On Saturday night, I was at Lincoln Financial Field to watch the Philadelphia Union play Real Madrid. In the seat behind mine, a father was telling his son excitedly about Kaka, who entered the game in the second half. Unfortunately, despite the father yelling whenever Kaka received the ball, the Brazilian midfielder was ineffective. Kaka […]

In Sunday's preseason friendly between Manchester City and LA Galaxy, with City in the lead 1-0, star striker Mario Balotelli was one-on-one with the goalkeeper. All that was needed was a simple tap-in and it would have been 2-0 to the Premier League side. But Balotelli never does things easy, so he created a lovely […]

Real Madrid wrapped up it’s American jaunt in the 2011 Herbalife World Football Challenge with a modest 2–1 result in their friendly against the local MLS club Philadelphia Union. Their match featured a few recent acquisitions, as well as most of their first team players. To read more about this friendly, visit this link.

Real Madrid wrapped up it's American jaunt in the 2011 Herbalife World Football Challenge with a modest 2-1 result in their friendly against the local MLS club Philadelphia Union. Jose Mourinho started the match with their most prolific scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo, on the bench. Their formation was 4-2-3-1. Their squad, however, had quite a few […]

For those of us who are drooling in anticipation of the autumn release of FIFA 12, you may want to take a gander at the above video to see what's in store from Konami in the upcoming release of Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (or, as it's better known as PES 2012). In the above video, […]

On the latest edition of the MLS Talk Podcast : This Week in US Soccer, your hosts Chris Webb and Chris Riordan bring you a view of the beautiful game from an American and sometimes regional perspective. The opening segment is dedicated to discussion of the vast array of moves over the last 2 weeks, […]

I'm not sure whether it's the heat or the timing of Premier League clubs playing in the United States every summer, but whenever the teams cover over to this country to play Major League Soccer clubs in friendlies, many insecure soccer fans come out of the woodwork to preach about how people who support Premier […]

It looked like it was going to be another heartbreaking loss for the New York Red Bulls after a fantastic first half. Down a goal and down a man in the 80th minute, you would have thought it was going to be another loss. But five minutes later, life came back to the Red Bull […]

Premier League viewers around the world bid farewell to Blackpool Football Club on May 22. The Tangerines set out to Old Trafford on “Mission Impossible,” as Ian Holloway’s men needed a win to escape the drop. Like only Blackpool could, Charlie Adam’s luscious free kick into the bottom right corner and Gary Taylor-Fletcher’s goal, the […]

Everton finished its U.S. preseason tour tonight with a definitive 3-1 win over DC United on a very hot night in front of almost 13,000 fans. Those in attendance (about half of whom were Everton faithfuls) got to see some of the EPL team's biggest names on the pitch, including Phil Neville, Leighton Baines, and […]

The current sweltering weather conditions in New York City remind me a lot of 1977, especially the blackout of '77 that sent the city into terror and mass hysteria. The looting, rioting and threat of the Son of Sam (David Berkowitz) created a terrifying time for anyone living in the city. And now, 34 years […]

Roma have grabbed the transfer spotlight as they have closed a deal to bring in Barcelona’s Bojan Krkic. The transfer fee is reported to be 12 million euros, but it is a somewhat convoluted deal that includes a 13 million euro buy-back clause after the 2012-13 season that Roma can negate by paying an additional […]

Throughout the summer, an on-going story has been Manchester United's pursuit of a central midfielder. After being outclassed by Barcelona's midfield followed by the retirement of Paul Scholes, everyone has expected United to find a replacement. After bringing in Phil Jones, Ashley Young and David de Gea for over 50 million euros, it seemed only […]

As ChampionshipTalk continues to look at the expected fortunes of the relegated clubs from the Championship Conor Diggin continues his reviews, this time with West Ham United. Part 1 – Birmingham Part 2 – Blackpool I believe next season will be a challenging and exciting for West Ham fans; like Birmingham they have a new manager and they […]

Things are starting to look quite different at Old Trafford after what has been one of the most eventful transfer seasons in the recent history of Manchester United. The old faces of United's past glory years are starting to disappear. With the transfers of Wes Brown and John O' Shea to Sunderland, Sir Alex has […]