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Times Online
Manchester United's owners, the Glazer family, would still not win any popularity contests in the city, but they are at least "coming to be regarded as the least worst owners of the top four clubs" in England, says Matt Dickinson. Although that might sound like damning them with faint praise, ...
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The Guardian
Is Manchester United really such a thriving company? David Conn lays out the amount of debt that the two English teams will be carrying into Wednesday's final. He says that the accounts of Chelsea Limited show that the club owes £736 million ($1.472 billion) to its creditors, while United's recently ...
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Spiegel Online
This week's soccer headlines in Germany have been dominated by the southwestern village of Hoffenheim (population: 3,200), bankrolled by its hometown billionaire Dietmar Hopp, and newly promoted to the Bundesliga after a 5-0 home win over Greuther Fuerth on the last day of the season. Heading the other way are ...
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ESPN Soccernet
The size of Bob Bradley's 33-man roster for the upcoming US men's team friendlies against England, Spain and Argentina has got Ives Galarcep wondering who will step up for the U.S. on the road to qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. Although he calls the pool "the deepest collection of ...
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Yanks Abroad
Just because you've won the championship in one of Europe's stronger leagues doesn't mean you get to relax for the summer. U.S. and Standard Liege central defender Oguchi Onyewu has only allowed himself a week's rest after lifting the Belgian title before focusing on his next two priorities -- the ...
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