Catch U.S. goalkeeping legend Kasey Keller’s interview with Glenn Davis on 790thesportsanimal.com
Keller was the first ever U.S. player to play on a U.S. passport in England.

Keller weighs in on Fulham’s amazing run to stay in the Premier league, incentives offered by their owner Mohammed El Fayed (this will interest you for sure), MLS not paying goalkeepers, tips for youth goalkeepers, and his stoning of Brazil’s Romario in a historic U.S. victory and his July 5th visit to participate in the Free Kick Masters skills competition.

DYNAMO VS FC DALLAS

*The Dynamo take on FC Dallas at Robertson Stadium on Thursday night (ESPN2). Injuries seemingly will rob the Dynamo of Richard Mulrooney and Eddie Robinson so Dominic Kinnear will once again have to put out a line-up minus key players. Will the Dynamo manager play Dwayne DeRosario up front and continue with Stuart Holden and Ricardo Clark in central midfield? What will be the best lineup in your opinion against FC Dallas who now are coached by former SMU coach Shellas Hyndman?

Lets get ready for great international soccer when the Dynamo take on ATLANTE and CHIVAS of Mexico during the SUPERLIGA in July. This will be some of the most emotion filled games of the year.

FREE KICK MASTER PROFILE: LUKAS POLDOLSKI (Germany and Bayern Munich)

“Goals are the essence of soccer and free kick goals are often very beautiful. I hope this event helps to attract many new spectators to the game of soccer and particularly to league games in MLS.” Lukas Poldolski

*See Podolski on July 5th in the FREE KICK MASTERS skills competition at Reliant Stadium.

Don’t forget to join me tonite for “DYNAMO ALL ACESS with Glenn Davis” tonite from 7-9p live from Stags Head Pub.
The show airs live on 790 The Sports Animal. It is also available at 790thesportsanimal.com and MLSNET.Com for those on the internet.
The podcast available at 790thesportsanimal, click podcasts, click Glenn Davis.
Check in today for update on guests. KASEY KELLER of Fulham will be on tonite ahead of his visit to participate in the FREE KICK MASTERS event on July 5th. Head coach DOMINIC KINNEAR of the Dynamo is expected and will take phone calls plus Dynamo players will stop in to STAGS HEAD PUB near Sheperd and Kirby.

SEMI-FINALS are set for Euro 2008

WEDNESDAY : GERMANY vs. TURKEY
THURSDAY: RUSSIA vs. SPAIN

Let face it. ITALY was playing for a prayer and a hope to win during regulation and was not at all upset about going to penalty kicks without their most creative influence Andrea Pirlo. In the end the right team advanced . The team that came to TRY and create. SPAIN advanced but in the end could not figure out the defending deep Italians.

As for the NETHERLANDS all I can say is what was put in their drinking water? Talk about not living up to the moment against Russia……They produced little of that early round flair and in fact learned a lesson from RUSSIA who produced some of the most exciting and entertaining soccer of the tournament from players that did not receive nearly the hype that others have gotten. Will not be surprised to see them in the final.

DYNAMO IN SUPERLIGA IN JULY

*I love when the Dynamo take on competition internationally.
The Dynamo will take on ATLANTE AND CHIVAS at Robertson Stadium in July so don’t miss these great games that bring even more additional passion !!!!
Results like last years win over CLUB AMERICA only bode well for the growth of MLS.

The Dynamo earned a road point last night at Dicks Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado.
The two teams cancelled each other out tactically for most of the night and clear cut chances were held to a minimum.
The Dynamo’s best chance came off a Brad Davis free kick in the second half which went off the crossbar while the Rapids Colin Clark had a header go off the post in the final minutes.
The Dynamo played without Richard Mulrooney who stayed home to rest a sore knee but welcomed back captain Wade Barrett in his normal left back position. Both teams failed to make use of wide play on the larger surface yet the few times they did they seemed dangerous.
Colorado’s Pablo Maestroeni was solid playing as a central defender in a classic match-up with Dynamo striker Brian Ching who had a goal called back for a hand ball.
The Dynamo are next up this Thursday on ESPN2 taking on rivals FC Dallas and new coach Shellas Hyndman.

