The United States Soccer Federation unveiled huge changes with the 2012 U.S. Open Cup tournament that greatly alters the field. All U.S. based teams of MLS, NASL and USL Pro qualify for the tournament and join the schedule in later rounds, while the amateur levels will play the opening rounds for advancement. The Portland Timbers and their U-23 affiliate are both within the 64 team field: the U …

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2012 U.S. Open Cup undergoes dramatic format changes, Timbers and Timbers U-23 qualified

Premier League survival is crucial to the club’s attempts to drive down their £110million debt.

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Bolton Wanderers must avoid Premier League relegation to tackle £110m debt

Toronto FC announced Friday that tickets sales for its CONCACAF Champions League Quarter-Final match against the LA Galaxy at Rogers Centre have passed the 25,000 mark, with more than 75% of the lower bowl sold out.

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Toronto FC CONCACAF Champions League Match at Rogers Centre Ticket Sales Top 25,000

US Città di Palermo have signed Italy goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano on a contract until 2016, though FC Internazionale Milano will retain 50% of the 26-year-old’s playing licence.

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Palermo pounce for Italy goalkeeper Viviano

ROME (Reuters) – Massimiliano Allegri ended rumours over his AC Milan future by signing a two-year extension to his contract as coach, the Serie A club said Friday. “AC Milan reports that Massimiliano Allegri has prolonged his contract until 30 June 2014,” read a statement on the Rossoneri website (acmilan.com). The former Cagliari boss guided Milan to the title last season – his first in charge …

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Allegri extends Milan contract until 2014

With D.C. United set to open training camp Sunday in Washington, the Insider caught up with midfielder Chris Pontius . Still rehabbing from a season-ending broken leg in September, Pontius is on a timetable to return to 100 percent health around March 1 — less than two weeks before United’s MLS opener against Sporting Kansas City. Read full article > >

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D.C. United’s Chris Pontius on the mend, hoping to be ready for MLS season opener

Manager Sir Alex Ferguson admits Manchester United face a number of difficult away trips in the second half of the Premier League season, saying “points will be dropped”.

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Ferguson facing tough away trips

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that individual game tickets are now on sale for both its home opener and the team’s match at Stanford Stadium against the LA Galaxy.

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Earthquakes Individual Tickets for Home Opener, Stanford Stadium Game Now Available

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger claims football has “sold its soul” to television companies.

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Arsenal's Arsene Wenger rues power of television over game

Preston have moved a step closer to appointing Graham Westley as their new manager after agreeing a compensation package with Stevenage.

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PNE close in on Westley

Munich – The expert view is that Borussia Dortmund are the team most likely to threaten league leaders Bayern Munich’s bid for the 2011-12 title. The defending champions are unbeaten in their last eleven Bundesliga outings and have just landed a spectacular coup on the transfer front with the acquisition of Marco Reus for next season.

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"Dortmund have a real chance of retaining their title"

Open an account with Sportingbet today and get up to £100 in free bets! Wolfsburg have completed the transfer of Ricardo Rodriguez from Zurich , the Bundesliga club announced on their official website.

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Official: Wolfsburg sign Ricardo Rodriguez from Zurich

Ronald Koeman expects to sign a new contract to continue his stay with Eredivisie side Feyenoord, having led the club to fifth place in the division so far this season.

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Koeman keen on new contract

Read a full match preview of the Premier League game between Liverpool and Stoke City at Anfield on Saturday Jan 14, 2012, kick-off 15.00 GMT.

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Liverpool v Stoke City: match preview

Munich – For the past 40 years, one name has dominated German football like no other: FC Bayern Munich. Since winning their first Bundesliga title in 1969, the team from the Bavarian capital have been crowned champions a further 20 times, making them by far the most successful team in the national league’s nigh-on 49-year history.

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Can Dortmund threaten Bayern’s dominance long-term?

With most of the Bundesliga clubs now winding up their training camps in southern climes, here’s an overview of all the friendly action on Friday.

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Friendly wins for Hertha and Nuremberg

Alfreton Town sign striker Louis Moult on a month-long loan deal from Premier League side Stoke City.

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Alfreton sign Stoke striker Moult

VfL Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath believes that new recruit Ricardo Rodríguez “can be a pillar of our team” after the defender signed on a four-and-a-half year deal from FC Zürich.

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Wolfsburg snap up Swiss international Rodríguez

Kaspars Gorkss has told his Reading team-mates that now is the time to stand up and be counted.

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Gorkss: Time for Reading FC to deliver

Open an account with Sportingbet today and get up to £100 in free bets! Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp wants the Ruhr area club to be the ideal destination for players, rather than a stepping stone to other teams.

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Borussia Dortmund’s Jurgen Klopp: We want to be the club players join in order to have success

Serbian league leaders FK Partizan have installed the former Israel and Chelsea FC manager Avram Grant as their new coach after confirming the dismissal of Aleksandar Stanojević.

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Grant replaces Stanojević at Partizan

Kaspars Gorkss has told his Reading team-mates that now is the time to stand up and be counted.

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Gorkss: Time for Readin FC to deliver

Catania have rejected an offer for star striker Maxi Lopez from Fulham after it was deemed unacceptable.

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Serie A – Catania reject Fulham bid for Lopez

FC Steaua Bucureşti will look to gain revenge on FC Twente’s new coach Steve McClaren, who denied the Romanian side a place in the final of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup with Middlesbrough FC.

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Steaua rev up to face McClaren's Twente

Second entertains fourth at the Stade de la Mosson on Saturday as Montpellier and Lyon go head to head looking to lay down a marker at the start of the new year.

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Stakes high at Montpellier

Carlo Ancelotti’s mission to deliver Paris Saint-Germain’s first Ligue 1 title since 1994 begins on Saturday evening with a testing home game against seventh-placed Toulouse.

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Ancelotti’s title mission

West Ham today signed American centre-half George John on loan from MLS side FC Dallas.

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West Ham give Dallas ace George John chance to live dream

Toronto FC director of player development Paul Mariner believes his team did a “good bit of business” at Thursday’s Major League Soccer SuperDraft in Kansas City.

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Toronto FC picks up pair in draft

Madrid, Jan 13 (IANS) FC Barcelona face the probability of being without young defender Andreu Fontas for the rest of the season.

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Barcelona suffer Fontas injury blow

FRISCO, Texas (Friday, Jan. 13, 2012) – Defender George John has been loaned to English League Championship side West Ham United for two months, FC Dallas announced today.

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