Whether it's the English Premier League and the Argentine marketing machine would like people to believe that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are locks for the FIFA World Player of the Year, I would like to be the first one to offer resistence from this preconceived notion.

On this week's American Soccer Show Dave Denholm and was joined by Dave Brett Wasser, considered one of the foremost historians of the game in this nation. The three historic games we focused on in the show were the 1989 World Cup qualifier in Port of Spain against Trinidad and Tobago, the 1993 US Cup […]

Very much like the swordsman in Raiders of the Lost Arc who wielded his sword all over and threatened to attack, all it took was one shot from Indiana Jones to end that threat. This was a long time coming for the blaugrana. If you look at numbers alone, Barcelona is one of the best […]

ESPN2: AC Milan vs. Arsenal (Tomorrow, 2:45 PM ET) Chelsea vs. Olympiacos (Wednesday, 2:45 PM ET) ESPN Classic: Barcelona vs. Celtic (Tomorrow, 5:00 PM ET, Tape-Delayed) Real Madrid vs. Roma (Wednesday, 5:00 PM ET, Tape-Delayed) Setanta: Manchester United vs. Lyon (Tomorrow, 2:45 PM ET) Sevilla vs. Fenerbahçe (Tomorrow, 6:00 PM ET, Tape-Delayed) Schalke 04 vs. […]

As readers of our site know, I don't like to link to articles of other writers. This site is successful because of our original content. However, Greg Lalas who is of course Alexi Lalas' east coast based brother has made every point I consistently make on the American Soccer Show and in debates with my […]

Birmingham 4 – Tottenham 1 Spurs tried on the big boy pants, only to end up wearing them around their ankles. They had a sick party last weekend. This weekend they were simply sick. The rear guard is rubbish. Robinson has evolved from awfully fat to just awful. They are closer to the relegation zone […]

This is an idea I've been kicking around in the back of my mind for a few weeks now, and I wanted to put it out there for discussion. Here in the US, all of our major professional sports leagues (NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB) have their own versions of an All-Star Game, and […]

At the San Siro, Lazio drew AC Milan, Fiorentina overcomes Juventus, Napoli triumphant against Internationale, leaving only Roma as a top four club to chase visitors Parma from the pitch. Rolando Bianchi (pictured) celebrates his first goal for Lazio and important opening goal against opponents AC Milan who would later equalize with a goal from […]

Uh-oh. Newcastle chief executive Chris Mort came out and publicly backed his manager, Kevin Keegan, today, saying that Keegan is the man to turn the club around and that there is no "doubt or worry" about Newcastle's recent form. Now that Keegan has the vote of confidence, expect him to be gone by the end […]

Matchday 26 Saturday March 1 AS Roma vs. Parma AC Milan vs. Lazio Sunday March 2 Cagliari vs. Genoa Empoli vs. Siena Juventus vs. Fiorentina Livorno vs. Catania Reggina vs. Palermo Sampdoria vs. Torino Udinese vs. Atalanta Napoli vs. Inter Milan

Since this site focuses exclusively on the Premier League, it's pretty rare that we discuss other leagues unless it's in comparison to the Premiership. However, I want to take this opportunity to plug three things you should definitely read and listen to, which I thoroughly recommend. The first is the latest episode of the Major […]

Alright, maybe this wouldn't be as big of a surprise as some people would think, but I like Aston Villa's chances to go to the Emirates and beat Arsenal on Saturday. Martin O'Neill's young side has only lost twice on the road this season, and they gave Arsenal everything they had and more at Villa […]

The Fort Lauderdale based Miami Fusion played in MLS from 1998 thru 2001. The club were finalsits in the 2000 Open Cup and won the 2001 Supporters Shield. In this very special episode of the podcast we look back at the Fusion with longtime South Florida Sun Sentinel columnist Jeff Rusnak.

The Merengues deputy did not travel to Huelva as Real Madrid have a tough match against relegation-embattled Recreativo this weekend. The former Spanish international did not recover from the calf strain he suffered in last weekend's loss to Getafe.

Jose Mourinho said "thanks, but no thanks" to Lyon. According to France Football it is due to the fact that "The Special One" is waiting for that formal offer to come his way from Barcelona. That would be the first step in the eventual return of "The Translator" to the Nou Camp. Mourinho became part […]