I hate to be the pessimist in the party, but guess what? The hype surrounding tonight's CONCACAF Champions League match is being overplayed. Don't get me wrong, a Real Salt Lake win (or a tie conceding one goal or fewer) would be a great testament to the advances that the domestic league has made in […]

There was an audible sense of relief on Wearside Saturday and for a change it was the home fans going away happy. The weekend saw a 4-2 win against relegation threatened Wigan Athletic for Sunderland. However like so often recently for Sunderland they made it hard for themselves, and Sunderland's recent form has been so […]

The woeful performances by both Schalke and Wolves Tuesday night were so poor that Manchester United and Stoke City steamrolled past both teams respectively with relative ease. Schalke now faces an exit from the Champions League while Wolverhampton Wanderers have one foot in the grave with relegation beckoning unless they can create some miracles in […]

Out of all of the characters in the Premier League, Mario Balotelli is one of the most interesting ones in the division. Whether you love him or hate him, you have to admit that he's one-of-a-kind. Whether it's his wink that incensed Rio Ferdinand in the FA Cup semi-final or his inability to put on […]

On Wednesday night, a historical 90 minutes will be played at Rio Tinto Stadium when a member of Major League Soccer will once again tackle a tough and worthy opponent that plays their club soccer in Mexico. The second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Final will determine who has earned the right to travel […]

Are you interested in trying to win some Champions League gear from stars such as Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney and others? If you're like me, I thought so! Several different prizes are available such as signed shirts and signed photographs, and much more. To enter, all you have to do is […]

Editor's note: Back story: The Telegraph reported that after yesterday's one-nil win by Manchester City against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, some City supporters reportedly began chanting 'Who put the ball in the Munichs' net' to Yaya Toure, who scored against Manchester United in the FA Cup semi-final. The 'Munichs' reference was to United and […]

This weekend, Tony Tchani became the latest victim of one of the dumbest soccer rules on the books. After scoring his goal for a Toronto franchise that is probably at its lowest point, he ran off the pitch and jumped up to the stands to celebrate with the fans. Already sitting on a yellow card, […]

The BBC are known for attempting to remain impartial and keep an air of decorum, however when BBC Radio Norfolk commentated on the late winner at Carrow Road against Derby, the commentary team were unable to control their joy at their county's side scoring a late winner. Here is the recording, which shows just how […]

Today has been one of the stand out days in the Championship as Norwich and Cardiff took it in turns to occupy the final automatic place and deny Queens Park Rangers confirmation of their promotion to the Premier League. Cardiff did their job by recording a relatively straight forward victory that relegates Preston North End. […]

Congratulations to Queens Park Rangers on gaining promotion, bar a disaster on goal difference to the Premier League ending a fifteen year wait to rejoin the top tier of English football. QPR were expecting confirmation of promotion to win today, however failure to win and victories for Cardiff and Norwich mean that theoretically the West London […]

A great weekend for MLS soccer was overshadowed by some high-profile injuries that may close the door on some struggling teams. Meanwhile, the top of the pack looked stronger: Donovan's return coupled with New York's victory Thursday has two of the big name teams clicking on all cylinders at the moment and threatening to open a divide in […]

When the Forbes list of the richest clubs in international soccer was released last week it was no shock to ?nd Arsenal third on the list. Coincidentally on the same day Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger came out with the not so surprising comment that despite the likely availability of transfer funds there would be no major changes at […]

In scientific analysis, there is a relationship called inverse proportionality. You see this in the case of gas properties, for instance, where pressure inside a constant temperature container must rise as the volume of the container shrinks. In other words, pressure and volume have an inverse proportionality. In much the same way you could say […]

With all the excitement surrounding the recent announcement from Manchester United and other top European clubs regarding their summer plans to again tour North America, I decided it would be timely to share an interview with not only an incredibly prolific author, a preeminent historian of soccer in North America, but also a true gentleman […]