A retro look for this weekend's open thread, because fifteen years ago this month MLS kicked off its first season. Despite all the complaints we have about the current state of MLS and what it does and doesn't do, we can all agree that the league's taste in uniforms has vastly improved. There are some […]

Ticket details have been released for Barcelona against Manchester United as well as the match between New England Revolution and Man United. Both matches are part of Man United's US 2011 summer tour. Tickets for Barcelona against Manchester United at FedEx Field in Washington DC (July 30) will go on sale to the general public […]

The Professional Footballers' Association has named the nominees for the PFA Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year awards. For the PFA Player of the Year award, this is a competition where the best players of the season are picked by fellow players. For the PFA Young Player of the Year […]

Saturday is always my favorite day of the week. My day to watch as many Premier League games as I can. My day to watch my 7-year-old daughter play little-league soccer. And this particular Saturday is special for me because I get to watch my two favorite teams, Swansea City against Norwich (FoxSoccer.tv at 12:20pm ET) […]

The first rematch of MLS Cup 2010 saw F.C. Dallas blank Colorado 3-0, as MVP David Ferreira opened his 2011 account with two tallies at Pizza Hut Park. Dallas, struggling to find their form in the early part of this season, at least temporarily halted the experiment that moved Brek Shea to central defense. Schellas […]

Monday, April 4th 8:00PM EDT – 5:00PM PDT Guests:Glenn Williams Writter and publisher of MajorLeagueSoccerUK.com Andrew Bucholtz of Yahoo Sports Canada in Vancouver to discuss the Whitecaps NASL Segment New NASL Commishioner David Downs Red Bulls Hour Re-Capping the road game at the Philadelphia Union & Tim Ream Interview

The two match ban handed to Wayne Rooney for swearing into the camera in celebration after scoring a hat-trick was upheld yesterday. Cue talk show host, news channels, comedians and general busy bodies to incessantly talk about an excited football player uttering a barely audible smattering of obscenities, which prove that the world is going […]

Our week of action has already kicked off with the, ahem, controversial draw between New England and Vancouver. But there is a full slate of intriguing games this weekend, so please vote in the poll at the end of this post. Before doing that, however, let's take a look at the news from the past […]

This week's episode of Special 1 TV is quite a sentimental and reflective one as you'll see and hear in the above video. The show starts off with the scandal that Wayne Rooney has been banned from Special 1 TV for two weeks. Plus there's some banter between Harry Redknapp and The Special One, and […]

Newcastle United has announced its third and final match of its 2011 summer tour of the United States. Previously Newcastle had announced friendlies against Sporting Kansas City (July 20) and Columbus Crew (July 26). Now the Northeast club has sandwiched in a friendly in between those two dates when it plays Orlando City on July […]

This week's edition of Friday Flashback Videos features a collection of goal highlights starring Mark Stein. The goals, from the 1992-93 season, show how talented this Stoke City striker was. Stein scored an incredible 52 league goals in just 89 league appearances for the club. The player also played at Chelsea, Luton Town, Oxford, QPR […]

It still feels like the biggest matches are ahead of us, but should be some interesting ones, especially at the bottom of the table, presuming United doesn't look ahead too much to Tuesday night. It's a shame about Blackpool's form. Monday night football comes back with a pretty strong match. Maybe LeBron will be Dalglish's […]

I don’t know where you live. I don’t know what the laws are or what is generally accepted versus what is not. I don’t know if gambling is legal where you are, or at least overlooked if it is on a small scale. What I DO know is that the Premier League season is a […]

America’s most renowned, and often vilified, National Basketball Association (NBA) star is coming to Anfield – as a minority owner. In a first-of-its-kind sports marketing deal, Fenway Sports Management (formerly New England Sports Ventures), the American owners of Liverpool Football Club, announced yesterday that they have sold a minority share in the Reds to Lebron […]

As I was watching Spurs play Real Madrid, the missus wandered in the room and sat down. She knows little about football and could care less about it. But like all Geordies, she knows the basics having been weaned on Newcastle United's bitter tears along with mothers milk. Without paying much attention she says, 'Is […]