While much of the country (and indeed the footballing world) was engrossed in the fascinating Manchester derby last weekend I had the good fortune to be at Goodison Park to watch David Moyes’ Everton continue their upturn in form against a dour and bedraggled Blackburn Rovers side. Though the match was over as a contest […]

Without Freddy Adu and Jozy Altidore, the U-20 World Cup was flying below the radar of many US Soccer supporters. For years, US Soccer has emphasized the results in youth tournaments and for years the US has performed admirably at this level. While the USA struggles to escape the group stages at senior events (The […]

Roy Hodgson has not taken long to turn Craven Cottage into a difficult place to play. Far from the day when Lawrie Sanchez was dragging Fulham close to the drop zone, an extremely resolute back four anchored by Brede Hangeland have turned the Cottagers into a difficult proposition. For Arsenal, such travels have proven tricky […]

Roberto Martinez is a man who worked wonders with Swansea City in his two seasons at the club, leading them to League One glory in 2007-2008 and then guiding the Welsh side to an unexpected 8th place finish last season in the Championship. At Premier League Wigan Athletic, he has appeared as cool and calm […]

Despite an onslaught of goals and incredible goalkeeping saves, Saturday's action couldn't exceed the level of excitement from last weekend's Manchester derby. The reality is that we may not have a match like that for the rest of the season — or at least for several weeks or months. Football players talk about teams scoring […]

Fortune and poor Portsmouth finishing rather contributed to Everton’s three point haul. With one genuine shot at goal and nothing much else to discuss on the long drive home, I wonder why Moyes chooses to restrain the plethora of attacking options now available to him. http://www.evertonfc.com/match/report/0910/portsmouth-v-everton.html?t=2 On a side issue for Everton, it was interesting […]

"Yes, I did. Sometimes when you are in the middle of an action and you get a little push and you know there's nothing more to take. Then you are in the right to show in a way to the ref that you are pushed. That's not really diving. It's just showing ... 'Come on, […]

"Es müllert wieder!" – This famous slogan is only known by older german football fans, especially for those in Western Germany. It´s a tribute to the best German striker ever named Gerd Müller. Müller played fifteen years for the Bavarian top-club FC Bayern Munich and is holding several scoring records. He scored 68 goals in […]

Portsmouth, it's players, football supporters and Paul Hart showed today what an incredible club they really are. In most grounds around the country, fickle supporters would have booed their team off the pitch after a Premier League record of seven defeats to open a season, but not at Fratton Park. Despite a one-nil loss against […]

PREGAME: US National Team starters for today game on ESPN Classic: Perk, Mayen, Opara, Gale, Davies; Powers, Jeffrey, Mix; Shea, Ownby, Taylor Kyle Davies of FC Dallas (formely of Southampton) captains the US side. Listen to our recent interview with Miami FC and US starter defender Gale here. As always, reader interaction is encouraged! I […]

Today's video flashback is a program from 1987 entitled "Cloughie's Golden Oldies," which features the first ten minutes of episode 1 highlighting some of the wonderful football that was played in the 1970s and 1980s. Gary Newbon hosts alongside Brian Clough. Featured game highlights include Derby against Arsenal (commentated by the great Hugh Johns) from […]

I work with a man from Edinburgh. He's a Hearts supporter. More importantly to me: he's the one guy at work who will talk football. He'll talk about any aspect any match any controversy any player you like. He keeps up with the English Premier League and though he's never shown allegiance to any English […]

The U-20 World Cup kicked off yesterday with host nation Egypt beating Trinidad & Tobago 4-1. The US kicks off Group C play tomorrow at 10 am ET versus Germany. All games in the U-20 World Cup can be seen on the ESPN family of networks. We will have live analysis on this website during […]

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I am really curious about the Livorno players’ high jersey numbers. They started with only Nico Pulzetti sporting a single digit number. It reminded me of a spring training baseball team loaded with minor leaguers trying to make the big squad. The game featured lots of end to end action in this game, and the […]