You may have heard that football is about striving for glory, trying your best to win whatever the circumstances, and pleasing the fans by giving it your all each and every fixture. If you heard that, the person you heard it from is a liar. Instead, as Aston Villa's surrender to CSKA Moscow in the […]

Frankfurt’s "Saboteurs" Eintracht Frankfurt did not exactly bring Fireworks to the game in Karlsruhe this past weekend, at least not on the field. There were plenty of Fireworks in the visitors section of the Wildpark Stadion from the Frankfurt Fans however and the match was almost called off by Referee Michael Weiner. This […]

In front of over 55,000 at Olympic Stadium, the Montreal Impact of USL-1 worked off some of the side's substantial preseason rust and were victorious 2-0 over Santos Laguna. Despite the victory which gives the Impact an excellent chance of advancing from the two leg tie, Montreal looked like a team playing in its preseason […]

Brad Guzan has been anointed as Tim Howard's backup for international play with the US National Team. But count me among the skeptics as to whether or not Guzan is really ready for this responsibility. With Howard suspended for the next US qualifier in El Salvador, we'll learn a lot next month about the Aston […]

These questions for ESPN Soccer Programming Staff were sent to the highest levels at ESPN, and apparently they are afraid to answer these questions. I wanted to know the answers to corroborate what a source at ESPN had told me. I wanted a second source. While discussing ESPN's relationship with MLS, the original source indicated […]

I am currently working on another story so in the meantime I give you a few odds and ends about some of the things that Fans and Teams have done or are working on. Borussia Dortmund Fan Projekt hosts Fan Club Tournament Borussia Dortmund tradition continued on Carnival Sunday when at 10 AM 40 […]

From Steven Goff of the Washington Post I just learned that once again eight of the fourteen sides in Major League Soccer will have to qualify for two spots to join Chicago, Chivas-USA, Columbus, Houston, Kansas City & New England in the 3rd round of the 2009 US Open Cup. Two rounds of qualifying for MLS […]

After two years after gradually becoming less and less Canadian Toronto FC is finally getting the message. As Canada's sole first division professional football club, TFC has been a disappointment to some fans north of the border the in its first two seasons due to a lack of commitment to promote Canadian players. Having seen […]

"In the States they look at the commercial aspect. But in Europe transfers are done for technical reasons." AC Milan VP Adriano Galliani Oh really Mr. Galliani? This statement could not be further from the truth and is quite frankly an insult to those who have worked tirelessly to take a grassroots game in this […]

After some very enlightening commentary from readers and some soul searching I have revised my post of last week on conservatives and sports writers to just focus on the sports writers part. It was irresponsible of me to incite such passions especially since I consider myself a southerner who dislikes the Northeast and the passions […]

Jarred Jeffery from Getty Images It seems like just yesterday when Freddy Adu and Jozy Altidore were leading the United States U-20 team to a nationally televised prime time victory over Brazil in Canada. The victory gave the United States first place in its group in the U-20 2007 World Cup. But like the 2005 […]

There’s an old chestnut that basketball fans endure stating that you only need to watch the last 2 minute of a game. The rest of the game is meaningless since the result will be decided in the last two anyway. Don’t look now, but something very similar could be said for many football matches because […]

I'm not one to advise anyone how to spend their Champions League February knock-out phase Week One matchday(s), but I know from experience there are worse ways than at your local public house over a pint, or if you're in America, your local Sports Bar and Family Restaurant Chain tearing soggy corn chips from a […]

The election of Barack Obama was met with adulation in Europe and Africa but with skepticism throughout Asia and Latin America. Speculation has been abound that Obama's election helps the US cause for landing a future World Cup. But Obama's election is by no means a universal positive for the USSF's hopes of hosting the […]

Have you ever wondered what makes a true Derby and how the emotions of the Fans are affected by the spectacle? After this weekend’s Ruhrpott Derby between Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund (1:1) some of the blogs have interesting takes from both sides. I am not going into the specifics of the game as there […]