Based on how this Premier League season is unfolding, we may as well mark two dates on the calendar to determine who will be the 2011-12 Premier League champions: October 23rd and April 28th. That's when Manchester United play Manchester City at Old Trafford and Etihad Stadium. I hope I'm wrong, but based on Chelsea's […]

Last week Arsenal was cautiously looking over its shoulder at the teams below them, a worry that has now been lifted from its shoulders – because there’s no one below them to look at. That’s right, the once mighty Gunners now find themselves propping up the APL as four of last week’s bottom five picked […]

Here’s a look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly from week five of the Premier League. Cheers Swansea City: They ended their 374-minute goalless drought to pick up a solid win. Tony Hibbert: His pinpoint cross gave Everton the lead late in the match against Wigan. QPR transfer signings: The veterans who were […]

With the Premier League season well underway, the time has come for critics to speak out and managers to face challenges. In today’s “Daily Ticker” Arsene Wenger takes a bit of stick from George Graham, Harry Redknapp tries to keep Modric at Spurs for the umpteenth time, and Brian Marwood explains why Garry Cook’s departure […]

Prior to kick off, there was a sizeable powercut in the city centre that threw the match itself into question. The essential source of energy went missing from the Molineux surrounding areas, and evidently from the team itself. One team were still brim full of confidence after a much more encouraging start to their third […]

So this is what the English Premier League is all about: fantastic goals, shocking tackles, even more shocking misses, incredible speed, electric atmosphere and pure headline drama. Even as a supporter of the losing team, this was the most excitement I’ve had watching a Manchester United-Chelsea match since Moscow 2008 (well, at least some of […]

The talking point since First Kick has been the same: the Western Conference is vastly superior to the Eastern Conference. For the past six months or so, we've heard about the top teams in the West and their chances of winning the MLS Cup. Recently, with the playoffs looming, the talk has focused on how […]

Earlier this year, I was very critical of FOX's coverage of the Champions League Final where they seemingly ostracized soccer fans in favor of attracting a mainstream audience. During the broadcast, they dumbed down the coverage so much that neither soccer fans nor casual observers were satisfied with the coverage. So when FOX announced that […]

FIFA 12 features 40 new goal celebrations, all of which can be seen in the following video. Interestingly, Arsenal was picked as the club to demonstrate the goal celebrations. Based on their current form in the Premier League this season, they may not be the best choice. But despite their poor form, they have been […]

There's no question that emotion can play a big part in being a sports fan–it's why we support teams through thick and thin. Some fans happily support teams their entire lives without ever seeing an ounce of success, while others angrily curse their team for not repeating their glory days. The hero aspect of sports […]

Without a doubt, today's the biggest Premier League day of the season so far. Tottenham against Liverpool get things started early with an enticing match at White Hart Lane. That's followed by Fulham against the seemingly indestructible Manchester City. Poor Martin Jol couldn't have picked a worse time to play City. At the same […]

Monday, September 19th 8:00PM EDT – 5:00PM PDT Guests: Mike Kuhn of Down The Byline, Sporting Kansas City Blog NASL Segment: Brian Quarstad of Inisde Minnesota Soccer Red Bulls Hour: Matthew Conroy of The Vipers Nest discusses the Red Bulls One Goal Road victory at FC Dallas CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE ROUND 4 REVIEW […]

For the last two plus months the Red Bulls have been in such a dreadful slump that all they have ever done was fight back from being a goal or two down by their opponents either at Red Bull Arena or on the road. No matter how gallant the comebacks have been, it simply wasn't […]

Swansea City finally scored a Premier League goal and got their first win of the season Saturday after a convincing 3-0 home victory against West Bromwich Albion. Before the match kicked off, the best possible news came through. As I wrote last week, it was important for Swansea to stop pinning their hopes on Danny Graham, […]

DDDWDDLWLLDDLLWL No, this isn't the code to unlock the hidden levels on Angry Birds. It's Arsenal record in the league after their Carling Cup Final collapse in February against Birmingham City. The wins for Arsenal came against Blackpool, Manchester United and Swansea City. Despite the impressive win against Man United, Arsenal have — in the […]