Well that was one of the biggest headlines of the week in both England and Spain as well as in Italy. Not pleased with Claudio Rainieri´s job during his 14-month tenure with La Vecchia Signora, the club is already looking for a replacement and the Spaniard is at the top of the list. Somehow they […]

The continued outstanding form of the Houston Dynamo and the likelihood that Houston will win yet another MLS Cup title this year begs the question: Have MLS proponents and the league once again exaggerated MLS’ quality, this time in claiming how competitive the league is top to bottom. Consider this: Historically one of four clubs […]

Kyle Beckerman/AP Photo The continued outstanding form of the Houston Dynamo and the likelihood that Houston will win yet another MLS Cup title this year begs the question: Have MLS proponents and the league once again exaggerated MLS' quality, this time in claiming how competitive the league is top to bottom. Consider this: Historically one […]

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This week, some of the top decision makers in world football met at the Leaders In Football conference at Stamford Bridge in London to discuss a host of topics. Richard Scudamore, chief executive of the Premier League, spoke about his vision for making the Premier League into a global league. When interviewed about the topic, […]

With the prediction by Lord Triesman, head of the Football Association, that the current global economic crisis could spell a ‘terrible danger' to clubs with spiralling debt, meaning could we actually see a Premier League club go to the wall? According to Triesman the Premier League is currently in £3bn worth of debt so the […]

La Furia got together on Tuesday as they begin preparations for their upcoming World Cup qualifier matches against Estonia and Belgium. Valencia midfielder Raúl Albiol joins Barcelona's Carles Puyol (foot infection) and Andrés Iniesta (knee), Villarreal's Santi Cazorla (leg contusion), and Sevilla's Diego Capel (hamstring) in the list of players that come into the international […]

AC Milan have a smaller obstacle to overcome en route to a UEFA Cup title. Tuesday's draw in Nyon saw them favored in the group stages as they will face off against Heerenveen, SC Braga, Portsmouth, and Wolfsburg. Meanwhile, Sampdoria and Udinese will see it extremely difficult in groups C and D respectively. La Samp […]

There was a sense of anxiety in Santander as the group stage draw for the UEFA Cup were held on Tuesday in Nyon. By the end, the anxiety became nauseating as their fortunes saw them in the group of death. The "luck" of the draw saw them emerge as rivals for team such as Paris-St.Germain, […]

UEFA held the draw for the UEFA Cup group stage today and some fascinating pairings emerged. Both Martin Jol and Steve McClaren will take their new clubs back to England as FC Twente will face Manchester City and Jol's Hamburg will take on Aston Villa. This year's groups are looking really tough and the field […]

For me, the height of FoxSoccer.com was the summer of 2006 during the World Cup when there was a tremendous community built around the reporters who were in Germany including Jamie Trecker, Nick Webster and Oliver Hinz. But since then, what Fox Soccer Channel features do you use and is the website part of your […]

With Tottenham Hotspur experiencing their worst start to a season since 1912, it's time for desperate measures at White Hart Lane. If you were in charge of the club, which players would you put on the transfer list, which personnel would you sack and who would you keep? Here are my picks: Sack them: Daniel […]

The early week edition of The Third Half will be released tomorrow night no later than 10 pm. On the show will be Kevin from Serie A Talk and Shakira Graham from Championship Talk as well as my thoughts on the weekend in the Premier League. The late week edition will be released on Friday. […]

Headlines from Italy read, A sensational Swedish backheel, Magical Ibra!, Ibra waves his magic wand, Inter go top. Some excellent goals were scored this week including, Del Piero's trade mark free-kick, Gilardino's header and Kuzmanovic's quick take, off the Montolivo free-kick but it should be obvious from the introduction Goal of The Week falls to Zlatan Ibrahimovic with his […]

My CSRN American Soccer Show co-host Dave Denholm, CSRN’s Peter Brown and myself have been scathing on air in our denunciation of Bob Bradley’s tactics: the bucket formation and the overall defensive posture. However with Bradley’s wooing of Jose Francisco Torres and latest squad selection I believe Coach Bradley “gets it.” He realizes despite the […]