I knew Rivaldo would go there, I just had an inkling over Xmas when there was talk of him coming to England.

Also...concerning Australian Football....

You can't seriously expect major Premier League clubs to allow their Australian stars, your Kewells, your Vidukas, your Emertons, to leave their club straight after a match at the weekend, take a 14-15 hour flight to meet up with the International Team, play a match, and then get back on the plane and fly all the way back. They would be exhausted and miss vital games when you consider the mammoth schedule involved with the Premier League, especially when there are European tournaments to consider, and relegation battles. If the Aussies want to play friendlies, then being that most of their best 11 play in the English Premier League, they should work together with the F.A in order to make it happen. I do however agree that the club vs country debate still rages on and some clubs do seem to have a lot of "injured" players when countries of less significance in footballing terms even major footballing powers, such as England, call upon their services. We only have to look at the 11 put out by Sven Goran Eriksson in the recent friendly defeat to Denmark to see that.

Oh and this upset me a little bit too...

Sorry people, but here in Brazil, MLS is not even considered soccer. It's too weak for Brazilian players. I don't want to say that Brazil is THE Soccer Team but USA Soccer Team is really bad
Sorry Dark Dragon but that is a very arrogant statement. I enjoy brasillian football very much but the Brasillian League is not really considered to be much more than an attractive retreat from the hard slog of the European Leagues (in europe that is) with lots of lovely skills and stunning goals with lots of bad defending and insane goalkeeping, this is why all the best players, and i noticed you did not mention Kaka, who is amazing for A.C. Milan, all leave Brazil to pursue their careers in Europe. Not to mention the Brasillian players playing in the U.S.A and China and Japan and all over the world. The U.S.A have a very competent international side I think, with a lot of upcoming talent. They played good, solid football throughout the World Cup and deserved to be in the 3rd/4th place playoff really. However, I don't deny that Brazil are World Champions and among the top teams in the world.

Whew...I'm done.