Well this season is just getting harder and harder to predict. Having just absorbed last week’s action Game Week 15 is here and no doubt will throw up plenty more surprises. The Premier League weekend kicks off Saturday lunchtime at Villa Park. Two wounded team’s line up looking to bounce back from disappointing results. The […]

With Bayern Munich's place in the round of sixteen booked despite their loss in Rome, the pressure was on the Bundesliga's other two Champions League representatives to step up to the plate and deliver. Unfortunately, only one of those two sides managed to get the right result. Schalke 3 – 0 Olympique Lyon This is […]

Next Thursday, FIFA will convene in Zurich to name the winners of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids. After pulling out of the running for 2018 to put England in pole position, the United States has focused all of its effort and attention on winning the 2022 bid. Whether it will or not may […]

If you are a football fan who doesn’t know the Premier League referees, where have you been hiding? These guys are constantly in the news for making dodgy decisions week in week out. This guide will show you who’s who and which whistleblower could potentially ruin your team’s afternoon this weekend. Aston Villa vs. Arsenal […]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The last week has been a barrage of news and rumors in the world of MLS, and the next few weeks will likely be the same with the 2018/2022 bid announcements and re-entry draft. But for one day, let us step back and give thanks for all of the good things that […]

Before I moved to the United States in 1984, I had never heard of Thanksgiving Day. The U.S. holiday, while still seeming a bit surreal and bizarre to me after all of these years, is now one of my favorite holidays of the year partly because it's the one focused on the family more than […]

U.S. soccer is at a crossroads in this country. In what has been the most successful year in the history of the sport in the United States, based on the millions who got caught up in World Cup fever this past summer, it's sad that both the U.S. men's national team and Major League Soccer […]

With just one more set of group stage matches to go, many teams have mathematically qualified for the knockout stages, but few did it better than Barcelona. Although Valencia destroyed Bursaspor 6-1, Barcelona played their usual brand of spectacular football, and they crushed Panathinaikos 3-0.Right now the teams which have mathematically qualified for the knockout […]

Bayern Munich went into Rome knowing that their spot in the round of sixteen had already been booked. Still, they would have wanted to avoid what ended up happening at all costs. The visiting Germans held a two-goal lead at half-time thanks to Mario Gomez, who has been in stunning form this season. Louis van […]

Finally some positive news for Serie A and Italian football in general, this midweek, while some sides played in the Coppa Italia, Inter Milan, AC Milan, and Roma played and won in the Champions League. It was the penultimate matchday of the group stages, and although Roma haven't mathematically qualified yet, AC Milan have mathematically […]

Bayern Munich's loss in Rome yesterday meant little in terms of their actual European ambitions, because qualification to the round of sixteen had already been sealed. The situation for the Bundesliga's other two Champions League representatives is far different, though. Werder Bremen are very nearly out of European competition altogether this season, so a big […]

Current Leicester City chairman Milan Mandaric has today told BBC Sport that he was ’24 hours or less’ from rescuing cash strapped and administration bound Sheffield Wednesday. So would Milan Mandaric be good for Sheffield Wednesday?

MLS Talk has been buzzing all week about the proposed changes to the 2011 season and the reaction to the most recent playoffs. Some of this is spurred by Don Garber's press conference and MLS Cup halftime show; some by the abysmal TV ratings and odd playoff pairings; and some by simmering tension over format […]

Last week Blackburn Rovers became the latest Premier League club to be bought out by a foreign consortium. The purchase of Rovers was a key moment in Premier League history because it brought the number of clubs that are majority owned by foreign investors to 10, representing 50% of the league. An asterisk should be […]

In the first eight matches of this Champions League matchday, there was plenty of excitement to go around. Some sides like Chelsea have made sure that they're going through top of the group, while others like Arsenal have complicated their Champions League campaign terribly. In these eight games, there were 23 goals scored, making for […]