News today that 19 year-old Newcastle central midfielder Haris Vuckic will be joining Cardiff City on an initial one month loan deal tomorrow. 6'3″ Haris Vuckic in action against West Brom earlier this season Haris is one of Newcastle's brightest young talents, and he joined the club in January of 2009, and has made 12 appearances so [.

A first win of 2012, seven goals, a striker in the form of his life, and one of the most exciting young talents in the country. Finally a day really worth cheering about.

The emergence of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, in particular, is great news for the club. In recent times Arsene Wenger seemed to have lost his touch with bringing in exceptional young talents, with the likes of Diaby, Denilson and Walcott not fulfilling their potential, and the most exciting player, Wilshere, coming up through the club's academy.

Is there no end to his talents? While his team-mates were freezing their Ball-otellis off during a 3-0 win against Fulham, Manchester City star Mario Balotelli was performing as a magician in an executive box at the Emirates. The enigmatic Italian entertained his fellow diners by making a can of Coke disappear.

Can you still really play two sports at the elite level in Australia?
Ellyse Perry thinks so and with great support from Matildas Coach Tom Sermanni over the years she has done so.
But her recent decision to play cricket for Australia and miss the semi and final of the W-League season left me wondering where now for Ellyse?

Asked directly what excites him most about his new opportunity to be the Coach of the Seattle Sounders U-23 side Darren Sawatzky gives two answers. The first isn't a surprise. As the Technical Director of the Sounders Academy his passing for player and personal develop is a strong fit in this new intermediary step between Academy and Pro.

Another young SPANISH FOOTBALL pearl leaves for foreign shores to build upon his talents & hopefully begin a solid Football career. This time English Premier League Club MANCHESTER CITY has paid 3M€ to REAL MADRID for POZO . The U-17 Spanish International is in England but cannot play due to the fact that he is only 15 years old & needs to wait until he reaches 16 years according to English FA

In the past four preseasons Lamar Neagle grew from trialist to veteran player for Seattle Sounders FC. In talking to the player who during the split sessions trained with the veterans Neagle smiled as he noted his path, his responsibility as a veteran and the need in every training session to compete for minutes on a deep squad.

It's only a matter of time that the Indianapolis Colts let Peyton Manning walk. Since they have the No. 1 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft and will select Andrew Luck, the Colts will let go of Manning and go in a different direction.

With that in mind, where will Manning end up? Well, first of all, since he's dealing with a neck injury, there's a chance he will retire.

Well after signing Gary Cahill, it hasn't taken Chelsea long to get their business done before the game tonight as the Belgian side have announced that we have signed Belgian International Kevin De Bruyne on a five and a half year deal for a reported £7m. DeBruyne will remain with Genk on loan until the end of the season.

The highly anticipated match involving of the U.S. Men's National Team's top talents kicks off at 3 p.m. ET today (FOXSoccer) when Tim Howard and Landon Donovan at Everton welcome Clint Dempsey's Fulham in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Dempsey has been white hot for Fulham, having scored two hat tricks in the last month, including one against Charlton in the third round.

Nike have unveiled a new short film featuring four of the African continents brightest talents, who represent the future, and who are a new generation of African footballers who aim to lead the African football revolution

Arsenal fans who argue that Arsene Wenger should not be sacked can only come up with one reason "He's our most successful manager ever". Others might also point to his unearthing of talents like Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira. The theme here? It's all stuff from an increasingly long time ago.

So we're back to yet another Cup game. Not the Coupe de la Ligue, that was last week. Not the Coupe de France either, that was the week before. No, wait, that's the Coupe de France again, but the next round. I'm getting confused... The good thing is that Lisandro isn't. He repeated this week that he WANTS to get a trophy with OL this year, and a French Cup, whichever it is, is a good and (normally) not too difficult way to get one.

Old head's experience to lead is crucial to the cause

The papers are going crazy with this fixture and all the focus is on Arsenal and how the mighty have fallen. How this is no longer the plum tie of the Premier League season (somehow, I think the numbers tells a different story), why there's no pizza or pastries being thrown at each other and why there's no more fights between the two sets of players.

