Samuel Eto'o converted a PK in the 66th minute to draw even with Ivory Coast legend Laurent Pokou for most goals scored (14) in the African Cup of Nations finals and Joseph Job bagged a brace to propel Cameroon over Zambia 5-1 yesterday. This was a game Cameroon absolutely needed to win after their opening […]

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Ivory Coast became the first nation to punch their ticket to the quarterfinals of the 2008 African Cup of Nations today after a 4-1 romp over Benin, a game in which Benin needed a 90th minute goal to avoid a shutout and the Toure brothers combined on a nice goal for the winners. Ivory Coast […]

It's been a while since I wrote an update, largely because there has only been a few new moves to bring you up to speed on. Largely deals have been getting bogged down with work permit issues, medicals and arguments over terms and fees. The action has started to pick up in the last few […]

After much pleading and begging, San Lorenzo have proved their worthiness to obtain the services of another former Ramón Díaz player at River Plate. His former team was in the race for a short period of time but they were not able to show them the money. Andrés D´Alessandro is close to signing with San […]

Junior Agogo an MLS almuni who was decent with Colorado and a washout with San Jose scored the game winner for Ghana last night int heir African Nations Cup triumph over Namibia. Agogo now plays back home in England (he is English but was eligible to play for Ghana through his parents) for Nottingham Forest. […]

Ghana put themselves in a very strong position to win Group A and qualify for the quarterfinals of the 2008 African Cup of Nations with their 1-0 win over Namibia yesterday. The Black Stars aren't exactly winning with style right now, but they're getting the job done and former MLS star Junior Agogo's 41st minute […]

Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have announced the approval of their 350m GBP debt refinancing, allowing them to maintain ownership of the club and to begin construction on a new 70,000 seat stadium. Only 105m GBP of the debt will be saddled upon Liverpool F.C., with the remainder to be assumed by Hicks […]

Argentine star Marco Ruben was bought by Villarreal just a few days ago, but the former U-20 is not quite ready to unpack just yet as his final destination will be in Huelva. Because of the impact of forwards Giuseppe Rossi and Nihat up front along with others that are integral to Villarreal's success, that […]

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I'll tell you what, this year's edition of the African Cup of Nations is getting better and better. The quality of some of the goals scored has been absolutely fantastic and yesterday we saw more of the same. The 2010 World Cup hosts, South Africa, earned a point out of nothing against Angola as substitute […]

The month long US training camp at the National Training Center in Carson, CA continues with some cuts and releases following the Sweden match. the following 21 players, 16 of which are based in MLS, the other 5 who are based in Scandinavia will continue preparation for the super classico clash with Mexico on February […]

With the annual January training camp in full swing for the US, and January B+ friendly as I like to call it out of the way let's look ahead towards qualifying. Here and now in 2008 the US has a deeper player pool than ever before. But at the same time, the talent at the […]

You all know my feelings towards Rolando Bianchi. After he came out in an interview with Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport back in late December and criticized all things English soccer, I wrote here about how selfish Bianchi is and how he should be on the next plane out of Manchester when the January […]

Yesterday's action in the African Cup of Nations involved Group C, and Egypt's 4-2 victory over Cameroon put the defending champions in a great position while Cameroon will now have to battle out of a hole to advance to the quarterfinals, which had to have been their minimum expectation before the tournament began. This was […]