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Sorry Mum. Uh, I mean, sorry Arsene. Okay, this is getting ridiculous, and I don't even support Arsenal. Sure, publicly we talk about the Gunners's depressingly sub-par performance this season as a victory for parity in the Premier League. Privately though, like for instance this morning over a nice warm cup of coffee for what […]

The fourth round FA Cup match between Liverpool and Everton ended in a 1-1 draw on Sunday at Anfield — the second draw between the two Merseyside clubs in less than one week. Everton scored the opener in the first half after Liverpool was again guilty of poor defensive marking from a set play. This […]

The draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup has been announced, and here are the fixtures to be played over the weekend of February 14 and 15, 2009: Sheffield United v Hull City Watford v Chelsea West Ham United v Middlesbrough Sunderland/Blackburn v Coventry City Derby/Nottingham Forest v Manchester United Swansea City v […]

As many of you know, there are occasional instances in which I stray from the topic of the passion of billions and have to talk about something that is going on in the world or my life.

It's interesting to see that Bob Bradley will take every opportunity to start Brian Ching. Today it is as the expense of Kenny Cooper which is sure to make many US fans furious. Nice to see Charlie Davies get the start: we named him our website's Americans Abroad Player of the Year for last season […]

The US will dress only 18 players for tonight's game. Here is the squad: GOALKEEPERS (2): Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (Valerenga IF/NOR) DEFENDERS (6): Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland/DEN), Ugo Ihemelu (Colorado Rapids), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaelland/NOR), Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC) MIDFIELDERS (6): Brian Carroll […]

Manchester City’s new ownership sent chairman Garry Cook, brimming with billions, to build a super-club capable of Champions League qualification. The club’s £91m bid for Kaka was a noted fiasco, but, as details have emerged, that’s hardly been their only activity. City reportedly made an equally irresponsible bid for Spain and Valencia star David Villa, […]

The United States National Team begins its busy 2009 schedule which includes the Confederations Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup and most importantly the Hexagonal Round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying. Join us at 8:15pm ET/5:15PM PT for all the action.

With the release of the United Soccer Leagues 2009 D1 schedule and accompanying Fox Soccer Channel tv schedule, USL shows once again that MLS is not the only game in town. USL proves again that it carries a lot of weight when it comes to professional soccer in the U.S. The USL infrastructure is strong enough to continue to be […]

With only a week left of the January transfer window, this week has seen a flurry of transfers go through as clubs look to add some quality to their squads for the vital second half of the season. The problem with the January transfer window is that it can often prompt rash decisions from both […]

The weekend calendar takes a scheduled break from league action with the oldest domestic cup tournament in the world taking centre stage, as the 128th tournament continues. With the field of competitors narrowed to 32 teams here is the weekend menu: Jan 23 – Derby V Nottingham Forest Jan 24 – Chelsea v Ipswich Jan 24 – […]

The quarterfinals of the 2008-09 Coppa Italia offered no surprises as the teams that were seen as stronger advanced to the semis. The biggest story was Inter Milan getting revenge on 2-time defending champions AS Roma. Roma beat Inter last year in the Coppa Final 2-1. This time the Nerazzurri defeated the Giallorossi by the same score. Here are the results: […]

Episode 60 of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast features analysis by host Kartik Krishnaiyer on the MLS Draft. An interview with Cleveland City Stars GM Mark Geissbauer discussing the club's move to USL-1 follows.

Second team plays Espanyol 0-0 Barcelona Valencia 3-2 Sevilla VAL: Villa (5'), Baraja (83'), Mata (87') SEV:Luis Fabiano (53'), Adriano (68') Mallorca 1-0 Betis MLL:Keita (66´) Athletic 0-0 Sporting LIVE STREAMS LINKS WILL BE ADDED PRIOR TO KICKOFF.