Kobe loves soccer LINKS

Here he is chillin' with Ronaldinho and the Barca boys. Thanks brianlau.

• Here he is playing keepy-uppy in pregame warm-ups. [The Offside Rules]
  
  
• Using an infidelity segway segue, do you hear Ashley Cole is going to sue the newspaper and homewreckers for his cheating becoming public? [Kickette]
  
  
• If you like crazy news, you hear what happened to Steven Gerrard? Here's a hint: gangsters, shooting, "fixers". [The Offside]
  
  
• Other crazy happenings at Anfield. [DoD]
  
  
• Jozy's latest. He wants to play real bad. [Goal!]
  
  
• What will the Sounders FC kits look like. Here were some early suggestions. [Offside: Seattle]
  
  
• A Q&A with local boy and Reading 'keeper Marcus Hahnemann. Does he hint that he might tend the Sounders net in the near future? Maybe... [Reading FC]
  
  
• The most troubled XI in history. [The Spoiler]