As Liverpool have gone 20 years without winning the top division, especially to a younger generation, the enormity of LFC has probably never seemed quite powerful as it does to those of us who grew up with the club as an imperious, all-conquering club who simply won everything. It is testament to the legacy of […]

One of the highlights of the season for a lot of English football supporters is seeing the goals of the season. It's often a difficult decision to limit it to the best goal each month during the season. And even more so when only one goal is chosen as the winner of the best goal […]

Stuttgart are currently bottom of the league with a meagre three points from their first seven Bundesliga matches. Manager Christian Gross is definitely under fire, and I'm a bit shocked that he hasn't already been sacked. Stuttgart finished in sixth place in the Bundesliga last season, and the year before that they finished in third […]

So John W Henry, current owner of the Boston Red Sox, is about to take over Liverpool. Being a Florida Marlins fan, and a baseball fan in general, I’m very well aware of Mr. Henry’s history as a baseball owner, so here's my opinion about what I think he will bring to the club, both […]

The timing of the release of an anti-Tom Hicks video made by British film producer Mike Jefferies and Liverpool FC supporters couldn't have been better. While a majority of the Liverpool board has agreed to sell the club to New England Sports Ventures (NESV), owners of the Boston Red Sox, New England Sports Network, Fenway […]

It was a fantastic final in Seattle, Washington as 31,311, a new record attendance in the US Open Cup Final, jammed inside Qwest Field to watch their first Championship Final involving their Sounders and a possible repeat to keep the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. This tournament since 1914 had plenty of action, pace and […]

In goal, I've got Wolfsburg's Diego Benaglio. If it wasn't for him, Borussia Monchengladbach may have walked away with three points against Steve McClaren's side. Benaglio is always a reliable player, but he stood out this weekend for his side. At right-back, I've got Bayern Munich's Philipp Lahm. The Germany captain was assured in defense, […]

"The referee's done his job, it's a sending off, but Taylor's not a malicious player." "Ryan isn't that type. It's so ironic he's involved because he's such a genuine kid. It'll be devastating for him." "There was no malice in Nigel's challenge and Nigel is not that type of lad." 5 words that could be […]

Bloody Exchange Rate So this is it, my last day Stateside for some time. Months of planning and preparation have led to one final day in Lexington before an overnight flight delivers me and the Mrs. to Heathrow and the United Kingdom. It's sure to be an incredible journey, one of which will be adventurous, rewarding, […]

International breaks; like taxes and the poor, they are always with us; always hanging around the street corner waiting to disrupt our domestic contentment. Just when things have settled into a nice groove; just when the season’s drama is beginning to unfold its latest plot twists, along comes the International Break to spoil it all, […]

As we enter the final month of the regular season, the league seems to have finally reached its equilibrium. While the standings my not reflect it, there are two teams who have distinguished themselves (Real Salt Lake, Dallas) with a small group who have shown the potential to threaten (Los Angeles, New York, Seattle). On […]

Saturday night in South Florida saw Miami FC play its last game. The team next season will be renamed the Strikers, the name that graced one of the most famous soccer institutions in U.S. soccer history, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. But success is far from guaranteed. A crowd of 1,684 came out to Lockhart Stadium […]

During a break in the action on this past Saturday's broadcast of Sunderland against Manchester United, ESPN's commentator Ian Darke mentioned that Clint Dempsey had just scored a goal for Fulham away at West Ham United. At first, I was ready to cry blasphemy at Darke's decision to break one of the cardinal rules of […]

Seeing Kevin Davies name in an England squad may be a shock to some people, indeed it may be a shock to Kev himself. Is it some sort of madness by Capello? Is he really so desperate for strikers that he has to select this Bolton Wanderers journeyman? Well, yes. At 33 years of age, […]

Jesse Chula is busy packing suitcases for his upcoming journey to England to watch some of the best soccer in person, so he asked me to step in today to write the Premier League Footballer Of The Week post. And he sure left me with a tough feat to pick out one footballer especially on […]