Last weekend and midweek action involved another round of international games. Some matches were important like the playoffs for the right to feature in the 2010 South Africa World Cup Finals but all too many were unimportant games that counted for absolutely nothing. The question that pops to mind was should the top players be excluded from playing in them to avoid injury? Click to continue reading...

Garber gave an earlier and less formal state of the league address than he has in years past in a teleconference with reporters today.

Garber announced the MLS Best XI during the call, which includes one player apiece from the Galaxy and Chivas USA:

goalkeeper - Zach Thornton
defenders - Chad Marshall, William Conde, Geoff Cameron
midfielders - Dwayne DeRosario, Landon Donovan, Stuart Holden, Shalrie Joseph, Freddie Ljungberg
forwards - Conor Casey, Jeff Cunningham

Other major talking points included:
*A reiteration MLS is looking to become a 20-team league.

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The clubs at the top of the table keep crawling along. The clubs at the bottom keep sinking. Referees had a forgettable weekend and in between a player and a coach dropped bombshells.

Philipp Lahm. Bayern's disappointing draw at home against Schalke. Robben's moment of madness for which he should have seen a red card.

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One of the big talking points with Fabriocio Coloccini is his hair. Coloccini with that hair get the comb! We noticed it when he was playing for Argentina in Germany in the World Cup in 2006, and that made him stand out, along with some steady play at the back for his country. That's when we [. Click to continue reading...

Soccerlens is excited to present a brand new feature - a video show reviewing the weekend's big stories from Europe's top football leagues.

Andy Brassell - of World Football Phone-In fame (on BBC 5 Live), author of All or Nothing: A Season in the Life of the Champions League, a seasoned journalist contributing to UEFA's Champions magazine, Skysports.

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Down the years, in whatever league you care to mention, top flight referees have always been the stuff of thousands of column inches and hours of Andy Gray type post match analysis, giving rise to all kinds of misguided conspiracy theories. In recent weeks, the huge talking points have both directly and indirectly involved dear old [. Click to continue reading...

This was clearly a match between two teams going in different directions. Chivas was starting guys like Maicon Santos, Jesus Padilla, and Yamith Cuesta - all who joined the team in August and have already claimed starting jobs. They haven't been afraid to bench their veterans like Razov, Galindo, and Marsch and have instead sought out better players. Click to continue reading...

The lack of form by midfielder Sacha Kljestan has been one of the talking points of the season for Chivas USA. I took a look at the issue in today's column.

I had a few quotes left over that didn't get in the column for space reasons.

Here's Preki on what the club is doing to support him:

"We're doing as a staff and the guys in the locker room whatever it takes to get him where he needs to be.

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There were a few talking points this weekend like Chelsea's shock loss to Wigan and Keane's 4 goal hall... but none was more ridiculous than Carlos Tevez's retarded header past West Ham keeper Robert Green! It looked so uncoordinated I didn't know if I should run for the toilet paper ... Click to continue reading...

So we're a month or so in to 2009/10, and it's been pretty hectic, to say the least. Lots of flashpoints, talking points and most importantly, lots of football. So what have been the characteristics of this opening month that have captured the imagination?

1.   There has been an awful lot of football played.

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This post is a bit late (understatement of the year) but as the saying goes, better late than never. This DVD focuses on the season just gone. Like the season it puts us the viewer on a rollercoaster ride all the way through.
The review made by Gooners for Gooners, is presented by the comedian Paul Kaye who happens to be just one of the Gooners who are utterly frank in their assessment of the 2008-2009 season. Click to continue reading...

This post is a bit late (understatement of the year) but as the saying goes, better late than never. This DVD focuses on the season just gone. Like the season it puts us the viewer on a rollercoaster ride all the way through.

The review made by Gooners for Gooners, is presented by the comedian Paul Kaye who happens to be just one of the Gooners who are utterly frank in their assessment of the 2008-2009 season.

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Afternoon.

Ive just about calmed down now. The performance from us was poor, be it a post interlull hangover I don't know, but the urgency, pressure high up the field and overall hard work was just not there and a scintillating start to the season has been turned on its head. Played 4, won 2 lost 2.

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1. 4-2 flattered Manchester City. Statistics showed we had nearly twice as many attempts on goal. We had 12 corners to City's 3. And we shaded possession as well.
2. However, City were clinical at a time when Arsenal were at their creative best, but defensively most fragile. Click to continue reading...