Eduardo's instincts in the final third should ensure he endures a seamless transition to centre forward in the absence of Robin van Persie.
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No sooner did Robin van Persie get the hang of this goalscoring lark, he became the latest player in Arsenal's history under Wenger's tenure to fall foul to the November injury jinx.

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The MLS season is set to end on Sunday after the 2009 MLS Cup, and the MLS Expansion draft is looming just eight days away, meaning all the teams that need head coaches are about to take part in one of the most frantic coaching change flurries MLS has ever seen.

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It's funny the things that play on your mind when you head to the hills for a week to enjoy some much needed rest and relaxation.One question kept flickering through my mind. What is the point of Gordon Smith?His tenure at the SFA has coincided with a dismal downturn in the national team's fortunes. Boozing players and a manager with only the grudging support of his employers. Click to continue reading...

The National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum began the voting process today for the 2010 Player inductees. Among the 24 retired professional players who contributed to the growth of soccer in the U.S. are four D.C. United players. Raul Diaz Arce, Marco Etcheverry, Roy Lassiter and Earnie Stewart are all on the ballot.

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Tom Soehn's term as Head Coach of DC United has come to a close Monday evening when he met with Kevin Payne and the rest of the head honchos in the DC United front office. Tom Soehn did not await the decision from Kevin Payne and left on his own terms.

Now the decision comes down to who is next to step up and be the new DC United Head Coach?

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He was given a stay of execution by his new chairman but I still fear Phil Brown's days are numbered.
Adam Pearson returned to the club two years after his departure, replacing Paul Duffen, who saw the club join the Premier League under his tenure but also accrue alarming levels of debt at the same time. Click to continue reading...

Tom Soehn decided not to return for a fourth year as D.C. United head coach. Soehn had a record of 36-30-24 in MLS play during his tenure but his team failed to make the playoffs for a second consecutive season last week. Click to continue reading...

Brant Parsons of the Orlando Sentinel, and the Orlando Sentinel.com stops by to talk about Arsene Wenger's impact on Arsenal and English Football. Wenger recently collected his 1,000the Premiership point and broke the record for the longest tenure as an Arsenal manager. Among the topics discussed on this show are Wenger's training techniques, his ability to spot excellent young players, his emphasis on eating right and how that lengthened he careers of several players and much more.

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Phil Brown, ex manager and current suntan oil salesman?

The Independent says that Adam Pearson's shock arrival from Derby means that current chairman Andy Duffen and Phil Brown's biggest ally might be on his way out. If that happens then Brown's tenure at Hull is in danger. The abrasive Hull coach has had a unsettled relationship with some players and was booed by fans when he took off Stephen Hunt against Portsmouth.

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With seven teams now finished the regular season and now playoffs to plan for, the attention turns to 2010. That can include a myriad of things -- from a new stadium to a brand new coach. FC Dallas, who ended the season one win away from the playoffs, didn't do enough to save General Manager Michael Hithcock's job, as the club parted ways with him today.

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Last Friday, Atlético de Madrid's supremo, Enrique Cerezo, decided to fire the rojiblanco coach, Abel Resino. Just like all things Atlético, Abel's tenure was an emotional rollercoaster full of expectations, disappointments and a significant amount of comedy.

During these intense eight months, any sharp observer would distinguish four very different phases.

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Jozy Altidore was excluded from the Hull City game with no explanation for his absence to be found. But the young lass loves his social networking sites, so the mystery didn't take very long to figure out. While Hull was already playing, Jozy sent his fans a little tweet to explain what had happened:

"Apologize to the all of you.

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We still haven't heard if the new offer from Barry Moat has been accepted by Newcastle owner Mike Ashley. Mike Ashley his expression says it all We certainly hope it will be, if only to get rid of the owner who has decimated the Newcastle club in his tenure over the last 28 months. History will show [. Click to continue reading...

Sure, Tom Soehn isn't technically gone yet. But we all know he's doomed. That's why it's time to start speculating on his replacement. Here's my latest odds.
Richie Williams, current Red Bull interim coach – Now that virtually everyone I have spoken to, both close and distant, say that Red Bull clearly wants a name head coach going into its first season at Red Bull Park. Click to continue reading...

Today's guest on the Jared Montz Soccer Podcast is Todd Wawrousek. Todd is the assistant coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps in the USL1. This Saturday Todd will try to lead his Whitecaps to their 2nd straight USL1 Championship when they take on the Montreal Impact in Montreal at 2:30pm eastern time.

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This week's guest on the Jared Montz Soccer Podcast is Todd Wawrousek. Todd is the assistant coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps in the USL1. This Saturday the Whitecaps take on the Montreal Impact for the 2nd and final leg of the 2009 USL1 Championship series in Montreal. Having lost the first leg 3-2 in a last minute goal at home this is obviously a massive game and Todd is really going to have to make sure his team are up for the challenge.

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Goal.com reported a story which featured in Daily Mirror about a possible exchange deal involving Kompany and Robinho for Yaya Toure and Puyol. This definitely has to be a joke or an imagination of some disturbed mind. Howelse you can explain the exchange of one of the best defensive midfielder and defender for two players who are struggling to find a regular place in the Manchester City side. Click to continue reading...

