My first professional game I ever attended was a mid-week night game on a cold night in Wales. The floodlights could be seen from miles away and they seemed to light up the pitch and turn the color of the grass into a different shade of green. Throughout the years, I've seen plenty of professional […]

The Week 16 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 16 124 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 13,158 6 15,716 14,632 106 2007 12,473 -5.21% 4 15,377 -2.15% 15,043 2.81% 107 2008 14,475 16.05% 5 16,518 7.42% 17,245 14.63% 111 2009 16,142 […]

Hamburg battled out a 0-0 draw with Italian giants Juventus today in a pre-season match between the two sides. Whilst Hamburg did have quite a few chances to take the lead, strong goalkeeping and a bit of pre-season rust kept it all square. Hamburg lined up quite strongly, with only few players coming from the […]

Two days ago it was the pomp and circumstance for the New York Red Bulls bringing over one of the greatest strikers in the world. Even though Thierry Henry wasn't going to be in the lineup, he did travel to Columbus and experience the pre-match festivities. But unfortunately for the Red Bulls they forgot that they […]

Sami Khedira's already impressive career just seems to keep on getting better. From winning the Bundesliga title with Stuttgart at only 19 years old, to captaining the German U-21 side to European glory in 2009, to reaching the World Cup semi-final with the German national team in 2010, to now being considered a transfer target […]

Hamburg's Marcus Berg has agreed a one-year loan deal with PSV, after falling down the pecking order at his club after failing to impress in his first season. Having played 30 games for HSV and only scoring 4 goals, Hamburg have decided that the young Swedish star is in need of a year out on […]

There's a lot to love about Blackpool Football Club. The team that very few people thought would get promoted to the Premier League overcame all odds thanks to the management of Ian Holloway. And they got promoted by playing a good brand of football. They were one of the few teams in the Championship to […]

It's a bizarre story. First, in May, before the World Cup kicked off, Fabio Capello along with a man named Chicco Merighi launched the Capello Index, an objective system that measures and evaluates the performances of players. But after the news broke of the ratings system, many people thought it would be in poor taste […]

After a return to the summit of the Premier League and retaining their FA cup, Chelsea enjoyed a successful season. The bitter sting of being Mourinho’d out of the Champions league was quelled as Chelsea put that set-back behind and pressed their advantage home for the Premier League trophy. All of this made me select […]

Every once in a while I come across a unique video that I feel would be worth sharing with you, my readers. And here's one. It's the 1977 European Super Cup between Liverpool, holders of the European Cup (the precursor to the Champions League) at the time against the holders of the European Cup Winner's […]

The American sporting public, still high on a sucessful World Cup, has turned it's attention towards its biggest star and his plans for the future. Landon Donovan, now the most famous American soccer player of all time thanks to his dramatic goal against Algeria, is currently the captain of the L.A. Galaxy and the poster […]

Sitting here almost a week after the 2010 World Cup, I like many other US fans have been going over the many pros and cons of retaining Bob Bradley as the US manager. US Soccer President Sunil Gulati and Fulham owner Mohamed Al Fayed probably have many of the same questions that we do, […]

Belgian defensive midfielder Timmy Simons, who has been a stalwart at PSV for the last five years, has completed a move to Nurnberg. Simons, who is a very versatile player that can play in the midfield or in the back four, will add experience and steel in the spine of Nurnberg's XI. Timmy Simons, at […]

As I always say when I write about transfers, please take this post with a grain of salt – there are so many transfer rumors out there that will never pan out. That being said, Rafa Benitez should acquire Giuseppe Rossi with the money he acquires from transferring Mario Balotelli. It is one of the […]

Umbro have released photos of Manchester City's away jersey for the 10-11 season. Designed by Umbro, the dark blue shirt with sky blue trim definitely exudes a confident and appealing design that accentuates the Manchester City crest and the three gold stars above it. As is so often true about Umbro designs of late, the […]