After years of underachievement, it seems a new era is set to begin at AC Milan. While the club have enjoyed some success in recent years, including a seventh UEFA Champions League trophy in 2007, it has been a disappointing few years for the Rossoneri as they have failed to mount a realistic challenge for […]

UEFA Photo Ives Galarcep confirmed this morning what I had read in the Euro papers early last night eastern time: that Jermaine Jones a disruptive but effective force for Schlake 04 in an otherwise disappointing few seasons for the Gelsenkirchen based club wants to play for the USA. Watching Schalke (thank you GOL TV and […]

The Global Game – Writers on Soccer. Edited by John Turnbull, Thom Satterlee & Alon Raab. Bison Books. 296 pp. $19.95. Living in the States, you are about as likely to find a good book about soccer/football right off the shelf at your local bookstore as you are to get Anne Hathaway's phone number after […]

As discussed yesterday on this site with our retrospective of the 1999 Confederations Cup run by the United States it's possible even realistic for a properly motivated American team to beat European sides outside of Europe. Keep in mind a European country has never once one a FIFA competition outside Europe..(Denmark's 1995 Confederations Cup win […]

Bring up the topic of indoor soccer and you're bound to get several opinionated viewpoints on it. Many soccer fans love it. Many hate it. But no matter which side of the Atlantic you live on, the fact of the matter is that both the United States and, to a lesser degree, the United Kingdom […]

Soccer purists tend to exaggerate the reality of the state of American Soccer. They tend to emphasize the negative when referencing U.S. Soccer and they don't want to accept the fact that of the world's greatest Soccer leagues, it is only the upper-eschelon teams that are truly great. In the EPL, there are probably 5 great […]

The United States Men's National Team begins Confederations Cup group play Monday against Italy. Get the perspective of two top journalists on the US team and event itself: Beau Dure of the USA Today and Bruce McGuire of DuNord join us. Among the topics discussed are Bob Bradley's squad selection, players on the outside of […]

Surely Manchester United must sign Carlos Tevez now. With Cristiano Ronaldo off to Madrid, the Red Devils need a replacement that cannot be found in one player. CR7 is a complete footballer, blessed with pace, power, dribbling, shooting, heading, free kicks, etc. He is one of a kind. If United let Tevez go, they will […]

Just when you think you've seen it all, Torino have shelled out £100,000 to lure Dennis Law from Manchester City. Yes, it's 1961 and the record transfer fee paid to or by an English club has broken the hundred thousand mark. Shocking. The previous record was £65,000 when John Charles moved from Leeds to Juventus […]

In 1997, FIFA confirmed the Confederations Cup as the second biggest event on the organizations calendar. But the Confederations Cup has had an identity crisis thanks to shifting from every two years to every four years and the lack of interest in the English language media because England has never qualified. England's non participation and […]

Despite being also-rans for a large part of the season, one cannot help but thinking that the Premier League is beginning to open up for Chelsea for the 2009-10 season. While Guus Hiddink may now have left the club, the Blues will certainly fancy their chances under new man Carlo Ancelotti of regaining their title which […]

It's become fashionable to assume Mexico is in jeopardy of missing the World Cup. But are they really? The United States also still runs the risk of slipping to the 4th position in qualifying. The truth is when you objectively analyze qualifying very little separates the top four sides. Each of the top four nations […]

The headline of this article is very much misleading. Real Madrid's £80m bid for Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo is certainly very real. Just as with their recent £56 million signing of AC Milan's Brazilian playmaker Kaka, the Madrid giants are very much prepared to the huge sum of money for the Portuguese winger. However, […]

The US and Irish assets of Setanta Sports could be sold to raise financing to bail out Setanta UK, according to The Guardian newspaper. Setanta UK is desperately trying to raise money between now and Monday to make a £30m payment it owes to the Premier League. As a result, Setanta is looking at all […]

Photos of Fulham's new home football kit for the 2009-10 season has been leaked. Fulham's home kit will feature the traditional white and black colours. Designed and manufactured by Nike, Fulham's new home jersey feature a white shirt with black sleeves. To me, the design of the home shirt reminds me of Adidas's Classic series […]