Speakers' Corner is taking a two week hiatus but a weekend preview will be posted on Friday.

Meanwhile here are some articles from the few days.

Another case of an American businessman buying a stake in a high profile UK club – a small stake but one that might grow.

Stephen Brunt with an extended profile of George Gillett, the part owner of Liverpool.

 Mark McGhee provides his take on where the SPL sits in comparison to football in England.

It’s not strictly soccer but it is about Berlusconi.

Patrick Barclay visits with Clyde Best who arrived at West Ham forty years ago. Many will remember Best’s time in the NASL as well.

 “What Ronaldinho and soccer can teach you about innovation” by Tim Leberecht. But not to Real Madrid on Sunday!

Simon Barnes and the wealth of today’s players.

Rod Liddle's take on the Hedonist United Christmas Party.  And for those with some extra time on your hands FIFA.com has a interactive trivia quiz that can help kill a few hours.

And for those with some extra time on your hands FIFA.com has a interactive trivia quiz that can help kill a few hours.

FSWR's Mitch Peacock is in Dallas for the MLS Final tomorrow. Here are some of his thoughts.

"Several things struck me while working at Pizza Hut Park Saturday...
 
One, there really are alot of great people working around the League. From MLS staffers, to my colleagues in the media, to the two teams battling for the title on Sunday...friendly, approachable, and passionate about the game.
 
Two, that passion is just as strong in the people paying to watch MLS. Fans young and old enjoying a host of football-related activities in and around the Stadium. Folks in shirts and hats and club colors of all sorts - creating a buzz not only about Sunday's Final but about the sport in general and that's a good omen for the future of the game in our part of the world.
 
Which brings me to three, the future, kids love this sport and the ones I saw around our hotel and at the Stadium were not just kids who play soccer but kids for whom soccer is a big part of their lives.
 
I wasn't that well versed on things when the NASL boomed and then when bust so I don't know what the energy was around the game at that time, but with what I saw Saturday plus a League working hard to spread the word and the start of more extensive TV coverage of the MLS-version of the world's game we may really be on the cusp of an new era for the football here."

Hopefully more from Mitch tomorrow.