Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew says that the club have been harmed by owner Mike Ashley's lack of football understanding. Here's what Alan Pardew said in an interview with Sky Sports: “Mike is a strong character. He comes from a background of whatever he’s done in his business career, he’s been a success. And when you […]

The Bundesliga have received a massive boost by agreeing a deal with 21st Century FOX whereby the German top flight league and DFL-Supercup will be shown on US television and Internet from the 2015-16 season and ending after the 2019-20 season. GolTV currently has the rights to the Bundesliga through until the end of the […]

Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay will decide his future at the club after a critical board meeting that's scheduled for Monday. In an interview with Wales Online, Mackay's agent said: "Malky understands there has been a lack of clarity and will insist at the end of the board meeting that the chairman or other senior […]

Under the terms of the agreement between Manchester United and West Ham United, the Hammers have to pay Manchester United £25,000 every time they pick Ravel Morrison, according to an article in The Telegraph newspaper. Under the terms of the complex contract, West Ham have already paid the Old Trafford club £200,000 for the midfielder's eight games […]

I freely admit that I'm a soccer nut. A day doesn't go where I'm not watching 2-3 matches a day (or more sometimes), so the coming down from a soccer high to cold turkey during international breaks is oftentimes a shock to the system to me. It may feel the same way to you, too. […]

England manager Roy Hodgson is looking like a master tactician today after his decision to add Andros Townsend as a surprise call up to the England squad for the games against Montenegro and Poland, which was crowned by Townsend's goal that confirmed the win for England at Wembley. The 4-1 scoreline may appear like a […]

The US Men's National Team made a lot of hard work out of their 2-0 victory against Jamaica on Friday night in the World Cup qualifier match in front of a boisterous home support at Sporting Kansas City's stadium. With the USA having already qualified, it was an opportunity for the men's national team players […]

Mexico defeated Panama 2-1 Friday night at Estadio Azteca to move one step closer to qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. In what was a must-win game for Mexico, El Tri took the lead late in the first half after Peralta slotted home a goal from a Chicharito pass. In the second half, the likelihood […]

Colombia joined Belgium, Switzerland and Germany today in qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. While Belgium, Switzerland and Germany coasted to 2-0, 2-1 and 3-0 victories respectively, the match between Colombia and Chile was a much more entertaining and see-saw of a game, where Chile went ahead 3-0 but Colombia came back to draw […]

You want soccer? You got soccer. If you live in the United States, here's where you can watch the 28 live World Cup qualifier matches on television and the Internet as well as the friendly between France and Australia. All kick-offs are Eastern Time. Armenia vs Bulgaria, 11am, ESPN3.com Lithuania vs Latvia, 11:30am, ESPN3.com Croatia […]

On a busy day of World Cup qualifier action, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland will be heading to Brazil next summer to compete in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. All three nations got the results they needed to book their tickets to Brazil. They'll be joining the countries who have already qualified, which are Brazil, the […]

Tottenham winger Andros Townsend scored on his England debut tonight in the 4-1 win against Montenegro, which edges England one step closer to qualification for FIFA World Cup 2014. With England fans sitting on the edge of their seat when Montenegro pulled a goal back to make it 2-1 to England, Townsend soon after put […]

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel scored an unbelievably awful own goal while playing for Slovakia against Greece in today's World Cup qualifier. To be fair, it really wasn't Skrtel's fault, but his name will go on the scoresheet as the player who scored the OG. Skrtel made a harmless pass back to Slovakia goalkeeper (and former […]

The debate this week about the potential use of naturalized players of non-English descent in the England national team has flared up once again. For me, it is partly an ugly debate that has elements of xenophobia in it but also a glorious debate demonstrating a nation and people determined to maintain standards of fair […]

Normally only one man can outshine the constellation that is Cristiano Ronaldo. Lionel Messi has been able to do that remarkable feat for the past four years, but no other player has been able to eclipse the excellence of the Portuguese sensation. No man other than Messi has come close to surpassing Ronaldo. But on […]