European champion Spain remained No. 1 in FIFA’s rankings Wednesday, followed by Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The United States dropped to No. 24, tops in its regional group. England advanced to No. 10 among the world’s soccer elite, moving up four places. Coach Fabio Capello’s team fell from the top 10 in July after failing to qualify for the European Championship.

Brad Guzan and Aston Villa lost to Zilina 2-1 on Thursday but the English club but still advanced to the final 32 of the UEFA Cup. Guzan made 3 saves for Villa in the loss.

Up next for Aston Villa is a big matchup with Everton on Sunday in the Premier League.

When I received an email from SoccerPro offering to let Premiership Talk review products for free, I immediately jumped at the offer. One of the first products that I received and used was an Umbro Beanie cap (pictured). Being from the Boston area, and being a football (soccer) player myself, I was glad that I’d have something to keep my head warm in my next match.

Y la ventaja se ve que es para Azules y Rojos. La cual no seria una semifinal desagradable, pero aun queda mucho por ver. El miercoles; Cruz Azul pudo meterle minimo seis al atlante pero con tres bastó para llevarse una buena ventaja a cancun. Atlante salio a jugarle al guapo y quiso poponer desde el [.

Former Tottenham and England midfielder Darren Anderton has decided to retire after Bournemouth’s League Two game against Chester City on Saturday. Sicknote, as he was nicknamed for the numerous injuries that he sustained in his career, is best remembered for the twelve year spell he had at Tottenham Hotspur between 1992 and 2004.

Where are all those people that said the Chelsea squad was fine as is? That our strike force was more than ample? This is your time to voice an opinion.

Coming off the Blues’ less-than-favorable performances over the past couple of weeks, and seeing as we still have a hefty injury list and our youth and reserve teams apparently don’t have the goods, should Chelsea delve into the transfer market come January for some help.

We’ve had one person volunteer to sell Foundation Memberships by phone. He is a Sales Manager of many years experience and will teach you the ropes and write the script. In short he’ll lead the Sales Team.

It costs nothing, and unfortunately we can’t pay..but happy to enter into interesting negotiations.

If you’re like me, you’ve been wondering why on-loan winger Fabio Paim hasn’t at least gotten a small look in the first team.

I don’t think we’ll be wondering any longer.

The Portugese product, currently owned by Sporting Lisbon, supposedly had his loan contract terminated by Chelsea by mutual consent this week.

I know we have a few female readers - and there have been a few times that we’ve posted things to please our male audience. Hopefully this will satisfy the fairer sex that read the blog.

El Centro de Capacitación y Formación Futbolística a través de la Asociación de Fútbol del Estado de Nuevo León y con el apoyo del Instituto San Roberto convocan a todos los colegios, clubes e instituciones deportivas a participar al: II Curso Internacional para Formadores y Entrenadores de Fútbol Objetivo: Fortalecer el conocimiento de nuestros entrenadores, para formar [.