SSN is a digest of the day's soccer/football/futbol articles with a focus on the top European leagues and the United States National Team. Below, you’ll find links to articles and video, as well as additional features and commentary. We locate the top news of the day so you can stay updated with ease.
This weekend sees teams all over Europe start their journey towards South Africa. In Asia however, we have been at it for almost a year and over 30 nations have seen dreams of 2010 already extinguished. Ten remain and they are about to start fighting it out for the four and a half places available at the global footy fest.
The World Cup is by far the biggest sporting spectacle on earth. It is the one competition that draws a record audience every time it comes around, nothing else can match the atmosphere. But before the main event, the build up of the qualifiers has its own fair share of drama, thrills and bragging rights.There are multiple matches throughout the month of September, and beyond, that have larger implications for the participating countries than just the qualifier itself. Here are a couple of matches this weekend that mean more than just the eventual score line.
At long last, The Window has closed and we can all relax until January. United finally signed the sad Spur Berbatov and the new owners at City have made themselves known by snaring "I'm only thinking of Chelsea" Robinho from the clutches of...Chelsea. Tottenham got their striker in the form of Pavlyuchenko (the next Rebrov?) and also picked up a fine defender in Corluka from City. Arsenal picked up Nobody McNoone from FC Nowhere. Liverpool let Finnan go to Espanol and signed Reira in return. Ricardo Queresma completed his deal to Inter Milan and Everton actually signed a player, spending 15 million on Marouane Fellaini.
