Not to be outdone by rivals Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur has announced a strategic partnership with a Major League Soccer club. In 2007, Arsenal announced a partnership with Colorado. Now Spurs have announced a deal with San Jose Earthquakes. The major difference with the Spurs deal is that it sets the wheel in motion for Tottenham […]

If Vicente Del Bosque needed more people injured prior to their World Cup qualifiers against Estonia and Belgium, another problem emerges. Defender Sergio Ramos did not finish Thursday´s practice after he started feeling pain in his groin prior to Spain´s departure to Tallinn later in the evening. In the event that Ramos would not be […]

Here is a mini documentary on FC St. Pauli from Trans World Sport. It's two years old, but will give anyone uninitiated in the anti-fascism team a little background on the "Kult" club from Hamburg.

The import business is not what it used to be. Over the years, I can't even begin to imagine how much money I've spent on import records, CDs, magazines, newspapers, books and crisps from my mother country, the United Kingdom. These days, the import business has lost its flavor. Most things Anglophile are available pretty […]

The future is now as Germany are hit by injury to Robert Enke. Not that I wanted any injury to Enke, as I think he is a fantastic keeper and seems like an all around good guy; however, he has broken his hand during the run up to this round of World Cup qualifiers for […]

Other than a few soccer blogs and a handful of literate newspapers, there isn't a plenitude of intelligent football writing available. But there is one last bastion that we can continue to depend on and that's football books. A good way to find out which books to buy are to find the ones nominated for […]

If you're a Comcast Cable customer and you want Setanta Sports, the time to act is now. I just spoke with a source inside Comcast Cable who confirmed that their head office in Philadelphia has signed a contract with Setanta Sports so that local Comcast Cable companies have the green light to add the 24/7 […]

Michel Platini is making a fool of himself again this week after his tirade against the prominence of English teams in European football. If you caught his interview on Sky Sports, you wlll have seem him ramble on and on, venting his anger and seeming quite unfocused and unpresidential — especially for someone who is […]

With a league title on the line Sunday the Puerto Rico Islanders rested several regulars for tonight’s Champions League match in Mexico against Santos Laguna. The results were disasterous even with Santos resting several regulars. 3-0 was the final scoreline which proves USL sides have neither the depth nor the quality to really compete against […]

With a league title on the line Sunday the Puerto Rico Islanders rested several regulars for tonight's Champions League match in Mexico against Santos Laguna. The results were disasterous even with Santos resting several regulars. 3-0 was the final scoreline which proves USL sides have neither the depth nor the quality to really compete against […]

FA chairman David Treisman mentioned introducing a salary cap, to combat the “very tangible dangers” of the current financial climate. Premier League clubs have a combined £3 billion of debt. But, is wage expenditure really the most prominent issue? Yes, players make an absurd amount of money for wearing short pants and playing a […]

Martin Rogers of Yahoo! Sports joins Kartik Krishnaiyer for a free flowing discussion about a wide range of topics related to US Soccer and World Football. Among the topics discussed: Nevan Subotic's thought process as to why he may play for Germany instead of the US whom he played for at the youth level, Jose […]

The mid week edition of The Third Half starts with Johnathan Starling and Kevin of Serie A Talk discuss the weekend that was Serie A along with discussing the Italian National Team that will play in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. Click on the image to the right to download this week’s complete The Third Half […]

Manolo Zambrano saw the writing on the wall after his side lost at the weekend in disheartening fashion against Málaga 4-0. Prior to this match, the Boquerones (Anchiovies) were the team with the most water in their gunpowder in the entire league. Prior to their match against Recre, they had only scored two goals in […]

La Furia remain atop the FIFA/Coca Cola Rankings for a fourth consecutive month. They were able to distance themselves from Italy and Germany in the rankings as they earned 52 more points than the reigning world champs and 71 more than Die Mannschaft after more than convincing wins against Bosnia Herzegovina and Armenia. The Spanish […]