The Endline

MADRID (AP)—With the crowd chanting his name, Kaka received a roaring welcome Tuesday when he was introduced at his new home of Real Madrid before at least 50,000 fans.The 27-year-old Brazilian playmaker, acquired from AC Milan for $92 million, was presented by team president Florentino Perez at Santiago Bernabeu. Kaka shook his head in delight at the response by the fans.“I’m very happy about this new step in my career at Real Madrid,” said Kaka, who will wear jersey No. 8. “Viva Madrid!”Kaka, who passed his medical earlier Tuesday, and …

I have to throw this video up here. This right here proves that Michael Jackson is the greatest dancer of all time (but we all already knew that). Watch and enjoy.

Ahead of tomorrow’s big US Open Cup clash against the Sounders and the Timbers, I wanted to remind everybody that the world needs love. Well, really I just wanted an excuse to drop this beat by Poems of the LA Symphony crew. Why can’t more hip hop be like this?

BOGOTA, June 29 (Reuters) – Santa Fe coach Ruben Israel resigned and left Colombia on Monday after being threatened with death if he did not keep a particular player in his squad.The 51-year-old Uruguayan said he had received calls on his mobile from a man claiming to be a member of hardcore Santa Fe fans and demanding that central defender Francisco Najera should be a part of his squad.“The man said to me ‘I’m simply making it clear to you that if Najera is not in the squad we’re going …

Goalkeeper Jon Conway, suspended late last season by the MLS for using performance-enhancing drugs, has been released by the New York Red Bulls.The Red Bulls made the move Monday after acquiring the rights to goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul from Colorado for allocation money and then signing him.Conway was 1-7-1 with a 1.78 goals against average this season. Last year, the former Rutgers star started in a career-high 28 games, recording a 1.50 GAA and seven shutouts. Conway, 32, is 27-34-18 with a 1.39 GAA in his career.Coundoul, who grew up in …

Leave it to good ole’ Clint Mathis to pay tribute to the King of Pop with a goal celebration. The Goal of the Week Highlights should have included the Cleetus version of the famous Moonwalk. He would win hands down. C’mon MLS!This post goes out to White Kix and G-Rant.

If you’ve got 8 minutes then you can check out the atmosphere of the Sounders-Rapids game on Sunday. As a season ticket holder, I have to say that the day games lack the excitement of the night games. Additionally, this was the first game that the front office opened up another couple thousand seats. But I guess if this is the worst that Sounders games get as far as atmosphere goes, then I can’t complain. I could still live in New York and have to support the Red Bulls.

For Week 15

I’ve been rippin’ on Jaqua a lot recently and then he has a performance like this. Hey Nate, they already set the Gold Cup roster. You should have done this two weeks ago.

It just sounds better with the British accents.