Xbox Live users received an update that included many new features including an application that allows ESPN 3 content to be streamed right to your television through an Xbox 360 this Monday. For those unfamiliar, ESPN 3 is the re-branded ESPN web content provider available at http://espn.go.com/espn3/. The majority of events are college American football but also includes basketball, cricket, rugby, and, […]

Fox Soccer Channel has canceled Soccer Talk Live, its weekly talk show featuring host Kyle Martino. The show debuted in August and lasted less than three months before the network decided to pull the plug. “I’m thankful for everybody who helped bring Soccer Talk Live from concept to reality," said Fox Soccer Channel’s General Manager […]

Please come join me beginning around 3:15 PM ET/19:15 GMT as we live blog during two crucial Champions League matches. PREVIEW: Tottenham v. Inter Milan: After giving up a 4-0 lead at the San Siro against Inter, Spurs rebounded with a Gareth Bale hat trick in the second half, leading many Spurs fans to believe […]

Rafa Benitez came out on the attack Monday in yet another bizarre press conference where he inferred that Roy Hodgson "cannot see a priest on a mountain of sugar." No, I'm not making this up and I have no idea what he's talking about, but watch the above video to see proof of how much […]

UEFA Champions League While Real Madrid and Barcelona can earn their spots into the knockout round with wins against AC Milan and FC København, respectively, and will likely qualify even without victories in Matchday 4, Valencia does not have that margin of error as they play their reverse fixture against Rangers on Tuesday night. Ever […]

The Bundesliga's Champions League representatives had tough weekend fixtures, but will be looking to bounce back against their European counter-parts and fight for qualification to the round of sixteen. Hapoel Tel v Aviv v Schalke 04 Schalke are still firmly rooted in the relegation zone in the Bundesliga, but despite their woeful domestic form, they've […]

With a quarter of the season now passed, it is as good a time as any to reflect on the players and teams who have excelled and disappointed. First up are the transfers that have not met with expectations or values this season. In evaluating a players performance after 10 games it is important to […]

What's your perfect day of soccer? Think about what it would be like for you, and share it in the comments section below. For me, it depends if I'm in Wales or Florida. If it's the latter, it's a Premier League Saturday kicking off with a tantalizing kick-off at 7:45am ET at home. With the […]

With the another matchday of the Champions/Europa League group stages coming up, I've decided to take a look at what could be the more interesting matches of the 40 which will be played in the two competitions. The way I've chosen these matches is by looking at the teams which are playing, how they've been […]

Blackpool may have got their first home league win in the Premier League after they edged past West Brom. But the 2-1 win was a lot closer than many would have expected after the Baggies were reduced to ten men during the first half. While many would have predicted a very comfortable win for the […]

After going through two weeks of the Qualifying Round and six weeks of the group stage around a period of four months, CONCACAF has finally made their draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League. All four sides from Mexico along with two MLS sides and a club from Costa Rica and Honduras all […]

As most of us have been wondering or hoping that these playoffs are going to be fun, exciting and worth watching, I believe right now we haven't been disappointed at all. There has been some exciting and attacking soccer that most of us never thought would happen till the conference finals. But from what I […]

Chris Riordan is in Germany while I'm in North Carolina, but no matter where we are, the Major League Soccer Podcast comes to you. On this episode Sounder at Heart contirbutor and SB Nation editor Jeremiah Oshan joins me to look back at the four first legs that were. In the East, Colorado could have […]

Borussia Dortmund and Hoffenheim ended the weekend with a bang. Let's get to the results! Mainz 0 – 2 Borussia Dortmund Jurgen Klopp's men are a joy to watch. They pass the ball well, they attack with fluidity, and they pose a number of different threats. They're also extremely solid defensively. What's most impressive about […]

I want to begin by stating that I am a fan of the current MLS playoffs and in general I enjoy the way Major League Soccer organizes them. Like all MLS fans, I have things I love and things I hate about the current format, style of play, and presentation. Overall, the matches this year […]