Jorge Rojas: MLS Super Signing I'll be honest. Late in this season with European Football having kicked off, the US National Team's qualifying in full swing, USL about to decide its playoff participants, and College Soccer having started up I'm having my difficult being motivated to watch MLS games. My disinterest cannot be blamed on […]

Athletic Bilbao´s Basque only policy puts them is quite a distinct disadvantage in today´s more globalized football industry. They see themselves Although it is still early, and Athletic Bilbao once again see themselves fighting to avoid relegation (as them along with Real Madrid and Barcelona are the three teams that never played in second division). […]

Who will win the Battle Of The Bridge this Sunday? ( polls)

The network will make its debut in Spanish television screen this weekend when they transmit weekend's matches from Europe and throughout South America. Spanish network Mediapro joined forces with the all-soccer network and they were able to agree with regional networks like Euskaltel, Orange, and Telecable. Gol, alongside Mediapro, will become the biggest players in […]

Real Madrid midfielder Fernando Gago became the second South American international to have to miss an extended period of time after Champions League play. Gago will be out for close to a month after suffering a level two muscle tear in his left thigh in Wednesday’s Champions League opener against BATE Borisov. Gago will come […]

Football is not always a beautiful game; sometimes bookings are necessary. Thankfully, we're on hand to keep all these bookings straight. There are 34 distinct offences that the DFB considers bookable. In their honor I've written this paean to the punished: We are here not to castigate but to celebrate these masters of misconduct, ballerinas […]

It was an outstanding performance for Italian football in the first round of UEFA Cup action, as all four Serie A clubs registered first-leg victory. AC Milan adjusting to a non-Champions League season are full steam ahead winning 3 – 1 over FC Zürich. This triumph couldn't have come at a better time for Rossoneri […]

Just a quick editorial note to start, I had hoped to complete my Group Previews before Matchday 1 but that was not the case. I will still be pushing those out, hopefully finish before Matchday 2 hits. Now, on to last night's action. After absences last season for perennial Champions League participants Bayern Munich (pictured […]

Episode 55 features an interview with US midfielder Eddie Lewis who after playing nine season in England has returned home to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Also Chris Webb from United Mania joins host Kartik Krishnaiyer for a free flowing discussion which topics include United's US Open Cup triumph, Marcello Gallardo's injuries, United's playoff […]

The Old Lady of Turin has been absent from Champions League play since the calciopoli scandal of two seasons ago but you wouldn't have known it, especially once the home side took the lead in the 76th minute, from a Del Piero free kick which was simply spectacular. Juventus came close on several other chances and looked deadly […]

The recent press reports linking Arsenal and other Premier League clubs to 14 year old attacking midfielder Charles Renken whose sterling play for the US U-17 team in the Bradenton Invitational last year caught many eyes is terrifying from my perspective as an American football fan. Despite the success Arsenal has had in developing […]

The recent press reports linking Arsenal and other Premier League clubs to 14 year old attacking midfielder Charles Renken whose sterling play for the US U-17 team in the Bradenton Invitational last year caught many eyes is terrifying from my perspective. Despite the success Arsenal has had in developing young footballers, Americans have had nothing […]

The recent press reports linking Arsenal and other Premier League clubs to 14 year old attacking midfielder Charles Renken whose sterling play for the US U-17 team in the Bradenton Invitational last year caught many eyes is terrifying from my perspective. Despite the success Arsenal has had in developing young footballers, Americans have had nothing […]

Which is the better Premier League highlight show? BBC's Match Of The Day or TWI's Premier League Review Show? Millions of people around the world watch the highlight packages that feature the best bits of each Premier League match, so the shows should be quite similar, right? Wrong. Read on to learn the major differences […]

The first time I heard about the movie Control, about the life of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, was three years ago after I just finished "Touching From A Distance," the excellent book by his widow Deborah Curtis. When the movie was finally released in 2007, I agonized over the fact that it was […]