The cold days of winter have gotten a little sunlight – MLS today unveiled their schedule for "First Kick 2011", the first home games for every MLS team in the upcoming season. The week will be the first week of the new balanced scheduling and offers some tantalizing match-ups for American soccer fans. First up […]

The executives at Major League Soccer defy logic. Take for example the TV viewing numbers for this 2010 season which recently ended. The viewing numbers were down 12% compared to last year on ESPN2. And they remained flat on Fox Soccer Channel with an average of 53,000 viewers during the regular season. With dismal numbers […]

Here's a classic video of Tevez, Evra, and Park hanging out. Tevez accidentally messes up Ji-Sung's lip. Enjoy! Here’s the links: Top 5 surprise performers [Sports Keeda] The great Man U massacre [Talk Sport] Christmas club wish lists [Daily Mail] Gossip Monday [Sinnacle] The Big Match DVD review [Three Match Ban] Beckham accepts award [The […]

Carlos Tevez has formally withdrawn his transfer request and has committed his future to Manchester City, the club revealed today. Manchester City confirmed that Tevez and the club have completed "clear the air" talks with Tevez. And that during the meeting "Carlos expressed his absolute commitment to the Club and formally withdrew his transfer request. Carlos’ […]

It's the last day of round sixteen, and it's the end of 2010 for the Bundesliga. Bayern Munich travelled to a Bruno Labbadia-led Stuttgart looking for three points, while Freiburg, without Papiss Cisse, travelled to Leverkusen. VfB Stuttgart 3 – 5 Bayern Munich Reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich made a mockery of Stuttgart's defense before […]

Before the biggest match in Andrés Iniesta's career and in the history of Spanish football, Iniesta had a trillion thoughts running through his head. One of those thoughts that came to fruition was writing a message to his close friend, Daniel Jarque, on his undershirt. That message said, "Dani Jarque, siempre con nosotros," (Dani Jarque, […]

The year 2010 has featured so many brilliantly produced viral videos for soccer fans. There has been a lot of garbage too, so we carefully sifted through hundreds of videos from 2010 and picked our 10 favorites which we believe are the best soccer viral videos of 2010. Many of them are centered around the […]

By the luck of an act of god blanketing England in snow, Manchester City are poised to be England's number one at Christmas for the first time in 81 years. With practically the entire Premier League snowed under this past weekend, City's game against Everton today (3pm ET, ESPN2 USA) has been given the go-ahead. […]

Looking back at the year 2010, there have been some wonderful soccer moments on television. The broadcast of the 2010 World Cup was incredible to see as was the exciting 2009-10 Premier League season. But there was also a lot of bad television. The type that makes your remote control finger itch as you're tempted […]

I heard a Manchester City fan on the radio the other day. He was saying he couldn't understand why Tevez wanted to leave City because, 'he's absolutely worshipped by the fans.' This guy says this as though this would mean anything to the Argentinean. I see this hero worshipping of players like Tevez as totally […]

Lacking in a certain enthusiasm for more prose about the diabolical way sporting events are cancelled due to bad weather in the U.K. I am going to assume that you are aware it is cold in England and the reaction of the country gives credence to the sensationalist theory from the film “The Day […]

There wasn't much to talk about around the Premier League this weekend. Not only did seven of nine fixtures meet with postponement, but none of the league's top five teams were in action. As a result, our normal weekend review show that strains to make it in under an hour has no material, so aside […]

You have to feel that Arsène Wenger would like nothing more than to have a team of players molded in Van Persie's style. Minus the injuries and the inconsistencies that they tend to bring of course. It is obvious that Wenger is trying to follow the Barcelona model of tiki-taka football, with short passes and […]

With the Bundesliga set to go on holiday for the next few weeks, we were always going to be in for a fantastic weekend of football to properly send our favorites sides off. This weekend has already been full of shocks and surprises, and the biggest of them has to be Dortmund's 1-0 loss to […]

As winter settles in and the MLS offseason is in full swing, it is not too soon to plan those warm weather summer tours where international teams play MLS squads. The advantages to both sides are obvious – MLS teams can show they can compete with their international colleagues while the international team can entertain […]