West Bromwich Albion seemed to be turning a corner during the first few months of this Premier League season. In previous top flight years they’d been known as entertainers who had been punished for trying to play the right way and as a team whose attacking style left them too open at the back. But […]

Just after US Soccer announced the return of the provisional sanctioning of division two to the NASL and suspended them for US Open Cup play this season on Valentine's Day, three days later Soccer House in Chicago announced the structure and schedule for the 2011 edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Once again […]

It may have been unplanned and unexpected, but Jonathan Woodgate’s introduction to the fray on Tuesday night was a welcome sight. Despite being on the sidelines for 15 months, the former Leeds United and Newcastle man put in an assured, confident performance and repelled everything that AC Milan threw at him. But any thoughts that […]

With USSF's simultaneous announcement of the NASL's sanctioning as the D2 pyramid level, as well as their exclusion from the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup in 2011 (covered by our own Daniel Feuerstein), red flags started being raised. USSF President Sunil Gulati's assertion that it was "too late" for the NASL's 5 American teams to […]

On February 15, 2003 the Manchester faithful lay in shock after United were eliminated from the FA Cup in the fifth round to Arsenal (2-0). But what was more shocking was seeing David Beckham exiting the locker room with stitches over his brow. After the match, a livid Fergie exploded some pent-up frustration on his […]

I'm writing a piece for www.football365.com today about Barcelona which, in essence expresses how frustrating I find their football; how, though it is technically brilliant, it just doesn't stir my football passions. I find it quite clinical and cold while admittedly highly skilful. OK, it's the sort of football some people like but it just […]

In 90 minutes on Wednesday evening, Arsenal showed how close and how far they are from being a complete team capable of winning the Premier League and/or Champions League. On the negative side, their defense was far too easy to open up as Barcelona found plenty of space in and around the back four. But […]

Special EPL Viewing Guide this week. We have 3 make-up EPL matches, 2 FA Cup 4th Round replays, 6 FA Cup 5th Round matches, Liverpool's return to Europe, and Chelsea & United's first leg visits to Europe. So 14 matches involving EPL sides: that's good enough for me! ****: Must-see. Cancel all other activities. Do […]

Much has been made of Daniel Sturridge’s torrid start to his loan spell at Bolton, scoring in each of his first three appearances with the club. But with the arrival of Sturridge and his instant emergence as Bolton’s most dangerous finisher, it remains to be seen what Owen Coyle will do when it comes to […]

Fox Soccer Channel's broadcast of the English Premier League game between Manchester United and Manchester City on Saturday, February 12th garnered the highest household average coverage area rating for a 7:45am ET EPL game in the history of the league being shown on U.S. television in that timeslot. The broadcast, which began at 4am PT […]

The ghosts within the FIFA 11 video game have predicted the score of another match, in this case Arsenal versus Barcelona. But this is no ordinary pick. Consider the fact that the FIFA 11 Simulation machine correctly predicted that Manchester United would beat Man City 2-1 at the weekend. Even before that, the FIFA 11 […]

It has been a strange couple of months for the new version of the North American Soccer League, as it started with getting their provisional sanctioning at MLS Cup in Toronto. Then out of the blue they lost it towards the end of January as Selby Wellman and his family gave up their rights owning […]

Tottenham Hotspur supporters have a lot to be proud of based on their team's performance Tuesday night against AC Milan after their crucial 1-0 victory at San Siro. But despite playing AC Milan off the park in the first half, and winning the psychological warfare in the second half as well as keeping Milan at […]

U.S. international Heath Pearce is on the move, headed to Chivas USA to fill Jonathan Bornstein's shoes at fullback. Teal Bunbury's picked up an elbow injury in preseason work, while we have a new set of rumors surrounding a potential dimming start making his way to Major League Soccer. On this edition of the show, […]

AC Milan's Gennaro Gattuso grabbed the throat of Tottenham assistant manager Joe Jordan and headbutted the Scotsman during Tuesday night's Champions League match at the San Siro. Gattuso became incensed during the match after Tottenham players and staff complained about an over-the-top tackle by former Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini on Vedran Corluka. The referee gave […]