Jose Mourinho said "thanks, but no thanks" to Lyon. According to France Football it is due to the fact that "The Special One" is waiting for that formal offer to come his way from Barcelona. That would be the first step in the eventual return of "The Translator" to the Nou Camp. Mourinho became part […]

O'Brien to San Jose: A good move for the Quakes, but does Toronto FC have a clue about this league? The LA Galaxy dumping Kyle Martino Martino's fall is unfortunate. Once the golden child of American soccer and MLS along with none other than Santino Quaranta, you realize how often times we get national team […]

Ruud Van Nistlerooy will have to wait yet another week to score his 50th goal with Real Madrid. A case of synovitis will put him on the bench in their must-win game on the road against Recreativo. Recre are currently in a dogfight to avoid relegation and will have to fight tooth and nail to […]

Francesco Totti's goal in the 38th minute was not enough to defeat a injury ridden Nerazzurri. Pre-match reports clearly favored visitors Roma as Inter absentees included Marco Materazzi, Walter Samuel, Ivan Cordoba, Olivier Dacourt, and the dynamic scoring duo of Ibrahimovic and Cruz. After 20 minutes, Inter was closest to scoring the opener when Hernan […]

I get annoyed when I hear fans of the US Soccer program state that we need to put more young players in the English Premier League. Yes, we need to put more players in Europe, but no we do not have to put more young, developiong players in the Premier League.

Middlesbrough's Jérémie Aliadière, the man with the last name that takes me 73 tries to pronounce correctly, had his red card appeal denied today on the grounds of its "frivolous" nature and his ban increased from three to four games. This is one of the biggest farces I've seen all season. I don't subscribe to […]

Donadoni was among the early top shelf foreign signings for MLS The last two years we have been subjected to loads of conversation, some of it even bordering on propaganda as to how the league is constantly improving. While from a technical standpoint the league seems to be getting better, the results of MLS clubs […]

Arsenal 2- Birmingham 2 Eduardo's injury – a horrific broken leg – stole the headlines. But, it did not decisively affect the outcome. Luck controlled much of it. Birmingham capitalized upon one free kick – a questionable call – and one penalty – a blatantly wrong call. Fabregas had two goal-worthy efforts, one stopped by […]

While I am pleased for Philadelphia and particularly for the Sons of Ben that the league has chosen to add a 16th team in 2010, I have serious concerns about the rapid expansion of the league and the seeming desire to make a different set of rules for each potential expansion city. Philadelphia probably deserved […]

Serie A action tomorrow evening will hopefully re-ignite the title race in Italian football as Inter meet second place Roma who currently trail the leaders by nine points. The gap between the two had been as high as eleven but Inter drew 1-1 to Sampdoria over the weekend while Roma triumphed over fourth place Fiorentina […]

February has been a month to forget for me, and it's still not over. Some of you may recall that I was rushed to the hospital in late January due to blood clots. Unfortunately, it's been one episode after another and I now find myself back in the hospital again in just as many weeks […]

Viola hitman Adrian Mutu will be out for 4 weeks after taking a knock in the first half Sunday against Roma. The Fiorentina striker collided with goalkeeper Alexander Doni and limbed off the pitch injured. Mutu’s studs caught in the turf and he landed awkwardly causing ligament damage to the knee. The injury will see […]

This is the time of year optimism prevails throughout Major League Soccer's now 14 clubs. However in the case of Real Salt Lake, a major overhaul of the squad has given the team real reason to be looking forward t0 2008. The 2005 expansion club has yet to make the MLS Playoffs in its three […]

Jonathan Woodgate's extra-time header completed an impressive comeback for Spurs as the North London club beat West London rivals Chelsea today 2-1 to win the Carling Cup. I don't want to focus as much on the game itself here as I want to talk about how this result was good for the Premier League as […]

The last two years we have been subjected to loads of conversation, some of it even bordering on propaganda as to how the league is constantly improving. While from a technical standpoint the league seems to be getting better, the results of MLS clubs in competitions against foreign clubs as evidenced by Houston's thrashing at […]