Liverpool – Real Madrid LIV: Reina, Arbeloa, Fabio Aurélio, Carragher, Skrtel, Mascherano, Xabi Alonso, Gerrard, Babel,Kuyt, Torres MAD: Casillas, Heinze, Pepe, Cannavaro, Sergio Ramos, Gago, Diarrá, Robben, Sneijder, Raúl, Higuaín Panatinaikos-Villarreal PAN:Galinovic, Sarriegi, Salpingidis,Gilberto, Gabriel, Karagounis, Simão, Vintra, Wawrzyniak, Mantzios, Nilsson VIL: Diego López, Capdevila, Ángel, Eguren, Fabricio Fuentes, Senna, Ibagaza, Diego Godín, Nihat, Rossi

The winner played matches and/or made headlines during the calendar week of Mar. 2 – 8 and the winner is:

Jonathan Wilson, the inimitable scholar of tactical mechanics with his recent Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics (a book I included in a piece on tactical reductionism for this website) has made a very convincing argument why English Premier League clubs have come to dominate the Champions League in the last four seasons. […]

The 2009 MLS Salary list has been released thanks to the MLS Players Union and as always some players stand out as bargains and others as terrible buys. Here is our list of the best and worst of MLS salaries for 2009. DESIGNATED PLAYERS The DP rule was at least ostensibly approved to make MLS […]

Consequences after the Riots in Hamburg: DFB President Zwanziger is considering Travel Bans on Fans, Rostock is not ruling out Court Actions against the instigators. The Police Union is warning that there may be fatalities soon and is demanding games in empty stadiums. Hamburg – The physical damage caused in the Riots surrounding the 2nd […]

It's quite common to hear supporters of Premier League teams who live in the United Kingdom complaining about kickoff times. You'll often hear them moan about kickoff times being too late or too early, as they reminisce about the good old days of traditional 3pm Saturday start times. The bottom line is that they're spoiled. […]

This is it. After months of foreplay, the Champions League finally comes down to one of the most exciting stages of the tournament — the second leg of the first knockout round. Over the next 48 hours, we'll witness which eight teams will qualify for the quarter-finals of the illustrious tournament. Over at ESPN, they've […]

3 – Likely number of German top goalscorers over the past 10 years by season's end. With Ibisevic's injury cementing his tally at 18, it seems likely that Patrick Helmes (17), Mario Gomez or Grafite (14 each) will end up with title of Torschützenkönig. BUT if Grafite were to win, it'd increase the number of […]

Here are five stories I've handpicked that you may be interested in reading, as well as a link to all of the day's top stories (again, handpicked for your reading pleasure). Enjoy. "Patrick Collins Named British Sports Writer of The Year" (Sports Journalists' Association). The Daily Mail journalist wins the top honors. Other awards go […]

After being asked about this issue we will give you the skinny. We have started a series of podcasts at Mad About Futbol. There we talk about La Liga, but we also talk about other leagues such as Serie A, Champions League, CONCACAF, and South America. So take a listen... You can check them […]

After weeks of speculation, Barcelona made it official today and in a press release stated that Irish rock band U2 will begin their latest tour at the Nou Camp. What better opportunity to spread the brand name of FC Barcelona than by having it alongside one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Well […]

For years the ugly stepchild of the US Soccer scene, USL-1 has earned a permanent spot in the region's biggest club football event: The CONCACAF Champions League. Puerto Rico and Montreal represented the league with incredible class and demonstrated the quality of the second flight of North American football. At the same time MLS clubs […]

As we discussed in our recent podcast with Dave Brett Wasser, two NASL teams that seemed to stand out from the rest were Tampa Bay and New York. While Seattle, Minnesota and Vancouver all had competitive and well supported squads and Fort Lauderdale later developed a colorful tradition, from 1975 through 1980, the Cosmos-Rowdies rivalry […]

It was a great week to watch La Liga, there were so many goals and outstanding performances that it was tough to choose a Team Of The Week. By the way, all those that knock football for being boring should look at Sunday in La Liga as an example of what "The Beautiful Game " is all about, […]

Our good friend Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer will be putting together a weekly wrap up of USL-1. Here is this week's edition. Let me also mention I am hearing greater buzz about the potential of Pachuca setting up a sister club similar to Chivas USA by 2011 in either Phoenix or Orlando. The […]