By AVI CREDITOR

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Generation adidas tag typically translates into high MLS SuperDraft position, but for three of this year's nine signings, that did not turn out to be the case.

Not like it matters all that much. All three fell into pretty ideal club situations from individual perspectives.

Si cercavano spettacolo ed emozioni in questa Coppa America 2011, fino a questo momento un pò bruttina e avara di soddisfazioni per i palati fini, e finalmente sono arrivate. Peraltro poi, dalla partita che poteva risultate, almeno sulla carta, tra quelle meno interessanti del torneo, ovvero Bolivia-Costa Rica, le due squadre più deboli del Girone [.

If you're a regular reader of this blog you'll know by now I have a lot of pet hates with regards to the professional game and I always speak from the heart. Sometimes that gets me into trouble or I can't quite articulate my true feelings on a subject but I'll try my best this time:

• The game against Real Madrid is NOT the most important game in our history
• Until Sunday morning we shouldn't even be discussing that game
• I'm more concerned about who's fit to face Wigan than Real Madrid at the moment

Unfortunately with today's press being the way they are, they will only concentrate on what's good for them.

GUATEMALA CITY = The vice president of Deportivo Xinabajul in Guatemala has been shot to death by unidentified gunmen after receiving threats related to the squad's poor performance. National Civil Police spokesman Donald Gonzalez says no suspects have yet been detained in the killing of Carlos Noe Gomez.