After another defeat against a fellow top four side, it is clear that Arsenal have a fair amount of work to do that will enable them to challenge for the end of season silverware once more. Defeats from Manchester United and Chelsea have shown that the Gunners are a long way from being a championship […]

As Manchester United moved closer to their 18th championship, it was Carlos Tevez who made the back pages of the Sunday papers with the revelation that he probably wont be a Manchester United player next season. After months of speculation it appears the Argentinean has ran out of patience with United’s lack of urgency in […]

Watching the brilliant game on Saturday between Fulham and Aston Villa — two shining examples of entertaining English football clubs outside of the Big Four, I decided to try something I occasionally do. I turned off the volume. The results were remarkable. Believe it or not, but you get to "see more of the game" […]

After watching Arsene Wenger's young guns humiliated at home for the second time in less than a week, the perennial questions surrounding Le Professeur's philosphy and transfer window policy are being whipped about in earnest. The possibility of a waning Arsenal side doing enough to steal third place from Chelsea could only be called that, […]

Here in the US we like to break things into large portions. Halves in football, thirds in hockey, quarters in basketball(eighth's only count in pizza). Which leads me to this; time to look a deeper at some of this season's numbers as this week the MLS season has passed the quarter mark. At this point […]

In the last few years a great deal of ink has been spent in the American football press about how young aspiring American soccer players must go to Academies and then skip college for MLS or a trip to Europe in order to properly develop. I've never subscribed entirely to this view as culturally our […]

It was called a victory for football. With the free-flowing, attack minded Barca defeating the dour hard-nosed boys from West London, with their stifling, aggressive and negative tactics. But it wasn't total football that won Barca the game last Wednesday night, it was one moment of brilliance from Iniesta in the last minute – Barca's […]

It was another exciting weekend of football in the Premier League. Liverpool continued to keep the heat on Sir Alex Ferguson after the Merseyside club beat West Ham United 3-0, while Manchester United moved one step closer to the 2008/2009 title with their comfortable 2-0 derby win. Is the race over or is it just […]

A photograph of Stoke City's new away shirt for the 2009-2010 season have been revealed. Stoke City's new away football kit will be black with red trim. Designed and manufactured by Le Coq Sportif, the shirt will be sponsored by Britannia Building Society. The new black away kit will replace Stoke's current design which is […]

The latest episode of Special 1 TV is out, and it's chock full of references to last week's Champions League drama. The Special One gives his views about Pep Guardiola, Didier Drogba, Guus Hiddink, Arsenal's exit at the hands of Manchester United and more — including the Swedish version of Special 1 TV. Enjoy.

As the last World Cup hosts, Germany unsurprisingly have an array of impressive stadiums. There are no fewer than 11 football stadiums with a capacity of at least 50,000, 10 of which are called home by Bundesliga clubs. This is compared to only four English football grounds, including Wembley, to have a capacity above 50,000. […]

This week's nine matches averaged over 14,800, about 1,300 less than last year's seven matches. The NBA and NHL playoffs continue. Boston, Dallas, Denver, Houston and LA have teams alive in the NBA, while the NHL still shows Anaheim, Boston, Chicago and DC(well kind of, the Capitols). I'll leave it to smarter folks than me […]

The march on DC by supporters will be covered extensively on this week's podcast. We're doing the review a day early this week because I will be traveling on Monday morning. Kansas City-DC was a difficult game to watch, but both teams fought hard to split the points. Referee Michael Kennedy made two very questionable […]

One day hell will freeze over,the same day pigs will indeed be given the power of flight. Quite probably this will be the same day that Sir Alex Ferguson makes his departure from Old Trafford. On 6 November 1986 sat behind the managers desk for the first time at the helm of arguably the biggest club in world […]

Welcome to the MLS, Union. BTW: Wasn't the 'Union" one of the names that the league pushed on Seattle??? Anywho, Its a fantastic name and fits Phili perfectly REVIEW: Wow, this is, awesome. I couldn't have wished for a better crest. The Crest-in-a-crest feel is more than good. A good mix of sharpness and traditionalism […]