Crystal Palace Founded: 1905 Nickname: The Eagles Ground: Selhurst Park (26,309) Last Season: 5th in the CCC 71 points Second Division/CCC Winners: 1978/79, 1993/94 Old Third Division/League One Winners: 1920/21

Nate Jaqua has returned to Houston after a half season in the Austrian Bundesliga that saw him score six goals and increase his profile. Jaqua even earned a call up to the US National Team after an almost three year absence for the match against England at Wembley. I've seen some other publications hail the […]

Charlie Davies Hat Trick vs Gais Can Davies produce this again?/You Tube Video US U-23 Manager Peter Nowak will choose the squad for this Summer's Olympic games on Thursday. Here are the possible U-23 players to be selected: Players I consider locks are bolded (club releases assumed) GK: Chris Seitz, Dom Cervi, Brian Perk, Josh […]

It is July 14th 2008, and there are still precisely 33 days until the new Premier League season kicks off here in England. The sun may have returned to its summer shine after a week of downpour, but still something remains missing from my life. A something that causes me to feel a catalogue of […]

Second Half: Fewer references to Sven from this Telefutura crew. Maybe that's because Pachuca is a largely South American team and Sven is spending his time on the east coast it seems in this tournament. Sven did look comfy in the press box in Foxborough. I assume he'll be back there for another Superliga match. […]

Second Half: Pachuca begins to maintain possession well early the half creating a free kick opporunity just outside the box quickly and a few scoring chances. Lance Parker looks settled and makes two spectacular saves: one on Gabriel Cabballero, the symbol of the aging Pachuca from my mouth and another in the dying minutes. But […]

Second Half After listening to Telefutura’s announcers spend the majority of the first half talking about Sven, the camera pans to him in the pressbox. Much like his time in England, the dreams and hopes of a football mad nation are on Mr. Eriksson. The last time he wasn’t quite up to the job. Has […]

Second Half After listening to Telefutura's announcers spend the majority of the first half talking about Sven, the camera pans to him in the pressbox. Much like his time in England, the dreams and hopes of a football mad nation are on Mr. Eriksson. The last time he wasn't quite up to the job. Has […]

SECOND HALF: Really ho-hum especially after the outstanding goal by Brian Mullan that pushed the Houston lead to 4-0. Rico Clark looked comfortable sliding up into the central midfield role in the second half and Mullan and and Brad Davis showed some great understanding of each other as well, an understanding that comes from playing […]

SECOND HALF: Really ho-hum especially after the outstanding goal by Brian Mullan that pushed the Houston lead to 4-0. Rico Clark looked comfortable sliding up into the central midfield role in the second half and Mullan and and Brad Davis showed some great understanding of each other as well, an understanding that comes from playing […]

SECOND HALF: DC came out flying in the second half but couldn’t take advantage of numerous chances. Devon McTavish hit the post before the power outage stopped play for about twenty minutes. Tom Soehn’s tactical change to drop Jaime Moreno back into the midfield stimulated numerous DC United chances but the finishing as it was […]

SECOND HALF: DC came out flying in the second half but couldn't take advantage of numerous chances. Devon McTavish hit the post before the power outage stopped play for about twenty minutes. Tom Soehn's tactical change to drop Jaime Moreno back into the midfield stimulated numerous DC United chances but the finishing as it was […]

The MLS Players Union has rained on the Superliga parade set to begin today. The union released the following statement which I reprint from Steve Goff's Washington Post story: "MLS is misleading its great fans. What has not been revealed by the league is that its New York office has unilaterally set its own bonus […]

For years Mexican football fans have attacked the United States success in the most negative way possible: accusing the Yanks of playing a cynical game that relied on rough play and counter attacking. Every loss to the United States was judged as a triumph of negative football over beautiful football. Well last night deep in […]

July is definitely the calm before the storm in English football. Next month the transfer window opens. Plus we'll experience the start of a brand-new season, which I'm definitely excited about. But even in the calm of July, there's still plenty of news floating around from EPL Talk and its network of sites.Over at Major […]