Blaming the goalkeeper is Ferguson's favorite past time. You'd be hard-pressed to find a goalkeeper in his tenure that hasn't received his famous hairdryer treatment. Save Mossimo Taibi, who seemed to be doomed upon arrival at Old Trafford. Even Peter Schmeichel confessed he was on the receiving end of a face full of words often in his career. Click to continue reading...

Early in Bob Bradley's tenure it appeared like the US was going to be a side that utilized width and the quality runs of its fullbacks to stimulate an attack. But as time has worn on, Bradley's ideal playing style has been limited by a lack of depth in the player pool, the falling off of certain key individuals, and the general lack of depth being produced by our national team programs.

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Tom Soehn's tenure as DC United manager has seen the Red and Black win the Supporters Shield, advance to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup and are on the doorstep of making the MLS playoffs and CONCACAF knock out rounds.

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But Soehn's player management have been from my vantage point, the absolute worst in the league since he took over as coach in the beginning of the 2007 season.

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Welcome to Ask the Oppo! Perry Groves' Lovechild is still on an extended break so today Eldo71 talks to Simon Reece, a Blackburn season-ticket holder, from Crewe ahead of the Premier League clash against the Arsenal...

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October 3, 1976 - Tampa Bay Rowdies midfielder Dennis Wit made his USA debut in a scoreless draw against Mexico. The match was part of the failed USA campaign to qualify for the 1978 World Cup. Wit had joined the Rowdies earlier in the 1976 season in a trade from the San Diego Jaws.
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I have a suggestion, let's forget the pound man; he isn't worth talking about anymore....

Let's concentrate on our team, our team that has had a manger at its helm for thirteen years. Not only is he now the longest serving boss we have ever had, but the most successful, so we have an awful lot to be happy about – don't we?

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Arise, Sir Arsene Wenger. Ok, Her Maj may not be bestowing a knighthood on our leader any time soon but on the day when he becomes the longest-serving manager in Arsenal's history we the fans should herald him as such.

This morning's papers are awash with features on SAW, charting his successes over his 13-year tenure and the transformation of the club commercially and above all its footballing philosophy. Click to continue reading...

Today marks the 28th anniversary of the death of Bill Shankly. It's really hard to believe it has been that long. Unlike most of you, I never had the privilege of watching Shankly in person. My age made it impossible, so I've instead been watching tape of the man for the last 20+ years of my life.

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Since 1990, many things have conspired to rob Liverpool of the league title, but one thing in particular has brought with it extraordinary bad luck. Liverpool fans should rejoice though as it looks like this long-running jinx could be lifted very soon.
I am, of course, referring to Liverpool's sponsorship deal with Carling, which is reportedly set to end in mid-2010. Click to continue reading...

After reading Stardust's "Red Bus" post recently... I had in mind to do a moment by moment de-construct of Ashley's two year term. Then Hugh posted, what I consider to be, one of the finest, most considered, most literate blogs I have ever read on Ashley's tenure, making most of what I'd planned to say [. Click to continue reading...

I had alluded in a tweet to my assessment of the Rodrigo Kenton denouement, but I'll state it again here: Rodrigo Kenton was the first casualty of the Costa Rican national team's overinflated expectations. Nothing has changed all that much with the team in the 14 months he was at the helm, but the results obtained in the first half of his tenure set up fans and media in Costa Rica for a crushing disappointment in the second half. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea announced today Peter Kenyon will resign his role as chief executive of the club at the end of next month. Following his full-time departure on Oct. 31, Kenyon will remain with the club as a non-executive director for an unspecified amount of time.

"I am extremely proud of my time at Chelsea and of the friendships I have forged with everyone here," Kenyon said.

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Last season's Red Stars selected in WPS expansion draft
Defender Nikki Krzysik (top) and forward Danesha Adams (bottom) will continue their Women's Professional Soccer tenure in Philadelphia in 2010. This past season's members of the Chicago Red Stars were selected by the Philadelphia Independence in the first-ever expansion draft Tuesday. Click to continue reading...

On the final day before MLS teams' rosters are frozen for the remainder of the season, the Houston Dynamo have traded forward Kei Kamara to the Kansas City Wizards in exchange for forward Abe Thompson and allocation money.
"We would like to thank Kei for his contributions to the Dynamo, both in 2008 and this year," said Dynamo Chief Operating Officer Chris Canetti. Click to continue reading...

Toronto FC fan favourite Danny Dichio has called time on his playing career. The man is Toronto FC's first real "legend". Possibly my favourite memory so far at BMO Field happened at 23:13 in our match against the Chicago Fire on May 12, 2007.
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Diego Maradona insists he is not afraid of the critics who are lining up to slam his tenure of Argentina, who could miss out on World Cup 2010.

A 1-0 defeat away to Paraguay on Wednesday has left the country's hopes of qualifying for next summer's finals in South Africa hanging in the balance.

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Tottenham Hotspur sealed the deal on arguably the best value buy on transfer deadline today after securing the services of Croatian midfield maestro Niko Kranjcar from Premier League rivals Portsmouth. The 25 year old international completed a move thought to be in the region of just £2 million in the final moments of English football's famously frantic deadline day. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger: the best manager England never had By Simon Bailey. No work today, the wife was out getting last minute school uniforms, books, bags, and whatever else they need, so I decided to put on The Damned United, the story of Brian Clough's six week tenure at Leeds United. It's not really a 'Football' film in the [. Click to continue reading...