With all league competition complete, the summer months give way to the most important season, some say, which of course is the summer transfer season. This is a time when any team with money in their bank account has an opportunity to improve their squad. It is also a time when a player on a […]

Andre Villas-Boas has accepted an offer to become manager of Chelsea Football Club, according to reports in Portugal. Chelsea have reportedly agreed to pay the £13.2m release clause to get Villas-Boas out of his contract with Porto to head to west London. Villas-Boas is best known for leading Porto to the domestic double and Europa […]

After relegation in 2009, it appeared that Newcastle United was on a downward spiral, they had just lost their Premier League status and problems were rife in the board room. Premonitions of gloom circled around St. James’ Park, ones that were only heightened by the unveiling of that horrific away kit. However, despite being dressed […]

The United States reasserted their position within the CONCACAF region, by defeating Group B winners Jamaica 2-0 at RFK Stadium. Theodore Whitmore decided to start in a 3-4-3 formation for Jamaica. The three back formation allowed Demar Phillips and Eric Vernan to be active in the midfield, while being available to backtrack to form a […]

Not one month into their tenure as Europa League Champions, FC Porto find their title in the cross hairs of over one-hundred ninety European sides from fifty-three leagues, each of which is ready and eager to succeed them as Champions. At the end of this month, June 30, fifty teams will take the field in […]

Goals by Jermaine Jones and Clint Dempsey, plus a timely red card against Jamaica, helped the United States win their sixth ever Gold Cup quarterfinal match 2-0, in front of a mostly full RFK Stadium in Washington DC. The United States advances to play the winner of El Salvador/Panama in Houston at 7 PM ET Wednesday. Bob Bradley's lineup […]

Not too long ago, Manchester City hardly ever shared the same expectations as their Red counterparts. Then, in August 2008, the Abu Dhabi United Group bought the team and their impact has been immediately felt with an unprecedented number of signings. They struggled under the first season and just missed out on their aspirations in […]

West Bromwich Albion have announced their third preseason friendly of their 2011 US summer tour. On July 17, they'll play Ventura County Fusion at Oxnard College Stadium in California. Kick-off time is 3pm PT. "It's great to have an English Premier League team back in Ventura County," said Fusion general manager Ranbir Shergill. ""We are […]

In 1959, following a successful start to the decade, Liverpool found itself a club in decline – lying mid-table in the Second Division. But then a man by the name of Bill Shankly walked through the door. Shankly immediately set about plans to overhaul every aspect of the club, releasing 24 players he deemed not […]

Manchester United will be wearing black and blue as their away shirt for the 2011-12 Premier League season, thanks to new leaked photographs that show the shirt design in detail. The new away shirt from Manchester United and Nike features the words "Manchester United" at the back of the collar, as well as the Red […]

New photos have been leaked on the Internet showing Manchester City's home shirt for the 2011-12 season. The new photos are consistent with the one leaked over a week ago that show a white V-neck collar on the sky blue shirt. The design also features a representation of a sound wave on the front of […]

As the US prepares for its critical quarterfinal Gold Cup match tomorrow at RFK, Bob Bradley appeared calm and focused at the pre-game press conference when discussing his team's progress during the Gold Cup. "The Gold Cup all along has been circled as the championship of our confederation, an opportunity to qualify for the Confederations Cup," said […]

New photos have been leaked on the Internet showing Arsenal's away shirt for the 2011-12 Premier League season. Designed by Nike, the photo reveals an Arsenal away shirt that is dark blue and cyan blue. With a diagonal design on the short, the upper half is dark blue, while the lower half is cyan blue. […]

There are a lot of things I love about The Beautiful Game. One thing in particular I find great is how short the off-season is. Soccer goes on for ten months which is so gratifying considering, in contrast, the extended breaks of all American sports. However, two months is still plenty of time and nothing […]

Last summer was very different for Chelsea Football Club. The club had just won the double and Carlo Ancelotti appeared to be the man who would finally deliver stability to Abramovich’s era. I remember posing with “The Double” mural outside Stamford Bridge, my face full of joy. Ah, the good old days. Nostalgia aside, there’s […]