Fresh from the news, Chelsea's manager Andre Villas-Boas proposed that the English League adopts the system which uses Premier League Reserve Teams in lower divisions.
It is widely known, that this system is widely used in Spain and Germany, and has benefited the young talents of Spain to progress faster and more efficiently to professional football.

Valencia midfielder Ever Banega has agreed to stay in La Liga by signing a contract that will keep him at the Spanish outfit till 2015.

Banega, 23, has attracted the interest of both Merseyside clubs in the past while also being linked to Arsenal and German giants Bayern Munich more recently.

Sky Sports understands Liverpool have handed a two-week trial to Swedish teenager Abdul Aziz, who has been dubbed the "baby Didier Drogba".
The 14-year-old, who was born in Sierra Leone, has an excellent scoring record for his club ISK Norkopping and with the SwedenUnder-15 national team.
Manchester United and City had both been watching the youngster, but have been caught napping by their north west rivals who moved swiftly to land Aziz on a trial.

Ravel Morrison's bad boy reputation is such that Sir Alex Ferguson is currently considering offloading one of the hottest talents to come through the Manchester United academy. Perhaps in a last-ditch attempt to prove he is growing-up, Morrison has shown that he does not like to see condiments being wasted and is determined to finish [.

The Daily Mail, an English news outlet with a dubious record when it comes to sports related rumors, is reporting that Sunderland has Michael Farfan not only in for a trial, but is also trying to get him a work permit. Farfan will train with Sunderland for two weeks, ending on January 24.

Farfan was originally said to be training with the English Premier side yesterday, when Soccer By Ives revealed the midfielder was heading to Tyne and Wear.

Mirror: Bundesliga blog: Could Podolski and Goetze move to the Premier League?

Welcome to our German football blog, courtesy of BundesligaFussball's Ross Dunbar *** Over a week into the January transfer window and it is no surprise to see a host of clubs in the English Premier League eyeing up some of Germany's top talents.

The fate of Eric Miller's soccer career hung in the balance at just the tender age of five years old. The deciding factor of one phone call could have made Minnesota, and the nation as a whole, miss out on one of the most promising young talents in the sport. "I was supposed to play [...]

Liverpool face a major battle to sign Brazilian teenage sensation Lucas after the talented midfielder revealed he is happy to stay at Sao Paulo.
Lucas is rated as one of the best young talents in South America and has been linked with a number of big European clubs, including the Anfield giants.

Denmark coach Morten Olsen has controversially claimed that Liverpool defender Daniel Agger is not playing at a level that befits his prodigious talents.Olsen, who will lead Denmark in the European Championships next year, believes that Agger is playing the best football of his career:"Currently, we are seeing Agger at his best, and it is because he is fit and has recovered from his injuries.

Jeremiah Writes A 2012 Wish List For MLS

And I agree with all of them, but there's one missing. A potentially huge one; I want to see a deep run by the US U-23s in the Olympics with stellar performances by Adu, Bunbury, Shea, Hamid, Wenger and Valentin. Imagine the USA beating Great Britain in London riding the backs of MLS' best young American talents.

One of college soccer's top attacking talents is headed overseas.

After not being offered a Generation adidas deal by MLS, University of Virginia winger Brian "Cobi" Span signed with Swedish club Djurgarden on Tuesday. Djurgarden had also offered former Akron and current GA striker Darren Mattocks a deal before he ultimately signed with MLS.

The more and more I see Mikel Arteta play in an Arsenal shirt, the louder I laugh at the fact some people out there called him a 'panic-buy'.
When he signed for us I was over the moon.
I loved watching him play when he was at Everton, and I love him even more now he wears the shirt of Arsenal.

