What you missed while using your Tesla coil to play the Imperial March…
- Abby Wambach is the only American woman to be nominated for the 2009 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award.
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco has decided to join second-division Mexican side Veracruz instead of re-upping with Chicago.
- Emmanuel Adebayor is still whining about Arsenal fans.
- Riquelme is going to miss 40 days with an injured calf. They take animal ownership very seriously in Argentina.
- Manuel Pelligrini’s former club struggled against a third tier minnow, too, as Villareal drew 1-1 with Puertollano.
- Actual headline: “Portsmouth expect to pay players on time this week”. When this is news, your club is beyond screwed.
- Bordeaux is back on top of Ligue 1 after Marouane Chamakh (who totally wants to be somewhere else) scored for the first time since August in a 3-0 win ove Le Mans.
- Meanwhile in Ligue 1, everyone at Lyon has a sore groin. Ten players, in fact, are dealing with groin-related issues.
- Shakhtar’s owner wants to box a referee.
- Sir Alex Ferguson’s new whine is about the England-Brazil friendly in Qatar.
- Seattle 0 – 0 Houston…although the match was actually pretty good, was in front of 36,000 people, and tickets were sold out in a half hour.
- Atletico Madrid plans on signing Arsenal attacking midfielder Fran Merida on a free next season.
- Dinamo Zagreb have been docked three Europa League points by FIFA for “serious crowd disturbances” in their match against Timisoara at the beginning of October.
