After sensationally being cleared of tax evasion charges and the subsequent dismissal of Fabio Capello as England coach by the FA all in one day, Tottenham coach Harry Redknapp is now being considered as the prime choice to replace the Italian. In fact, Tottenham are said to be bracing themselves for an approach by the FA.

Shannon Smyth (Mequon/Milwaukee DSHA) was named to the Republic of Ireland squad for the Algarve Cup in Portugal.

The 24-year-old Smyth, who will start her second season with Amazon Grimstad FK in Norway's Toppserien in April, has six career caps. She has dual citizenship because her father, Brendan, was born and raised in Ireland.

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Joel Lindpere might not be a Designated Player like Thierry Henry or Rafa Marquez, but he arguably means the most out of anybody to the potential success of the New York Red Bulls. That makes the club's announcement Tuesday that he isn't going anywhere anytime soon all the more notable.

As in summer, there will soon be a transfer deadline ticker over at MLSS, which I'll be stocking with as much scene-setting and deal-clinching as we can find.Since that won't begin for an hour or so, let's kick off the day with a couple bits. First off, it now seems Charlie Davies will be remaining at Sochaux.

Kassey Kallman, a Woodbury, Minn. native and a sophomore at Florida State, has received another call up to the U.S. Women's U-20 National Team. Kallman has been called up for the Four Nations Tournament which will take place in La Manga, Spain, from Feb. 3-15. The tournament will also feature Switzerland, Germany and Norway.

Liverpool football club have taken several youngsters on trial over the last few weeks, including Swedish midfielder Gustav Engva; Ghana youth midfielder Mumuni Abubakar, and Swedish teenager Abdul Aziz, who had to cut short his trial due to illness. Now, the club is taking a look at another Scandinavian prospect, a central defender from Norway.

The USA has an all-time record of 2-0-1 in matches played in Arizona. In addition to the 2-0 win against Mexico on Feb. 7, 2007, the U.S. played in two matches in the early 1990s at Sun Devil Stadium. The U.S. played to a 2-2 draw against Denmark on Jan. 30, 1993, and a 2-1 win against Norway on Jan.

Since it's negative gazillion degrees in Norway 'round this time of year, they need to get creative with their football. And while going inside would be, and often is, the simpler explanation, it's a lot less fun than becoming human plastic bubbles.

And judging by the way red cards are being tossed around these days, this might be the way football is heading anyway.

Since it's negative gazillion degrees in Norway 'round this time of year, they need to get creative with their football. And while going inside would be, and often is, the simpler explanation, it's a lot less fun than becoming human plastic bubbles.

And judging by the way red cards are being tossed around these days, this might be the way football is heading anyway.

Chris Coleman has been appointed the new manager of the Welsh national team.

An odd fact associated to the appointment of Chris Coleman is that in March 1994 Wales played Norway in an friendly at Ninian Park. It was the solitary game in John Toshack's first spell as Welsh manager (a spell that lasted for little more than a few weeks).

Vegard Heggem was back on Merseyside last week to hand over a cheque to the LFC Foundation on behalf of the club's Norwegian Supporters' Committee.
The former Liverpool defender and members of the Norway supporters' club presented the Reds with a donation of £1,000 at Anfield on Friday afternoon.

Mirror: Capello torpedoed England-Ireland friendly

Three Lions boss opts for pre-Euro 2012 games with Norway and Belgium

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Mirror: England confirm pre-Euros friendlies

Capello's men will face Norway and Belgium but not Ireland

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The New York Red Bulls announced this morning that they have signed young American right back, Jonathan Borrajo. The Clifton, New Jersey native played in the Red Bulls academy before signing on with the USL 2nd Division side, Real Maryland, in 2009. In his rookie year, he played every minute with his team and was a finalist for the USL2 Defender of the Year award.

Ireland international Ciarán Clark admits he has to keep his Aston Villa spot if he is to secure a place in Ireland's 23 man squad for the Euro 2012 finals in Poland.
Clark, who can play in central defence or midfield, has recently regained his Villa spot in a holding midfield role.

Capello lines up Scandi friendly on England getaway

Norway and Finland have been mooted to prepare for Sweden at Euro 2012

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It appears the Seattle Sounders have made their first move toward filling their hole at right back, signing Swedish defender Adam Johansson, according to this article in the Gothenburg Post. Erik Friberg first alluded to the signing with a tweet in which he said: "Congratulations Sounders for your new Sweeede.

The U.S. Women's National Team has ended 2011 as the top-ranked team in the world according to the year-end FIFA rankings.
The USA remained at #1, just ahead of Germany and third-place Japan, which has achieved its highest ranking ever.
The Nadeshiko benefited from Brazil's inconsistent performances: two draws against Canada (7th, up 2), narrow wins over Mexico (21st, up 1) and Costa Rica (41st, up 3) and a defeat by Denmark (12th, up 2) not only leave Brazil with a loss of 28 points and in 4th place, but see the Brazilians slip out of the top-3 for the first time since June of 2008.

If you're anything like me, you still love Lego, and the Morgan's over in Norway have found the perfect way to wish every football fan a Happy Christmas using the famous kids toy... English Premier League side Arsenal take on the Spanish giants Barcelona, with all watching expecting the same outcome a win for [.

