You can always tell a good soccer show but how many things you learn or how many times you laugh. With Setanta's The Friday Football Show, there are few of either but the show definitely has potential. Featuring James Richardson as the presenter (best known Stateside as the host of the Football Weekly podcast from […]

Manchester United's poor start to the season has fooled many critics and fans who felt they would storm out of the gates especially with the signing of Carlos Tevez who was so electrifying during this summer's Copa America. If you think back to one year ago (August 2006), many critics (myself included) predicted Man United […]

Slowly but surely, soccer fever is sweeping across the United States all due in part to David Beckham, which has put the sport on the map in this media hungry country. Whether Beckham's arrival will be good or bad for the sport in this country is still up for debate. But for the time being, […]

Part One of the newest edition of England's MLS spoof show, courtesy of veteran presenter Tim Lovejoy, formerly of Sky Sports and now of CH. 5.

Thanks to the Scout for this link: http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/a-pleasure-to-meet-you-mr-beckham/

Thanks to the Scout for this link: http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/a-pleasure-to-meet-you-mr-beckham/

We only had 23 votes in our poll of the week due possibly to technical problem. Those who voted were equally split on Juan Toja and Guilermo Barros Schelotto being the biggest impact newcomer to the league who was not a Beckham Rule player. I should have pointed out beforehand that I did not include […]

Watching the Chelsea against Liverpool match on Fox Soccer Channel courtesy of TWI, commentators Ian Darke and Robbie Earle were puzzled whether Chelsea's Michael Essien was awarded two yellow cards without being sent off or not. At first, they seemed sure the mistake had happened. Then later, after receiving confirmation from assistant referee Phil Dowd, […]

The major British newspapers are reporting that Sevilla manager Juande Ramos may be appointed the new manager of Tottenham Hotspur by the end of the week to replace Dutchman Martin Jol after a poor start to the season. Rather than ridicule Spurs for the potential decision to remove Jol so quickly, let's take a minute […]

After dominating the first half hour of play John Hackworth's US squad has been shocked in the U-17 World Cup by Tajikistan who has qualified for the first time for any FIFA event. The 4-3 Tajik win over a nation that has qualified for every single U-17 World Cup speaks volumes about the progress US […]

To the average viewer of "scream" shows about American sports such as Around the Horn, Rome is Burning and The Best Damn Sports Show Period, the ongoing revolution in American sports preferences may have flown under the radar. That's because so many of the sports writers that feature on the shout shows like Jay Marrioti, […]

Stoke and Watford are top of the Championship table following home conquests over Charlton and Sheffield United, respectively. Jon "The Beast" Parkin scored the Saturday Night Football match winner for the Potters (2-1 result), who face Southampton next Saturday. The Saints have arguably had the most disappointing league campaign to date, with supporters' frustrations mounting […]

David Beckham and Juan Pablo Angel To the average viewer of "scream" shows about American sports such as Around the Horn, Rome is Burning and The Best Damn Sports Show Period, the ongoing revolution in American sports preferences may have flown under the radar. That's because so many of the sports writers that feature on […]

Josh Wolff withdrew from US Squad for the Sweden game following today's 3-1 win for his 1860 Munich side in Bundesliga 2 action. I'm not sure the reasons for his withdrawal but will post them as soon as I learn more.

17 year old Jozy Altidore, perhaps the most hyped young American player not named Freddy Adu scored twice as did former Aston Villa and River Plate Attacker Juan Pablo Angel. David Beckham gave the Big Apple what American soccer and MLS badly need in the nation's largest media market: an entertaining show. In front of […]