Top games of the weekend and news you may have missed:
Home teams first; times ET
FRIDAY
MLS: D.C. United-New England, 7 p.m. (FSC)
SATURDAY
FA Cup semifinal: Arsenal-Chelsea, noon, Setanta
Italy: Juventus-Inter Milan, 2:30 p.

I think the most important part of this post is this link. That's a link to Wikipedia and their page on the 2006 MLS Expansion Draft, the one where Toronto was selecting players. I noticed while writing the previews for this year's draft that there was nowhere to find all the lists of protected players for the 2006 draft, as MLS just released a list of available players.

League News

A Memorial Day Edition of the USL Week in Review

USL First Division Team of the Week:
For the second week in a row a goalkeeper has been named USL-1 Player of the Week. After a heartbreaking and controversial loss in Portland on the 14th, Scott Vallow rebounded with a stellar performance Saturday May 16, in Vancouver as he stopped 11 shots, including a penalty, to lead the Rhinos to a victory.

League News

A Memorial Day Edition of the USL Week in Review

USL First Division Team of the Week:
For the second week in a row a goalkeeper has been named USL-1 Player of the Week. After a heartbreaking and controversial loss in Portland on the 14th, Scott Vallow rebounded with a stellar performance Saturday May 16, in Vancouver as he stopped 11 shots, including a penalty, to lead the Rhinos to a victory.

Il Tupilo Nero was Ruud Gullit's Nickname While Playing For AC Milan
In our last installment we looked at the arrival of a controversial figure, the former Portuguese international Abel Xavier. Now in our fifth and final excerpt from Grant Wahl's excellent book "The Beckham Experiment" we look at Xavier or "X"'s exit from the Californian club.