I hope they CAN Bob Bradley for that effort. 2-Nil up and you lose the game, reminds me of Newcastle last season. Terrible.

yep. definitely brought back memories of that meltdown game .

US Soccer lol. One step forward, two massive steps back. Agreed Red, Bradley has to go.

Should've signed Klinsmann when we had the chance. That little pint sized shit Gulati needs to go as well. As a matter of fact, the enter US Soccer federation needs to resign, all to blame for the shitty lack of youth developmental programs in our country.

They went to college and what?!

Headline roundup:

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | Sport | Football

:shakes head:


Smart move Arsenal:

Arsenal ready to listen to Cesc Fàbregas offer from Barcelona - Telegraph


Even giants can fall:

River Plate relegated for first time in their history - Telegraph


Liverpool revival?

Aaron Lennon 'targeted for Spurs to Liverpool transfer' | Metro.co.uk


City never sleeps:

Transfer news: Manchester City Samuel Eto'o swoop - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk

Takashi Usami confirms he's on loan to Bayern. That will be fun to watch, I'll have someone to root for in Munich for once!

You know what really gets me? The J-League is in DIRE need of financial restructuring. Look at the Japanese players that are leaving J1 for greener pastures. Kagawa, Nagatomo, Usami will officially depart soon, Abe, etc. There's a LOT to like about many of the Japanese players. It's made even better because those transfers don't amount to more than 1 million euros because the J-League financial transfer rules don't let them make any more cash! It's ridiculous!

The J-League will NEVER grow as long as they can't bring in big name talent, or have the flexibility to be involved in a 'big name signing'. It pains me to see it just static, kind of an academy for the big leagues, especially the Bundesliga and Serie A!

Oh, and River Plate falling. Never thought I'd see that happen, they're one of the constants, kind of like the big 3 (4?) in the EPL. Amazing how things can change.

In other news: Ricardo Alvarez doesnt like it when people make him angry.

ARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEYAH!

http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/...14_205x285.jpg

holy sh*t he's ripped.

US Women, unlike the US Men, gettin the job done.

it was against n. korea. let's see how they fare against the rest of the squads.

N. Korea was actually considered to be one of the dark horses of the tournament and they gave the women all they could handle, I actually think its a pretty good result. Definitely an improved second half.

i only saw bits and pieces of the game. is the US really playing more of a possession-style game this tournament?

they started out careless w/ long balls from the backs in the first half, really sloppy in possession, obviously nervous start being that its the first match of the cup. They calmed down dramatically in the second half, played better balls and were linking up the short passes much better, so yes, I guess you could say that they played possession ball. The left side of the defense in the first half was being terrorized, so i'm assuming that some tactical decisions were made at the half because the attack on that side fizzled out for the N.Koreans. They'll only get better from here, pretty good confidence building match.

New FIFA World Rankings :

1 Spain (May's position: 1st)

2 Holland (2nd)

3 Germany (4th)

4 England (6th)

5 Brazil (3rd)

6 Italy (9th)

7 Portugal (8th)

8 Croatia (10th)

9 Mexico (28th)

10 Argentina (5th)


No France? England 4th best team in the WORLD??? Croatia??