Jozy Altidore announced the release of an ESPN SportsCenter TV commercial on Twitter Thursday night. "OK I got a special treat for you guys tonight," said Altidore on Twitter. "This is for all my fans who continue to show me great support and follow me on twitter. I want to give you guys the first […]

Just in time for the World Cup, Fulham manager Roy Hodgson showed England how to lose with dignity. That’s important because with history as the guide England will flatter to deceive in making the knockout stages, only to be humiliated in a penalty kick shootout. With the World Cup in South Africa looming and England's […]

The Coca-Cola Championship Playoff Final is called the richest match in football as the winner will be promoted to the so called glory land of the EPL – and with it all the riches … estimated at 90 million pounds sterling. SO who are Blackpool, the team I support… because next season you could see […]

Depending on the results of the final round in La Liga this upcoming weekend, Atlético Madrid can finish as high as ninth and as low as eleventh in Spain. Fulham completed their 2009-10 in the Barclays Premier League in twelfth position. All mattered not as they both navigated through massive European obstacles to arrive at […]

Manchester City will play Portland Timbers in a friendly in July as part of their US preseason tour. Starting July 13, City will begin a nine-day training camp at Nike's headquarters outside Portland, Oregon, prior to leaving for the east coast of their US tour. "Not only is Nike’s excellence in sport, research and product […]

Special 1 TV, the cult TV show that was a hit on Setanta Sports from December 2007 until May 2009, is making a triumphant return to the airwaves this June courtesy of BBC. The new show, still under the "Special 1 TV" moniker, will be available on BBC 3. The show was a bigger success […]

Just when you thought Charlie Davies' omission from the U.S. team's preliminary World Cup roster had been examined from every angle, there's a new one to consider. It's Sochaux's fault. At least, if you listen to Charlie Davies, it is. Davies ripped team officials at the French club for a letter they sent to national […]

I've grown tired of the naysayers, the detractors, the doubters and the downtrodden members of the English media and England fans over the last few days who have blindly and prematurely questioned Fabio Capello's initial 30 man World Cup squad. After perusing the who's who of English media types and top journos, questionable words and […]

The New York Red Bulls came home splitting the two match road trip at DC & at San Jose during league play. They came home to Red Bull Arena for their second round qualifier against a depleted New England Revolution side that had just enough on the substitutes bench to play a competitive squad. It […]

When I sat down in August 2009 to predict what the final table for the 2009-10 Premier League would look like, little did I know what a disastrous season lay ahead for Liverpool. At the time, many pundits were predicting that Chelsea would finish in top place. And I was one of them especially after […]

After being overlooked for so many summers, the United States will have several Premier League clubs coming to North America in July. In addition to Manchester United confirming a tour of North America and Tottenham Hotspur playing a couple of friendlies, Manchester City today announced additional tour dates, while Bolton Wanderers today announced a three-game […]

If you have listened to my latest show on the Feuerstein's Fire Podcast, you heard former MLS Talk Podcast host & writer Kartik Krishnaiyer discuss about the positives that are being done in the Tampa Bay area. There is no question that professional soccer has grown in the Central West end of the State of […]

Yesterday, the goalkeeping and the defense were discussed, and while the three goalkeepers contending for the final goalkeeping spot will state their cases to Vicente del Bosque on and off the pitch, they will have little to no chance of participating in the World Cup. The players who will compete for the final midfield spots, […]

What a season we’ve had. The race for the title couldn’t have been more interesting. The race for fourth place has even been better this season. In probably one of the most competitive season in terms of the chase for the last champions’ league spot, Tottenham capped a brilliant season by finishing fourth with Man […]

John Terry injured his right foot in training today and has gone to the hospital for a precautionary scan, reveals the Chelsea website. The seriousness of the injury will be known tomorrow when results are released, but the news will be very worrying for Chelsea and England supporters who will be hoping that Terry mends […]