USA Women - China is on Fox Soccer at 8:30pm. FIFA Club World Cup on Fox Soccer: Ulsan - Sanfrecce at 2:30am and Al Ahly - Corinthians at 5:30am. FA Cup on Fox Soccer: Mansfield Town - Lincoln City at 2:30pm. English League Cup on beIN: Swansea - Middlesbrough at 6pm. Copa del Rey on beIN: Barcelona - Cordoba at 2pm and Celta Vigo - Real Madrid at 4pm. beIN Espanol has Atletico Madrid -... Continue reading

United States National Team player Benny Feilhaber is now a member of Sporting Kansas City, the club announced on Tuesday. "I am really excited to come to Sporting Kansas City," Feilhaber said. "It is a top-class organization and team in Major League Soccer. My goal is to help the team however I can. I cannot wait to play in the best stadium in the League and in front of a great fan base. I am... Continue reading

By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Dec 11, 2012) US Soccer Players -- In Tuesday’s column, Tony asks if the Revolution need to sign a free-kick specialist, wonders if Vancouver needs to sign a forward, and explains the differences between last week’s Re-Entry Draft and this week’s Re-Entry draft. In the 2012 season, which team suffered the most fouls and which had the best ‘foul differential’ between fouls created and fouls suffered? The Whitecaps... Continue reading

Their Words "Over the last three years, each Manchester derby has intensified. The build-up is longer, people start talking about it earlier and the feeling when you win is even better." Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs. Other Sources Jurgen Klinsmann's mantra: More is better, more and more is best - from The Sporting News's Brian Straus: “You can only get better and get closer to the best in the world if you do more than... Continue reading

English League Cup on beIN Sport: Bradford City - Arsenal at 2:45pm. Coppa Italia on beIN Sport en Espnaol: Roma - Atalanta at 3pm. All Times Eastern Continue reading

Their Words Messi is already FC Barcelona’s all-time highest goalscorer in official matches, ahead of César Rodríguez. However, he’s third among the highest Club goalscorers when you take friendly matches into account. from Barcelona's official site. Other Sources Big Spending kick - from The NY Post's Rich Calder: but sources say MLS is seeking a 35-year, a $1-a-year deal with the city that includes no property taxes or revenue-sharing. Union acquire former Drexel defender Jeff... Continue reading

Is the Premier League threatening to open up in 2012-13? 16 rounds in, and Everton are a top four team. Manchester United have a six-point gap at the top of the table, but their run and gun offense and lax defending leave them vulnerable on goal difference to 2nd-place Manchester City. Yes, United won the latest Manchester derby, but there’s the feeling that things could change. A run of form, and suddenly the cracks in... Continue reading

We start with a showdown between Americans in the Premier League, with Tim Howard's Everton beating Clint Dempsey's Spurs 2-1 after staging a stoppage time comeback at Goodison Park on Sunday. Dempsey opened the scoring in the 76th minute, but Steven Pienaar equalized in the 90th and Nikica Jelavic scored the winner two minutes later. “It’s difficult to take,” Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas said. “We can say that in the first half, we didn’t play... Continue reading

Saturday Premier League on ESPN2: Sunderland - Chelsea at 10am. Fox Soccer has Arsenal - WBA at 9:30am, Swansea - Norwich City at 12pm, and Southampton - Reading at 2pm. Fox Soccer Plus has Aston Villa - Stoke at 10am and Wigan - QPR at 2pm. Scottish Premier League on FS+: Kilmarnock - Celtic at 7:30am. Bundesliga on GolTV: Augsburg - Bayern Munich at 9:30am and Borussia Dortmund - VfL Wolfsburg at 11:30am. La Liga... Continue reading

Their Words "The final outcome of any game shouldn’t rely on the opponents. All of the games to come will be difficult and a big challenge. We must face the situation however it turns out and try and make the best of it.” Hannover 96 sporting director Jorg Schmadtke. Other Sources Lessons learned: How every MLS team should re-think its offseason plan - from The Sporting News's Brian Straus: The MLS regular season is important,... Continue reading

By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Dec 7, 2012) US Soccer Players – There was a time in Major League Soccer when any and all comparisons to the original North American Soccer League soccer brought looks of shock and horror from league officials. Blaming player salaries as the primary problem with its predecessor, MLS adopted a plan to control spending known as single-entity. At its basic level, single-entity’s primary function is to control salaries by... Continue reading

Alejandro Bedoya scored for Helsingborg in their 3-1 over Twente in Europa League action on Thursday. Nikola Durdic opened the scoring in the 6th minute and Bedoya got a goal in the 21st. Thomas Sorum made it 3-0 in the 67th with Twente spoiling the shutout in the 74th minute. Also in Group L, Steve Cherundolo subbed on in the 71st minute for Hannover 96's 2-2 draw with Levante. Hannover were ahead 2-0 with Didier... Continue reading

