Looking for my "Footie" soccer news I saw something that surprised me. It was on the website for Barclays Premier League. The headline read," Arshavin Expecting Tough Start." What? I thought? The Gunners lacking in confidence? The subheading said that some are questioning whether or not they'll maintain champions league status this season. As I read on, I realized it's not the team wondering if they'll maintain their status, it's speculators. The team of course, is ever certain they'll stay in the top of the table. However, due to the spending spree Manchester City went on this summer and the lack of new signings that Arsene Wenger was able to pen, some are contemplating a rough season for Arsenal. Andrey Arshavin's comment was that the start of the season might be tricky but he's confident of a top-four finish. They're starting out the season playing Everton, Manchester United and Manchester City, then the Champions League starts in September. The Gunners go in as underdogs for the Barclays Premier League title and Arshavin says the main task is getting to the group stage. Manchester City signed Emmanuel Adebayor away from Arsenal, which was quite a blow but the team feel strong without him and plan to remain one of the top of the Premiership without him.

The LA Galaxy gave AC Milan quite a workout with a 2-2 draw last week. On the Galaxy's website, a wrap up of the game was featured. David Beckham most recently spent his time away from the Galaxy on loan to AC Milan and he was very proud of the way his home team was able to stand up to the Serie A leaders.

"With teams like Milan and at that level, you want to compete against them," said Beckham, "We don't want to look silly, and we definitely didn't look silly. We played some great soccer at times. So did they."

The LA Galaxy next face of with FC Barcelona on August 1 at 8PM Pacific Coast time.