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With the continued dramz surrounding clubs letting their players play in Beijing, Messi proved why he is so valuable. In their opening round match against the Ivory coast, the dimunitive playmaker notched one and set up one to beat the Ivory Coast 2-1. Barcelona might be raclling this dude before the Olympics are over, but it's clear Messi is going to ...

Starting any international tournament out on the right step is crucial to getting past the group stages. Big ups to our boys on the US  Olympic Team for getting the crucial win in their opening match against Japan. Staurt Holden's goal could prove to be critical to getting out of their extremely difficult group. On to Holland fellas...

----- Adu (Yellow) --------- McBride (Capt) (Altidore 74th minute) ------ Rogers (Szetela 87th minute) -- Kljestan -- Bradley (Yellow) -- Holden (Feilhaber 83rd minute) Orozco -- Parkhurst -- Edu -- Wynne ------------ Guzan (Yellow)---------------- Japan ---------- Morimoto ------------ ----------- Honda ...

It is way, way too early to be up right now. As I rub my eyes and yawn hard my clock says it is 4:50am on the east coast. Gross is the only word that I can come up with to describe how I feel right now. I am going to power through though and its all for you. My name is Graig Carbino and I write for USSoccerPlayers.com. I am going to follow the match ...

UPDATE -  Looks like both Werder Bremen and Schalke have both decided to let Diego and Rafinha stay in China. WTF is going on? As our DP brother Ives already hipped you to, the Court of Arbitration of Sport ruled that clubs (ie. Barcelona, Shalke04 and Werder Bremen are the main clubs in the mess as they're about to start Champions League ...

UPDATE - First days results are on the books. Norway 2, United States 0 Japan 2, New Zealand 2 Brazil 0, Germany 0 Canada 2, Argentina 1 North Korea 1, Nigeria 0 China 2, Sweden 1 via WNT Blog Aug. 6 vs. Norway Venue: Qinhuangdao Broadcast Start Time MSNBC (7:30 a.m. ET) Universal HD (7:30 a.m. ET) - Replay at 8 p.m. ...

These two Brazilian synchronized swimmers and part-time models are bringing the sizzle to Beijing. Check their video after the Jump...  (more...)

U.S. Men's Olympic Soccer Team TV Schedule: Aug. 7 vs. Japan Venue: Tianjin MSNBC 4:55 a.m. ET Universal HD 4:55 a.m. ET NBC Olympic Soccer Channel 5 a.m. ET Aug. 10 vs. Netherlands Venue: Tianjin USA Network 7:30 a.m. ...