To promote the upcoming release of FIFA 09, EA Sports came up with a remarkable way of advertising the new version of the game. During halftime of the Chelsea against Man United match last weekend that was televised on Sky Sports in England, EA debuted a four minute TV commercial starring Wayne Rooney and Gonzalo […]

By Brian Phillips, Run Of Play I can still remember the day I first asked myself the question. Accrington Stanley had gone down to Leyton Orient in an early-round Carling Cup match, and like all other football fans everywhere in the world, I immediately logged on to the website of The Sun in order to […]

Goal Highlights

Sevilla defender Aquivaldo Mosquera will be out for three weeks due to an ankle sprain. In the MRIs that were done Mosquera's absence will allow Ivica Dragutinovic to once again be a part of the nervionense Starting XI. The Colombian international was carried off the pitch after a hard foul by Chica should have earned Espanyol […]

Here's this week's Bundesliga XI. It is packed with Bayer 04, Hoffenheim and Werder players. It does include a special shoutout to the man who ended Energie's goal drought, an under appreciated defender from Arminia and a goalkeeper who lost. 1. Schalke 04 Now 10 of their last 13 have been scored by defenders. This […]

Episode 56 features an interview with US National Team and former Toronto FC midfielder/defender Mo Edu. Edu talks about his role with the US Olympic Team as well as his recent move to Rangers of the SPL. Following that Brian Quarstad of Blue Sky Soccer joins host Kartik Krishnaiyer to preview the USL Playoffs and […]

The voice of football commentator Gary Taphouse will be very familiar if you watch a lot of Premier League football matches on TV. His unmistakable voice has graced plenty of EPL commentaries as well as World Cup qualifiers, Chelsea radio and much more. If you're interested in what a life is like for a football […]

With all due respect to MLS’ best team the Columbus Crew who can essentially clinch the supporters shield on Saturday in Foxborough, and the two time defending champions Houston Dynamo, the biggest night in the MLS season at least from a public relations and TV perspective could be tonight. That’s because the two highest profile […]

With all due respect to MLS' best team the Columbus Crew who can essentially clinch the supporters shield on Saturday in Foxborough, and the two time defending champions Houston Dynamo, the biggest night in the MLS season at least from a public relations and TV perspective could be tonight. That's because the two highest profile […]

Updated to reflect the most recent world cup qualifiers and friendlies.

Updated to reflect the most recent world cup qualifiers and friendlies for both USL 1 and MLS players. If I am missing anyone please drop me a line at kartik@csrnusa.com

You may not want to hear it, but it's the time of the year when stores are frantically getting ready for the holiday shopping season. The Christmas displays in shop windows seem to appear earlier and earlier each year. Football is not immune to this, of course. The sport generates a tremendous amount of revenue […]

The cold hard truth is that no one cares about Wigan Athletic. I've written about them in the past but even their own supporters aren't bothered to participate in the discussion. Out of the 20 teams in the Premier League, Wigan is the most underreported side. Unless, that is, there's controversy or a outspoken comment […]

Former footballer Michael Robinson tackles one of the biggest questions in world football today- what happened to Ronaldinho? This is part of Informe Robinson, one of the most successful sports magazines in Spanish television. In the piece that Canal Plus produced, Robinson inteviews everyone from the neighborhood he grows up in to his teammates at […]

I was exchanging messages with Elisa the other day as she thought that I was a tad hard on Athletic Bilbao. She thought that I was putting them in second division, which is far from the truth.THIS is how I sound when I tap a team to second division.After four weeks in the La Liga […]