Ronaldo Makes Real Madrid Debut

Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut for Real Madrid on Monday night in Ireland, in a pre-season friendly with Shamrock Rovers. The game, played in the newly built Tallaght stadium in Dublin, finished 1-0 to Madrid, but Ronaldo was rather inefficient in his 45 minutes of action. He did have 2 opportunities to score from free kicks, but his first went over the bar while his second hit the wall. It was pretty obvious that the Irish defenders were marking Ronaldo very closely, and what was deemed a 'friendly' quicly turned into a game of hard tackles. Ronaldo wore the new Black/Voltage Yellow Nike Superfly cleats.

Adebayor Signs for Man City

It is official; Emmanuel Adebayor has made the move from Arsenal to Man City, as manager Mark Hughes continues his huge spending spree before the start of the new season. What a signing! Arsenal were happy to let the Togo striker leave after he made it known that he did not want to stay at the club. And with Russian striker Arshavin showing so much promise at the end of last season, I am sure Arsene Wenger will be happy to have a large transfer fund to use on a few extra players.

My question is this; How spoilt does Man City manager Mark Hughes want to be? And how is he going to select a forward line? With Craig Bellamy and Robinho already in the squad, Hughes has acquired Carlos Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz and now Adebayor....are you kidding me! No other team in the league has ever had a strike force like this. Hughes must be drooling at the prospect of having 5 absolutely world class strikers to choose from. But how is he going to manage having so many big name strikers? Robinho and Adebayor would be starting strikers in any Premier League team, while Santa Cruz and Tevez have shown why they are regarded as some of the best strikers in the Premier League. An, Bellamy to me is one of the hardest working strikers in England when he is fit! Oh my! Now that he has such a strong front line, and a pretty decent midfield, I think Hughes will focus his attention on a new center back. Lets be honest, that's all he needs to have a team to challenge the top 4. I imagine that this will be the week when City place a $25+ million offer for Lescott, or a huge offer for John Terry or Man Utd's Vidic. Once this is sealed, City will be a feared team in the Premier League!

Soccer AM Humor with Jason McAteer and Razor Ruddock

This is a great clip of Jason McAteer and Neil Ruddock. 'Razor' Ruddock explains what McAteers nickname, Dave, represents the fact he is thick! This is great humor.

Cristiano Ronaldo Presented to the Real Madrid Faithful!

It is official; Cristiano Ronlado is a Real Madrid player. At a packed Santiago Bernebeu, Ronaldo was presented to the Madrid faithful, holding the title as the most expensive player in football. Ronlado strutted out in his new Real Madrid kit, and as we can exclusively revel, he was sporting the number '9' jersey. The Madrid supporters went wild for their new Portugese playmaker, and even more so after Ronaldo started a chant for Real Madrid. Another point to note was the fact Ronaldo was wearing the new Black /Voltage Yellow Nike Marcurial Vapor Superfly, giving an idea of how he will look on the first day of the season. The Superfly was pulled from the market back in late March, but after some added development, Nike are again about to unleash the long awaited cleat and they are currently available to order.

You can also now Purchase Ronaldo's No. 9 jersey.

Here are some pictures from the presentation:

Micheal Owen First Interview as a Manchester United Player

Check out Micheal Owen's first interview as a Manchester United player. Owen's move to United could be an absolutely ingenious move by Alex Ferguson, pending Owen staying away from injury. In my opinion, it is a very smart signing. Owen comes to United on a free transfer, and will be paid an a pay you play contract. How can you go wrong? In a time when Real Madrid are splurging on players, over $200 million so far this summer, a recognized striker who has a reputation for being a goalscorer is pretty good value for money (or should be!) I can see Owen doing great things at United, I will even go out on a limb to say that I think he will hit the 20 goal mark next season in all competitions....you can hold me to it!

Eric Frimpong: A Story of Injustice

As a very close friend of Eric Frimpong for 2 years, and having spent a lot of time with him during his trial and after the verdict, I maintain that his story is an example of a weakness in the US judicial system. All the evidence screams that Eric is innocent, and I mean all the evidence including the testimony of the victims boyfriend at the time of the incident. Eric is black and is from Ghana. He was tried by an all white jury with a judge who was a DA for 15 years. During the case there were several valid claims for a mistrial, but were all denied. I have to stop myself from going into the details of the case, but I encourage you to check out an article currently featured in ESPN, written by Sam Alipour who had no affiliation with any party in the trial. When I do try to tell people about the trial, they tend to think I am making things up, well read the article and tell me what you think.

Read the full story at ESPN.

Stephen Colbert Talks Soccer

This is a great video clip! So, after the US performance at the Confederations Cup, some shows have decided to jump on the bandwagon and discuss the topic. We already know that Jon Stewart is a huge soccer fan, but now Stephen Colbert has got into soccer mode, ala this fun segment featured on the Colbert Report earlier in the week entitled 'Is it time to care about soccer?'. By the end of the piece, and this is a quote from Colbert, "Soccer is the new American Sport!"

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Is it Time to Care About Soccer?
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