Today marks several firsts. It's the first day of competition in the 2011 Women's World Cup. And ESPN will be covering every match live from Germany with familiar commentators and presenters including Ian Darke, Rebecca Lowe, Adrian Healey and many others. You can read more about ESPN's coverage of the tournament at sister site World […]

The United States men's national team suffered a demoralizing 4-2 defeat at the hands of Mexico in the 2011 Gold Cup Final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The US led in the first half 2-0 until Mexico's Pablo Barrera pulled one back. Mexico went on to score three more goals. The last of […]

The names Peter Crouch and David Villa aren't mentioned in the same sentence very often. But in FIFA 12, scheduled for release this fall, the minds over at EA Sports have built the logic in the game so that the CPU works differently depending on who is in the box awaiting a cross — in […]

Arsene Wenger in recent years has often been criticized for not being aggressive enough during the transfer window. While the team has always showed the talent and the skill to win, they've repeatedly come up short in every competition for far too long. This summer, Arsenal has been linked with their fair share of plausible […]

Tottenham Hotspur released Jonathan Woodgate on June 16, 2011. His contract was due to expire on June 30. There were news reports of the club offering the injury-plagued player a pay-for-play contract. Most newspapers and sports news outlets were reporting the same story. Spurs manager Harry Redknapp was not sure what do to with the […]

Inter Milan have announced that Gian Piero Gasperini will serve as manager next season. What Gasperini lacks in experience, he makes up for in success. As manager of Genoa, Gasperini earned promotion to Serie A before leading Genoa to a Europa League qualification. Gasperini signed a two-year contract with Inter today. Gasperini will face more […]

Two rounds were played within one week as the US Open Cup continues to get more exciting. The teams in the lower levels of US soccer are fighting hard to make an impression against their MLS opponents. Round Three of the US Open Cup begins Tuesday night, June 28th. Even though the match in Madison, […]

CONCACAF Gold Cup Championship Final USA Vs Mexico Post Game Show Saturday, June 25th 11:30PM EDT – 8:30PM PDT Guests: Matt Conroy of The Vipers Nest John Jagou who covers the Mexican Primera Division and Mexican National Team on Big Soccer Note: Start time can be pushed back if match goes into Penalty shootout Feuerstein's […]

A fascinating video on many levels. One, it shows how most of the pitch invaders during the 1973-74 match were kids, not adults. Two, you'll catch Manchester fans (United or City) singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" as Tommy Docherty left the pitch. Three, it shows the decline of Manchester United and how much passion the […]

When MLS announced a partnership with OptaSports before the beginning of the 2011 season, there were hopes that a new level of statistical and tactical analysis would be on the horizon. Those days are here. (h/t the Brotherly Game Twitter feed, also found here). Now on MLSSoccer.com, if you access the match reports from each […]

The long suffering fans of Hamburg need no reminding that it has been 24 long years since they last lifted a trophy – and all but the most hopeful are already resigned to another campaign full of hurt. The players which have formed the core of the team recently are being allowed to leave and […]

Opta’s stat boffins have uncovered some gems from this season. Some of which will make you go hmm. For example, did you know that West Bromwich Albion set a new Premier League record of 34 consecutive matches without keeping a clean sheet? Or that Manchester United were the most clinical side from the 60th minute […]

Ashley Young officially signed with Manchester United yesterday, making him the second signing of the summer in a five year deal worth around 15 million pounds. United's spending has now reached over 30 million pounds after already signing Phil Jones from Blackburn. To be honest, when I first heard about United being linked with Young, […]

Another match in the northwest of the country and another crazy night for the Red Bulls as they traveled to face the Seattle Sounders, who were looking very pleased to get Dane Richards back from Gold Cup duty. But the terrible decisions in the net went to Greg Sutton as he had a major meltdown. […]

In many sports the old adage is defense wins champions. Although Blackburn has struggled to be in the top half of the table recently, their defense was a key to avoiding relegation. With the departure of Phil Jones to Manchester United, can Blackburn lose another key defensive player? In my eyes, Christopher Samba was Blackburn’s […]