Arsenal fans can now download wallpapers of William Gallas, Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott and Manuel Almunia wearing the new Arsenal home shirt for the 2008/2009 season.Three options are available: 1600 x 1200 1280 x 1024, and 1024 x 768.

I trust we all watched the US match yesterday and if you did not see it, you didn't need to. Barbados missing four of their five best players got rolled by a fired up US squad 8-0. While the scoreline was impressive, many concerns still persist for the U.S. like keeping proper spacing between attackers […]

I trust we all watched the US match Sunday and if you did not see it, you didn’t need to. Barbados missing four of their five best players got rolled by a fired up US squad 8-0. While the scoreline was impressive, many concerns still persist for the U.S. like keeping proper spacing between attackers […]

So it's here, the day the gets us all excited and begins the countdown to the new season starting on August 16th, a mere 61 days away. Everyone eagerly checks the fixtures, scanning to see when they've got that away trip to Old Trafford, Anfield, The Emirates and Stamford Bridge, who'll they'll be playing near […]

Well the time for preparation is over. Today the United States begins World Cup qualifying and results now do now matter. The style and performances of the last three friendlies have been dissected and pulled apart, on this web page and others, but now is the time to finally determine whether the United States is […]

Former Metro star and current Islander Peter Villegas scored a goal for Puerto Rico in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Honduras Every region with the exception of the Euro engaged UEFA confederation has begun qualifying for World Cup 2010. A number of players from Major League Soccer and USL-1 were in action Saturday, representing their countries, […]

Image details: Mario Kempes of Argentina celebrates scoring a goal served by picapp.com According to sources, former World Cup winner and current ESPN analyst Mario Kempes is expecting to make a move back to his native Argentina to join the channel's operations there. The former Valencia and River Plate star calls Bristol, CT home for […]

Please read Steve Goff’s piece on Santino Quaratna. Once the great hope of American Soccer, Quaranta faced injury, addiction and deceit before finally kicking all of it and emerging as a better person and yes a decent footballer. This is probably the best piece written on an MLS related subject thus far in 2008. Steve […]

Please read Steve Goff's piece on Santino Quaratna. Once the great hope of American Soccer, Quaranta faced injury, addiction and deceit before finally kicking all of it and emerging as a better person and yes a decent footballer. This is probably the best piece written on an MLS related subject thus far in 2008. Steve […]

Switzerland has so far been covered by a sea of orange during this month’s European Championships as Dutch fans have turned up in unbelievable numbers to cheer on their footballing heroes of this generation.And the footballer’s themselves have performed magnificently as well, producing classy and emphatic victories over World Cup finalists Italy and France in […]

Sven Goran Eriksson's hiring by the FMF has been hailed as a dawn of a new era of Mexican dominance over CONCACAF. While this certainly may be the case, much evidence provides us with the possibility that this could be another step on the slippery slope of Mexico's fall back to the pack in CONCACAF. […]

Italy are staring into the abyss, the players have been arguing the weekend, the Italian press have being going ballistic and the manager Roberto Donadoni is under massive pressure. Under enormous pressure, the coach is expected to ring the changes for tonight's game against Romania. He's already confirmed that Del Piero will return to the […]

Today's show which will be down loadable via ITunes this afternoon and on the CSRN stream at Noon PT/3pm ET will feature an interview with Jaime Trecker of Fox Sports.com about the state of the US National Team as well as a discussion on the US Open Cup first round. Daniel Feuerstein joins us for […]

After this week's exciting first round action including Hollywood United's stunning 3-2 victory over the Portland Timbers the US Open Cup is seemingly getting more love than ever from the soccer press and fans of the game in this country. Tomorrow's American Soccer Show will feature a look at the Open Cup with Daniel Feurstein. […]

Tonight on ESPN 2 at 9pm ET the two time defending champion Houston Dynamo will face the three time defending runners-up the New England Revolution. Sounds mouthwatering, right? Wrong! The following key players are missing thanks to World Cup qualifiers: HOUSTON: Brian Ching (USA) Dwayne DeRossario (Canada) Pat Onstad (Canada) NEW ENGLAND: Shalrie Joseph (Greneda) […]