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Manchester United and Chelsea battled to a 0-0 draw today, the first home match under David Moyes. The flow of possession was held by United who seemed to sizzle behind the play of a reenergized Wayne Rooney, the international transfer man of mystery.   Breakdown Chelsea's approach from the kickoff, a formation with no true out and out striker, was a gamble which did not pay off.  United seemed to dictate the majority of good chances.  Controlling 55% of possession, The Reds were denied a possible handball in the box off a shot which Frank Lampard blocked.  As for the rest of the chances, Rooney had two strikes on net which Cech handled cooly.  Danny Welbeck was gifted a chance early in the first half but sent his curling effort high and wide. The play of Rio and Vidic was as expected: solid.  The speedy young guns of Chelsea were unable to crack the veteran center backs even with the second half substitution of Fernando Torres.  The use of Giggs and Young of the bench

Tottenham standout, Gareth Bale, is set to complete a transfer to switch to Real Madrid sometime early next week.  The proposed fee of 94 million pounds would overtake Cristiano Ronaldo's 80 million pound move from Manchester United to Real Madrid as the world record transfer fee. According to the Spanish press, Real Madrid seems confident of making the announcement of the completed transfer on next Tuesday morning.   However, the real magnitude of this transfer would be seen in it's aftermath.  If Spurs were to make this move they would be in a position to give there already highly talented squad an injection of pure class. With links to possibly signing Erik Lamela (AS Roma) and Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid).   When Spur's boss Andre Villas-Boas was interviewed he responded as saying, " "Coentrao and Lamela, both great players but that's all I can say," said the Spurs manager. Already with the additions of  Roberto Soldado (£26 million), Pa

Soccer has been known to have some colorful commentary, especially from European play-by-play announcers. Once again it have proven true. DC United beat the Chicago Fire tonight, winning by a score of 2-0. DC will play the winner of the other US Open Cup semi-final for a shot at the title.  However, the most entertaining part of the match was not a goal or a play but a phrase used to address DC United's goalie Joe Willis.  After making a decent save in the first half the Chicago Fire's Irish play-by-play announcer Kevin Egan referred to the covering of the ball by emphatically stating  "Joe Willis, no spillage." Catchy and when said with an Irish accent, humorous, I believe we may have stumbled upon a phrase which is here to stay in the DC United fans arsenal of terms.   After all, no spillage is a good thing. Willis Allowing No Spillage He Also Has An Awesome Beard