My first day in Baltimore attending the NSCAA event (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) has been a success. I interviewed Gerard Houllier and asked him whether he was in the running for the Republic of Ireland manager's position, met Steve McClaren, spoke with a senior vice president of marketing from Fox Soccer Channel, interviewed […]

If you're a neutral observer like me, this weekend's slate of games really doesn't have any compelling storylines or reasons to get excited, at least from the outside. None of the big teams are playing each other and there are no rivalry games. The closest thing to a true derby is the Fulham-Arsenal affair at […]

What I'm hearing around the NCSAA Convention: The US will play a friendly in Spain right before the European Championships. Spain needs all the work they can get after a rough qualifying group. J.P. Dellacamara will be paired with John Harkes on ESPN's MLS Primetime Thursday telecasts according to the scuttlebutt. Luis Figo is NOT […]

I have been told the Eddie Johnson to Fulham deal could be dead after Johnson failed to secure a UK work permit. Fulham will appeal, but considering they spent £5 million on Marlon King, one must wonder if they will go to the mat for Johnson the way they did for Clint Dempsey when his […]

As previously reported, Fox Soccer Channel along with a beer sponsor will be promoting Fox Soccer Viewing Parties from now through May when the season concludes. Now, Fox has announced which pubs will be hosting the parties in Atlanta, Miami, New York, Chicago, Boston, Columbus, Denver and Washington DC. You can find the complete listings […]

In a week like this, it's easy to see how the Premier League is sometimes more exciting off the pitch than on it. Of course, that depends which club you support. Here are my picks of what's more exciting off the pitch than on it: Jose Mourinho. The manager that everyone loved to hate is […]

The defending champ and reigning league champs saw a premature exit as they fell to Barcelona and Mallorca respectively. These were two of the most prominent results in one of the more exciting finished in recent Copa history. Real Madrid's finishing along with inspired play by Moyá and second half substitute Ariel Ibagaza downed Los […]

Blue Square Conference South club Havant and Waterlooville beat League One leaders Swansea 4-2 to book a dream trip to Anfield in the fourth round of the FA Cup on January 26. Richard Paquette, Jamie Collins and Rocky Baptiste gave the Hampshire side a three-goal lead, before Guillem Bauza pulled a goal back for the […]

Manchester United dismantled Newcastle 6-0. It really should have been 10 or 11 goals for United. There were numerous squandered chances from Rooney and others, combined with a valiant effort by Newcastle in the first half to merely keep the scoreline reasonable. Ronaldo poured it on with another hat-trick, and is on pace to break […]

The hiring of Kevin Keegan today to become Newcastle's manager (again) demonstrates why the Tyneside club have become one of the laughingstocks of the Premier League: Instead of looking to the future, they've fallen back into the deadly trap that is the past. What's worse is that Mike Ashley, Newcastle's owner, had to have made […]

A news flash on the Newcastle United homepage tipped me off to this. It is official, Kevin Keegan is returning to Newcastle United as manager. It will be Kevin's third stint at St. James' Park. He arrived as a player in 1982 and led the team back to the top-flight before hanging up his boots […]

Kevin Keegan, the England legend and former Liverpool striker, today has been named manager of Newcastle United for the second time in his career. As much as it pains me to say, I believe Newcastle United has made the wrong decision. It's difficult for me to say this because Keegan was my childhood hero. He […]

The Special One has returned with a new video. His first one of 2008 for the hit new show, "I'm On Setanta Sports." Fantastic.

I must admit despite the speculation I was mildly surprised by the news Carlos Ruiz has returned to the LA Galaxy. I understand that the Galaxy have Joe Cannon and Clint Mathis both off the books and that the three "DPs" (David Beckham, Carlos Ruiz and Landon Donovan) only count 400k each towards the approximately […]

A big day of FA Cup action and the team I've been following for this round, League Two strugglers Bury, pulled off a big upset by knocking out Championship side Norwich City with a 2-1 win in their 3rd round replay at Gigg Lane. The win sets up a fourth round match away at Southampton […]