Last Saturday morning, while he was in town to promote the fights taking place that evening at Houston’s Toyota Center, Oscar de la Hoya stopped by Estadio Robertson to chat with reporters while watching his Houston Dynamo host the Montreal Impact in a 70 minute practice match. While most of the de la Hoya press […]

In the United States, the clocks will be moving ahead one hour tomorrow morning. In the United Kingdom, the clocks won't be moving ahead until Sunday, March 29. So that means for the next three weeks, all football matches televised live from England will be shown one hour later than usual. For example, the 7:45am […]

Both Fernando Macua and Joan Laporta will ask to see if the Spanish federation (RFEF)will be willing to change the venue for the final of the Copa del Rey from Mestalla to the Santiago Bernabéu.

Despite their current supremacy, their abundance of exquisite footballers and their unwavering determination to succeed on all fronts, Manchester United may find an FA Cup sixth round trip to Craven Cottage a difficult challenge to overcome tomorrow. Sir Alex Ferguson’s thoroughbreds continue to vanquish their opposition week after week, playing with a swagger and style […]

Every time there has been an article about David Beckham wanting to leave Major League Soccer on the footballing side or those cronies in the English press trying to knock down our league and American supporters that they have no idea about real football, here is a man that will stand up on top of […]

Arsenal broke their four match scoreless streak on Tuesday, beating West Brom 3-1. Arsene Wenger commented afterward that he never lost faith in his squad. Wenger said: "You are quickly questioned, when you don't score. "There was no open discussion about the problem, but subconsciously it certainly has an influence on the way you think, […]

Episode 67 of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast features an interview with Dave Brett Wasser, the President of the NASL Alumni Association. In the show we discuss the legacy of the league on youth soccer and both the US and Canadian National Teams. We also discuss the impact the New York Cosmos and other […]

It all started so wrong for FC St. Pauli. And air of impending doom hung over what has become Germany’s Politischen Derby with Hansa Rostock visiting. The threat of violence was once again on the cards with the neo-nazi supporters of Rostock visiting the radical left kult team of Hamburg. In fact the game was […]

The Bundesliga Season 2008/09, a few words come to mind: Exciting, Dramatic and Close. The first half had newly promoted Hoffenheim getting a fast start and ultimately claiming the Herbstmeister Title. Now we have a team at the top that has never been there this late […]

Liverpool FC will be traveling to Asia this summer for their 2009 preseason tour. The Reds will play in Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong between July 17-26, 2009. No ticket news has been revealed as of press time, but it looks likely that Liverpool will play the Thai national team in Bangkok. Thailand is managed […]

I'm finally feeling well enough to write about the events of last night. From the backer of the game in North America it was just too painful to write about after the event. The Montreal Impact did everything right early. Absorbing pressure, keeping their shape at the back, hitting Santos on the counter. Two goals […]

So we have another Premier League footballer in trouble with the law. Chelsea defender Ashley Cole early Thursday morning decided after a night out doing charity work, that he would decide to have a little too much booze and then get into a one sided yelling match with the police. The police won when they […]

They seem to have been mentioned on here quite a lot recently but since the inception of the Premiership in 1992, the dominant force in English football has undisputedly been Manchester United. Over the years they have had a number of fantastic footballers on their books but who have been the best? Below I have […]

Tomorrow I'll be recording Episode 67 of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast with Dave Brett Wasser who is President of the NASL Alumni Association. Anyone with questions or curiosities about the NASL please leave them in the comments section here. Thanks!

For years, the Anyone But United (ABU) contingent railed against the 1999 treble winners’ decision to head to the FIFA world club championship in Brazil. The ABU crew claimed that United were putting personal glory ahead of “the game” and thought nothing of sacrificing the integrity of the FA Cup on the way toward world […]