George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton was put up outside Old Trafford, our "Holy Trinity".
Sir Bobby Charlton spend 17 seasons at United, scoring 259 goals (our highest ever goalscorer),
and won three league titles, one FA Cup and the European Cup.
The 2012-13 German Bundesliga season is about to start with Borussia Dortmund aiming for a third
straight title. It's been a fantastic run for Dortmund who are looking to match Bayern Munich's run
of three consecutive league titles from 1998 to 2001.
Overall, the Bundesliga remains one of the most competitive and popular leagues in the world
along with attendance averaging over 45,000 per match last season.
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club (usually called AS Monaco) is one of the most
successful clubs in French football with seven league titles and five French Cup titles. AS...
Part seven of a seven part FanPost series looking at potential
Home Grown Player signings on the Portland Timbers U-23s (qualifies without the "Richard's
Rule")
Having trained with the Portland Timbers' first team before entering college, goalkeeper Keegan Rogers is in his second season with the Timbers U-23s.
Despite it being a physical impossibility, Lionel Messi casts a big shadow over the super-sized ego
and talents of Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo. Barcelona's Messi usually outscores Real Madrid's
Ronaldo. Barca is the team of the century largely because of the diminutive Messi's amazing
balance, instinct and ability.
