CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal Preview Major League Soccer Quarterfinal Bracket Monday, February 21st 8:00PM EST – 5:00PM PST Guests: Jason Kreis Head Coach of Real Salt Lake Blake Compton Columbus Crew Supporter of the Hudson Street Hooligans Tuesday, February 22nd 10:00PM EST – 7:00PM PST Quarterfinal 1st Leg Post Match Show Guest: Robert Hay of […]

It's official – Major League Soccer and Fox Soccer Channel are back together again, at least for one more year. The two sent out a press release today trumpeting the agreement which will see 31 regular season games and three playoff games (including one conference final) broadcast by the cable channel. Fifteen of the matches […]

One of constant complaints among football managers is that the media takes their words and twists them. The latest example of this comes from The Daily Telegraph whose headline today screams "Arsene Wenger: Arsenal can win quadruple." Except he never said that. What he did say was this: "We want to go for every single […]

Special 1 TV is back after another eventful week featuring The Boy's wonder goal against Manchester City, Gattuso headbutting Joe Jordan and The Special One making a secret appearance at Craven Cottage. At the same time, the controversy regarding Sven getting sacked from Special 1 TV rages on. Be champions!

Three-quarters of the Premier League's clubs will need to significantly reduce their spending on players' wages if they are to qualify for European competitions after Uefa's "financial fair play" rules are introduced. The European governing body's executive committee is set to approve the regulations, which will require clubs to breakeven, and not make persistent losses, […]

Without giving too much away, the FA Cup match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City from 2004 was one of the games of the season that year. For those of you who remember the game, it's a great walk down memory lane. For those of you who don't know what happened, it's an incredible match […]

The weekly MLS Talk podcast (subscribe via iTunes) discussed this week among other things the newest international star giving "come hither" looks to the American soccer league: AC Milan's Clarence Seedorf. Seedorf of course is (reportedly) looking to make one last huge paycheck and expand his media presence, similar to Thierry Henry and everyone's favorite […]

The focus of this weekend will be the ties in the Championship and FA Cup as the Premier League schedule in large part makes way for the FA Cup Third Round replays. This focus couldnt come at a better time as this weekend could pan out to be a pivotal one with proverbial six pointers […]

West Bromwich Albion seemed to be turning a corner during the first few months of this Premier League season. In previous top flight years they’d been known as entertainers who had been punished for trying to play the right way and as a team whose attacking style left them too open at the back. But […]

Just after US Soccer announced the return of the provisional sanctioning of division two to the NASL and suspended them for US Open Cup play this season on Valentine's Day, three days later Soccer House in Chicago announced the structure and schedule for the 2011 edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Once again […]

It may have been unplanned and unexpected, but Jonathan Woodgate’s introduction to the fray on Tuesday night was a welcome sight. Despite being on the sidelines for 15 months, the former Leeds United and Newcastle man put in an assured, confident performance and repelled everything that AC Milan threw at him. But any thoughts that […]

With USSF's simultaneous announcement of the NASL's sanctioning as the D2 pyramid level, as well as their exclusion from the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup in 2011 (covered by our own Daniel Feuerstein), red flags started being raised. USSF President Sunil Gulati's assertion that it was "too late" for the NASL's 5 American teams to […]

On February 15, 2003 the Manchester faithful lay in shock after United were eliminated from the FA Cup in the fifth round to Arsenal (2-0). But what was more shocking was seeing David Beckham exiting the locker room with stitches over his brow. After the match, a livid Fergie exploded some pent-up frustration on his […]

I'm writing a piece for www.football365.com today about Barcelona which, in essence expresses how frustrating I find their football; how, though it is technically brilliant, it just doesn't stir my football passions. I find it quite clinical and cold while admittedly highly skilful. OK, it's the sort of football some people like but it just […]

In 90 minutes on Wednesday evening, Arsenal showed how close and how far they are from being a complete team capable of winning the Premier League and/or Champions League. On the negative side, their defense was far too easy to open up as Barcelona found plenty of space in and around the back four. But […]