Monday Backpasses: Waaaaaaaahhhhhhh

When did British fans get so uptight? I can only imagine how much they would cry as away fans at a KU football game.
Wayne Rooney makes Everton fans cry by kissing his Manchester United badge [Soccernet]
Celtic fans continue to get wound up by a “Famine Song” [BBC]

Anyway, other stuff below.

Ljungberg to Seattle. Book it. Done [Soccernet]
Sucks to be a female Colombian U-17 selection [Oregon Live]

MLS three-fer:
ESPN hates MLS [Soccer America]
Greg Lalas writes as Beckham’s jilted bride. “No, it’s okay. He’s an ass. I hope he goes. Good Riddance. Don’t show your face around here anymore! *breaks into sobs*” [SI]
Greg Lalas on MLS positions within the EPL (SI,B!) [Goal.com]

And, finally:
If you haven’t seen it, go check out Kieran Richardson’s goal against Newcastle. Then come back and let us know what expletives flew out of your mouth when you watched it [101 Great Goals]

Written by Darkvader on October 27th, 2008 with no comments.
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5 SPANIARDS IN THE 2007/2008 WORLD 11 FIFPRO SIDE

A total of 57,500 Professional World Footballers have placed their
votes as part of the FIFPro Association & have given Manchseter
United Portugues International CRISTIANO RONALDO the Best
Player for 2007/2008 Award.

Aaprt from this, the Association elected it´s World 11 Team for
2007/2008 with 5 Spanish players in the side: Casillas (Real
Madrid); Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid); Carles Puyol (FC
Barcelona); Xavi (FC Barcelona) & Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

The other members of the World 11 side are: John Terry (Chelsea);
Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd.); Steven Gerrard (Liverpool); Kaka (AC Milan);
C. Ronaldo (Man Utd.) & Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)

Written by STRIKER on October 27th, 2008 with no comments.
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