It's a glorious time of the year for fans of English football. The race in the Premier League is heating up and we've seen some amazing matches during the past few weeks showing why the league can be, at times, miles ahead of its competitors. Then we had this week's Champions League quarter-final matches which […]

It's probably the least of Middlesbrough's worries right now especially given their fight to escape relegation, but a photograph has been leaked that shows the alleged Middlesbrough shirt for the 2009-10 season. Designed and manufactured by Adidas, the new Middlesbrough shirt is designed in Adidas's new template — the same one that will resemble Chelsea's […]

This is the time where I have to take off my Red Bull NY hat and start looking at Major League Soccer as a whole. You have heard me discuss and report that all levels of US Pro Soccer clubs need their own stadiums to help with that particular discussion on Pro/Rel and to stop […]

We love a good midweek match now and then and Liverpool v. Chelsea was the record put on repeat as the Reds met up with the Blues for their requisite Champions League match for the season. While not a league game, it may as well have been, if not for the evening kickoff and painfully […]

Men's Soccer in the US Tidbit: Unless I missed something...(entirely possible) 20 states have no MLS, USL-1, USL-2 or PDL team, representing 15% of the 2007 US population. California has the most combined teams with 11, followed by Texas with 10. They're the 2 most populous states. The most populous states without a team are […]

The 4-2-3-1 has been selected by Klinsmann. The big news is that Altintop will be starting after a lengthy absence. A couple of notes on this. Mark Van Bommel is a disgrace and should be banned from football. I have never seen a player more scared than Christian Lell. Franck Ribery has been schooled by […]

Taking a 2-0 lead back to Mexico for an MLS or USL side in a Continental competition should never be permitted. For third time in three years a team from one of North America's leagues has blown a two goal aggregate lead heading into the second leg. Ironically, however the result ended up being affected […]

When Manchester United scored two late goals on Sunday to secure a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Aston Villa, the result seemed to sweep under the rug the idea that United were a team in serious danger of relinquishing their Premier League lead heading into the home stretch. After Tuesday’s 2-2 draw at home to FC […]

Towards the end of this month, the Premiership team of the year will be announced along with the PFA players’ player of the year. In anticipation of this, I have decided to select my own best eleven of the season and invite you to do likewise. So here goes: Goalkeeper: Edwin Van Der Sar It’s […]

Times are hard if you are a football fan in the north-east of England with all three major clubs based in that area of the country currently fighting for survival. The league table doesn’t lie, all three sides are in major trouble but the one team that already looks doomed is Middlesbrough. I am not […]

Week 3 in the MLS was graced with good matches that were played in less than desirable conditions. High winds plagued several venues while cold and wet put the damper on others. If not for that I think attendance would have been better, but all in all attendance wasn't that terrible. This week's eight matches […]

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division in the English football league pyramid. It was introduced for the 2004-05 season and is one of Europe`s most lucrative leagues outside the top flight. Origins The Championship began life in 1892 as the Football League Second Division, following the […]

This past weekend saw the resumption of play in La Liga. This week's team managed to damage their opponents chances at a Champions League spot while pulling themselves out of relegation. That's a performance worthy of TOW recognition. The La Liga Team Of The Week made headlines and/or played matches on the weekend of April […]

Before we go on with the Team Of The Week, our thoughts & prayers are with those that were affected by the tragic earthquake that hit L'Aquila on Monday. I spent the summer of 2002 in L'Aquila, its a beautiful place with friendly people, keep hope that more survivors will be found and that the […]

Following this weekend's drubbing at the hands of Wolfsburg, Bayern come into the hardest tie of the quarter finals of the Champion's League on a low. Can they overcome the humiliation at the VW to get a result at Camp Nou against arguably the best team in Europe? Yes, they can. Here's how. First, they […]