ITALY VS. SPAIN today on ESPN 1:30

This classic match-up will end the quarterfinal phase and my feeling today is Italy will knock off Spain who have played some entertaining soccer in group play. One of the best goalkeepers in the world in Gianluigi Buffoon taking on David Villa, Fernando Torres and company. Your prediction?

FREE KICK MASTERS TRYOUT TODAY

One lucky soccer player will earn the right to take free kicks in a skills competition with RONALDINHO AND LIONEL MESSI during the FREE KICK MASTERS event JULY 5th at RELIANT STADIUM. The event is going back pay per view around the world and features some of the world’s greatest soccer players. DYNAMO midfielders Dwayne DeRosario and Brad Davis will also take part.
Today you can tryout at KICKS INDOOR SOCCER on SHEPERD for a shot at being involved in the event. Yes , this is reality tv type stuff but pretty cool. Tryouts today begin at 9am and run through 5pm. For information go to WWW.FREEKICKMASTERS.COM

RUSSIA thoroughly outplayed the NETHERLANDS in Euro 2008 Quarterfinal action today winning 3-1 in extra time.
Russia produced the better quality soccer over the course of this day leaving the NETHERLANDS wondering what hit them.
After ROMAN PAVLYCHENKO’s goal gave Russia a 1-0 lead it looked like it would stand until with five minutes left a Ruud Van Nistlerooy header tied things up. At that point you might have begun to favor momentum swinging in the Dutch favor but it never came throughout the day nor did it come in the extra sessions. In fact Russia took the second overtime session over slicing apart the Dutch defense producing two goals from DIMITRI TORBINSKY and ANDREI ARSHAVIN.
ARSHAVIN who plays for ZENIT ST. PETERSBURG throughout the day was fantastic…….RUSSIA deserved this one as the NETHERLANDS exit disappointingly………….TOMORROW it is SPAIN and ITALY for more must watch tv.

Both the DYNAMO and COLORADO are expected to play a number of players back from international duty tonite in Colorado.
Dynamo Richard Mulrooney did not make the trip due to a sore knee and will be rested which means the Dynamo lineup may shift around a bit tonite for Dominic Kinnear.
Same goes for Colorado and Fernando Clavijo who has used youth in the abscence of name players like Pablo Maestroeni and Ugo Ihemulu.

FREE KICK MASTERS are putting on a tryout for one lucky player to participate in the FREE KICK MASTERS event July 5th at RELIANT STADIUM. Head over to KICKS INDOOR on Sheperd tomorrow to tryout to be in the competition with RONALDINHO and LIONEL MESSI…..pretty cool stuff for the lucky winner. For more info FREEKICKMASTERS.COM

THE DYNAMO are at COLORADO tonite but you wouldn’t know it by the newspaper coverage here in Denver. But what I did learn in the paper today is that the COLORADO CRUSH and DENVER OUTLAWS the Arena Football and Lacrosse team will both be playing at the same time a the RAPIDS and DYNAMO tonite Both are apparently owned by Kroencke Sports. Amazing.
BRIAN CHING will be back in the lineup for the DYNAMO tonite which will be a welcomed addition on the large surface at altitude. His ability to hold the ball will be important tonite.
PABLO MAESTROENI and UGO IHEMULU should be back in the RAPIDS lineup but don’t expect TERRY COOKE to get a start who seems to be out of favor. The Dynamo will need to keep in check OMAR CUMMINGS who can fly up front and CHRISTIAN GOMEZ who did not start in Toronto. TOM MCMANUS also has three goals up front.
DWAYNE DEROSARIO scored twice against ST Vincent last night in a 4-1 win and both he and PAT ONSTAD are expected to fly in. How will they be used?

I am just catching my breath after watching the repeat of Croatia and Turkey. Amazing drama and unexpected which just reminds us about the surprises the game can bring us all. So today on ABC the NETHERLANDS will take on RUSSIA . This is can’t miss television. Will ARJEN ROBBEN, ROBIN VAN PERSIE and company keep advancing to that GERMANY AND NETHERLANDS final that I desire?

