An experiment that was first tried in the Europa League both this year and last will now graduate to Europe's elite competition. Two extra referees will be present in all Champions League ties coming up next season. The officials will be placed behind either goal, to correctly judge calls for handball, penalties, and disallowed goals. […]

Update: Women's Professional Soccer is said to be releasing a statement later today which will confirm Saint Louis Athletica will fold. According to Tom Timmerman with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Women's Professional Soccer entry Saint Louis Athletica will fold. Per Tom's reporting: Athletica players have just been told in a meeting at the Soccer Park […]

Portsmouth is now officially the latest English club coming to North America as part of their preseason warm-ups. The south-coast club finished dead last in the EPL, made history by being the first Premier League club to go into administration and have been forced to sell what top-class talent they had in order to stave off […]

Diego Contento, one of Bayern Munich's most promising young players, has today secured a new 3-year deal with the Bundesliga champions. Contento graduated from Bayern's youth system in January of this year, and made his first Bundesliga appearance for the club against FC Nuremberg, where he started in the place of an injured Daniel Van […]

It's amazing when the weather goes from one extreme to another in these US Open Cup qualifiers. From a cold and dreary 40 degree night in early May against the Revolution to a sweltering 90 degrees against the Colorado Rapids. But both sides were going at each other to reach third round proper of the […]

AC Milan president came out with quite the interesting statement about his team after a political meeting. While it doesn't seem like a direct attack at Leonardo, AC Milan's coach for last season, it's still a statement which shows that Berlusconi is not happy with the way things are happening at the rossoneri. Here's the […]

Newly-appointed Wolfe boss Steve McClaren spoke at a press conference on Wednesday about his intentions at Wolfsburg and answered a few important questions journalists had about the team. Coming off of his title-winning season in the Eredivisie with FC Twente, McClaren has finally tasted success and is hungry for more. McClaren arrived in the Netherlands […]

After a strong training camp along with their two goal loss in a friendly against the Czech Republic, Bob Bradley announced on ESPN's Sports Center the 23 players that will get their plane tickets for South Africa in this summer's World Cup. Bob Ley gave out the roster and there were some surprises who got […]

Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben has undoubtedly had a fantastic season with the Champions League runners-up. Robben's ability to run at defenders and create just as much as he scores, as well as his sympatico relationship with Munich team-mate Franck Ribery, has made Bayern Munich one of the most exciting sides to watch in all of […]

Having forgone the prolific tendencies that earned me a shock interview on the world-renowned EPL Talk podcast by the ace Richard Farley for a sun-kissed, eastern seaboard Atlantic Ocean vacation, I now return like an anxiety ridden bat out of Daytona Beach, rested and tanned, but more hyper for this tournament to start than ever […]

After being sacked by last season's champions Wolfsburg for a string of poor results midway through the season, Veh certainly has his work cut out for him at Hamburg. Hamburg are a team rich in talent, from younger stars like Dutch internationa Eljero Elia and Manchester City transfer target Jerome Boateng, to the old guard, […]

In the sixth and final installment of the "OneGoal: Road to South Africa" video series which takes viewers through the US men's national team quest to qualify for World Cup 2010, the segment descends on Washington DC's RFK Stadium for their final game in qualifying — against Costa Rica. In the video, you can see […]

A photograph of what appears to be Newcastle United's third shirt for the 2010-11 season has been leaked on the Internet. Designed and manufactured by Puma, Newcastle's third jersey is white with blue trim and features the words "Toon Army" sewn into the back of the collar. Yesterday we revealed pictures of Newcastle United's new […]

Chelsea's magnificent league and cup double came at a heavy price for Germany captain Michael Ballack – no World Cup. Like the legendary Achilles, who did not heed the warnings of the Gods before marching into a war that would be the end of him, Michael Ballack, too, will have to sit out on the […]

Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery has agreed terms with the Bavarian giants for a new 5-year deal at the club, which will see him turning out for the Bundesliga Champions and Champions League runners-up until the age of 32. Franck Ribery has been under intense transfer speculation since his move to Munich from Marseille in 2007. […]