Quick Hits from the Around the Soccer World

• AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko has announced he wants to play in the EPL next year. While he'll no doubt end up at Chelsea (everyone does -- see Ballack, Michael), he would make an intruiging replacement for Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has left Man U in a huff.
  
  
• FA Cup final this weekend between Liverpool and West Ham. I say Liverpool takes it, 3-1.
  
  
• Here's a bold thought for U.S. National Team coach Bruce Arena, who has until Monday to finalize his World Cup roster: beg Giuseppe Rossi to join the team. Rossi, the sensational teenage striker who recently got his first EPL start for Man U, is currently playing for Italy's U-19 national team. But he was American born and is therefore eligible to play for the Stars & Bars. Rossi seems like a bit of an arrogant prick, but he is fearless and can score goals, which is more than we can expect out of Brian Ching.
  
  
• Seems there's some massive, earth-shaking match fixing scandal erupting in Italy's Serie A. I'm too busy to get all the details. Do it yourself.
  
  
• Toronto has been awarded MLS's newest franchise, to be called ... wait for it ... Toronto FC. Ah...ad wizards.