After a truly fantastic matchday of Champions League action, there are so many things to review, especially after so many goals were scored. There were 53 goals scored in all 16 matches of the Champions League this midweek, that's an average of 3.31 goals per game! Not bad at all. Real Madrid travelled to Milan […]

On this edition of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast, I am rejoined by Kevin McCauley who, stepping in to regular co-host Christopher Riordan, helps me preview the second leg of Major League Soccer's conference semifinal match-ups. Also, we discuss the first award given out by Major League Soccer as well as the retirement of […]

Bayern Munich have successfully broken their record for their best European start of all time, and have also secured qualification into the round of sixteen, despite having two fixtures left to play in the group stage. Mario Gomez led the line for Die Roten tonight against Cluj, and made a massive impact for the Bavarian […]

Now that Major League Soccer has started to give out their awards in certain categories, there is one they've awarded that is highly questionable. That's the Rookie of the Year category. The three nominees were Danny Mwanga of the Philadelphia Union, Tim Ream of the New York Red Bulls and Andy Najar of DC United. […]

It's an exciting time in English soccer right now. All four English clubs in the Champions League sit at top of their respective groups. And in the Premier League there is plenty to drool over as each week there seems to be another amazing goal or incredible incident. But out of all of the selection […]

In the ongoing saga that is The Times online and its red headed stepchild that is the paywall, some concrete numbers are starting to emerge pertaining to the overall success of the experiment. First, the good news. According to TechCrunch, The Times online signed up 105,000 paying subscribers plus another 100,000 who were already long […]

MLS has already announced its award finalists for the 2010 season and throughout the month will be slowly unveiling the winners of each award (congratulations Andy Najar and Donovan Ricketts). On November 15, MLS will announce the Best XI for the year, and few things get soccer fans as excited as picking out the best […]

Bayern Munich travel to Romania to take on CFR Cluj, in the reverse fixture of a match they were lucky to escape with three points from back in Bavaria. Own-goals were key back in Germany, but Bayern Munich will not want to count on lightning to strike twice for them tomorrow night. Compose and determination […]

Most of already presumed it, but now the news is official. Former England National Team player Steve McManaman has joined ESPN as a soccer analyst for its networks in the United States and United Kingdom. In the U.S., he will primarily serve as a studio and match analyst for the network’s coverage of Premier League matches, […]

Damien Comolli is headed back to England. Comolli, the former Arsenal scout and director of football at Tottenham Hotspur, has been appointed by John Henry and his ownership team as director of football strategy at Anfield. The Frenchman, who was most recently the sporting director at Saint-Étienne, has established himself as a talent evaluator that […]

Some nights of football defy you not to enjoy them. Even the most mean-spirited Arsenal fan must surely have felt at least a small stirring of joy in their souls at Spurs performance against Inter Milan. If Spurs can keep this kind of performance up and it is a big if, there will be two […]

Tottenham's chances of qualifying for the knockout round of the Champions League increased significantly Tuesday night after an emphatic win against the current European champions, Internazionale Milan. Buoyed by Gareth Bale's man-of-the-match display, Tottenham Hotspur now sits in the enviable position at the top of their group and has one toe in the next round. […]

Following on from the post yesterday detailing the 5 worst transfers of this quarter old season, now it is time to look at those who have excelled at their new club. However, I must also explain how I've come to my decisions so that a few obvious omissions may be a bit more palatable for […]

I was looking for Schalke and Werder Bremen to rebound from their disappointing weekend performances and take their European counterparts to the woodshed for an old-fashioned beatdown. What actually happened though, was nowhere near as entertaining and not at all as positive. Werder Bremen 0 – 2 Twente Enschede A very even game turned unexpectedly […]

While Major League Soccer's playoffs have demanded most of our attention, the news continues rolling in. On this edition of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast, I am joined by guest host Jeremiah Oshan (sbnation.com, sounderatheart.com) to focus on the non-playoff stories surrounding the league: awards nominees, television ratings, New York number two becoming MLS […]