The Endline

Via BBC Sport
Jose Mourinho has been unveiled as the new manager of Real Madrid after signing a four-year deal at the club.
The 47-year-old replaced Chilean Manuel Pellegrini to become Real’s 11th coach in the past seven years.
“I like to give myself a challenge and this is a big one,” said Mourinho. “I have a lot of confidence in myself and my ability as a coach.”
Sporting director Jorge Valdano said: “It’s an honour to have one of the most prestigious coaches in the world.”
Valdano added: “We are delighted to have him …

Danny Mwanga gets the late winner in extra time and gives the Union their first road win of the season.

Via AP
European champion Spain scrambled a 3-2 victory over Saudi Arabia in injury time, while crowd trouble by Serbia supporters marred their team’s surprise 1-0 loss to New Zealand in World Cup warmup games Saturday.
On a day in which the United States came from behind to defeat Turkey in Philadelphia, a strong Spanish lineup fell behind to Osama Hawsawi’s 16th-minute strike at the Austrian city of Innsbruck, where the team is training at altitude for the World Cup in South Africa.
After goals by David Villa and Xabi Alonso, the Saudis …

In advance of their departure for South Africa next month, three U.S. Mens National Team stars, Clint Dempsey, Stuart Holden and Tim Howard, are asking soccer fans everywhere to join them in making a difference in helping to refresh the world. Fans can cast their votes at http://www.ussoccer.com/PepsiRefresh for whichever players idea they believe should receive a grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project.

Via Soccernet.com
Germany put in a convincing performance in their World Cup warm-up match against Hungary on Saturday night, winning 3-0 in Budapest.
Lukas Podolski put them ahead with a penalty in the fourth minute and only a string of saves from Gabor Kiraly prevented them from leading by a greater margin at the break.
Goals from Mario Gomez and Cacau in the second half gave the result a more realistic feel as a dominant Germany came away with a morale-boosting victory a week before they jet out to South Africa.
Podolski, who scored …

What do you think of the night and day halves by the US?  Do you feel like Spector, Feilhaber and Bornstein are liabilities? What do you think of the inclusion of Findley, seems he may have turned some heads (today).  Jose Torres was the biggest eye opener and looks to be developing into another Claudio Reyna type player… If not better.  Let us know your thoughts on the match!

Via AP
Midfielder Eyong Enoh has scored in the 83rd minute to give Cameroon a 1-1 draw with Slovakia in a warmup for both teams before the World Cup.
Enoh slid the ball home after sloppy defending by Slovakia to score Cameroon’s first goal in three matches Saturday.
The team was still without key striker Samuel Eto’o. He has threatened to walk out of the World Cup after criticism by former player Roger Milla.
Midfielder Kamil Kopunek gave Slovakia an early lead with a shot from 20 yards in the sixth minute.
Slovakia plays New …

Via Ghanafa.org
Black Stars midfielder, Michael Essien has been ruled out of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
“An evaluation by a combined team of medical experts from the Ghana Football Association and Chelsea Football Club revealed that Essien will not make full recovery until the end of July.
“The Ghana Football Association wishes him full recovery and a quick return to football action,” the FA statement read.
Essien has been recovering from a knee injury picked up at the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola back in January.
The midfielder was in line of making …

Via AP
David Ferreira of Dallas and Chicago’s Brian McBride scored in the first half, before their MLS clash petered out to a lifeless 1-1 draw on Thursday.
The game featured only five shots, three by Chicago. Dallas had the only shot in the second half.
Dallas went ahead in the sixth minute when Colombian playmaker Ferreira ran onto a long looping ball.
The tracking defender stumbled, Ferreira dribbled around him then sidestepped another and shot into the top left corner past Fire goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra.
The equalizer came when Justin Mapp played a long …