A day after amazing achievements for USL-1 sides in CONCACAF Champions League action Major League Soccer continued its pattern of showing that they don't get it by rejecting New York's $200,000 bid for Macoumba Kandji according to Ives Galarcep of Soccer by Ives. The apparent stumbling block: MLS does not believe any player in USL […]

Does the following situation sound at all familiar? You record a bunch of Premier League games on a Saturday and Sunday because you're too busy (or too asleep) to watch the games live. You avoid the results. You find some time later in the day to watch one or two of the games you've recorded. You sometimes […]

The unexpected bookend to yesterday's surprising transfer of Marcell Jansen to Hamburg is Bayern's acquisition of right back Massimo Oddo on a season-long loan from AC Milan. The 32-year old brings both international class and a warm body to shore up the team's dangerously thin defense. According to Bayern's general manager, Uli Hoeneß, the team […]

I'll have more analysis and comments later but for now just a quick update on the results of today's drawing. Some of the groupings, as in past seasons, was almost a bit too predictable but there are some interesting matchups ahead (Real Madrid – Juventus springs to mind as does Manchester United – Celtic and […]

After leading 1-0 from the first leg, Schalke had to have had some confidence going into Madrid for the second leg. A strong performance from Atletico saw them thump the German team 4-0 to advance to the group stage for the first time since 1996-97. I had picked Atletico as my 'dark-horse' team in the […]

Keeping pace with the other top four clubs Roma have signed young attacking protege, Jérémy Menez, from Monaco to strengthen their frontline. The French starlet, barely 21 years of age, is seen as one of Europe's brightest prospects and is being labelled the next Zidane. A key man in the middle of the park for Monaco, Menez can provide a […]

During the past two weeks, I can't count how many times I've seen a headline from a major British newspaper tout that a major transfer deal was going to be concluded within the next 48 hours. Unbelieveable. It's now Thursday and there's only a few days remaining before the transfer window slams shut on Monday. […]

Can you believe that headline? After seeing MLS sides lose in all eight attempts to even get so much as a draw in a CONCACAF Champions Cup match on Costa Rican soil, tonight in the new CONCACAF Champions League USL-1 side Puerto Rico Islanders got a shock 1-1 draw at Alajuelense. Well USL-1 is a […]

Can you believe that headline? After seeing MLS sides lose in all eight attempts to even get so much as a draw in a CONCACAF Champions Cup match on Costa Rican soil, tonight in the new CONCACAF Champions League USL-1 side Puerto Rico Islanders got a shock 1-1 draw at Alajuelense. Well USL-1 is a […]

For information on European Golden Boot Winners see – European Golden Boot and for previous top goalscorers in Serie A, Top Scorers Season by Season don't forget the previous poll –Who will win the Scudetto? is still open until Match Day One so place your votes, AC Milan are currently leading. (picture by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)

In one sense, Liverpool have had a perfect start to their season. Six points from two Premier League games and successful passage into the next stage of the Champions League is the best they could have accomplished to date. They've been almost-perfect at the back, conceding just one goal in 390 minutes of football. This, […]

Episode #53 of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast is now availible via ITunes or Direct Download Goalkeeper Eric Reed joins us on the latest edition of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast to discuss his career at UCLA where he started for three years along with such standouts as Sal Zizzo, Benny Feilhaber, Kamani […]

Calling all Serie A Fanatics, please take time to click on the Serie A On TV link above, for up-to-date coverage for North America, with UK coverage to follow. (A complete schedule of LIVE matches is located on the bottom half of the page.) Please email me @ serieatalk.com if you have any information on late […]

Villa Ups Contract With Valencia by Juan Arango for Mad About Fútbol August 27, 2008 Spanish international David Villa signed an extension with Valencia that will have him under contract with the club until 2014. This thwarted any chance of Real Madrid obtaining him for the €40 million that the Merengues offered for the […]

Defender Marcell Jansen has transfered from Bayern München to Hamburg today. The 22-year old played 73 games over 3 seasons for Borussia Mönchengladbach before switching to Bayern. Now after only a single year and 17 games in Bavaria he has moved north to Hamburg for an undisclosed sum. He reportedly signed a five-year contract that […]