We American soccer fans know all about watching matches alone. On the west coast, we stumble through the cold pre-dawn darkness to our couches, desperate for coffee, slightly delirious, and droopy-eyed, just to catch the first broadcast match each Saturday. On the east coast, we trudge through quiet city streets, squinting at the sun, bleary-eyed, […]

Everybody hates us, but we don't care should be the new motto for the England national team. It's an apt one given the ridicule England has received from soccer snobs worldwide, particularly in England and the United States. Their lens of how soccer ought to be played is framed by how Barcelona plays soccer. […]

The group stage of Euro 2012 is over, and it's time to take a pause to see how everyone is doing on the pre-Euro 2012 predictions. If you remember, we asked you — the readers — to make your predictions about who would qualify from each group, and in which position. From the first round, […]

What would happen if you take two of your favorite video games, and then do a mashup? The answer is Warfare 3, created by the mastermind Marius Hjerpseth. The video is 5 minutes, but keep on watching as you'll see a couple of explosive scenes which I think many of you will enjoy. I don't […]

We finally have a breather from the daily dose of football we've been enjoying since Euro 2012 kicked off. But the news doesn't stop, so here are the latest Euro 2012 news headlines from the past 24 hours: Steven Gerrard warns against Italy complacency — BBC Sport Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin tells journalist 'let's take it […]

In the world of tweets and Facebook commentary, opinion and debate is not hard to come by in modern football. Throw a #hashtag on your thoughts, and they’re there for the world to see. After England scraped through against Ukraine last night to claim top spot in Group D in Euro 2012, the twitterati was […]

Nothing ruins joyous occasion like dour tactics. They can't overshadow another call for goal line technology, but they obscure Wayne Rooney's return. They can also put a rousing performance from John Terry on the backburner. Regressing to the approach he employed versus France, Roy Hodgson again proved himself the most important man on the field, […]

Ukraine scored against England on Tuesday evening, but the goal didn't count because the officials ruled that the ball didn't cross the line. Except that it did. Slow-motion replays (and photographs) reveal that Ukraine's shot, which hit England goalkeeper Joe Hart and then flew into over the line before being scrambled away by John Terry, […]

England vs Ukraine: 2:45pm ET Sweden vs France: 2:45pm ET TV schedule Buy England and Ukraine shirts Buy Sweden and France shirts This is it. The match that almost all of us have been waiting to watch — England against Ukraine. The atmosphere will feel like a Premier League ground with vocal Ukrainian support. Hopefully Roy Hodgson's men have what it takes to qualify for […]

Today's the final day of the opening group matches, so there's a ton of news about today's matches as well as the teams going home. Let's hope England continues their Euro 2012 tour for a few more days, at least. Here are today's Euro 2012 news headlines: So how good are Italy, now the official […]

Even if Wayne Rooney was available, England would have been happy with four points from their first two group games. And given their inexplicable reverence for a France (as if France weren't a team that flamed out of the last World Cup), the Three Lions probably would not have approached Les Bleus any differently. Hodgson […]

Following the recent departure of Harry Redknapp from Tottenham Hotspur, attention has quickly focused on the search for his replacement. In recent seasons, the North London club has enjoyed spells of success in the Premier League and Champions League. Now standing at a proverbial crossroads, Spurs’ fortunes will rest largely on chairman Daniel Levy’s forthcoming […]

Had anyone chosen to watch the Ireland-Croatia game in a pub, there was hardly enough time for someone to wet their lips before the first goal was scored. Sean St. Ledger offered a brief moment of hope that was soon to be eradicated by Jelavic’s poached effort before half time. The second half started much […]

Spain vs Croatia: 2:45pm ET Italy vs Ireland: 2:45pm ET TV schedule Get our your calculators. You may need them later to figure out who will advance from this group. The easy path will be for Spain and Italy to win, sending both nations through to the quarter-finals. Where it gets complicated is if there is a […]

Earlier today, the Premier League revealed the fixtures for the 2012-13 season. In the world of soccer blogs, today is a Black Monday (more about that later), but what do you think of the fixtures that have been revealed for your team? Do you think your club will get a good start to the season? […]