Program to Air Out British Soccer's Dirty Laundry

The Guardian

Tonight, on the BBC investigative show "Panorama," a leading Premier League agent is expected to reveal that he knows of "six to eight" managers in the league willing to receive illegal payments or "bungs." The agent, Charles Collymore, a member of the Sports Management firm that represents the likes of ... Read the whole story

Column: Rooney on a Downward Spiral?

The Independent

Sometimes the British tabloid press is a bit too predictable: after sub-par performances against Celtic in the Champions League last week and Arsenal over the weekend, the Independent's James Lawton asks the ridiculous question whether England and Manchester United sensation Wayne Rooney, who will be just 21 next month, has ... Read the whole story

Crisis or Not, Mancini Feeling the Heat at Inter

The Guardian

Oh, yes, it's crises all around today in the English-speaking press. Next on the list is high-spending Inter Milan, which sits an alarming fourth place in the Serie A table after two games. How in the world can we be talking about a crisis here? The team has played three ... Read the whole story

Red Bulls Find a Home to Call Their Own

New Jersey Star-Ledge

Major League Soccer's MetroStars, now Red Bull New York, began talking about building a soccer-specific stadium way back in their first year of operation. Ten years on, after several wholesale changes in management and personnel and many more "talks" about building that all-important soccer-specific stadium, Red Bull New York breaks ... Read the whole story

12 Questions for Brad Friedel

USSoccer.com

U.S. Soccer asks national team legend and Blackburn Rovers keeper Brad Friedel 12 questions, starting with the Americans' performance in Germany, which he insists isn't as bad as it was perceived in the press. Friedel says the team's early exit had everything to do with the bizarrely poor opening performance ... Read the whole story

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