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DC United center back Bobby Boswell talking to Washington Post reporter Steven Goff: "Nothing is guaranteed in life, except that Christian Gomez is awesome."


Did David Beckham blow out his knee in yesterday's Real Madrid v Getafe game? Could his first season with the Galaxy be in jeopardy? Grahame Jones of the LA Times with the story.
-Reports later in the day are saying that he will miss about 6 weeks.
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Also in the LA Times, Jones talks to Chivas USA head man Antonio Cue about the heart & soul of his team.
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A company run by Real Salt Lake owner Dave Checketts, SCP Worldwide, is said to be finalizing a deal to buy GolTV! Very interesting.
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RSL are in Madrid training at the home of Real Madrid. The RM website has two articles. One with Daniel Torres & Christian Jimenez talking about the facilities - and - the second an interview with Freddy Adu.
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Andrea Canales at Soccernet examines some of the MLS financial realities and maybe-myths.
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Toronto FC's deal with American striker Conor Casey is finally completed. He is officially their man now. Do they need another striker? I would say that if you look at their weak defense and goalkeeper situation they will need all the fire power they can muster to try and stay in games.
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Ridge Mahoney at Soccer America reports on the building of a permanent training home for the Kansas City Wizards.
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John Haydon at the Washington Times says DCU is very excited about new striker Luciano Emilio.
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Andrew Hush at Soccer New England talks to the Revs class defender Michael Parkhurst.
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Revs Net interviews rookie New England midfielder Amaechi Igwe.
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From Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Tribune, on his blog The Red Card: "Tony Sanneh is currently in talks with two clubs and expects to be on an MLS roster by the beginning of the season."
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Brian Jennings at Soccer365 talks to Colorado coach Fernando Clavijo about his teams outlook for 2007.
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Buzz Carrick at 3rd Degree with an update on the first few days of Dallas's trip to Brazil.
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The Minnesota Thunder have signed 2 more players for next season - goal keeper Nic "El Disco" Platter is back for his third year on the squad, and forward Sasha Gotsmanov joins from the Colorado Rapids where he spent the last 2 seasons on their reserves. Gotsmanov is from the Twin Cities suburbs and his father, Sergei, starred for the local team in their early days.
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The US Players Assoc has a Q & A with Tonya Antonucci, the person most in charge of restarting the WUSA.
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Let's check in with our favorite Americans in Europe and see how their weekend matches went:
-DaMarcus Beasley - Manchester City - played the entire match and was one of the few players on his team to have a good game. Sent in dangerous service and had a fierce shot, but they still lost 0-1 at home to Wigan. They are now the team right above the relegation zone, 6 points clear.
-Gregg Berhalter - 1860 Munich - started and helped his team to a 2-0 win over Eintracht Braunschweig by scoring the second goal of the game on a PK!
-Carlos Bocanegra - Fulham - played center back for the whole match and scored on a header for his teams only goal in a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa. He is having a great second half to the season.
-Michael Bradley - Heerenveen - came on in the last few minutes to help his team preserve a huge 0-1 upset at Ajax!
-Steve Cherundolo - Hannover - played the full 90 at right back but his team lost 2-0 to Eintracht Frankfurt.
-Jay DeMerit - Watford - started and played the full match. His team had a 2-0 lead over fellow relegation team Charlton but gave up two late goals and settled for a draw. They are doomed.
-Clint Dempsey - Fulham - did not see the field in a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa
-Brad Friedel - Blackburn - went the full 90 in the nets and got a 1-2 win at Bolton!
-Marcus Hahnemann - Reading - played the whole game as usual but lost 2-1 at Arsenal. His team never gave up, but just could not get the tying goal.
-Kamani Hill - Wolfsburg - was on the bench but did not play in a 1-0 win over Gladbach.
-Tim Howard - Everton - started as always in the net and got a 1-1 draw at Sheffield United.
-Kasey Keller - Monchengladbach - another valiant but losing efforts in goal for the team captain, this time losing to Wolfsburg 1-0. They sit last in the Bundesliga and also seem doomed.
