Lawrence Cohen

The Independent newspaper recently published an article about the forthcoming announcement of David Beckham opening a MLS franchise in Miami. The author spewed lazy stereotypes that many US soccer journalists, bloggers and fans have hurled at Miami for years. They recite the reasons why the market is a failure, a “soccer graveyard” as the author […]

If you've heard managers of European players complain a lot about their grueling schedule, spare a thought for the managers and players in Brazil. The hosts of next year’s World Cup have arguably the most grueling club soccer schedule in the world. Between the state and national tournaments, there are at least 60 matches that […]

Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa is without a doubt one of the hottest commodities in soccer right now. Many teams and national sides will be making an offer soon to obtain his services for the upcoming World Cup, or even as a coach to start a long-term project for the next year at club level or for […]

After a decade-long absence, Brazil returns to Miami. The Brazilian national team is scheduled to face Honduras at Sun Life Stadium on November 16th as part of their World Tour. The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) as well as promoters Kics International made the announcement on Saturday as there was talk of a stop in South […]

With the middle of the Argentine Inicial upon us, Newell's Old Boys are showing that a system is more important than the sum of all parts. More importantly, when those parts are functioning well within a system, things can change and they will remain the same. In soccer, we always talk about how one person is […]

Everton’s club motto “Nil Satis Nisi Optimum” means “Nothing But The Best.” But for the Goodison Park faithful, it’s a motto which must have a hollow ring to it right now. With the club experiencing financial problems off the pitch and an alarming slump on it, the Toffees are currently nowhere near the best as […]

Talk to any football fan and chances are, they can painfully recall a weekend ruined by a bad refereeing decision. And for supporters of Premier League sides, the pain is that much greater. Thanks to the TV cameras present at every EPL game, fans get to relive the nightmare decision through slow-motion action replays which […]

Miami will be part of the summer international soccer scene outside of the Gold Cup this summer. Some of Europe's big stars and their Caribbean counterparts will convene there in order to raise money for the development Haitian youth soccer. Various stars from European leagues will be present including Barcelona defender and French international Éric […]

When stepping on to the pitch at Mestalla, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao will both have 24 conquests in the Copa del Rey. In an effort to begin the campaign to become once again the undisputed Cup King, the Basques presented an exclusive jersey that will be exclusive to the Copa final. Below the illustrations explains […]

For nth time this season the Madrid press have come out with cover pages stating how Barcelona were once again aided by referees. For the nth time this season, the Catalans respond by saying that Juande's Madrid won with coma-inducing style. The word of the month for As and Marca was chorreada. In simple English […]

Numbers seemed down this week in La Liga mostly due to the Easter holiday, but that did not reduce the excitement in the league. Barcelona continue their ways en route to their 19th league title. The Blaugrana Ballet showed offense, yet they were not as sharp when it came time to define the game. Andrés […]

Last week it was Santi Cazorla that was being lamented prior to Villarreal's away leg match against Arsenal. News got worse for Manuel Pellegrini when Spanish international Marcos Senna would be ruled out of the return leg of the Champions League quarterfinals in London. Senna left the pitch limping late Saturday night after he suffered […]

José María Gutiérrez was always a players with a temperment. Now that same temperment has him on the outside looking in with Madrid coach Juande Ramos. This rivalry has become part of the subplots in the Madrid media as the team now sees the weeks pass by and their six-point deficit on Barcelona not budge. […]

Who said that there was nothing in the political arena that was going to be more heated than the US presidential elections. Well it has finally been met. Real Madrid has a tendency to upstage any news in Spain in recent years, but this one seems to be the king of all upstagers. Accroding to […]

Former Barca star and coach Johan Cruyff (Photobucket) "I can imagine that he is not going to be involved in football matters. I don't know about construction and he doesn't know about football. It is obvious." In an interview with Cuatro, Johan Cruyff came up with yet another witty line when it came to criticizing […]