Barca duly wrapped up the 2011 Club World Cup in Yokohama on Sunday with a one-sided 4-0 win over South American champions Santos in front of a full house of 68,166 fans.
The team from Sao Paulo in Brazil had looked likely to provide stiffer opposition than they eventually offered after their impressive 3-1 win over J-League champions Kashiwa Reysol in the semi-final on Wednesday at Toyota Stadium.

Hi guys, I was watching the Napoli v Roma derby yesterday,and I haven't watched Roma play for a good couple of years and to my surprise with along with young talents like Bojan in their team Totti was playing.Yes at the grand old age of 35 Francesco Totti was starting and captaining Roma.At the heart of AS Roma's attacking threat Totti was there.

Sir Alex Ferguson has sung the praises of Manchester United's Brazilian twins, Rafael and Fabio Da Silva, and hopes that the injuries which have seen them miss so much of the season so far will become more infrequent the older they get.

"The two of them are terrific talents," said Ferguson.

One of the writers for another SB Nation MLS blog is wondering if the Seattle Sounders get enough from their Vegas Combine. Shouldn't a team with Seattle's resources be able to capture more talent out of the draft than just those that attend the MLS Combine? Possibly this is true, but it ignores that the Sounders Vegas Combine discovered many talents and it offers the scouting and coaching staff a three day calibration clinic.

This is a common saying about football in Arabic, and it has a lot of truth in it. When there is a trusted keeper in the team, he gives the whole team the confidence and balance to go forward and win. Spain is enjoying these days the fun of having the best keeper in the world. Everyone remembers the great saves Casillas did in the WC final, or the PKs vs.

Manchester United star Wayne Rooney was at the centre of an unlikely Twitter spat with The X Factor 'wildman' Frankie Cocozza. The reality TV star tweeted: "#CelebsThatLookLikeTheyStink not really a celeb but I bet his pits are stinking, along with his breath @waynerooney." You might wonder what Rooney would gain from rising to the bait, [.

Rene with Sir Alex

Dutch coaches are renowned for their specific skills in developing players and talents. Johan Cruyff, Louis van Gaal, Guus Hiddink, Frank Rijkaard and Huub Stevens are a number of examples but the Dutch list of coaches finding glory abroad is much longer. From Adrie Koster to John [read more]

Mike Marsh says he has no worries about his side's ability to bounce back from their disappointing FA Youth Cup exit.
The Reds Under-18s were much-fancied for this season's competition, but fell at the first hurdle as they were beaten 3-1 by Swansea City last week.
Marsh admits he was left frustrated by his side's early exit, but says there is plenty to look forward to from the Reds' next generation.

The past three league matches have seen Charlie Adam paired with three different midfield partners, with each new pairing leading to a slight shift in the focus of Adam's game. From a largely offensive effort when paired with Lucas against Manchester City through to a job as the deepest midfielder against Queens Park Rangers, it's meant an interesting—and surprisingly successful—progression.

After 224 seconds into his Arsenal debut, Samir Nasri had already opened his Arsenal account with a simple tap in from a pass from Denilson. One of the best talents ever to be discovered by Arsene Wenger from France, Nasri was playing the football of his life. In his first season, he won over the [..

The 22 year old defender Kieran Gibbs has been at Arsenal since 2004. Trained under the youth coach of Arsenal, Gibbs has been trained well and polished into one of the future talents in the footballing world. Furthermore, the left footed full back is English, which makes things even more exciting and he was hotly [.

Even though the Stars have exercised their option on 18 players from last years NASL Championship squad, the team announced two tryout dates. Local players will be able to show their talents on Friday, January 6, 2012, and a three-day invitational will be held on February 21-23. "We're excited to add the local combine to [.

It may be time to review some of the informal rules that govern the weighty Designated Player decisions in Major League Soccer.

Check that. It's time to review some of the informal rules that should govern the weighty Designated Player decisions in Major League Soccer.

The on and off again story of former US International Lee Nguyen to Major League Soccer can finally take a rest, he has signed with the league. The 25-year old midfielder declared this news over the weekend via his Twitter feed.

Yep, you can spread the word. This upcoming season, I will be taking my talents to the MLS!