[VIDEO] Eric Cantona Looking Forward to Return to Old Trafford: Manchester United v. New York Cosmos

Manchester United and Football legend returns to Old Trafford today with the New York Cosmos, who will be playing United in a testimonial match for Paul Scholes, whom United coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, has called one of the greatest United players of all time. On Sunday, United will play Manchester City in the Community Shield.

Here's Cantona, who will be coaching the Cosmos, talking about his return to Old Trafford:

The Winner of the 2011 Champions League is . . .

Nike is the kit sponsor for both Manchester United and Barcelona, and they're loving it (oh wait, that's McDonald's).

Wayne Rooney Scores a Goal & Has a Dirty, Dirty Mouth

West Ham United got out to a 2 goal lead over Manchester United at Upton Park today, but they couldn't hold on to 3 points because Wayne Rooney picked up a hat trick. The nail in West Ham's coffin came on a penalty kick by Rooney. In celebrating his goal, Rooney decided to drop some f bombs for all the good folks around the world watching the match on tv.

Please note that I'm not critical of what Rooney did, I actually find it all very funny and entertaining.

Johnny Evans injures Stuart Holden in Manchester United's 1-0 Victory Over Bolton

Stuart Holden was having a good match for Bolton against Manchester United at Old Trafford until the 76th minute when he was the victim of a harsh tackle by Johnny Evans. As you can see in the video, Holden was stretchered off the pitch. Despite going done a man due to Evans receiving a red card for the tackle, Dimitar Berbatov picked up a goal in the 88th minute, giving Manchester United the win.

It was barely a year ago that Stuart Holden suffered a broken leg as a result of a Nigel De Jong tackle during a US friendly with Holland.

As of publishing this post, Holden's status is unknown. Holden, who previously played for the Houston Dynamo in MLS, was recently named to the United States roster for its upcoming friendlies against Argentina and Paraguay.

UPDATE for March 21, 2011:

Stuart Holden will be undergoing knee surgery and he is expected to be out for up to 6 months. The exact nature of Holden's injury has not been disclosed, but it does not appear to be a broken bone.



Same video, just a different source:

A Birthday Gift Fit for A King: Liverpool 3 - 1 Manchester United

Kenny Dalglish, Coach of Liverpool, turned 60 on Friday March 4, 2011, but he couldn't unwrap the gift he most wanted until Sunday when his team beat Manchester United, 3-1, at Anfield. It was a hat trick from Dirk Kuyt that gave Liverpool the win, with United's only goal coming in stoppage time from Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez.

When the new American owners of Liverpool replaced Roy Hodgson with Kenneth Dalglish this past January, the move was well received by the Liverpool fans who had been clamoring for the return of King Kenny, but many observers wondered if Dalglish's long absence from the coaching ranks of top flight English football would be a hurdle preventing any real progress by Liverpool either on the pitch or on the table. Dalglish made his return to the Liverpool sideline on January 9th, when the team lost 1-0 to Manchester United in the FA Cup. Dalglish's first Premiere League match was against Blackpool, which Liverpool lost 3-1. The new Dalglish Era at Liverpool was off to a rocky start, but things turned around, and coming into today's match with Manchester United, Liverpool, under Dalglish's coaching, has picked up 14 points in the Premier League, only losing one more match, which was to Wigan last week.

Now that the squad and the Dalglish transfers, Andy Carroll and Luis Suárez, had several matches under their collective belt, Sunday's match with Manchester United would be a good a moment to measure how far the new Liverpool had come since their FA loss to Sir Alex Ferguson's side back in January.

The match started a bit slow, but Liverpool, led by Suárez, Raul Meireles, and Dirk Kuyt, went on to dominate the match, showing that Dalglish still has what it takes to coach in the EPL.

Liverpool's first goal came in the 34th minute after a beautiful dribble by Suárez set up Kuyt's first goal:

Zygo Soccer Report - MLS All-Star Game Special

Here's some audio from after Manchester United's 5-2 victory over the MLS All-Star Team on Wednesday night in Houston, Texas.

Please click the link below to view it.
http://zygosoccerreport.podomatic.com/entry/2010-07-31T11_34_00-07_00

Or use the embedded player:

Sir Alex Ferguson's Presser in Houston

Sir Alex Ferguson talked to the press last night in Houston, here's what he had to say.

MLS All-Star Game Update & World Cup Final Viewing Party Information

While we know that L.A. Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena will be coaching the MLS All-Star Team, along with Houston Dynamo Coach Dominic Kinnear, this year, we still don't know the full roster for the MLS All-Star Team. However, we do have some good information on who will be travelling with Manchester United to the US this summer:

GOALKEEPERS: Ben Amos (ENG), Tomasz Kuszczak (POL), Edwin van de Sar (NED)

DEFENDERS: Wes Brown (ENG), Fabio Da Silva (BRA), Rafael Da Silva (BRA), Ritchie De Laet (BEL), Corry Evans (NIR), Jonny Evans (NIR), John O'Shea (IRL), Chris Smalling (ENG)

MIDFIELDERS: Tom Cleverley (ENG), Darren Fletcher (SCO), Darron Gibson (IRL), Ryan Giggs (WAL), Nani (POR), Gabriel Obertan (FRA), Paul Scholes (ENG)

FORWARDS: Dimitar Berbatov (BUL), Mame Biram Diouf (SEN), Javier Hernandez (MEX) [will join in Houston on 27 July], Federico Macheda (ITA), Danny Welbeck (ENG)

MANAGER: Sir Alex Ferguson

As of now, Wayne Rooney is not on the roster, but that roster may change as we get closer to the match. Meanwhile Gary Neville, Michael Owen, Rio Ferdinand, Owen Hargreaves, Michael Owen, and Antonio Valencia will not travel to the US due to injury issues.

In addition to playing the MLS All-Star Team in Houston at Reliant Stadium on July 28th, Manchester United will also play Celtic in Toronto on July 16th, the Philadelphia Union at Lincoln Financial Field on July 21st, and the Kansas City Wizards at Arrowhead Stadium on July 25th.

Tickets for the MLS All-Star Game have been going fast, and most of the lower bowl at Reliant Stadium is sold out, but there are still tickets available - visit the Houston Dynamo website for ticket information.

But before Manchester United arrive in North America, there's still one very important match left in the 2010 World Cup finals - The Final between Netherlands and Spain. The match will air on ABC, with pre-game coverage starting at 12:30 central time. Meanwhile, here in Houston 1560 The Game's World Cup Show will have its final broadcast by doing a live remote at Nick's Place Houston from 11:00am to 1:00pm central time. If you're not in Houston and can't come out to Nick's Place for the show and match, you can listen online via 1560 The Game's website. The list of guests has not been finalized, but expect a few Houston Dynamo players there on Sunday.