El Nino!!!

It is finally official, El Nino, The Kid, Fernando Torres is now a member of Liverpool football club. This news coming officially on Wednesday last has made the heart every Liverpool supporter from Merseyside to all the way here in Los Estados Unidos leap with joy. Look at him there on your left, looks like a Ronaldo minus the diving if you ask me. Torres is just the striker Liverpool needs, a proven goalscorer in La Liga for his hometown side of Athetico Madrid since he had been 17 years old. El Nino as he had been affectunatly dubbed by Athletico supporters, has lead his team in scoring every year since. Partnered with Dutchman Dirk Kuyt, or towering Englishman Peter Crouch, it could spell doom for the rest of the league, mainly the Gooners and Chelski. Now all Liverpool needs to really compete with the rest of the league is one or two new highly rated wingers. quaresma the FC Porto winger is next on manager Rafa Benetez' short list, with Mancini from Roma and Simao not far behind. A more likely scenario would be Liverpool acquiring one of the three mentioned above along with Yossi Benayun from West Ham United who would be shipped to the Kop opposite Craig Bellamy going the other way. Yossi is an Israeli international who has been impressing with the Hammers. He might not be a first class winger but is a proven Premiership winger with loads of creativity. Maybe just what the club needs. Get two of these four wingers along with the kid and this is a squad that could take the league by storm.

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Fantastic.

US U-20-

In the first match against Korea we looked over matched. To be honest we were lucky to come out with a 1-1 draw against the hard luck commies. Perhaps a bit of karma there? Korea hit the post numerous times especially in the second half and were unlucky to come out with a draw. Altidore, Adu, Sizzo, and even Bradley seemed to under preform, however i would be less inclined to blame him playing with such an inexperienced team.

It was a night and day difference between the first game and the Poland game. Frederico Adu the teenage prodigy scored a hat trick in what was undoubtedly his best game ever. His first goal was absolutely incredible, he turned a defender and while he was falling curled a shot into the far post from the edge of the box. Wasn't it me who not a few days ago sung his praise on this blog, urging us to give him a chance, maybe not to live up to the hype, but to become an excellent player. Well a few more performances like that one and he will have Sir Alex calling along with the rest of Europe. However his second goal along with two others were the work of Sal Izzo, he was fantastic along the right wing. Watching the highlights they all seemed to start in the same spot, with Izzo along the right wing winning the ball. I thought they were showing repeats of the same goal for the first few times, Sal crossing the ball in. He played fantastic and i would rate him highest among all the players for this game, even above the hat trick winner Adu. Also a bright spot was Altidore scoring a goal, though if he hadn't finished it he should have been dropped. Fantastic game all around, who would remember the Polkas struck first at 1-0 minutes in. Now all we have to do is beat minnows Brazil and be guaranteed a place in the next round. In seriousness our goal differential will help us if we draw or lose against Brazil, but we should root for a Korea win against Poland which also would assure us advancing. Tomorrow should be an interesting day.