Flaming Feet Burning Up The Street News

Remember dipsticks, US Soccer has photos, video and audio of our fella's in action in Germany.
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My hometown paper, the Minneapolis Red Star Tribune, has a Q & A with former USAer & WC02 star and current Chicago Fire defender Tony Sanneh, who just happens to be a St Paul native!
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Today Steven Goff of the Washington Post has a feature on USA goalkeeper Kasey Keller!
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Another from Goff on the recent evolution of the game in America.
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And a third one today from him, on Hamburg's glorious anarchist & punk rock football team St Pauli!
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Reading FC's US-based representative Rob Barberi gives his low down on Team USA via his intimate knowledge of the teams Bobby Convey and Marcus Hahneman. (You might have to register with this site to read the article, but it only takes a minute, and you can make it all up like I did.)
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Micheal Lewis profiles Mr. Landon Donovan for MLSnet.
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French & Liverpudlian forward Djibril Cisse is out of the World Cup with a broken right leg. He suffered the injury during a training session match v China on Wednesday. Two years ago he missed a large part of the season after breaking his left leg.
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The Boston Globe looks at the resurrection of Berlin.
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On a very sad note, Mexican goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez has lost his father very unexpectedly to a heart attack. RIP Senor Sanchez! Oswaldo has returned to Guadalajara. There is no word on if or when he will return to his team in Germany.
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The International Herald Tribune is packed full of World Cup preview stories. All are excellent!
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I keep meaning to link to a photo of this amazing advertisement in Germany, but I always forget to. Ken The Keeper (of course) sent me this link! Simply. Incredible.
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And yes, Michael Ballack is OUT of Germany's World Cup opener v Costa Rica tomorrow. (I love that there is a new reason for us to post about Ballack every single day!)
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Soccernet tells the whole Clint Dempsey story. Very good.
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Do you know anyone who is a football novice - USA Today has a decent beginners guide.
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Tonight in MLS action:
Los Angeles Galaxy v Chivas USA - The LA derby at 9pm central time on ESPN2! LA's new coach Frank Yallop will be at the helm!