-Eddie Lewis - Leeds - again suffered thru 90 minutes of losing football, this time at home 2-3 to Sheffield Wednesday. Eddie played left back. They are dead last in the Championship Division. Yet another American on a doomed team.
-Brian McBride - Fulham - started and played 80 minutes, just missing several times in a 1-1 draw against Aston Villa.
-Oguchi Onyewu - Newcastle - played 90 and got a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw with local rivals Middlesbrough.
-Jonathan Spector - West Ham - an unused sub in his teams horrible 3-4 loss to Tottenham. They led 2-0 and 3-2 late, but gave up the winner in added time. Yes, you got it right, they are doomed to relegation.
-Josh Wolff - 1860 Munich - started and went 66 minutes, but his sub got the game winner in a 2-0 win over Eintracht Braunschweig.
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Yanks Abroad talks to young American defender Jonathan Spector about his near disastrous season at West Ham. In some ways I bet he wishes it would just end now and they could all move on.
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Copa Libertadores - here are the week's matches:
Tueday March 6-
Gimnasia - Deportivo Pasto
El Nacional - Libertad
LDU Quito - Colo Colo
Wednesday March 7
Deportes Tolima - Cerro Porteno
America - Banfield
Thursday March 8
River Plate - Caracas
Cienciano - Bolivar
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Champions League Matchday 8 - with first leg scores included:
Tuesday March 6-
-Lyon v Roma (0-0)
-Liverpool v Barcelona (2-1)
-Chelsea v Porto (1-1)
-Valencia v Inter (2-2)
Wednesday March 7-
-Milan v Celtic (0-0)
-Arsenal v PSV (0-1)
-Man United v Lille (1-0)
-Bayern Munich v Real Madrid (2-3)
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Because one of their traveling fans brained the Sevilla coach with a bottle, Real Betis will now have to play their next 3 home matches in an empty stadium.
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Liverpool looked pretty great, but were beaten 0-1 by 10 man Manchester United on Saturday as John O'Shea slammed home a scrambled ball in added time! What a winner that was. Liverpool deserved to win, but that's the way it is. Man U inch closer to the title.
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The world changed in Barcelona on Saturday as they lost 2-1 at Sevilla and got bumped from first place to 2nd. Barca led 1-0 and Sevilla lost a man, only to come back with 2 unanswered goals and watch Barca lose 2 men. A wild one to say the least. Sevilla have 50 points, Barca 49, Valencia 46 & Real Madrid 44.
-Holy smokes was du Nord fave Daniel Alves on fire for Sevilla. For a right back he was everywhere on the field: defending, attacking, play making, and smashing home amazing free kicks! Wow I love this player!
-Christopher Clarey of the International Herald Tribune reports on the match.
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Phil Ball laments the Spanish mess, which I think he secretly loves, for Soccernet.
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Matt Hughes of the Times Of London introduces us to the much talked about Sevilla coach Juande Ramos. A very interesting character.
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In Germany, league leaders Schalke stumbled again, this time losing to a revitalized Hamburg 2-0. Their lead is back down to 3 points over Werder who are back in 2nd place with a 3-0 win over Bochum, leapfrogging now 3rd place Stuttgart who lost to Leverkusen 3-1. 'Round and 'round they go!
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According to Football Italia, Fiorentina Sporting Director Pantaleo Corvino says that the club might sell star striker Luca Toni to Juventus at the end of the season: “We could talk about it during the summer."
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Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune on the history and current era of Internazionale Milano.
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FIFA.com has a Q & A with Villareal's exciting young Ecuadorian midfielder Luis Antonio Valencia who is currently on loan to Wigan. How could a guy named Valencia play for Villareal?
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The latest brilliant insanity from Fulham midfielder Moritz Volz, via his column in the Times of London: A shorts and sandals guide to teutonic chic - Or why it isn’t wise to leave a Kinder egg in your pair of Lederhosen