The World Cup is agonizingly close, I seem to be spending all my time thinking, reading, or talking about it. However with all of the different news, blog, and sport sites available on the internet, sifting through the pile for worthwhile material can be a nightmare. This is why I have, in association with The […]

Portsmouth is now officially the latest English club coming to North America as part of their preseason warm-ups. The south-coast club finished dead last in the EPL, made history by being the first Premier League club to go into administration and have been forced to sell what top-class talent they had in order to stave off […]

World Cup years give all club managers a real dilemma. Do you try and recruit all your transfers before the tournament or do you wait until it’s over? The fact is, every WC is the world’s biggest advertising brochure for players, especially from less high profile nations. Anyone having a good tournament will immediately be […]

Diego Contento, one of Bayern Munich's most promising young players, has today secured a new 3-year deal with the Bundesliga champions. Contento graduated from Bayern's youth system in January of this year, and made his first Bundesliga appearance for the club against FC Nuremberg, where he started in the place of an injured Daniel Van […]

Two new photos have emerged of the new Manchester United home jersey for the 2010-11 season (see above). The new Man United home shirt is consistent with the previously uncovered image of the jersey. The shirt is still red with white trim and an old-fashioned collar. What is different, however, is that we can see […]

England will meet the US squad on June 12th at Rustenburg in South Africa and fans in the US are already anticipating what will probably be one of the most watched games in the States. Unfortunately, history is not on the US squad’s side. England have appeared in thirteen tournaments and made it to at least the […]

It's amazing when the weather goes from one extreme to another in these US Open Cup qualifiers. From a cold and dreary 40 degree night in early May against the Revolution to a sweltering 90 degrees against the Colorado Rapids. But both sides were going at each other to reach third round proper of the […]

The Guardian's Jonathan Wilson is one of the most influential soccer writers in the English-language world, whose ability to explain the tactical side of the game has changed the way the game is covered. On today's podcast, the author of Sunderland: A Club Transformed, Behind the Curtain, and Inverting the Pyramid joins us to discuss […]

The Guardian's Jonathan Wilson is one of the most influential soccer writers in the English-language world, whose ability to explain the tactical side of the game has changed the way the game is covered. On today's podcast, the author of Sunderland: A Club Transformed, Behind the Curtain, and Inverting the Pyramid joins us to discuss […]

AC Milan president came out with quite the interesting statement about his team after a political meeting. While it doesn't seem like a direct attack at Leonardo, AC Milan's coach for last season, it's still a statement which shows that Berlusconi is not happy with the way things are happening at the rossoneri. Here's the […]

The name "Giuseppe Rossi" makes American soccer fans shake their head in disgust and Italian fans smile in anticipation. The 23 year old striker has made the Italian national team provisional roster and, even if he is only a reserve in this World Cup, he will likely star on future Azzurri clubs that will need an infusion […]

Portsmouth Relegation was the least of Portsmouth’s problems from the season, with the on going off-the-pitch saga of the sheer volumes of money owed to the tax man. This highlights that Football is not an exception to the global financial crises we are currently in. Back on the pitch the poor start to the season, […]

Bob Bradley is a strategic thinker. He has to be. He coaches a mid-level national soccer team whose first game is against one the top ranked teams in the world – England. Bradley knows that the US does not have enough talent to win on talent alone. If the Founding Fathers had failed and America […]

Newly-appointed Wolfe boss Steve McClaren spoke at a press conference on Wednesday about his intentions at Wolfsburg and answered a few important questions journalists had about the team. Coming off of his title-winning season in the Eredivisie with FC Twente, McClaren has finally tasted success and is hungry for more. McClaren arrived in the Netherlands […]

It seems like only yesterday when Italia 1990 took place, probably the first World Cup that could honestly begin to claim it was a global spectacle. As if by magic, the Cameroon side that qualified for the 14th World Cup were able to explode all over the world and show people that African international football […]