Call me crazy, but I have a hunch Guadeloupe who qualified for their first ever Gold Cup could be dangerous in a somewhat weak group based in Miami. Costa Rica has a squad in transition and Haiti's team lacks depth and experience. I like Canada to win Group A, but believe that Guadeloupe could sneak […]

The CONCACAF Gold Cup begins tonight in Miami with two matches, Costa Rica vs Canada and Guadelope, first time qualifiers for the event taking on Haiti who qualified for the first time since 2000. The US opens play versus Guatemala tomorrow in Los Angeles.

This episode features an interview with Actor/ Producer Andrew Shue who is a former MLS player about his new movie Gracie as well as a conversation with correspondent Michael Haley about the Gold Cup and MLS. http://majorleaguesoccertalk.libsyn.com/

Call me crazy, but I have a hunch Guadeloupe who qualified for their first ever Gold Cup could be dangerous in a somewhat weak group based in Miami. Costa Rica has a squad in transition and Haiti's team lacks depth and experience. I like Canada to win Group A, but believe that Guadeloupe could sneak […]

Real Madrid defender Roberto Carlos has agreed to join Turkish champions Fenerbahce at the end of the season. The 34-year-old left-back will leave Real June 30th. Carlos told Spanish newspaper Marca: "Fenerbahce are the club that have shown most interest in signing me and they convinced me with their project. I had a lot of […]

Check out the schedule from ESPN Soccernet. Group A is based in Miami, Group B in Los Angeles and Foxboro, Group C in Houston and Giants Stadium (NJ). http://soccernet.espn.go.com/fixtures?league=concacaf.gold&cc=5901

Published reports indicate out of favor Chelsea midfielder Claude Makelele is pondering a move to the MLS. Makelele had retired from the France National Team but then unretired for a Euro qualifier which set off a firestorm in Stamford Bridge. Makelele stated he feels he can continue to play for France if he moves stateside.

Published reports indicate out of favor Chelsea midfielder Claude Makelele is pondering a move to the MLS. Makelele had retired from the France National Team but then unretired for a Euro qualifier which set off a firestorm in Stamford Bridge. Makelele stated he feels he can continue to play for France if he moves stateside.

Setanta's team of pundits for the 2007/2008 season is continuing to grow. In the past few months, they announced that Steve McClaren McManaman, Angus Young and Steve Bower will join the Irish company. Setanta has added Les Ferdinand to their ranks and The Guardian is reporting that Emmanuel Petit is in talks with Setanta. At […]

Here are some of the stories from around the world about the Premier League that you may have missed: Man United's match in Seoul, Korea on July 20 quickly sold out all 65,000 tickets. Demand was so high that the tickets sold in a matter of hours. Sky has been presenting news in the virtual […]

CANADA Greg Sutton (Toronto FC), DF: Adam Braz (Toronto FC), Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact), Chris Pozniak (Toronto FC), Marco Reda (Toronto FC), Kevin Harmse (Los Angeles Galaxy/USA), Ante Jazic (Los Angeles Galaxy/USA, Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps), Antonio Ribeiro (Montreal Impact), Dwayne DeRosario (Houston Dynamo/USA), GUATEMALA Carlos Ruiz (FC Dallas/USA), HAITI Gabart Fenelon (Miami FC/USA), Stephane […]

Just watched the game; China looked awful Howard: 5.5; couldn’t do anything about the goal; made a nice save from a free-kick, but I didn’t feel he set up the wall too well with Beasley on the end instead of a bigger player like Razov or DempseySpector: 5; solid tackling; got burned once in the […]

CANADA GK: Robert Giacomi (Beveren FC/BEL), Greg Sutton (Toronto FC), Joshua Wagenaar (ADO Den Haag/NED);DF: Adam Braz (Toronto FC), Ali Gerba (FC Gothenborg/SWE), Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact), Andrew Hainault (Said Most FC/CZE), Chris Pozniak (Toronto FC), Marco Reda (Toronto FC);MD: Patrice Bernier (Tromso FC/SWE), Julian DeGuzman (Deportivo La Coruna/ESP), Richard Hastings (Inverness CT/SCO), Kevin Harmse […]

Not sure if you caught Alan Mullery on Sky Sports last week, but he called Major League Soccer a "mickey mouse league." While it's far from that, I am in the land of the Mickey Mouse this week, that is Orlando, Florida. I'll be reporting throughout the week. For those of you looking for the […]

Another thrilling game where the Wizards outscored their opponents.