I needed a couple of days to take the foot that got shoved up my rear end of seeing that wonderful performance from Sigi Schmid and his Seattle Sounders on ESPN 2 this past Thursday night. It was wonderful scenes that evening when you saw everyone following Drew Carey towards Qwest Field marching into the […]

The Serie A is heading down to the last few matches. There are 9 weeks left for teams to slip down the table or rise up the table. The marquee matchup of the weekend was AS Roma vs Juventus, too bad the match was one-sided as La Vecchia Signora dominated I Giallorossi in Rome. The […]

After this week's results in Spain, two things are clear: #1. The top 3 teams in the league are lethal & ferocious finishers. In Week 28, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Sevilla FC won their matches by a combined score of 13 to 1. Only Valladolid managed to score in their 4-1 drubbing at the hands […]

Based on Real Madrid's overall performance under the leadership of Juande Ramos, should the eventual president of the Merengue's resign the coach they have right now? Get your own Poll!

Confidence is piercing: It attacks the disposition in those it encounters with a domineering force. Arrogance is masochistic: It challenges those dispositions to return force in kind plus more. It demands unequal retribution. It bolsters the defending. Ronaldo has none of the confidence he deserves and too much of the hubris that weighs him down. […]

Chuck Culpepper's "Bloody Confused" has gotten plenty of praise on both sides of the Atlantic. The book released in a slightly modified version as "Up Pompey" in the UK, is about an American sportswriter of some note who discovers English Football and falls in love with Portsmouth Football Club. Culpepper's book has been hailed by […]

Beginning this Monday we will have a look back at the weekend's MLS games every week . During USL season we will be doing the same. For WPS I'd like to find someone who knows the league and covers it do the same. If you follow the WPS please leave a comment on this thread.

It didn't send boots aquaking in Catalunya, but it is a team to respect based on their precedent. If there is one demon they will have to overcome in order to get to that historic treble, they will have to do so against a side that they have never beaten. Never Beaten Bayern In four […]

On a morning (Eastern time) when all the winners are lower in the table than the vanquished opponents, today is a classic example where people will boast about the greatness of the Premiership and its unpredictability, a great league with tons of entertainment and intrigue. However, a closer look at one result in particular will […]

A couple weeks ago I was a guest on Mad About Futbol and the hosts asked me what I would do if I were the commissioner of the MLS. I kept my answer short and only touched on a couple topics, but in the back of my head was a longer laundry list. So without […]

Football is about passion. Football is about trophies. Football is about titles. On this first MLS weekend, a quick glance at the schedule shows matchups like Chivas USA-Colorado Rapids and San Jose Earthquakes (the expansion team, not the the DeRo led Quakes of old)-New England Revs. At first glance the thought, "MLS is putting these […]

The Serie A is Italy's topflight domestic football league, and home to some of the most popular and successful football clubs in the world. Whilst the Serie A draws only the 5th highest attendance figures in Europe, behind the premier divisions in England, Germany and Spain, it is ranked as the third most powerful European […]

Major League Soccer is the highest level of professional football in the United States. Whilst the League has enjoyed growing domestic support over the past decade, it does not have much of an international profile, and member clubs have virtually no following outside North America. However, the 2007 departure of David Beckham from Real Madrid […]

The Bundesliga, Germany's top-flight professional football league, is one of the best-attended sports leagues in the world. Boasting the highest average attendances in Europe, the Bundesliga attracts an average crowd of almost 39,000 spectators for each league match. Despite strong domestic support, the Bundesliga does not enjoy the same levels of international support as the […]

During the past decade, the second tier of English professional football has built the strongest following of any second division in world football. Support for the Football Championship is so strong that it is able to boast the fourth highest cumulative seasonal attendance figures of any football league in Europe. The primary reason for the […]