The away shirt for Blackburn Rovers next season will be yellow and black, according to a photo leaked on the Internet. The design of the shirt features a Y-neck, which is consistent with the design that Umbro created for the New York Cosmos. The yellow Blackburn away shirt features black sleeves and what appears to […]

Last weekend, the discussion in MLS centered around dives, specifically Charlie Davies' dive against Real Salt Lake to grab a point for DC. This weekend, "dives" were again the discussion but for a different reason: take a look at the Roger Levesque celebration from Thursday if you have not already seen it and enjoy its genius […]

The annual carousel of potential transfer targets is spinning once again in Turin as Juventus look to try and build a title contending team. As is the summer tradition, star players from all across Europe are being linked with the Bianconeri. But while the flashy names are splashed across the headlines, club General Manager Giuseppe […]

Back in 2007, Owen Hargreaves was living the dream and things were going right for him. In his first seven years with Bayern Munich, Hargreaves had successfully become one of the best Canadian stars of the game. In his time in Germany, he was a contributor of four Bundesliga titles and a Champions League trophy […]

As the son of an Englishman, I've been exposed to English football my entire life. My interest peaked during World Cups — especially the 2002 tournament when my dad and I traveled to Japan to follow England around during the Group Stage. The trips to Saitama, Sapporo, and Osaka cemented my allegiance to the Three […]

After two crazy matches in the Pacific Northwest, the New York Red Bulls flew back across the country, and made a stop in Illinois to play Chicago Fire — a team that has been drawing a lot and is usually a tough side to beat at home although their stadium just hasn’t been the fortress […]

Living in the Red: The Chicago Fire Soccer Team Fan Base, Section 8 from Heather Eidson on Vimeo. One of the best supporters groups in Major League Soccer have finally got some recognition they deserve thanks to a video documentary produced about Chicago Fire's Section 8, which was created by three DePaul University film students. […]

Andre Villas-Boas has become Chelsea’s seventh manager in eight years, after the club triggered the £13.2million release clause in his contract to Porto. It only took Villas-Boas one season to achieve fantastic success at the Portuguese club, which was obviously enough to convince Chelsea that he is Carlo Ancelotti’s successor. However, the 33-year-old now has […]

I felt like I was watching my favorite Premier League side Arsenal Saturday night. The United States built a 2-0 advantage over Mexico in the Gold Cup final before coughing up four goals. It was an epic collapse and now it is time to look at what went wrong for the US. The problem is […]

The Philadelphia Union had gone nearly a month since their previous victory. The home side overcame a halftime deficit to defeat Chivas USA 3-2. For the second match in a row, manager Peter Nowak fielded a combination 4-1-4-1/4-1-3-2 shape, with Carlos Ruiz as the lone forward when out of possession. This was the exact lineup […]

Since their high profile ownership transfer in 2008, Manchester City have risen up from relative footballing obscurity to become one of the most talked about club sides on the planet. Players of the quality of Robinho, Carlos Tevez and David Silva have all entered through the Sky Blues’ revolving doors, part of a spending spree […]

Now that the US men's national team's hopes for winning the 2011 Gold Cup are dashed, our attention changes to focus on the US women's national team who will play their first match of the tournament on Tuesday against Korea DPR (11:45am ET, ESPN). Meanwhile today is the first day of competition in the 2011 […]

Today marks several firsts. It's the first day of competition in the 2011 Women's World Cup. And ESPN will be covering every match live from Germany with familiar commentators and presenters including Ian Darke, Rebecca Lowe, Adrian Healey and many others. You can read more about ESPN's coverage of the tournament at sister site World […]

The United States men's national team suffered a demoralizing 4-2 defeat at the hands of Mexico in the 2011 Gold Cup Final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The US led in the first half 2-0 until Mexico's Pablo Barrera pulled one back. Mexico went on to score three more goals. The last of […]

The names Peter Crouch and David Villa aren't mentioned in the same sentence very often. But in FIFA 12, scheduled for release this fall, the minds over at EA Sports have built the logic in the game so that the CPU works differently depending on who is in the box awaiting a cross — in […]