What you missed while watching for the longest day of the year and then missing it…
- George Gillett indicated he’ll be more committed to Liverpool by selling the Montreal Canadiens back to the Molson family. Liverpool also named equity expert Christian Purslow to the board of directors; Purslow will act as an interim Chief Executive until Rick Parry’s replacement is found.
- After parting with Papa Diouf last Wednesday, Olympique de Marseille have named Jean-Claude Dassier as their new chairman; new head coach Didier Deschamps had threatened to leave the club before the start of the season if he wasn’t pleased with Diouf’s replacement.
- Key points from Michael Owen’s 34-page brochure include refutations of the claims that he’s always injured, that he’s lost his desire, and that he flies to Newcastle from Cheshire in his helicopter daily.
- Rather than join Birmingham, Wolves, or Fulham, Oguchi Onyewu will be creating massive defensive holes in Fenerbahçe’s defense next season.
- Roque Santa-Cruz is supposedly taking a medical for Manchester City today; Santa-Cruz is rumored to have been sold to City for £18 million.
- Former Lyon midfielder Juninho will join Qatar champions Al Gharafa in the fall; Juninho had been allowed out of his contract by Lyon and was expected to return to Brazil.
- CONCACAF SuperLiga opening round recap: Chicago beat San Luis 1-0, Tigres beat Chivas USA 2-1, Kansas City and Atlas played to a scoreless draw, and New England spanked Santos Laguna with a 4-2.
- The Columbus Crew’s 2-1 loss to FC Dallas on Saturday ended a nine-game unbeaten streak.
- And, oh yeah: The U.S. will face Spain Wednesday after the planets aligned and they inexplicably advanced to the Confederations Cup semifinals.
“Mike Reis?”
Way to fact check, Fox Sports.
This would be REALLY embarrassing if your company ran some sort of soccer channel or something…