News and Views from Tue Jun 29

Starters

• The Special One with more World Cup talk.

MLS

MLS teams are starting to free up cap space before the July 1 guaranteed salary date and the July 15 opening of the transfer window.
• Wizards Juniors at U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs.
• DC United releases midfielder Castillo. 
• Quakes release Sanchez and Weber. 
• MLS Injury Report.

World Cup On Field News and Updates

• FIFA
• ESPNSoccernet
• Goal.com
• The Guardian
• SI

Non Game Specific Football World Cup Stories

• Not quite what Nike planned on.
• Blatter about face on technology?
• Why FIFA Must Tread Carefully When Merging Football With Technology.
• World Cup replica trophies stolen.
• Tom Dunmore: FIFA’s Inadequate Code of Ethics and Australia’s World Cup Bid.
• Closer to the finals, closer to world support for Africa .
• As World Cup heats up, South Africa vendors' sales fall. 
  

US World Cup News and Stories

• Jurgen Klinsmann believes U.S.A. has it all wrong. 
• Thank You Ghana! You Are The Savior of US Soccer.
• USA Players - World Cup Castrol Index Rankings.
• The future of US soccer. 
• Normal order restored in the US.
• How to cope with the US gone.
• Steve Davis: US Soccer and a better World Cup: it's not just athletes.

Not World Cup News

• Wigan signs striker from Estudiantes.
• Why is cheating OK in football?
• Socialism. Satan. Sodomy. Soccer. - Where does the Ginge find this stuff?
• Andrea Canales:  Stars are built, not born.
• Rongen announces U-20 squad.

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