Controversy over Merc's soccer coverage heats up
blog.soccersiliconvalley.com 8/30/2007 — Soccer Silicon Valley: Over on BigSoccer, someone started a thread entitled, "Mercury News: Love It or Leave It?," which includes a poll asking subscribers if they're happy with the soccer coverage. - Of the 102 respondents so far, 61 report being current or former Mercury News subscribers. Of those 61, only four — that's seven percent — report that they're happy with the paper's soccer coverage

Beckham boosts traffic to MLSNet to 1 Million+ unique visitors for July
media.netpr.pl 8/30/2007 — LONDON --- comScore today announced worldwide traffic figures to http://www.mlsnet.com, the official website of the leading football league in the U.S. --- The site attracted just over one million unique visitors in July 2007 -- up 117 percent on the previous year.

FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP Korea 2007: Giants clinch last eight places
fifa.com 8/30/2007 — THURSDAY: THE DAY REPLAYED - (round of 16 - day 2) - Argentina, Nigeria, England and Germany were the favourites going into their Round of 16 matches against Costa Rica, Colombia, Syria and USA respectively...Colombia were 12 minutes away from ending Nigeria's assault on a third FIFA U-17 World Cup crown before a comeback was summoned, and Germany needed to dig deep to see off USA.

First XI: Welcome to MLS, Denilson
web.mlsnet.com 8/30/2007 — ESPN The Magazine - weekly Thursday feature - First XI - Welcome to MLS, Denilson, and thank you for providing the inspiration for this week's First XI. Brazilians have a long and sometimes successful, sometimes amusing history in our league. I'd guess you don't know all these stories, Denilson, or any of them, but we swear they're all true:

2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
fifa.com 8/30/2007 — It's coming to Rio de Janeiro in November, and this is where you can get all of the latest news on qualifying stages... USA and Mexico have qualified for the CONCACAF region. There is a qualifying page listing all who are in thus far on the site.