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The New York Red Bulls head east to take on the LA Galaxy at The Home Depot Center on Saturday, May 7th in this week's ESPN2 match of the week.

Out of 182 countries, soccer players are the highest paid*** in 114. Read that again, 114 out of 182, are soccer players. Thats pretty impressive. Of course, the highest of them all, is Cristiano at about $19.5m per year! Interesting read here at espn.com for the complete list From the report ***"Annual Salary" represents only base salary from ...

Go all-access with Chad Ochocinco in his trial with Sporting Kansas City.

ESPN 'FA Cup Titles' from Steven Sander on Vimeo. Edited by Steven Sander, Produced by Duke & Earl, London.

After going unbeaten in the league and establishing a very comfortable lead at the top of the EPL, Manchester United is dropping points and allowing the title race to be back on. ESPN's Gabriele Marcotti adds his two cents to the conversation of whether or not Manchester United is in trouble.

Let's start this off with saying that Shaka Hislop seems to be very excited. You may not see it from his demeanor, but he is clearly gassed about the Carling Cup final, and more succinctly, Ben Foster's performance (ahem). Shaka reminds us that "this game is all about the goalkeepers" which is an understandable stance from the former ...

Gab Marcotti joins Tommy Smyth and Shaka Hislop to recap a huge day in transfer news, including blockbuster transfers by Chelsea and Liverpool whom acquired Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll.

Chris Connely profiles former soccer star and Chilean miner Franklin Lobos. This is a well spent 10 minutes if you have the time.