The full squad : USA World Cup Team

Goalkeepers- Tim Howard, Marcus Hahnemann, Brad Guzan

Defenders- Carlos Bocanegra, Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit, Steve Cherundolo, Jonathan Spector, Clarence Goodson, Jonathan Bornstein

Midfielders- Landon Donovan, Michael Bradley, Stuart Holden, Maurice Edu, Ricardo Clark, DaMarcus Beasley, Benny Feilhaber, Jose Francisco Torres

Forwards- Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Herculez Gomez, Edson Buddle, Robbie Findley

Pure class!

Inter completes the treble with a 2 – nil victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final. Diego Milito and Jose Mourinho only added fuel (and more $$$s) to the fire of possible offseason moves in their future. Milito not only scored the goal that secured the scudetto for Inter last weekend, but he grabs both in th Champions League Final. Not a bad week for the Argentinian striker.

“The time has come for players to carve their name in history. One touch, tackle or free kick could crush a nation’s hopes or cause them to build a statue in your honour. Drogba, Rooney and Ronaldo are ready to Write The Future.”

Ronaldo + Homer, Kobe doing stepovers, Rooney going from living in a caravan to getting knighted. Cameos from Landon and Timmy. There is a lot of goodness and fun stuff going on in this great ad from Nike. Hit the jump for more info.

I’ve been incredibly fortunate to witness some great things in the world of American Socccer… And over the past couple of years, I’ve been involved in the Television Broadcast side of things for Real Salt Lake.

From being a part of the original team and seeing up close the difficulties that an “Expansion Franchise” faces (including the renting of a College Stadium while building your own in the form of Rio Tinto / finding the right coach and a team in his mold / finding the right management team and staff), the ultimate success that an MLS team may have is winning the MLS Cup Championship, which Real Salt Lake won in 2009 at Qwest Field in Seattle.

Something I wasn’t expecting though (and still not sure I deserve) was a 2009 MLS Cup Championship ring that was personalized…. And I’m very thankful to the people responsible for that decision (I’m looking at you Trey, Bill, Garth, Jason and Dave).

And to be clear, the players rings have a bit more to them.

More Pics after the Jump…….

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Heartbreak for Fulham as Diego Forlan gets his second of the match and the game winner deep in injury time to see Atletico Madrid get crowned as the champions of the Europa League.

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We told you more were dropping…

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Soccer and foosball go together pretty well. I’m fairly certain that the vast majority of people that have ever laced up a pair of boots have also gotten their foosball on. Even these legends have been known to get down. We’ve been working on a foosball concept for a while now, and in the end, we decided to keep it classic and go with the signature foosball table formation. We’ll be releasing this graphic along with a few others tomorrow. Stay tuned for details.