CONCACAF 's oddities have struck once again. The Confederation that has done some odd things through the years (most notably the re-branding of the entity as the Football Confederation about ten years ago) has once again done something that seems from the perspective of someone who watches a lot of football, quite odd. The decision to […]

The last few podcasts have been exciting endeavors as MLS Talk aimed to and hopefully provided the most comprehensive coverage experience of the USMNT run in the Confederations Cup. However, the rushed nature of the post match shows led to poor quality control and I am sorry to admit that the audio quality of those […]

Barcelona winning everything last season could have deeper repercussions for the Premier League beyond felling Manchester United in the Champions League. They've awoken the sleeping spending giant that is Real Madrid. Desperate to overtake the unstoppable Barça, Real Madrid have obliterated all transfer records and don't look anywhere near stopping. The super nova has exploded […]

Just when you thought Real Madrid had sated their appetite for extravagant attacking ability in the transfer market, with the signings of Ronaldo and Kaka, they swoop for one of French football's most prized assets in a deal reported to be worth up to 41 million euro. The signing of Karim Benzema from Lyon takes Real Madrid's […]

It's just a rumour right now, but it's one which will have most football fans salivating. Is Martin Tyler in talks with ESPN to become one of the network's commentators for its coverage of the 2010 World Cup? In an interview with Sports Illustrated published today, ESPN's executive vice president for content John Skipper said […]

First a shout out to our readers in Canada. Happy Canada Day! In a world where loyalty is hard to come by, it's still nice to know that in some part of the world it still exists. Case in point, Manchester United and Nemanja Vidic. But before I go into that let us take a brief […]

Every year, once the season ends, the rumors really start buzzing around our heads like a dark swarm of thirsty mosquitoes. And where we should wisely swat the nasty beasts away, the depth of our summer football boredom makes us strip off our shirts, hold out our arms, and beg them to land. Give us […]

Umbro has unveiled the new home and away kits for Hull City for the 2009/10 season. The shirts feature Hull City's new sponsor, Totesport. The home shirt features its typical amber and black colors. However, the black stripes that Hull normally wear are much thinner on the new shirt design. The new away shirt is […]

Arsenal's new third kit for the 2009/10 season has been officially unveiled on the Arsenal website. Designed and manufactured by Nike, the white shirt features redcurrant stripes and a polo collar. Further shirt details include a panel of horizontal stripes at the back of the shirt. Inside the collar is a high quality woven label […]

It's only fitting that with all of the hype and suspense surrounding the launch of Manchester City's new website that the site came crashing down and never launched as planned at 9am BST today. In many ways, it has parallels to Manchester City last season after all of the hype was generated by the Middle […]

A merger of the two leagues, USL and MLS, does not appear to be anywhere on the horizons. Trying to figure out which league is stronger remains a difficult chore. One of the only barometers out there is the US Open Cup. USL had a tremendous night last night in the Cup, giving MLS executives […]

I'm still shocked at Glen Johnson's £17.5m price tag. Bumping up Liverpool's record defensive transfer fee by some £10m is a lot to take. It's only a year since they paid around £7m for Andreas Dossena. It's only 18 months since they paid £6m for Martin Skrtel, the Liverpool defensive record before Dossena's move. More […]

Luis Robles, a strong candidate to make the US World Cup Team in 2010 played two seasons in the PDL Last week we discussed on this site that two of the key players in the (arguably) USMNT's most remarkable run Jay DeMerit and Charlie Davies had played in USL as well as College Soccer but […]