Predictions: 1- Saprissa 2- Cruz Azul 3- DC United 4- Marathon Top two group finishers advance to quarterfinals This group is the preverbal group of death in a major competition. Featuring three teams that have one the forerunner of this competition, the now defunct CONCACAF Champions Cup this will be a tough group to forecast. […]

Welcome to the 1st edition of "La Liga Team Of The Week" Isn't this the best part of the sports year. Mainly because its the start of football season, both American and International aka Real football. Its gonna be one great season and hopefully as a Barca fan, the Blaugrana will win a treble although […]

Picture via Sky Sports Tim Cahill comes to the rescue again as Stoke City's set piece defending comes back to haunt them as despite coming back to level at two thanks to Rory Delap's throws, Everton leave the Britannia Stadium 3-2 winners. One goal from open play, four set piece goals, and an extremely entertaining […]

The Premier League and its clubs are so rich with cash these days that they're giving away £500,000 to fans. Well, not exactly. Take a look at the following phishing e-mail that my wife received last week: The phishing company is hoping to get unsuspecting football fans to provide their private data. The "From:" address […]

Portsmouth will launch their new third shirt for the 2008/2009 season this Thursday, September 18. The new kit is designed by Canterbury and features the same design as the away kit except that the third kit is black with gold trim. The shirt celebrates Portsmouth's 110th anniversary as a football club.

Was Bob Bradley watching GOL TV this morning? How about Peter Nowak? If they did happen to stumble upon Villerreal’s La Liga match with Deportiva, they would have been shocked by what they saw. The same player Bradley has not called into the national team since February came on at halftime and immediately made his […]

Was Bob Bradley watching GOL TV this morning? How about Peter Nowak? If they did happen to stumble upon Villerreal's La Liga match with Deportiva, they would have been shocked by what they saw. The same player Bradley has not called into the national team since February came on at halftime and immediately made his […]

After a week of protest and criticism from fans and neutrals alike, myself included, current Newcastle owner Mike Ashley finally got the message: he’s not wanted anymore. Here’s the complete transcript of the statement he made earlier today: “I have enjoyed sport since I was a boy. I love football. I have followed England in every […]

The newest episode of I'm On Setanta Sports is back and it's one of the best this season. Jose Mourinho, The Boy and It reenact the transfer deadline day drama at Manchester City and Manchester United involving Dimitar Berbatov. Fantastic stuff! [display_podcast]

Several surprises Sunday, including AC Milan losing to Genoa and Fiorentina losing to Napoli Saturday Sept 13th Palermo 3 – 1 Roma Inter 2 – 1 Catania Sunday Sept 14th Lazio 2 – 0 Sampdoria Genoa 2 – 0 AC Milan Seina 2 – 0 Cagliari Napoli 2 – 1 Fiorentina Bologna 0 – 1 Atalanta […]

Last December, I wrote a post detailing the impressive late-game exploits of Everton and Australia attacking midfielder Tim Cahill. There is no doubt that Cahill is the most clutch player in the world, bar none. Cristiano Ronaldo? No. Lionel Messi? Nope. Fernando Torres? No. If your team needs a goal to either equalize or win a match, […]

Before I write, I want to thank everyone for the turnout this weekend for the EPL Talk Chat. You honestly have no idea how happy it made me. Anyways enough of the gushing, back to the meat of this post. Marlon King's double was enough to see off Newcastle United 2-1. I have to admit, […]

Mexico is reasserting itself as the dominant CONCACAF power. Wednesday's 2-1 win over Canada in Chiapas saw Mexico once again mix the old and the new as far as player selection. With Blanco having now retired and Jared Borgetti seemingly frozen out of Sven Goran Eriksson's setup, veteran leadership will pass to Pavel Pardo and […]

Wolves and Birmingham kept up their push for the two automatic promotion spots to the Premier League, Derby County finally got their first league win in 361 days making this writer a very happy girl. Here are all the scores from this weekends action, the Championship resumes this Tuesday with a full slate of matches. Birmingham […]

On Saturday Juninho showed why he is the master of the free kick after bringing Lyon single-handedly back into this one, with a clinical display of scoring from the deadball situation. While waiting for Inter – Catania to start I decided to turn the dial to TV5 and have a look-see of French Ligue One with Lyon vs. Nice. I wasn't disappointed as everything wasn't going Lyon's way early on […]