Silicon Alleys: Balls to the Wall
ballhype.com 8/30/2007 — By Gary Singh (San Jose, California) / MetroActive --- SINCE THERE still exist sports writers in this town who can't function unless they're continuously bashing the sport of soccer from every possible manufactured angle while basking in their own irrelevance, I feel it necessary to hurl ridicule in their general direction. They know who they are, and it's not unique to San Jose, really. ...

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

CHIVAS USA's Preki VIDEO interview and more MLS 'Extra Time'
web.mlsnet.com 8/30/2007 — Preki, a former MLS MVP, is the head coach of CHIVAS USA, the team I support, and a team who is coming on strong to all challengers as we get close to playoffs time. Here is the latest episode of 'Extra Time' with highlights from matches like Fred's D.C. United goal as well as the Preki interview and more news...

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.

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.