Tottenham Hotspur has announced a major coup after beating Newcastle, Arsenal, Chelsea and several other teams to the signing of one of the most sought after midfielders in the world, Luka Modric from Dinamo Zagreb. In doing so, Spurs has smashed their transfer record with a fee believed to be in excess of £20 million. […]

When Nike shoots TV commercials, they really push their creativity to new heights. Their newest advert, "Take it to the Next Level," is scheduled for its UK TV debut on Tuesday before the Man United versus Barcelona match. Directed by Guy Ritchie, the video is shot in a first person perspective as you see your […]

If you have £500,000 ($991,502), you too can have Tottenham Hotspur play a friendly in your town. That's the "participation fee" that Spurs reportedly demands. And if a beer sponsor pays that princely sum, Spurs will very likely play a team from India named East Bengal on May 18, just one week after the Premier […]

If you're in South Florida tomorrow and you're interested in meeting up to watch the Chelsea against Manchester United match, you can find me at The Blue Anchor Pub in Delray Beach. They have a giant screen TV as well as smaller-sized monitors scattered around the establishment. Kick off time is at 7:45am. The kitchen […]

FC Zenit St. Petersburg will look to reach their first major European final as they take on FC Bayern München at home next week. They now hold an all important away goal from the first leg in Germany played on Thursday. Zenit are the only side left in the UEFA Cup never to have won […]

Despite former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock's furious claims to the contrary last season and more whining this week, Rafa Benitez has every right to rotate his squad for a game against a relegation-threatened team. This issue has come up in recent days because Liverpool will make the trip to St. Andrew's and play 18th […]

More pictures of Chelsea's new home shirt for the 08/09 season have been released (thanks to the Football Shirts website). The photographs below were sent to fans to encourage them to pre-order the new kits. Enjoy. Noticeably there's no mention of Didier Drogba in the above picture. Could Drogba be heading to Real Madrid or […]

Liverpool today unveiled their new home kit for the 2008/2009 season. Manufactured by Adidas, the red design harkens back to a more classic Adidas look-and-feel (see below). One of the most unique features of the new home shirt is that the inner neck of the shirt features a red checkered area, which is inspired by […]

If I wasn't a regular viewer of the English Premier League and I watched the Champions League semi-finals this week, I'd walk away with a feeling that English teams were horrible. Bereft of skill, no composure on the ball, an inability to control games, and as negative as the worst examples of stereotypical Italian soccer. […]

Depending on how long you've been following football, you've undoubtedly listened to, read or watched hundreds if not thousands of stories about the world's game. But stop for a moment and think when was the last time one of those stories actually taught you something you didn't already know about your favorite sport? Most mainstream […]

The Major League Soccer season is a month old, and it's time to roll out the MLS Best XI for the first month of the season. GK Dario Sala, FC Dallas D Bakary Soumare, Chicago D Jack Jewsbury, Kansas City D Jay Heaps, New England M Arturo Alvarez, FC Dallas M Terry Cooke, […]

For 90 minutes, it was a game of men against boys as Barcelona completely played Manchester United off the park. Despite this, the blaugrana crucially failed to score which now puts Man United in the driving seat to win the game at Old Trafford to play in the Champions League Final. Yesterday's Chelsea against Liverpool […]

Obviously this picture doesn't show the point I'm trying to make. I just had to use for it aesthetic purposes, so I hope you don't mind. In all seriousness though, if you're watching the Champions League semifinal first leg between Barcelona and Manchester United at the Camp Nou right now, take a look at the […]

Starting this week, every week I'll be giving Yanks Abroad updates over at the Orlando Sentinel's Soccer Blog. Check it out. Every week we'll feature the best performances of the weekend. Here is this week's installment Germany Steve Cherundolo played 90 minutes for Hannover 96 in a 3-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund. Heath Pearce played […]

From the Daily Telegraph's website: "A week after officiating at Blackburn's Premier League game against leaders Manchester United, referee Rob Styles will be in charge of Saturday's League Two match between Shrewsbury Town and Chester City. Styles turned down two United penalty appeals and cautioned Wayne Rooney when he complained about a challenge by Steven […]