So far, Carlo Ancelotti has had it easy this season. The only times he has risen off his manager’s chair is to celebrate the blitzkrieg of goals his Blues have been putting in the back of the net. The Premier League champions have 5 wins out of 5 with a whopping goal difference of +20. […]

Bayern Munich travelled to Hoffenheim earlier tonight with the pressure of having failed to score a goal in their last three domestic fixtures, Hannover hosted Werder Bremen with their eyes on three points, and first-placed Mainz would have been boosted by their league position while hosting FC Koln. TSG Hoffenheim 1 – 2 Bayern Munich […]

Now that the relaunched FoxSoccer.tv worked so flawlessly for its biggest match yet, this past Sunday's Manchester United against Liverpool encounter, I have to wonder what is the future for this platform. Many readers have already exclaimed how they've dumped Fox Soccer Plus in favor of FoxSoccer.tv because of its more complete coverage of the […]

Date: 3rd April 1996 Let me set the scene. Newcastle United had been having their best season in decades. But after blowing a huge lead at the top of the Premiership, they know they that must bring back three points from Merseyside to stay in compeition with Alex Ferguson's (Not a sir back then) Manchester […]

It’s already not been the best of weeks for Liverpool. A defeat at Manchester United is never easy to take, but now former manager Rafa Benitez has revealed some worrying information about the clubs hierarchy. Pressure on the decision makers at Anfield is already at fever pitch, and Benitez’s accusations will only add further strain […]

Following on from the Gaffer's suggestion for articles to use as resources one of the key elements of a Football match are the Tactics each team employs. Unfortunately for converts the terminology can be impenetrable – 4-4-2 & 4-3-3 are just random numbers and with two teams lining up it can be hard to understand […]

Despite the miserable performance (and result), I needed those two goals from Steven Gerrard. Badly. After Liverpool's goalless, soulless visit to Birmingham the previous weekend, I expected Manchester United to annihilate as literally as possible within the law (I hear it's a four-match ban for an actual multiple homicide on the pitch). These days in the league, we're languid, disorganized, […]

Like most soccer fans, I am a soccer league polygamist. Because I live less than 20 minutes from an MLS club, I root for and follow Major League Soccer in the U.S. However, I am also a passionate Arsenal fan who lives and dies in every match they play throughout the year. And of course, […]

Early in the second half, before Angel di María opened the scoring with a sublime curler to the right far post to give Real Madrid the 0-1 lead, "El Especial," José Mourinho, lambasted referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz for showing a yellow card on Sergio Ramos for an apparent trip on young Real Sociedad starlet Antoine […]

Whether they're man marking the opposition's left sided attacking winger or bombing up and down the flank conducting intelligent overlapping runs in support of their right sided midfielder, the modern day right sided full back is an integral part of a team's make up. Although not a glamour position like that of his brother the winger, a solid right back […]

La Liga provides its supporters and spectators with its first midweek round of the season, and through three rounds of this long campaign, the table has already sorted itself out in terms of the apparent three tiers in La Primera División. The top six teams are the same teams that usually occupy the European places […]

Sometimes I wish I supported one Premier League club. Instead, I support Swansea City, the club I've followed since I was 10 years-old. The reason why I sometimes wish I followed a Premier League club is two-fold. One, there would conceivably be only one fixture on my TV schedule each weekend that I would feel […]

Editor's note: Three weeks ago, Earl began this series as a chronicle of his quest to find the Premier League team that connects with his spirit as a fledgling soccer fan from afar. Between the Euro 2012 qualifying weekend (where I found myself happy for Wayne Rooney to overcome his personal distractions) and a weekend […]

On this edition of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast, myself and co-host Chris Riordan look back on a weekend highlighted by the Seattle Sounders' dominant 4-0 win in Columbus. We talk about the Crews' problems, how Seattle exploited them, as well as the other matches from the past weekend. Also discussed: Thierry Henry's punishment, […]

The Serie A has produced another slate of interesting results, and with even more on the way this midweek, the table positions are beginning to fix themselves. If you're interested in reading about how AC Milan and Fiorentina did at home (not well) in their two matches, you can click here, but please read on […]