szólj hozzá: Michael Jackson szobor The surreal scenes of a statue erected in tribute of Michael Jackson materialized at Fulham's Craven Cottage today before the match against Blackpool. Fulham owner Mohamed Al Fayed was a close friend of the pop star. And Jackson himself had visited Craven Cottage before as a guest of Al Fayed. […]

Philadelphia picked up their first defeat late Saturday night, as Leonardo headed home a free kick from David Beckham and the Galaxy withstood a man deficiency for over a half an hour to make it happen. In the first half, the Galaxy carried most of the offensive force. They were able to consistently get pressure […]

The cliche line is that football (i.e. soccer) is a funny old game. In truth though, it can be a sad and very cruel game. I'll explain why in a moment. If you're a Manchester United supporter today, you're probably feeling on top of the world. If you support Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham or Liverpool, you […]

New York Red Bulls and Toronto FC have made a major trade that sends Canadian International attacking Midfielder Dwayne De Rosario to the Red Bulls for Tony Tchani, Danleigh Borman and a first round pick in 2012. Ever since Amado Guevara was traded to Chivas-USA for their second Designated Player spot back in 2007, the […]

The torture of the international break is over. Even the term, "international break," is derogatory. It implies that the players went on holiday overseas for a couple of weeks, or took a break from Premier League action when in actual fact the opposite is mostly true. Many of them competed in important but monotonous matches. […]

The 2011 Pioneer Cup began with the first leg at Columbus Crew stadium. In a match that may have been perfect for April Fool's Day, a red card and a penalty fell to Columbus' benefit, as they dispatched F.C. Dallas, 2-0. The Crew played as a rigid 4-2-3-1 squad, an exact clone of that played […]

Monday, April 4th 8:00PM EDT – 5:00PM PDT Guests: Kevin McCrudden Publisher of Soccer Long Island Magazine NASL Preview 30 Minute Segment Minnesota: Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer .com Montreal: Steven Beauregard of Soccer Montreal Carolina: Neil Morris of The Independent of Cary/Durham & Raleigh North Carolina Tampa Bay: Garrett Tozier Member of Ralph's […]

Photo by Leslie Millman-Manchesterunitedman1 Born in England, football has always been considered by purists as a gentleman's game. But lately the notion seems reserved for nostalgic old-timers, pining fuddy-duddies ignorant of the modern game's evolution. The growth of the sport in the last decade, particularly in its founding nation, has shifted the emphasis from sport […]

A few weeks ago it was reported that Bernie Ecclestone was selling his shares of QPR. Lakshmi Mittal was quoted through Amit Bhatia, the QPR Vice Chairman and his son in law that he was committed to the club and would not be selling his shares. Now we've heard that Ecclestone was concerned about the […]

The April Fool's Day edition of Special 1 TV is live. The episode, entitled "Sven FM," features the usual cast of characters as well as laughs at the expense of some of the main story lines from this past week. Be champions! and shut up ThompsonLives!

Real Salt Lake established itself as the Supporters Shield front runner, Seattle is still struggling to score goals but New York shows how to gain points without them, and are the Union the East team to beat? The national team members return from Team Bradley while some of the youth team players are still out […]

There is frequent talk of fixture congestion in the Premier League and the troubles it causes later in the season. This is especially true of the top players and the top teams. There are lots of matches across a number of competitions for your club and then the strong likelihood that you’ll be playing in […]

Kwame, best known by many as a rapper and producer, also was a soccer star in college for the University of Maryland. While his college playing days are behind him, Kwame is friends with many U.S. soccer stars. Here's the interview: Kristan: So soccer was your sport of choice at college. So, who did you […]

With Richard Farley lost somewhere along the West Coast (yet still able to write this post), your regular co-host Christopher Riordan welcomes Kevin McCauley back to the show just in time for the upcoming Major League Soccer weekend. But before they can preview, they have to review: two weeks of MLS action, the first legs […]

At this point last season, many neutral observers of Manchester United at Old Trafford could be forgiven for believing they were watching matches televised from Norwich City's Carrow Road. This is not a criticism of the quality of football on display – clearly these were Premier League footballers. Instead it was the legions of Man […]