The dog days of summer has come to the NYC, Northern NJ, Southern CT, tri-state area. Even though the weather is extremely hot, the football will be even hotter when two of the top premiership clubs in Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur joins Portuguese first division side Sporting Lisbon to play in the Barclays New York […]

Hoffenheim's attacking midfielder Maicosuel has moved back to Brazil with Botafogo after failing to settle in with Hoffe last season. Before Maicosuel joined Hoffenheim, he was on loan at Botafogo in Brazil from Cruzeiro. After impressing in the Brazilian State Championship with Botafogo, Cruzeiro opted to sell the young midfielder to Hoffenheim for nearly 5 […]

I was born and bred in Great Britain and lived there until I was fourteen and then moved to the United States. During those impressionable years growing up in Wales, the sports that were thrust upon me were soccer, rugby, tennis and cricket. After I moved to the States in 1984, the first time I […]

Bayern Munich and France winger Franck Ribery's summer just keeps getting worse. From failing with France at the World Cup, to facing up to three years in prison for having sex with an underage prostitute. This story first broke in 2009, when Ribery was first questioned with regards to a prostitution ring in France. It […]

German national team coach Joachim loew has signed a contract extension that will see him lead Germany into the European Championships in 2012 in Ukraine and Poland. Should Loew impress at this tournament, he will surely be given another extension to lead Germany into World Cup 2014 in Brazil. After a very impressive display with […]

Schalke boss Felix Magath has announced today that Heiko Westermann is set to move to Hamburg after a transfer has been agreed between the two sides. Magath stated that the move was based on first-team football, and that Westermann would not be played regularly in the center of Schalke's defense. From Soccernet.com: "Heiko has quit […]

Brazil Planning To Spend $3 Billion On Airports Ahead Of 2014 The Brazilian government has approved a $3 billion package to upgrade the country's airports over the next four years. It was the first step in the massive overhaul needed to Brazil's infastructure. The package also included an additional $400 million to upgrade the port […]

Tuesday, July 20th 8:00PM EDT – 5:00PM PDT Guests: Eric Altshule: MLS Talk Writer & LA Galaxy Supporter Harvey Ranola: San Jose Earthquakes Supporter NASL Segment Re-Capping Red Bulls loss to Columbus Crew & Audio from Thierry Henry Press Conference Barclays New York Football Challenge Preview Show Wednesday, July 21st 8:00PM EDT – 5:00PM PDT […]

Louis Van Gaal spoke to Kicker magazine about his Bayern Munich side and what he would like to change to reinforce the side for the coming season. Van Gaal spoke specifically about Franck Ribery as well, who he believes Die Roten fans have not seen the best of yet. "Bayern pay the players very well, […]

Steve McClaren has been ringing in the changes as he prepares to challenge for a European spot this season. McClaren just recently took over Wolfsburg as head coach just previous to the World Cup, and has been cutting out all of the dead weight in the squad, and bringing in very competent reinforcements. So far, […]

Liverpool have won the rights to Joe Cole on a free transfer after the English midfielder parted ways with Chelsea this spring. Cole, 28, has agreed to a £90,000 a week contract with Anfield pending the passing of a physical, according to ESPN Soccernet. Arsenal and Tottenham were also interested in the services of Cole, […]

Bayern Munich's head coach Louis Van Gaal has spoke to Kicker magazine in Germany about Germany's World Cup exit, and his ambitions after Bayern Munich. Van Gaal spoke to the fact that Germany decided to sit back against Spain, a team that if attacked, he believes, would have been beatable. "That was the only game […]

Former Tottenham manager Martin Jol is preparing to return to the Premier League in order to fill the managerial post at Fulham left by Roy Hodgson. The Dutch manager, who won a Dutch Cup with Ajax in his only season with the club, was fired as manager of Tottenham in 2007 despite nearly leading the […]

Hamburg battled out a 0-0 draw with Italian giants Juventus today in a pre-season match between the two sides. Whilst Hamburg did have quite a few chances to take the lead, strong goalkeeping and a bit of pre-season rust kept it all square. Hamburg lined up quite strongly, with only few players coming from the […]

Two days ago it was the pomp and circumstance for the New York Red Bulls bringing over one of the greatest strikers in the world. Even though Thierry Henry wasn't going to be in the lineup, he did travel to Columbus and experience the pre-match festivities. But unfortunately for the Red Bulls they forgot that they […]