THE FREE KICK MASTERS tryout will be tomorrow from 9am to 5pm at KICKS INDOOR on Sheperd near Washington.
Tryout and you could be the lucky winner who ends up on the field to compete in the skills competition on July 5th at RELIANT STADIUM with the likes of LIONEL MESSI AND RONALDINHO, FERNANDO TORRES, ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO, DECO, HARRY KEWELL to name a few.
This is reality TV in the making . For more information go to FREEKICKMASTERS.COM

THE DYNAMO are at COLORADO tonite but you wouldn’t know it by the newspaper coverage here in Denver. But what I did learn in the paper today is that the COLORADO CRUSH and DENVER OUTLAWS the Arena Football and Lacrosse team will both be playing at the same time a the RAPIDS and DYNAMO tonite Both are apparently owned by Kroencke Sports. Amazing.
BRIAN CHING will be back in the lineup for the DYNAMO tonite which will be a welcomed addition on the large surface at altitude. His ability to hold the ball will be important tonite.
PABLO MAESTROENI and UGO IHEMULU should be back in the RAPIDS lineup but don’t expect TERRY COOKE to get a start who seems to be out of favor. The Dynamo will need to keep in check OMAR CUMMINGS who can fly up front and CHRISTIAN GOMEZ who did not start in Toronto. TOM MCMANUS also has three goals up front.
DWAYNE DEROSARIO scored twice against ST Vincent last night in a 4-1 win and both he and PAT ONSTAD are expected to fly in. How will they be used?

I am just catching my breath after watching the repeat of Croatia and Turkey. Amazing drama and unexpected which just reminds us about the surprises the game can bring us all. So today on ABC the NETHERLANDS will take on RUSSIA . This is can’t miss television. Will ARJEN ROBBEN, ROBIN VAN PERSIE and company keep advancing to that GERMANY AND NETHERLANDS final that I desire?

THE FREE KICK MASTERS tryout will be tomorrow from 9am to 5pm at KICKS INDOOR on Sheperd near Washington.
Tryout and you could be the lucky winner who ends up on the field to compete in the skills competition on July 5th at RELIANT STADIUM with the likes of LIONEL MESSI AND RONALDINHO, FERNANDO TORRES, ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO, DECO, HARRY KEWELL to name a few.
This is reality TV in the making . For more information go to FREEKICKMASTERS.COM

Turkey knocked out Croatia on penalty kicks after an improbable comeback in extra time. Croatia scored, celebrated and thought they had it won only to concede a tying goal. Turkey then won on penalty kicks. How much did this hurt Croatia whose entire country’s hopes and dreams fell with their national team?
As for Turkey they will be missing some key players against Germany where I think the road will end. Numerous Turks live in Germany and their are alot of connections with the two footballing nations.

Netherlands vs. Russia Saturday

*Interesting storyline is Dutchman Guus Hiddink as the manager of Russia. Hiddink knows the tendencies and inviduals that comprise the Netherlands. Either way, Russia does not have the quality to compete with the “orange”.

DYNAMO at COLORADO HDNET 8:30 PM SATURDAY AT STAGS HEAD PUB

Catch the game in high definition from Dicks Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado.
Important game for both of these squads.
More on this tomorrow.

GERMANY advanced to the semi-finals of Euro 2008 knocking off CRISTIANO RONALDO and PORTUGAL 3-2 at St. Jakob Park in Switzerland.
Goals from Bastian Scweinsteiger, Miroslav Klose and Michael Ballack produced the goals while Nuno Gomes and Helder Postiga scored for Portugal.
Did Ballack foul the Portuguese defender before his header? Sure looked like it ?

Imagine the bragging rights if you get down on the field during the Free Kick Masters skills competition on July 5th.
Participants include RONALDINHO (who knows where he will end up), DECO , LIONEL MESSI, ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO, FERNANDO TORRES and RAFA MARQUEZ to name just a few. Check out the website to see all the participants at FREEKICKMASTERS.COM
Once you have gotten your breathe then sign up for the special tryout at KICKS INDOOR SOCCER CENTER on SHEPERD. I will have my DYNAMO SOCCER REPORT WITH GLENN DAVIS cameras there early in the morning to document the tryouts for the show.
Advance in the tryouts and you can end up on the field at Reliant Stadium with the world’s greatest soccer players.

