In SuperLiga action, Houston and New England advanced out of the group stage and will host Pachuca and Atlante, respectively. At least for the semifinals the Revolution don’t have to worry about any shenanigans at 30,000 feet.
MLS play on the weekend saw Landon Donovan steal a point for Los Angeles in front of a mostly packed house at Giants Stadium. The other three games involved another 2-2 draw and a pair of scoreless ties. And yet West Virginia doesn’t have an MLS team.
Those same Galaxy finally cut Abel Xavier loose. They could no longer fit his stylist bills under the salary cap.
As Xavier went, Cristiano Ronaldo signed in Los Angeles. Because he wants to win silverware, it wasn’t with the Galaxy.
Ramon Calderon still claims Ronaldo will head to the Bernabeu, even if it breaks the club financially. Sir Alex met with his Portuguese superstar and says he is staying. Terry Venables said Ronaldo is being selfish and immoral while Roy Keane told Ronaldo to tell Fergie to piss off. MUTV is now lining up an interview with Cristiano.
Chelsea have reportedly made a €150 million bid for Kaka. In related news, the Ecstasea is now up for sale.
One player already inked with the Blues admitted he could have gone to MLS for more money. Deco, though, knew mo’ money meant mo’ problems.
Tottenham are on the trail of Andrei Arvashin according to Zenit St. Petersburg. He would replace Robbie Keane, should the Irish striker move to Liverpool. Might there be cartwheels in the Kop?
West Ham, preparing for their big clash with the MLS All Stars, downed Columbus 3-1 in a game that was marred by halftime violence between opposing supporters at The New Den Crew Stadium.
All4All Blog’s Kyle McCarthy takes a look at the players Steve Nicol selected for the game against the Hammers in his Monday MLS Breakdown. The Nooner still thinks Kelly Gray should have gone over Jimmy Conrad at the position of head writer.
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