Guus Hiddink may be on his way to returning once again as the manager of Chelsea after his short stay in the second half of 2009 saw him win the FA Cup. Hiddink has the distinction of being the only coach well-received for his duties after a list of coaches following the sacking of Jose […]

Entering this 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the United States Men's National Team had it's issues. Most figured they would ultimately be exposed in the late stages of the tournament. Instead, those problems, coupled with a lackluster first-half performance, contributed to a 2-1 defeat to Panama in Group C play. Bob Bradley made no changes from […]

If you went to bed last night after the USA's debacle against Panama, you missed a great draw between Seattle and Vancouver. But more importantly you missed Eric Hassli score what may be the best goal in MLS history. Not only was it impressive that Hassli was able to collect the poor pass but […]

The United States lost its first group stage game in their Gold Cup history Saturday night after being defeated by Panama in front of more than 27,000 fans in Tampa, Florida. It wasn't as if the United States didn't create enough chances, but they simply had a tough time putting them away. More Gold Cup […]

Summer is the time when transfer speculation and analysis dominate the news. Almost all of the transfer speculation focus on the players going to new clubs. However, for managers, selling and releasing players is also important during off-season. Like other sports, managers sell or release players based on different obvious reasons. Some players were sold […]

Let me start off by admitting that I am a die-hard Manchester United fan, but I will try and keep my analysis of our bitter cross-town rivals as objective as possible. Ever since Sheikh Mansour’s takeover at Eastlands, money has been pumped into Manchester City at an ungodly rate. World-class players from every major league […]

Editor's note: While the following isn't an article about the USMNT, it does have important consequences on CONCACAF, the Gold Cup and the US men's national team. In the face of five Mexican players testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs after the El Salvador game, should the result still stand? Not all five players played in […]

How many times can you draw in a season and finally find a way to hold on to three points at the end? Well the New York Red Bulls finally found a way to do it in front of over 21,000 on Friday as well as a televised national audience on Soccer Night in America. […]

This was a season of disappointment for Chelsea. Since the dawn of the Abramovich era it isn’t common for words like “dismal” and “depressing” to become synonymous with the teams exploits. However this year, bar an end of the season resurgence, was a fairly painful one for fans of the West London club. Despite starting […]

The Football League has voted in principal to follow the UEFA financial fair play rules during the League’s annual general meeting in Cyprus. This signals an acceptance those that owners of Football League clubs that the era of gambling with a club’s future is coming to an end and ambition should be tempered to realistic […]

Perhaps the defining idea of this era of football, reflective of the rapidly growing interconnectedness of World society, is the multinational team. More or less since the beginning of football, there have been players plying their trade away from the homeland, but only since the inception of the Premier League have we seen football’s horizons […]

Unless you’re a keen follower of the Football League or you were watching top flight football back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, this may be the first time many of you readers are coming across Swansea City. Swansea (pronounced “Swonzee”) is situated in a city of the same name, west of London by […]

Once again it was another special night for Major League Soccer and those who have supported the Wiz, Wizards and now Sporting Kansas City as Livestrong Sporting Park opened up to rave reviews. A mid-west stadium with a European feel has created another crown jewel of stadiums within MLS. The best moment about the inside […]

The transfer season is always known for its twists and turns. Rumors fall in and out and as a result, trying to follow it all can be just plain maddening. Manchester United is no exception and yesterday they offered potentially the biggest twist of the summer. Samir Nasri, the French midfielder who – after years […]

Many people, when asked who they would like to meet from any point in history, might pick someone like Leonardo Da Vinci or Alexander the Great. When I heard this question, I thought of Roy Keane, one of the greatest professional soccer players of the modern era. Roy Keane had an illustrious career, most notably […]