On May 30, the legendary Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani announced his retirement from international soccer, capping off a stellar career. The 37-year-old, who plays for Boca Juniors at the moment, took to Instagram to break the news. He reminisced on his life's path and thanked God for the chance to play for his nation. “My […]

It seems likely that Edinson Cavani, a striker for Valencia, will be leaving Estadio Mestalla this summer. Where he ends up is the burning question. The veteran striker is tied to the Spanish side for another year, until June 2024. Since no other club is reportedly ready to absorb his salary, he will need to […]

FIFA has finally handed out bans to four Uruguay players for an incident at the World Cup. Fernando Muslera and Jose Maria Gimenez have both been handed four-match bans. Diego Godin and Edinson Cavani were, on the other hand, issued a one-match suspension. The quartet was hit with the bans following their involvement in a […]

Historically, soccer fans overlook Uruguay more than any other nation in regards to the World Cup. 'La Celeste' is the original master of the beautiful game. Uruguay pioneered success on the world's stage for generations. 'The Sky Blues' hold the coveted feat of winning the first World Cup in 1930. It repeated that glory upon […]

Manchester United's struggles draw traces since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson from Old Trafford. David Moyes and Louis van Gaal disappointed in their two-year tenures. However, recent dilemmas show lack of challenging today while simultaneously pretending there is a future in sight. José Mourinho inexplicably left top-scoring Belgian international center forward Romelu Lukaku out […]

After five Premier League games, Paul Pogba sits on seven assists. Granted, he picked up four of those in the season-opening demolition of Leeds United. With the four services, Pogba tied the record for most assists in one Premier League game. But, excluding that historic performance, his three helpers in the other four games would […]

Although Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal brass had a successful summer transfer period (including signing Alexis Sanchez, Mathieu Debuchy, Calum Chambers, David Ospina, and Danny Welbeck), there appears to still be unfinished business with incoming transfers. While Arsenal won’t secure all of the following transfers, let’s take a look at six possible transfer targets for […]

With the winter break, I've decided to look at this season's current top goalscorers. It has been an interesting season, and there are some veterans accompanied by new signings which populate this list. Here's a look at the top 10 Serie A goalscorers so far this season: Di Natale (Udinese) – 10 goals Cavani (Napoli) […]

While in the Champions League all Italian sides made it through to the knockout stages, there was a fear that in the Europa League there would be no Serie A teams. Luckily, Napoli managed to qualify with a 1-0 win over Steaua Bucharest, thanks to a very late goal by Cavani. And there was more […]

In 2005-2006, Napoli was looking to escape dire finances and Serie C1.  In 2010-2011, Napoli can credibly claim that it is competing for a Champions League berth.  The Partenopei led by their president Aurelio De Laurentiis have been slowly built up and well managed to the point where last season they qualified for their their […]

This week's winner was scored by Fabrizio Miccoli. Miccoli bagged two goals on Sunday against Roma but it was the first one which was particularly nice and helped set tempo for the rest of the match.  Sadly Miccoli left the match after experiencing a muscular injury in the second half and Palermo are currently awaiting results on the extent of […]