The past several months have been a game of cat and mouse for Fox and ESPN. This year has already seen Fox beat ESPN to the UEFA Champions League TV rights in the United States, Central America and South America. Now, ESPN along with SBS have acquired the TV rights in Australia to the Champions […]

So the race is run and we football enthusiasts are left to pick the bones out of a season that had many twists and turns but concluded with a very familiar outcome. Yes, once again, for the the third time in a row Manchester United have won the Premier League title, and deservedly so. Liverpool pushed […]

In recent months Bob Bradley's squad selection has become more and more European based player heavy. Yet we've seen little or no discernible improvement in the form of the National Team. The side has won easily at home and struggled away from home even against seemingly over matched opponents. Even with the players perceived as […]

Episode 13 of Special 1 TV is now available featuring Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo getting up to all sort of tricks. That's brilliant, that is, like. Some of the highlights include: Ronaldo releases a DVD on simulation techniques, The return of Dave from Newcastle, who shares some poetry, Wayne Rooney reports from the Eurovision […]

American critics of the Beautiful Game often complain that it is a foreign sport or it is a new sport, heck I recently heard one person call it a 1970s fad. Next time you come across such a critic, you might wish to educate him on the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, one of the […]

As far as title winners go, Manchester United's Class of 2009 have been one of the best. In cold, hard terms of consistency United have been absolutely incredible – 27 wins from 37 games, 87 points from 37 games and just 7 points being dropped at home belies a level of reliability unmatched since Mourinho's glory days in the mid-2000s. […]

Manchester United have won the 2008/2009 Premier League title after drawing Arsenal 0-0 at Old Trafford. Congratulations Man United. The trophy is well deserved after a fantastic season. Please share your thoughts, congratulations and commiserations in the comments section below. After the match, however, there were issues with the TV footage for viewers of Setanta […]

Don Garber's hopes that USL would be shut out of the 2009/10 version of the CONCACAF Champions League have not been realized. Last night in Trinidad, the Islanders recorded a 2-0 semifinal win in the CFU Final Four over Haitian Champions Tempete. Kendall Jagdeosingh scored the winning goal on a cross from Scott Jones early […]

Michigan Bucks Chairman Dan Duggan joins host Kartik Krishnaiyer for a timely discussion as the PDL season begins. We discuss the history of the Bucks including several deep US Open Cup runs between 1999 and 2002, the 2006 PDL title, and the number of big name USMNT, MLS and USL players whose careers have started […]

The Mexican Clausura playoffs began this week and as is always the case, will be the most watched club football event on US TV for the first six months of the year. But this year's playoffs are completely different from the American perspective. For the first time in recent memory, American Footballers are playing critical […]

It's been a long but very exciting Premier League season. In some ways, the season has flown by. The close title race between Manchester United and Liverpool has been incredible to watch. There have been so many scandals off the field. On it, we've seen some wonderful goals and brilliant play. We've seen Hull City […]

Just a quick note to let you know that National Public Radio (NPR) will be airing a segment regarding the Hillsborough Disaster and the misinformation that Steven Cohen has been presenting on its afternoon show, All Things Considered, which will be aired nationwide today (Friday) between 4-6pm ET. NPR will undoubtedly try to share both […]

Wigan Athletic have unveiled their new home football kit for the 2009-2010 season. The new kit is designed and manufactured by Vandanel and is sponsored by 188Bet, the same company who is also sponsoring Bolton's football kit for the 2009-2010 season — the first time a company has sponsored two clubs in the same season […]

Bolton Wanderers have unveiled their new home kit for the 2009-2010 season, and boy is it awful. Why on earth they decide not to consult fans regarding these designs before they're released to the public, I don't know. For the 2008-2009 season, the Trotters wore a football shirt that was designed, not on purpose I […]

Liverpool have come close to the title this season and if it hadn’t been for some silly points dropped along the way could have been even closer to Man United at the top of the table. It is still possible that they can win, but it looks increasingly unlikely. Benitez has built up a good […]