Ligue 1 on beIN and Univision Deportes: Toulouse - Bastia at 2:45pm. La Liga on beIN Espanol has Espanyol - Sevilla at 3:30pm. All Times Eastern Continue reading

Their Words "I’m honored to continue representing the Rapids and the state of Colorado.” Colorado Rapids midfielder Pablo Mastroeni. Other Sources BOCANEGA CLOSE TO RETURNING FROM HAMSTRING INJURY - from Soccer by Ives: Bocanegra admitted that he nearly made a move to Major League Soccer this past summer.... Dynamo build foundation for more title pursuits - from The Houston Chronicle's Jose de Jesus Ortiz: They haven't lost at home to an MLS team since June... Continue reading

By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Dec 6, 2012) US Soccer Players -- In Thursday’s column, Tony looks at Friday’s Re-Entry Draft, examines the Sounders approach towards their academy players, and asks when MLS teams start preseason. How many players are theoretically available in tomorrow, and next Friday’s, Re-Entry Draft? Sixty-three, according to this list. That’s not the whole story. With MLS allowing its franchises to re-sign their Re-Entry Process eligible players through 5pm... Continue reading

By Charles Boehm - WASHINGTON, DC (Dec 6, 2012) US Soccer Players -- It’s an old idea that communication is leadership, and Jurgen Klinsmann is doing a fair job of living out that maxim with his proactive entrées to the American soccer media. The latest was a breakfast meeting with journalists in the run-up to last week’s MLS Cup at the Home Depot Center. To his credit, in the US National Team boss faced up... Continue reading

Club World Cup on Fox Soccer: Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Auckland City at 5:30am. Europa League on Fox Soccer: Udinese - Liverpool at 1pm, Spurs - Panathinaikos at 3pm, and Bordeaux - Newcastle United at 5pm. Fox Soccer Plus has Fenerbache - 'Gladbach at 1pm, Inter Milan - Neftci at 3pm, and Viktoia Plzen - Atletico Madrid at 5pm. All Times Eastern Continue reading

Their Words "If you put it simply then you always have the chance to start again in football and cooking. You can always put things right and quickly secure another win. It’s the same with cooking. If something goes wrong at lunch time, then you get back on track in the evening." Bayern Munich chef Alfons Schuhbeck. Other Sources M.L.S. Sets Sights on Team and Stadium in Queens - from The NY Times' David Picker:... Continue reading

By Cesar Diaz - FLUSHING, QUEENS (Dec 5, 2012) US Soccer Players -- On Tuesday, December 4, 2012, Major League Soccer hosted a Soccer Town Hall over at the Queens Theatre. The purpose of this meeting was for the public and residents to learn about how an MLS stadium would benefit their community. Those in attendance consisted of local politicians, supporters groups, youth soccer programs, unions, local merchants and several Latino-based organizations. Despite the cultural... Continue reading

By Jason Davis - WASHINGTON, DC (Dec 5, 2012) US Soccer Players -- I’m going to make a small request here at the top of this piece about the frenetic insanity of the MLS transaction season. Read it quickly, as quickly as you can. In fact, stop wasting time on this part and skip to the second paragraph, post haste. If you don’t hurry, you’ll probably miss a cut, a trade, a declined option, all... Continue reading

By Zac Lee Rigg - LOS ANGELES, CA (Dec 5, 2012) US Soccer Players -- “One more year” rang out in the LA Galaxy locker room on Saturday. “One more year,” the fans chanted two days later to celebrate the MLS Cup triumph. Unfortunately, for the Galaxy faithful there will be no more years for David Beckham in Major League Soccer. After six years in Los Angeles, the 37-year-old heads to an undetermined location for... Continue reading

Jermaine Jones subbed on in the 72nd minute for Schalke 04's 1-1 draw with Montpellier in their Champions League Group B finale on Tuesday. Schalke's Benedikt Howedes opened the scoring in the 56th minute with Montpellier equalizing three minutes later. Schalke finished top of the group with Arsenal also advancing to the knockout round in second-place. In Group C, Oguchi Onyewu and Malaga drew 2-2 with Sacha Kljestan's Anderlecht. Duda put Malaga up in the... Continue reading

Champions League on Fox Soccer: Chelsea - Nordsjaelland at 2:30pm, Manchester United - CLUJ at 5pm (live on Fox Soccer Plus at 2:30pm), and Barcelona - Benfica at 7pm. FS+ has Celtic - Spartak Moscow at 5pm. Coppa Italia on beIN Sport: Cagliari - Pescara at 12:30pm. Copa Sudamericana on Fox Deportes: Tigres - Sao Paulo at 6:30pm. All Times Eastern Continue reading

Their Words “We want to get through to the knockout stage of the competition and as we’ve said all along, we want to do something special this season. Things are going well at the moment and we've just got to keep it going.” Spurs forward Jermain Defoe. Other Sources About 3,000 attend Galaxy celebration - from The LA Times' Kevin Baxter: "I think we're giving the Lakers a little bit of a run for their... Continue reading

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