Friendships put aside as Czechs face Germans

The Czech Republic face Germany on Saturday in a top-of-the-table Group D European qualifying clash featuring two goalkeepers desperate to stop their club mates from scoring.
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-euroczech_preview&prov=reuters&type=lgns

No room for errors in Euro qualifiers

The European Championship finals are more than a year away, but the outcome of several key qualifiers over the next week could have a significant bearing on who gets there.
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-euro_preview&prov=reuters&type=lgns

No room for error for misfiring Spain

Spain know there is no room for error when they play host to Denmark at the Bernabeu on Saturday in the first of two crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers. Luis Aragones's side are languishing in fifth place in Group F, nine points behind leaders Sweden and another slip-up could cost them a place at next year's European championships in Austria and Switzerland.
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-eurospain_preview&prov=reuters&type=lgns

Blanco guaranteed to bring nothing but trouble

Watching the Chicago Fire's high-stakes pursuit of Cuauhtémoc Blanco takes me back to that weird, low-speed O.J. chase of years back. Just like then, I keep thinking to myself: I'll watch this unfold because it's interesting, but there is no way this thing finishes with a happy ending.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=414453&root=mls&cc=5901

Bob Bradley Previews USA-Ecuador

Sunday, March 25, at Noon EDT on ESPN2
http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_281801.html

New USA Jersey to Debut vs. Ecuador

http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_281800.html

Samir Nasri: the new Zidane?

The Marseille youngster has only just been called up to France for the first time, but already he's being hailed as a future legend.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/03/23/samir_nasri_the_new_zidane.html

Moritz Volz

The Fulham defender on Thierry Henry, the OC and the distinctive taste of fennel.
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/smalltalk/story/0,,2038590,00.html

And he would take Summer over Scarlett...

Bradley "Keeping" Things Interesting Between The U.S. Pipes

U.S. interim coach Bob Bradley surprised some when he recalled veteran Kasey Keller along with heir-apparent Tim Howard for USA's latest camp.

http://goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=262744

(No, sadly KK does not look like this anymore...-Sanford)

Onyewu: Premiership A Step Up From Belgium

Shocking!!
http://goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=262694

England squad trains at new stadium for first time

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2039876,00.html

McClaren's special ones have merely been imposters so far

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/03/22/mcclarens_special_ones_have_me.html

Questions of morality catch Jamie napping

Marina Hyde: Jamie Redknapp's call for the Spurs fan who attacked Frank Lampard to be imprisoned shows football is a complex moral arena.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/03/22/questions_of_morality_catch_ja.html

Keane rips into mediocre, insane Ireland before Wales crunch game

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2039875,00.html

MLS set for UK invasion

Wales midfielder Carl Robinson has predicted an influx of English players into Major League Soccer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6472587.stm

Phil Ball in Spain

We haven't looked at the Second Division yet this season, for which I apologise. The problem's been a simple one, in that normally I pay an annual visit to Eibar, perennial hangers-on in Segunda 'A' - who of course were relegated last season down to even murkier depths. I must go and watch a Segunda 'B' game there before the season's out, but up until now I just haven't found the time.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=415764&root=europe&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab3pos1&cc=5901

FA Cup Results

Manchester United 1-0 Middlesbrough
For the third time this season, Cristiano Ronaldo was involved in a penalty row against Middlesbrough as Manchester United booked an FA Cup semi-final meeting with Watford and kept alive their Treble dream:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=215135&cc=5901

Tottenham 1-2 Chelsea
Stunning strikes from Andriy Shevchenko and Shaun Wright-Phillips kept Chelsea's quadruple dreams alive by sending Tottenham spinning out of the FA Cup.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=215136&cc=5901

The bête noire of Teeside

While anger has turned to grudging admiration in much of the country, in Middlesbrough dislike of Cristiano Ronaldo has only increased as their meetings with Manchester United this season have revolved almost entirely around penalties and the Portuguese.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=415731&root=england&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1&cc=5901

Lampard describes moment he was 'lamped'

Frank Lampard has spoken about the moment a fan tried to attack him on the pitch after Chelsea celebrated reaching the FA Cup semi-finals.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=415749&cc=5901

Arsenal: Form Over Function

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow: the future promises to be worth savouring for Arsenal, but the immediacy is shrouded in misery. Eleven days after the worst 11 days of their year culminated in the Gunners failure to beat PSV Eindhoven and their third exit from a cup competition, the knowledge that a second successive season without silverware will not even have the uplifting effect of a Champions League run is no more palatable.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=415621&root=england&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos2&cc=5901