Video: FA Cup: Everton/Fulham

And so it was. In the English matchup of American titans Everton bested Fulhman 2-1, led by the efforts of a Man of the Match-worthy Landon Donovan, who assisted on both goals for his side. Clint Dempsey may have found success where Donovan never could, but in this match, at least, Donovan hushed his frequent teammate.

Say what you will, but Liverpool needed some female charm last night to help them get past Manchester City and onward to Cardiff for the Carling Cup Final. Sassy Soldier Sisterhood that's what we're talking about! Listen, if Liverpool's owner John Henry hadn't brought Linda Pizzuti to Anfield, that 40th minute penalty would've been rejected and Craig Bellamy would not have ended up as the undisputed Man of the Match.

Two tickets have been punched to the College Cup.

Top seeded North Carolina and 13th seeded UCLA advanced to College Cup 2011 with victories on Saturday and will face one another in on Friday, Dec. 9th at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala.

The final two spots in the final four will be decided on Sunday when third-seeded Connecticut face Charlotte and second-seeded Creighton take on South Florida.

Got, Not Got: What to buy the Man U fan who imagines he's got everything...

Between the years of 1966 and 1979, the Leicestershire toy manufacturer Palitoy sold no less than 8 million jointed action figures – no, they weren't dolls, and they didn't bear any resemblance to doll, okay?

What? Did I say something wrong? Frederik Fetterlein ponders the very real possibility of not be invited into any more dressing rooms in the near future. Image: tjektv.dk

What happens in the club/pavement outside/back of the cab/someone else's expensive hotel room, stays in those select places.

The U.S. men's national team will field as close to a full strength squad as it has had since Jurgen Klinsmann took over, leaving what should be some easy decisions when it comes time for him to pick a lineup for Saturday's match vs. Honduras.

Landon Donovan is the lone regular starter not to make the trip to South Florida, and now Klinsmann will have some good options as he tries to put together a team to deliver his first win as U.

Grahame Jones has retired from the LA Times and sent a final email to the staff.
I didn't have the privilege to work with Jones at the paper (the late, great Jim Murray did), but Grahame nevertheless always made me feel like a co-worker and fellow soccer writer the moment I stepped into the pressbox in 2004.

Grahame Jones has retired from the LA Times and sent a final email to the staff.
I didn't have the privilege to work with Jones at the paper (the late, great Jim Murray did), but Grahame nevertheless always made me feel like a co-worker and fellow soccer writer the moment I stepped into the pressbox in 2004.

Welcome, ladies and gents. He's been waiting for you. Image Credit: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu.

Is cloning ever appropriate? Would you mind falling over in front of 26,000 people if Patrice Evra was available to pick you up? And are free kebabs a good thing? We consider these, and other newsworthy and relevant issues in this week's edition of Good Week/Bad Week.

10 things you need to know about Sergio Aguero plus video of his goals and skills

Manchester City have opened their well-used chequebook to sign another superstar, this week it's Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid. But what do we know about the man known as 'Kun'? Dan Silver is on hand to tell us.

"A funny thing happened on my way to Philly......" says Tim Howard's official Facebook fan page, with a link to an article on a radio station's, 620 WTMJ, website.

The United States Men's National Team starting goalkeeper and Everton stalwart is supposedly on vacation, prohibiting him from playing tomorrow night against the Philadelphia Union.

After spotting him in the pressbox, I was curious about what LA Times writer Bill Plaschke would write about - given that he hasn't shown much interest or knowledge about soccer in the past. Here's his take.
Kevin Baxter wrote on the match itself, but his piece didn't contain his joke about Chuck Blazer's resemblance to Fat Bastard from the Austin Powers films.

After spotting him in the pressbox, I was curious about what LA Times writer Bill Plaschke would write about - given that he hasn't shown much interest or knowledge about soccer in the past. Here's his take.
Kevin Baxter wrote on the match itself, but his piece didn't contain his joke about Chuck Blazer's resemblance to Fat Bastard from the Austin Powers films.

Young At Heart is a post from: Just Football

by David Cockcroft

A terrace favourite at Filbert Street in the early 1980s has reignited his strong connection with the Leicester City fans over the last season.

Former Foxes striker Alan Young has been co-commentating at the Walkers Stadium alongside local broadcast journalist Ian Stringer, and his frank, honest assessments of what goes on at the Championship promotion chasers has been hugely popular with the fans.

Young At Heart is a post from: Just Football

by David Cockcroft

A terrace favourite at Filbert Street in the early 1980s has reignited his strong connection with the Leicester City fans over the last season.

Former Foxes striker Alan Young has been co-commentating at the Walkers Stadium alongside local broadcast journalist Ian Stringer, and his frank, honest assessments of what goes on at the Championship promotion chasers has been hugely popular with the fans.

Amazing how refreshing a good cleanse can be.

Tonight's victory over Canada in the Gold Cup washes away the ugly filth of the Spanish drubbing from the weekend. The US team that showed up tonight bore no resemblance to the ramshackle crew assembled against Spain. Granted, Canada is far from the stiffest competition in the world (which is precisely what Spain is), but the play of the US team tonight was inspiring, regardless of opponent.

You never know what you're oing to get with Gombak United. Before last night's game with Geylang United they had won six and drawn six of their opening 15 games. Well, now they have lost seven so figure them to win their next game. Geylang defeated them 1-0 thanks to Vasile Ghindau's second half penaty.

On loan Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor will move to Real Madrid permanently this summer according to talkSPORT.
The deal hinges on whether or not Los Blancos can win a major trophy this season - either La Liga or the Champions League.
Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has been impressed by Adebayor since he moved to the Bernabeu on loan in the recent January transfer window.

Every time I see this Disneyland advert I can't help but think of Jack Wilshere.
About 12 seconds into the clip there is a little kid dancing about on the bed wearing blue and white checkered pyjamas.
My girlfriend can't see it but for some reason he really reminds me of Jacky boy!

If reports out of Russia are to be believed --and honestly I'm not sure I believe anything written in an alphabet with such a shocking resemblance to Wing Dings-- Dema Kovalenko is hanging up his blood-stained boots and retiring. If you are a fan of any of the club's he's played for I think you know the sadness I'm feeling right now.

Many of us didn't think Bob would be here this time last week. But Bob's here. And Bob is primed to be a defensive monster for the pride of London for many, many years to come.

There are two types of people in this world ...

Who's Bob? Bob is David Luiz.