Thiery Henry's short return to Arsenal is pretty much imminent but theres still some question being raised regarding the necessity of the deal as some doesn't really understand what would the Gunners gain with Henry's addition aside from a short stop gap solution.

However, the London outfit's keeper, Wojciech Szczesny, shuts down the doubters by stating that acquiring the club's legend even for only two months is very important indeed.

1. As you know, I'm a huge supporter of MLS fan clubs (with a special affinity for Chicago's Section 8). Here's a great article from ESPN on the rise of the MLS fan clubs. I've also updated the fan club links on the main page.
2. Tell me if this sounds familiar, MLS based US defensive midfielder loses head, acts out, gets sent off and puts team in bad position.

Despite the urged from many people in acquiring an experienced and established star for his team, Arsene Wenger, still consistent with his youth policy especially with the arrival of another young talents, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

The 17-years-old England under 21 international, cost Arsenal around 12 million pound plus 3 million bonuses, although it's pretty steep number for a pretty unexperienced youngster, Wenger seems delighted with the purchase and confident over Oxlade-Chamberlain's future with the Gunners.

Major League Soccer will be announcing it's All-Star First XI at halftime of Sunday's Portland-Seattle match, so it's a perfect time to roll out SBI's picks of the league's top performers for the first half of the season.

We've picked three teams, using a 3-5-2 formation that is typical of an MLS All-Star Game ballot.