The AC Milan vs Lazio match saw a variety of impressive goals but the one which sticks out above the rest was the winner scored by Gianluca Zambrotta. Zambrotta's is Goal of the Week for the following reasons, 1. distance 2. location 3. power 4. as a fullback Zambrotta doesn't score often, making this a very special goal compared to the rest netted by seasoned goalscorers this week. (honourable […]

Shortly after Manchester United's 1-1 draw at Chelsea yesterday, their team bus was attacked by an as-of-yet unknown assailant, who cracked the bus' front windshield (as pictured here) with a thrown bottle. No one was hurt, and United continued their short trip across London to the train station and following trip back to Manchester. Let's […]

Slowly but surely some of my repressed memories of being a soccer fan in the States are coming back to me. Almost a year ago, I wrote about the common "soccer is for fags" insults I remembered hearing in the 1980s. Then, all of a sudden last week, I remembered another insult that American jocks […]

In order for Soccer to find the success it seeks in the U.S., it must make changes to the traditional rules without changing the integrity of the sport. Soccer can be that viable alternative for sports fans in the U.S. if it plays with American rules and also promotes the game to fit U.S. sports fans expectations, […]

The third week in Serie A witnessed two of the traditional Italian powers rise to where people are used to seeing them. Inter is in 1st, Juventus in 2nd. In the case of the Team Of The Week, they pulled themselves out of the relegation zone and displayed a hint of their potential. It was a tough choice between two teams based in the […]

The USL-1 Regular Season concluded this past week and the playoffs are set. The Puerto Rico Islanders (pictured above) have won the Regular Season title, and gained the #1 seed in the playoffs. This gives the road weary Islanders a bye in the first round and a chance for now to focus on the CONCACAF […]

The USL-1 Regular Season concluded this past week and the playoffs are set. The Puerto Rico Islanders (pictured above) have won the Regular Season title, and gained the #1 seed in the playoffs. This gives the road weary Islanders a bye in the first round and a chance for now to focus on the CONCACAF […]

Roma and AC Milan get back on track with big wins Saturday Sept 20th Catania 1 – 0 Atalanta Roma 3 – 0 Reggina Sunday Sept 21th Cagliari 0 – 1 Juventus Fiorentina 1 – 0 Bologna Lecce 1 – 1 Siena Palermo 2 – 1 Genoa Sampdoria 1 – 1 Chievo Torino 1 – 3 Inter Milan […]

Salomon Kalou's header ten minutes from time cancels out Ji-Sung Park's opener and preserves Chelsea's unbeaten record at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea and Manchester United ends honors even at 1-1.Unlike the Liverpool/Manchester United clash last weekend, this was more typical big four fare. The game wasn't pretty by any means, plenty physical and full of […]

One of the bizarrest goals you'll ever see was awarded this past weekend in the Watford against Reading match. You have to see this "ghost goal" to believe it: [display_podcast] It was an obvious mistake by assistant referee Nigel Bannister as he believed the ball had gone in the back of the net when it […]

Michael Chopra's two goals in the final ten minutes are enough to see off Middlesbrough 2-0 at the Stadium of Light.A game that was more frantic than metered, this was a game that took a long time for anything to build. Yes both sides had plenty of chances (per Soccernet, 21 for Sunderland, 18 for […]

1 – Number of weeks Hamburg spent at the top of the table 2 – Number of 0-0 draws after five weeks 5 – Clean sheets, tied (alongside week 4) for the most in one week 8 – Minutes it took sub Jonas Kamper to score in Bielefeld's 2-0 win over Köln 11 – The […]

Calling all Milanista, I got it wrong and admit it but what's more important is understanding why. The key to today's victory was manager Ancelotti getting back to basics. Take a look at the starting XI, leaving Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko on the bench was the right move. Ancelotti would instead go with young Pato, Marco Borriello and a Pirlo-less midfield which supported the front two while […]

The way that we experience soccer on television has changed considerably in the past 10 years. There's more of it available on television. There are more channels showing matches. And we're even watching more games online. But I'm curious to know whether your attention to watching soccer games has changed too. Do you watch matches […]

What happens when you link up the greatest American coach with the greatest American player in the greatest American matchup? A hat trick of course! The renewed partnership of Bruce Arena of Landon Donovan so successful for the US National Team until Germany 2006 paid dividends for the LA Galaxy last night in the biggest […]