Everton manager David Moyes has issued an ultimatum to Landon Donovan if the LA Galaxy captain wants a loan move to join the Toffees in January: Moyes says he wants an answer this week.
Donovan’s Galaxy teammate, David Beckham, on Sunday was recognized with the BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement Award and took advantage of the occasion to tell the world that he still hopes to play for England. (VIDEO)
The Galaxy officially have competition for the signature of AC Milan’s Brazilian star Ronaldinho: Brazilian club Grêmio and Manchester City in England.
If Ronaldinho to Manchester City comes out of nowhere, try this one on for size: ex-RSL striker Robbie Findley to Wolverhampton in the EPL.
The Colorado Rapids’ newest acquisition will come from England and specifically the front office of Derby County.
The New York Red Bulls are reportedly invading FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo territory in Texas, where they have their eyes on a young forward from Galveston, Texas.
At Gimnasia in Argentina, they are still dreaming of having ex-Columbus Crew maestro Guillermo Barros Schelotto back wearing their club colors. They are convinced he needs to be seduced into returning and not forced. (SPANISH)
A player who was spotted by Toronto FC during the Preki days is seemingly close to signing with the club. His name is Reimond Manco and a loan deal is reportedly being worked out with his Peruvian club Juan Aurich. (SPANISH)
The US national team roster for the annual January camp is expected to be issued any time now and one soccer writer lists the 10 players he’s most eager to see suit up for Bob Bradley.
Sporting Kansas City’s latest acquisition, Luke Sassano, has a lot of work to do to have his name in the national team discussion. But he’s made a good first start with his new club, warming up to the fans in his introductory interview.
Michael Lahoud and a few of his Chivas USA teammates had a busy weekend. No, not another rap single. There were Rose Bowl parade preparations to handle.
Former MLS coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who is rumored to be in line for the job at Chivas USA, is being celebrated in his native country for leading Once Caldas to the Colombian league title on Sunday after coming so close to getting fired early on during his tenure. He didn’t speak to the press after the victory. (SPANISH)
It’s not everyday that you get the fine details of the romantic lives of coaches, let alone assistant coaches. Portland assistant Amos Magee, also known by his old MLS nickname of “Famous Amos,” will have earned newfound fame in the Timbers locker with this New York Times article.
Former New England Revolution player-coach Walter Zenga is being reported as a potential candidate to succeed Rafael Benítez at Italian side Inter Milan. Victory in the FIFA Club World Cup might not have been enough to save his job, especially after the Spaniard took a jab at his owner.
Another Spaniard in hot water is Juan Bernabé, who is the caretaker of the eagle that makes its traditional appearance at every Benfica home game in Portugal. An altercation is to blame here as well, this one with the club’s head of security. (PORTUGUESE)
Although there were a slew of matches postponed around Europe this weekend due to severe winter conditions, there was still plenty of drama. For starters, the Club Brugge fans hurled snowballs at Anderlecht players, forcing the suspension of the match in Belgium. (VIDEO)
The league leaders in Germany and Italy both lost in upsets, Mario Gomez and Raul both hit for hat tricks in the Bundesliga and Pep Guardiola’s men won the Barcelona derby vs. Espanyol in convincing fashion 5-1. (VIDEO)
It was classic José Mourinho as 10-man Real Madrid beat Sevilla on a late goal and the “Special One” was holding up a sheet of paper in the postgame press conference listing 13 errors committed by the referee. (VIDEO)
Tempers were high in Greece where a Panathinaikos loss to a club named Volos had players racing into the lockers to avoid the ire of their fans, who invaded the field. (VIDEO)
Manchester City will look to take advantage of the winter scheduling havoc and go top of the English Premier League today. To do so, they will have to beat US goalkeeper Tim Howard and Everton (3 p.m. ET, ESPN2 & ESPN Deportes). In other Monday action from Portugal, Vitória Setúbal will look for the upset against Sporting Lisbon.
It was a positive weekend for Yanks abroad as Ricardo Clark finally started for Eintracht Frankfurt, Michael Bradley was a key figure again for Mönchengladbach and Charlie Davies returned to the matchday squad for French team Sochaux.
Spanish radio station Cadena Ser says that Villarreal are in hot pursuit of Benfica’s Óscar Cardozo to add muscle to their forward line. That would not bode well for US forward Jozy Altidore.
Lastly, the Swedish silversmith responsible for creating the Swedish league championship trophy, left a message inside the silverware. It was hidden to the eye before recent keyhole surgery. It will go down as one of the all-time best soccer stories.
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