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World Soccer's Sid Lowe talks with Madrid sporting director Jorge Valdano about the insane pressure. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-E4sLWDzKfY3o-fQYcX-XHl3dig/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-E4sLWDzKfY3o-fQYcX-XHl3dig/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-E4sLWDzKfY3o-fQYcX-XHl3dig/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-E4sLWDzKfY3o-fQYcX-XHl3dig/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_soccer/~4/BvxexEYvNNc" height="1" width="1"/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6043ou3mKpVqkwwGgDmv9xjljtI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6043ou3mKpVqkwwGgDmv9xjljtI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6043ou3mKpVqkwwGgDmv9xjljtI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6043ou3mKpVqkwwGgDmv9xjljtI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sicom-Soccer/~4/BKt_4HQDDcM" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:34:13 EST http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/world_soccer/12/23/valdano.qa/index.html?eref=si_soccerhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_soccer/~3/BvxexEYvNNc/index.html http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/wires/12/23/2020.ap.soc.arsenal.hull.charged.0066/index.html?eref=si_soccer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sicom-Soccer/~3/e6urRAT855g/index.html LONDON (AP) -Arsenal and Hull have been charged by the Football Association with failing to control their players in a Premier League match last weekend. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CJ-7ipZ7MYBlF8Ej8DWkKEMhbjI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CJ-7ipZ7MYBlF8Ej8DWkKEMhbjI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CJ-7ipZ7MYBlF8Ej8DWkKEMhbjI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/CJ-7ipZ7MYBlF8Ej8DWkKEMhbjI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_soccer/~4/xmZgUeIpT6U" height="1" width="1"/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rGioDTxhhOOL7NUN1a_eXW79n5Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rGioDTxhhOOL7NUN1a_eXW79n5Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rGioDTxhhOOL7NUN1a_eXW79n5Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rGioDTxhhOOL7NUN1a_eXW79n5Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sicom-Soccer/~4/e6urRAT855g" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:16:56 EST http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/wires/12/23/2020.ap.soc.arsenal.hull.charged.0066/index.html?eref=si_soccerhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_soccer/~3/xmZgUeIpT6U/index.html http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/12/23/portland.mls/index.html?eref=si_soccer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sicom-Soccer/~3/iUFy4_wxP1Q/index.html During meetings in the days leading up to MLS Cup last month, the league's Board of Governors heard a presentation, described by one of them as "very impressive," regarding renovations of Portland's PGE Park, where an expansion team is scheduled to begin playing in 2011. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-vOUa4asLuLG4L8x7kWNyTIzbJ4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-vOUa4asLuLG4L8x7kWNyTIzbJ4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-vOUa4asLuLG4L8x7kWNyTIzbJ4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-vOUa4asLuLG4L8x7kWNyTIzbJ4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/si_soccer/~4/LoY31tRUCQs" height="1" width="1"/> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7gf05Vyb-UMXnmshuA1zx-97a0s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7gf05Vyb-UMXnmshuA1zx-97a0s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7gf05Vyb-UMXnmshuA1zx-97a0s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7gf05Vyb-UMXnmshuA1zx-97a0s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Sicom-Soccer/~4/iUFy4_wxP1Q" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:10:05 EST http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/12/23/portland.mls/index.html?eref=si_soccerhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/si_soccer/~3/LoY31tRUCQs/index.html http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/soccer/wires/12/23/2050.ap.soc.obit.albert.scanlon.0211/index.html?eref=si_soccer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Sicom-Soccer/~3/qyVpl2pjNwg/index.html MANCHESTER, England (AP) -Albert Scanlon, one of Manchester United's famed "Busby Babes'' and a survivor of the 1958 Munich air disaster, died Tuesday. 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Zidane's headbutt. The Miracle in Istanbul. Glorious titles. Crippling scandals. 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