WHAT: FREE KICK MASTERS TRYOUT

WHERE : KICKS INDOOR CENTER (PRE REGISTER BY CALLING 713-426-1107)

DATE: SUNDAY JUNE 22ND

TIME: 9AM TO 5PM

ALL AGES WELCOME BUT MINORS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LEGAL GUARDIAN.

DYNAMO AT COLORADO

*Brian Ching will be back for the Dynamo this weekend at Colorado. Catch the game on HDNET at STAGS HEAD PUB near Sheperd and 59. The Dynamo need a good response against the Rapids who come off a 3-1 loss at Colorado. What is the line-up you would like to see Dominic Kinnear put out at Dicks Sporting Goods Park? Colorado has put out a variety of line-ups that have been very youthful.
Dynamo fans are expected to make the trip to Colorado so they should be visible at the game.

Italy defeated France 2-0 today behind goals from Andrea Pirlo and Daniele De Rossi and have advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Championships.
So Italy who took it on the chin from the Netherlands to start the tournament now has to be looked upon as a potential to win it. Why not?
So what happens now as we head into the knock-out stages? Do teams become gripped by fear and play more pragmatic football? Lets hope not but I am sure it will happen to some squads.

FREE KICK MASTERS TRYOUT

* So you want to take Free Kicks against Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho for a million bucks. One lucky person will get the opportunity to compete with the stars at Reliant Stadium on July 5th in the Free Kick Master Skills competition. Players will take free kicks from a variety of distances with the chance to win a million dollars against some of the top goalkeepers in the world like Oliver Kahn, Kasey Keller and Francesco Toldo. Think NBA skills competition with the power of celebrity and an assemblage of the world’s greatest soccer talent under the Reliant Stadium roof. So do you want to join them?

WHAT: FREE KICK MASTERS 2008 TRYOUT

WHERE: KICKS INDOOR SOCCER CENTER ON SHEPERD this Sunday June 22nd

*The first 500 competitors to try out will receive a free ticket ($77 value) to the FREE KICK MASTERS event on July 5th at Reliant Stadium.

TIME: Registration begins at 9am . Tryouts run from 9am to 5pm. Registration fee is $10
Pre-register by calling 713-426-1107

AGES: All ages are welcome, minors must be accompanied by a legal guardian.

See Leo Messi on July 5th at Reliant Stadium compete in the Free Kick Masters skills competition!!
Every time a player with skill emerges from Argentina, he quickly gets dubbed “the new Diego Maradona,” a reference to one of the game’s greatest players. Such are the wants and desires from the soccer-mad nation of Argentina.

Enter Lionel Messi, 21, the Barcelona attacker who doubles as the face of the Argentine national team.

As it is with many of the greats, the game seems to come to him so easily and naturally. An artist? Yes. Soccer genius? You might say so.

“He is the closest thing to Maradona,” said Dynamo striker Franco Caraccio, who hails from Argentina. “The hopes of the Argentine people rest with him.”

Watch Argentina or Barcelona, and your eyes are quickly drawn to El Pulga (translation: The Flea). Messi possesses it all: vision and ability to make the correct pass; out-of-this-world close control; agility to dart through spaces that seemingly have closed off; breathtaking dribbling skills and ability to start and stop and change direction.

Couple this with his finishing skills and free-kick mastery, and he is the complete package. He’s even left-footed.

Messi is a world star through performance, not off-field promotion.

All this from a slender kid who signed his initial Barcelona contract on a paper napkin supplied by then-youth team coach Carlos Rexach.

Today, Messi carries dual citizenship with Argentina and Spain after arriving in Barcelona as a 13-year-old during the Argentine economic crisis.

In the United States, where a small but talented player can be written off, Messi serves as an example to all.

Fans of Mexico will remember his goal against El Tri in the….for more on this click here.