On the face of it, Mario Balotelli is exactly the type of player I, as a thoroughbred American sports fan, should hate: an aloof, cold, joyless sourpuss who even at twenty years old possesses the trappings of a career mercenary. When Super Mario scores, he celebrates with the excitement one expresses when their doctor starts […]

Jon Busch was having quite a game. The San Jose keeper had made a few really good saves and the 'Quakes were hanging on against Real Salt Lake. Despite being outplayed, it looked like the home visiting team could grab a point from the match to help their playoff run. Then in the 61st minute […]

Every summer in the transfer window the news pipeline gets flooded with transfer speculation, rumors and big signings. When the drama surrounds your team’s chance at making a big name signing or potentially losing its key player, blood pressures rise in the hearts of fans. The anxiety of what could happen to your team is […]

Before we all look forward to the new season and what it promises us, I've decided to take a look back at West Brom's remarkable finish to last season's campaign, in which they picked up 14 points out of an available 24 from their last six matches to guarantee another year in England's Premier League. […]

Most of us know that Saturday's final score between Chicago Fire and Manchester United was 3-1 in the favor of the reigning champions of the English Premier League. Although this was not the first time that the Red Devils have visited Chicago, it was a world of difference from the last time just about five years ago. […]

On Saturday, July 23rd the fans of the New York Red Bulls protested all first half of the home game against FC Dallas due to the way the club treated their Quarterfinal Match of the US Open Cup. Instead of singing, chanting and flag waiving it was a silent protest to make their feelings known. […]

On Saturday night, I was at Lincoln Financial Field to watch the Philadelphia Union play Real Madrid. In the seat behind mine, a father was telling his son excitedly about Kaka, who entered the game in the second half. Unfortunately, despite the father yelling whenever Kaka received the ball, the Brazilian midfielder was ineffective. Kaka […]

In Sunday's preseason friendly between Manchester City and LA Galaxy, with City in the lead 1-0, star striker Mario Balotelli was one-on-one with the goalkeeper. All that was needed was a simple tap-in and it would have been 2-0 to the Premier League side. But Balotelli never does things easy, so he created a lovely […]

Real Madrid wrapped up it’s American jaunt in the 2011 Herbalife World Football Challenge with a modest 2–1 result in their friendly against the local MLS club Philadelphia Union. Their match featured a few recent acquisitions, as well as most of their first team players. To read more about this friendly, visit this link.

Real Madrid wrapped up it's American jaunt in the 2011 Herbalife World Football Challenge with a modest 2-1 result in their friendly against the local MLS club Philadelphia Union. Jose Mourinho started the match with their most prolific scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo, on the bench. Their formation was 4-2-3-1. Their squad, however, had quite a few […]

For those of us who are drooling in anticipation of the autumn release of FIFA 12, you may want to take a gander at the above video to see what's in store from Konami in the upcoming release of Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (or, as it's better known as PES 2012). In the above video, […]

On the latest edition of the MLS Talk Podcast : This Week in US Soccer, your hosts Chris Webb and Chris Riordan bring you a view of the beautiful game from an American and sometimes regional perspective. The opening segment is dedicated to discussion of the vast array of moves over the last 2 weeks, […]

I'm not sure whether it's the heat or the timing of Premier League clubs playing in the United States every summer, but whenever the teams cover over to this country to play Major League Soccer clubs in friendlies, many insecure soccer fans come out of the woodwork to preach about how people who support Premier […]

It looked like it was going to be another heartbreaking loss for the New York Red Bulls after a fantastic first half. Down a goal and down a man in the 80th minute, you would have thought it was going to be another loss. But five minutes later, life came back to the Red Bull […]

Premier League viewers around the world bid farewell to Blackpool Football Club on May 22. The Tangerines set out to Old Trafford on “Mission Impossible,” as Ian Holloway’s men needed a win to escape the drop. Like only Blackpool could, Charlie Adam’s luscious free kick into the bottom right corner and Gary Taylor-Fletcher’s goal, the […]