It's a glorious time of the year for fans of English football. The race in the Premier League is heating up and we've seen some amazing matches during the past few weeks showing why the league can be, at times, miles ahead of its competitors. Then we had this week's Champions League quarter-final matches which […]

It's probably the least of Middlesbrough's worries right now especially given their fight to escape relegation, but a photograph has been leaked that shows the alleged Middlesbrough shirt for the 2009-10 season. Designed and manufactured by Adidas, the new Middlesbrough shirt is designed in Adidas's new template — the same one that will resemble Chelsea's […]

This is the time where I have to take off my Red Bull NY hat and start looking at Major League Soccer as a whole. You have heard me discuss and report that all levels of US Pro Soccer clubs need their own stadiums to help with that particular discussion on Pro/Rel and to stop […]

Men's Soccer in the US Tidbit: Unless I missed something...(entirely possible) 20 states have no MLS, USL-1, USL-2 or PDL team, representing 15% of the 2007 US population. California has the most combined teams with 11, followed by Texas with 10. They're the 2 most populous states. The most populous states without a team are […]

The 4-2-3-1 has been selected by Klinsmann. The big news is that Altintop will be starting after a lengthy absence. A couple of notes on this. Mark Van Bommel is a disgrace and should be banned from football. I have never seen a player more scared than Christian Lell. Franck Ribery has been schooled by […]

Taking a 2-0 lead back to Mexico for an MLS or USL side in a Continental competition should never be permitted. For third time in three years a team from one of North America's leagues has blown a two goal aggregate lead heading into the second leg. Ironically, however the result ended up being affected […]

Times are hard if you are a football fan in the north-east of England with all three major clubs based in that area of the country currently fighting for survival. The league table doesn’t lie, all three sides are in major trouble but the one team that already looks doomed is Middlesbrough. I am not […]

Week 3 in the MLS was graced with good matches that were played in less than desirable conditions. High winds plagued several venues while cold and wet put the damper on others. If not for that I think attendance would have been better, but all in all attendance wasn't that terrible. This week's eight matches […]

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division in the English football league pyramid. It was introduced for the 2004-05 season and is one of Europe`s most lucrative leagues outside the top flight. Origins The Championship began life in 1892 as the Football League Second Division, following the […]

Well the big day has finally arrived. After three weeks of waiting, the Puerto Rico Islanders of USL-1 face off against Mexican giants Cruz Azul in Mexico City in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Semifinals. The Islanders hold a 2-0 aggregate lead with the winner of the tie advancing to the Confederation […]

What a brilliant Premier League weekend it was. The highlights, of course, being the spectacular match between Aston Villa and Manchester United with Federico Macheda's last minute curling shot that ended in the corner of the net past the reach of Brad Friedel. And then the last minute goal from Liverpool's Yossi Benayoun when a […]

Arsenal's new away shirt for the 2009-2010 season will be white with redcurrant pinstripes and designed and manufactured by Nike. The new shirt is scheduled to be released in June, 2009. Some Arsenal fans may be surprised to discover that white has been a common color for the Gunners to wear for their away shirts, […]

Attendance throughout MLS outside of the success stories of Toronto and Seattle are way down. For years, MLS has inflated its attendance numbers through various schemes but this season the attendance figures are actually passing the eyeball test for the first time in the league's fourteen year history. TV ratings on ESPN2 are slightly up […]

By Lou Bruno Since Christmas Day when my wife and daughter gave me a Fire jersey as a Christmas gift I waited for the Fire home opener for 2009 as my first chance to show my team pride at Toyota Park. Little did I expect that we would have better weather on Christmas Day then […]

Sven Goran Eriksson getting sacked by Mexico last week was perfect fodder for this past weekend's Special 1 TV episode. The Special One and Nelson Mandela gave Sven a bit of stick, while Wayne ended up babysitting a certain someone special on the set. Be champions!