EPL Talk has seen the future of Premier League highlights on the Internet and it may be legal. If you missed it, The Daily Telegraph has recently started including highlights of matches on their website. But they're not just normal highlights. Instead, they're 3D animated representations of key moments in matches. View a sample from […]

Allegiances can be tricky things at times. For example, at this summer's Euro 2008 tournament, what team will you root for? With England not qualifying, I'll likely root for the team that plays the most attractive football. But it isn't always so easy. I was born in Wales and grew up there until I was […]

The Sun newspaper has live audio commentaries of today's matches between Middlesbrough and Manchester United, and Everton and Derby. Access them through their website here.

The Fire Exploded for Four First Half Goals Thursday Night / MLSNet.com Chicago's performance again New England while providing an impressive score line owed itself more to the circumstances both weather wise and red card related than anything else. Jeff Larentowicz's red card was totally unjustified. However the referee, Baldomero Toledo did a good job […]

Watching Reading crumble this afternoon against Newcastle reminded me of how silly Steve Coppell must feel at times. By not strengthening his side last summer with the class of players that were needed to keep the Berkshire club as a competitive side, the Reading side has failed to impress this season and are even tinkering […]

Sunderland is changing the color and design of its 2008/2009 shirt from the current white to a blue and black color with stripes (pictured). Umbro will continue to be Sunderland's shirt manufacturer. The new design features a unique shoulder and arm design with streaks. The decision to feature vertical stripes on the chest, however, may […]

Champions League Action: Roma vs. ManUnited 0 – 2 After the midweek crash and burn by Roma at Stadio Olimpico I've lost desire to write any previews. Truly Manchester United have Ronaldo and Van der Sar to thank for their victory as the performance of the rest of the squad was mediocre. The Roman Gladiators […]

Well, not really, but there are definitely some similarities between professional sports leagues here in the States and England's most exciting, most competitive soccer league. And no, I'm not talking about the Premiership. I want to show a little bit of love to the Coca-Cola Championship, England's second-tier domestic league. The Championship is fabulous. I […]

Due to a variety of personal situations, it has been a while since I was able to write an update on the FA Cup though I have continued to follow each round. When last I wrote, I was following the fate of Bury. They lost to Southampton in the fourth round. Southampton went on to […]

The title of this post says it all. It's straightforward for the Cottagers. Anything but a win against Sunderland tomorrow and Fulham can start packing their bags for the Coca-Cola Championship next year. Instead of lucrative home games against the likes of historic Premiership city rivals like Tottenham, Arsenal, and Chelsea, the fans at Craven […]

It was a Mexican Superstar, Luis Hernandez that led an MLS side to its last Continental Triumph As has been discussed recently on CSRN's American Soccer Show, MLS Talk and on this website we’ve been fed what amounts to league driven propaganda (presumably to attract new investors to the game which is a good thing) […]

Fenerbahçe continued to be the surprise package of this Champions League season by coming back from a goal down to beat Chelsea 2-1 on Wednesday. The atmosphere at the Sükrü Saraçoglu Stadium was electric as always though the home fans were stunned early on when Chelsea were gifted the lead. It appeared that Fenerbahçe manager […]

It was a Mexican Superstar, Luis Hernandez that led an MLS side to its last Continental Triumph As has been discussed recently on the American Soccer Show and on this website we've been fed what amounts to league driven propaganda (presumably to attract new investors to the game which is a good thing) that the […]

Dave O'Brien is now doing the Boston Red Sox games on NESN, and Eric Wynalda has been replaced by John Harkes. MLS Primetime Thursday on ESPN2 will have a different flavor this season, also because at CSRN we will have a weekly live blog for the matches. Pedro Gomez who grew up like myself watching […]

According to reports coming out of Catalunya, all signs point towards Josep Guardiola taking over for Frank Rijkaard at the Nou Camp. The former Olympic gold medalist and member of the much ballyhooed Dream Team of the 1990's will be promoted to the big team at the end of this season. Catalan network TV3 began […]