From ChampionsLeagueTalk.com After a strangely defensive match at the Nou Camp in which they seemed to adopt a catenaccio mindset, United will look to get back to their usual attacking approach. At the Nou Camp, United appeared content to hope for something on the counter-attack often leaving Cristiano Ronaldo isolated alone up front with Rooney […]

Amado Guevara’s signing has turned Toronto FC from a laughing stockinto one of the top teams in the league right now. That’s what a Latin flavored #10 can do when surrounded by legitimate European talent that has survived in tougher leagues than MLS. Moreover, the success of TFC shows that despite boasts of MLS’ improvement, […]

Fox Soccer Channel couldn't have picked a better time to show the U.S. premiere of "Blue Revolution," the movie about Chelsea FC. The 24/7 soccer network will be debuting the film on Wednesday, May 7. Blue Revolution chronicles the three record breaking seasons at Chelsea FC from 2004-2007 seen through the eyes of management, players, […]

Along with their announcement of their Player of the Year (Cristiano Ronaldo) and Young Player of the Year (Cesc Fàbregas), the PFA announced their Premier League Team of the Year yesterday. For once, I have no real issue with any of the selections made; I think the players did a good job with this and […]

Beginning this week and re-appearing periodically throughout the MLS season we'll begin a new exercise looking at the MLS table in a different way. Assuming clubs should get an optimum of three points at home, and aren't expected to achieve results away from home we will see who is performing the best right now. This […]

Those of you who read this blog on a regular basis know of my undying hope for Fulham to stay in the Premiership. It seems like every couple weeks for the past two months, I've written a post saying that it's unwise to write Fulham off, but then they go and screw up where they […]

1- New England From my vantage point this is clearly the best team in the league with the best shot of winning MLS Cup. Shalrie Joseph showed his quality once again this time in more of an advanced role given then absence of both Mauricio Castro and Steve Ralston. 2- Toronto FC Amado Guevara is […]

The Guardian's Steven Wells never shies away from controversy. In fact, just as I was writing this article, my RSS feed to The Guardian popped up with a new column from Wells — the British writer who now lives in Philadelphia. The article argues that "In order to relieve the pressure on those in the […]

This makes no sense, or at least half of it doesn't. For the second year in a row, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo was named the Premiership Player of the Year by his peers. He's scored 38 goals in all competitions this season and is fully deserving of the award. If he didn't win it unanimously, […]

In the latest episode of I'm On Setanta Sports, we see the return of Dave from Newcastle, all three hosts take turns at a talent contest to the scorn of Simon Cowell, Rooney translates emails for Sven and much more. Be champions! [display_podcast]

Wow! Have you caught your breath yet? If there was one round of games to watch this season, this was it. I remember the last weekend of the 2007 calendar year being pretty good, but I think what we saw yesterday and today took the cake. The title race is alive and kicking. The relegation […]

Amado Guevara's signing has turned Toronto FC from a laughing stockinto one of the top teams in the league right now. That's what a Latin flavored #10 can do when surrounded by legitimate European talent that has survived in tougher leagues than MLS. Moreover, the success of TFC shows that despite boasts of MLS' improvement, […]

Last month's friendly in Krakow against Poland, was exactly that: a friendly which should not be considered some sort of great conquering victory of the US National Team. Sure you’d rather win than lose these sorts of matches, but realistically I still saw some of the same issues that have worried me about the United […]

Sometimes you just can't make this stuff up. Chelsea's 2-1 victory over Manchester United featured so many highlights during and after the match that at times it was quite breathtaking. If the Premier League needed a jab in the arm to restore the faith of fans after awful performances by English sides in Europe, this […]

The biggest match of the Premier League season featuring Chelsea vs Manchester United came down to one crucial decision by referee Alan Wiley. Unfortunately, we've only seen one camera angle of the alleged Michael Carrick handball, but here it is again: Pay particular attention to the 15th second of the video and you'll clearly see […]