The fat lady has yet to sing, but it's all but over, or just plain over, in three of the four groups in this year's NextGen Series. From the top ... Celtic needed a serious dose of luck to keep their European adventure going. A group-dominating giant had to be slain by a relative minnow twice. They also had to beat Barcelona in Barcelona.

Fulham defender John Arne Riise insists that he has no hard feelings towards Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy.
During Bellamy's previous stint at Anfield, he was alleged to have attacked left-back Riise with a golf club. At the time, both players were understood to have been fined two weeks' wages by the Merseyside club.

Riise: I share jokes with Bellamy over golf club incident

"I came up against him earlier this month when Norway played Wales. We were winding each other up about it all," says the Fulham defender

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Wales boss Gary Speed death- 42 year old Speed dead after allegedly commiting suicide is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Former Wales manager Gary Speed has been found dead at his home in Huntington, Chester.

The NextGen Series seeks to feature the premier youth teams of Europe. In effect, it showcases the next generation - get it? - of European talent.If Rosenborg and Aston Villa's do-or-die Group 3 clash at Lerkendal Stadium is any indication, we have years of little Frank Lampards to look forward to.

Sigi Schmid With Far Reaching Interview With Select Reporters

Topics include;
* season review
* nature of lockerroom
* individual coaching review (note Joachim Thomassen is likely the LB referenced. 23 years old. 90% available minutes played. 2 goals, 2 assists in Norway)
* goalkeeping philosophy
* replacing the keeper (including a near trade for keeper from MLS)
* building expansion protected list
* young players that need to step up
* gunning for Supporters Shield and MLS Cup if not more

Wales coach Gary Speed has admitted that he had doubts on the availability on striker Craig Bellamy for his team.
Bellamy had been struggling on a number of fronts with Manchester City offloading him to Cardiff City for the 2010/11 campaign, then Wales coach John Toshack reluctant to pick him and his knees causing him problems.

Extended highlights from the U19s disappointing NextGen Series loss in Norway last week. Derrick Williams and Daniel Johnson were on the scoresheet for Villa, but two goals from Ole Kristian Selnæs and one from Mushaga Bakenga sealed the victory for the home side.

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The majority of the attention may have been on England's victory over world and European Champions Spain, but Aaron Ramsey's Wales enjoyed an equally impressive result. Arsenal's Welshman was once again the side's captain, leading the struggling nation to a stunning victory over Norway in Cardiff. The 4-1 win was a brilliant result, considering that [.

Liverpool has qualified for the NextGen Series knockout stage following Sporting Lisbon's win in Molde on Saturday night.
The Portuguese outfit claimed a thrilling 4-3 success in Norway to ensure they will finish as Group 2 winners having amassed an impressve 13 points so far.
The result also means Liverpool's seven point haul is enough to clinch the runners-up spot, with (Wolfsburg 6 points) and Molde (four points) having completed all of their matches.

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Wales whooped Norway 4-1 at the Cardiff City Stadium to make it three wins in a row, but the undoubted highlight of the match has to be Wayne Hennessey's assist for Erik Huseklepp's consolation goal...

Hennessey's little brain fart aside, Wales scored a couple of stunning goals with Gareth Bale's angled opener and Craig Bellamy's top-corner curler definitely worth a watch.

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Wales whooped Norway 4-1 at the Cardiff City Stadium to make it three wins in a row, but the undoubted highlight of the match has to be Wayne Hennessey's assist for Erik Huseklepp's consolation goal...

Hennessey's little brain fart aside, Wales scored a couple of stunning goals with Gareth Bale's angled opener and Craig Bellamy's top-corner curler definitely worth a watch.

Gareth Bale and Craig Bellamy helped Wales to a 4-1 win over Norway in Cardiff today as they both grabbed a goal a piece as the duo ripped the Norwegians to shreds.

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Wolves keeper Wayne Hennessy shows his inadequacies with this clanger v Norway with Wales leading 2-0 in their friendly tie.

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Craig Bellamy adds to ,a href="http://www.attackingsoccer.com/2011/11/bale-goal-v-norway/">Gareth Bale's opener with a wonder strike which curls into the top corner, Wales 2-0 Norway.

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Gareth Bale gives Wales a 1-0 lead in their friendly match-up with Norway with a wonderful volley.

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Bellamy scores in Wales win

Craig Bellamy finished superbly to get his name on the scoresheet for Wales during a 4-1 friendly win over Norway.

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Craig Bellamy showed Liverpool FC fans what they're missing with a superb solo goal against Norway earlier today.
Bellamy, who is being kept out of the Liverpool team by the continually ineffective Stewart Downing, picked up the ball in his own half and ran almost the full length of the field before curling the ball into the top left corner.

Butterfingers Wales let Norway back into their friendly clash this afternoon after a howler from Wolves keeper Wayne Hennessey. Collecting a simple ball into the box, Hennessey fumbled the ball forwards into the shins of defender Darcy Blake. Norway's Eric Huseklepp was left with the simple task of tapping the ball into the empty net.