The magic of the FA Cup was on display during the replay of the Derby-Nottingham Forest cup tie. This was more then just your average Derby match, the rivalry between these two clubs is fierce and the fact that one club has the opportunity to knock the other out of the oldest cup competition makes […]

In recent years, Fernando Torres was a nightmare to Barcelona defenses. It seemed like in every encounter El Niño seemed to score and Atlético was a bogey team during the height of the Rijkaard regime.

Mexico entered the 2007 Gold Cup Final at Soldier Field determined to overcome the United States for the first time in eight years on american soil. Andres Guardado and Nery Castillio combined on a wonderful goal to give Mexico a 1-0 halftime lead. At that point in the match, Tim Howard's clutch goalkeeping was keeping […]

Another weekend gone and if you are a Swansea fan another great result which sees you to continue to inch up the Championship towards a play-offs spot. The win for the side from Wales moves them to within two points of a play-0ff spot as we get into the business end of the season. However […]

Kickoff for today's international friendly will be at 7:45 pm London time, and 2:45 pm on the east coast in North America as the Azzurri take on Brazil in a high profile friendly at the Emirates Stadium, the home of Arsenal Kaka will miss this encounter as well as compatriot Amauri who received a late call-up […]

Talented strikers from the former Yugoslavia are a valuable commodity in the Bundesliga this season. A wave of Yugo-nostalgia has spread across the German league and is following a trend of Soviet Chic in Germany. Matchday 19 highlighted the dependence many Bundesliga squads have on their striking stalwarts from nations that once belong to the […]

Sven Goran Eriksson has learned the lessons of Ricardo LaVolpe the hard way. If you use non Mexican born players even in winning, you will be a loser. The Mexican Football press, notoriously xenophobic and insular attacked former national team manager Lavolpe, an Argentine for using Guille Franco and Zinha in the lead up to […]

These will be rapid fire after the fun day of news already discussed. * Shawn Wright-Phillips receives a three match ban for the kick he gave Rory Delap. Delap is supporting SWP saying he deserved what he got after his tackle on him. And through all of this, Jose Bosingwa is just laughing that he […]

You would never expect a club as proud as DC United or a leader as successful as Kevin Payne to admit that a year ago they made a horrible mistake. But yesterday's actions prove they don't have to. One year after being traded to Colorado, thus ripping the soul of a back to back Supporters […]

***Huntelaar Denied Wanting To Leave Madrid After Article Was Written**** Much ballyhooed winter acquisition Klass-Jan Huntelaar came to Madrid, he was really looked at as the solution to the club's woes. Fast forward three months later and the Dutch international is maybe doing some second guessing. According to reports by Madrid mouthpiece As, Huntelaar mentioned […]

I must have been the only Chelsea fan in the world who wasn't surprised by today's news. Realistically with the FA Cup the only legit chance of Chelsea winning any trophy this season, the move had to be made now. Had Scolari been in charge Saturday when Chelsea went to Watford, Chelsea would be out […]

A strange turn of events at Chelsea where Luiz Felipe Scolari has been sacked and Avram Grant, the man Scolari replaced, has emerged as one of the candidates on Chelsea's shortlist to replace the former World Cup-winning manager. Whether Grant gets the job is purely speculation but it's just another sign of how funny football […]

From the 1999 Under 17 World Cup until late 2005, DaMarcus Beasley was considered one of the brightest ever young stars of football produced by the United States. A left footed midfield with amazing speed anf flair, manythought Beasley would eventually be the break through player for the US in European club football. Beasley had […]

I can sum up in two words why Roman Abramovich may have sacked Luiz Felipe Scolari: Aston Villa. Seeing Aston Villa in third place, two points ahead of Chelsea, must have been eating Abramovich up. Here's this Russian oil tycoon who has spent hundreds of millions of pounds to try to build the world's biggest […]

(Photo credit:LENNART PREISS/AFP/Getty Images) With increased speculation and apparent player maneuverings, Bayern Munich have found themselves amidst an odd news cycle about losing Franck Ribery. Today, Franz Beckenbauer made a shrewd move and announced that their talismanic playmaker could leave in the summer if the player himself really wants the move. The destination was confirmed […]