UPDATED: The build-up for the friendly pitting Manchester United against the New England Revolution was predictable. A local TV newscaster called Man United’s visit as the arrival of “the best team in the world” (I guess he didn’t see the Barcelona game) and joked about Alex Fergusson having “sir” before his name. Yes, we get […]

One of the more intriguing rumors going around the transfer period is Manchester United looking to grab Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder to replace recently retired Paul Scholes. Sneijder, who spent a good chunk of time injured last year at Inter, has allegedly expressed his desire to leave and has supposedly spoken to an Inter […]

The latest entry in the saga involving Chelsea's attempt to pry away Tottenham forward Luka Modric away from White Hart Lane involves honesty, bitterness, money (of course) and the idea surrounding unhappy players and what is exactly a "big club" in the 2011 version of the Premier League. As the story stands: Modric, claiming loyalty […]

Arsenal are on the chase to capture the signing of the up-and-coming Italian striker Luco Zade. The above video shows evidence of the skills, poise and clinical finishing in front of goal. In addition to Zade, Arsenal have been linked with several other targets during this summer transfer window including Costa Rican striker Joel Campbell, […]

If you watched Manchester United's annihilation of New England Revolution in the 4-1 victory on ESPN2 Wednesday night, you may have blinked and missed one important item. When Ashley Young was substituted in the 67th minute, on came Gabriel Obertan. However, according to the on-screen graphics shown by ESPN2 (see above photo), Paul Scholes came […]

Swansea City have unveiled their away shirt for the 2011-12 Premier League season. The Swans, who are the first Welsh team to ever play in the Premier League, will wear an orange Adidas kit as their change shirt for the 2011-12 season. Designed by Adidas, the shirt design is pretty simple with a white trim, […]

We have spent the last week or so looking at the players that have already signed for a club in the Championship. Whilst some such as Derby have already signed a gaggle of players others have yet to get going in the market even though we are now well into pre-season. This may appear worrying […]

It's getting very interesting in the 2011 edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup as former Champions are making noise while the current two time defending champion Seattle Sounders are also looking to add on to their success in the second oldest cup competition in the world. Alot of action and domination in all […]

The series looking at the completed deals thus far in the Championship is concluded in a rather quiet fashion with few of the alphabetically challenged teams that active in the transfer market thus far with more players going out that coming in. However as per the rest of the series here are the confirmed […]

I just returned from a four-day trip to Honduras. My wife and I wanted to get away and immerse ourselves in a completely different culture as well as to see Mayan ruins and, most importantly of all, to relax. The timing of my trip was to recharge my batteries before the busy preseason and Premier […]

While most of the attention today will be on Manchester United's opening game of their US summer tour against New England Revolution (ESPN2, 8pm ET), many of us may not have realized that West Bromwich Albion were the first Premier League club to play a preseason friendly this summer when they played yesterday against San […]

Last week saw the announcement that Kevin Phillips would not be retiring as many had expected following his release from relegated Birmingham City. The 37 year old striker has instead joined Blackpool on a one year contract continuing a career that has seen Phillips rise from the non-league football to play for seven different clubs. […]

Blackburn Rovers have yet to find a shirt sponsor for the 2011-12 Premier League season. While the money that'll come in from the prospective deal will be important for Rovers, it would be nice to see no sponsor chosen. As you can see in the above photograph, the Blackburn shirt for the 2011-12 season looks […]

Chelsea have never been shy about their change shirts. In previous years, their away shirts and third shirts have been some of the worst designs in the league. There was the orange and black one that looked like something from Halloween. And then there was last season's third shirt was an ugly florescent green. Now, […]

When you have a club like the New York Red Bulls who has a full slate of world class players and some talented youth players on their roster from the MLS Super Draft and their Academy, you would think that winning the US Open Cup is a serious thing. When you are traveling to Chicago […]