Milan Claims Beckham Has Agreed To Loan

BBC Sport

David Beckham has agreed to join AC Milan on loan in January, the club's Vice President Adriano Galliani told the BBC. "Beckham has chosen Milan," said Galliani. "He'll stay here in Milan on loan for a few months. Our squad is ultra-competitive and it will remain this way but Beckham ... Read the whole story

Ballack Attack's Loew Selection Policy

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/AFP

Chelsea midfielder and German national team captain Michael Ballack has criticized German coach Joachim Loew for showing a lack of respect to the team's established senior players. After Loew dropped Ballack's teammate Torsten Frings to the bench for last week's World Cup qualifiers, the captain lamented Loew's policy that national ... Read the whole story

Tough World Cup Draw For Cameroon, Nigeria

fifa.com

The draw for the final round of African World Cup qualifying Wednesday has pitted Cameroon in the same group as Morocco, and Nigeria in the same group as Tunisia. In the other three groups, the favorites to advance are Egypt, Ghana and Ivory Coast. "It is indeed a very difficult ... Read the whole story

What's The Use Of Home Advantage?

Chicago Tribune

Luis Arroyave asks a pertinent question about the playoffs: what's the use of "home advantage"? The Chicago Fire will clinch home advantage in the Eastern Conference if it beats New York Thursday, but, he asks, "does the Fire even want it?" Read the whole story

Brad Is Learning From Brad

Yanks Abroad

U.S. national team second-choice goalkeeper Brad Guzan has yet to appear for the English Premier League's Aston Villa since his summer move from Chivas USA, but for now he's happy to be learning at the feet of his compatriot and namesake Brad Friedel. "Being able to train with him day ... Read the whole story

Mourinho: Drogba's A Diver

Daily Mail

"I am no longer Chelsea coach, and I do not have to defend them any more, but I think it is correct if I say [Didier] Drogba is a diver. Drogba, [Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Fernando] Torres and [Robin] Van Persie are the divers. Who dives more? Who has won more penalties ... Read the whole story

Onalfo Praises Courageous Gomez

Kansas City Star

"He's showing relentless courage and effort to get up and down the field and has been plugging away. Sometimes it takes a while to get that first goal, and it came at a perfect time." Kansas City Wizards coach Curt Onalfo lauds Hercules Gomez, who scored the Wizards' last-minute gamewinner ... Read the whole story

Walcott: Teams Will Be Scared To Play Arsenal

Daily Telegraph

"All the teams in Europe will look and see the 5-2 win by Arsenal, away and with a young team, and I think they will be scared to play us." Theo Walcott gets a little carried away after Arsenal's 5-2 Champions League win at Fenerbahce. Read the whole story

Baum: Michigan State's A Contender

ESPN Soccernet

"The key here is some people had probably written us off. But we never wrote ourselves off, and now, I think people realize we're a team that can do some damage here in the second half of the season." Michigan State Men's Coach Joe Baum looks forward after beating top ... Read the whole story

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