Two weeks ago, I announced the five nominees for my Premiership Manager of the Year award. Amongst the five were a Scotsman (David Moyes), an Irishman (Roy Keane), a gentleman from Northern Ireland (Martin O'Neill), a Spaniard (Juande Ramos), and a voyeur...excuse me, a Frenchman (Arsene Wenger). That list was then narrowed down to three […]

Sometimes players are as good as their last game. Well, I guess that is why Ronald Koeman said goodbye today. Valencia looked hungover from their midweek Copa del Rey title as Athletic Bilbao beat them into submission and brought them back to the reality that was this season for Los Ches. Their 5-1 loss at […]

Watching yesterday’s edition of the Second City Derby, won in style 5-1 by Aston Villa, one had to have been impressed with the victors. They scored from open play and set pieces. They ran Birmingham ragged from start to finish. Ever since manager Martin O’Neill altered his team’s formation to a 4-3-3, they’ve been almost […]

Who will win the Champions League this year?
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Most of you will be familiar with the history behind this matchup, if not check the feature over at the Telegraph, and more often than not the recent history has produced tight matches with little entertainment value though plenty of drama and hype. Jorge Valdano, former Real Madrid player and World Cup winner with Argentina, […]

With so much focus on the English Premier League and its dominance of the Champions League, I wanted to switch gears and take a look at some of the other leagues in Europe.

Born Nov. 9, 1974, in Conegliano, I left home at the age of 16 to start my pro career with Pavoda of the Italian Serie B, in 1993 was traded to Juventus and have been there ever since. During my career, the team has won 7 Italian championships, 4 Italian Super cups and one European […]

Rome draws at home and Inter wins on the road that sounds like game, set, match ! Congratulations Inter Milan as the Nerazzurri increased their lead over Roma to six-points in the Scudetto race. Although Inter Milan still have to play the second leg of the Milan derby, I can't see them losing the title […]

Argento-croat striker Dario Cvitanich decided that he will not head to Espanyol, so now they will have to look at Plan B. The Banfield net piercer saw the opportunity to go to Ajax and penned a five-year, 6 million euro deal to play for Ajax. Expect him to really shine next year where he will […]

It's amazing when you think about it. The 2007/2008 Premier League season kicked off on August 11. Since then, more than 250 days have passed where teams have played week-in, week-out. Now, in the space of 10 days, the Premier League title will likely be decided. Plus we'll know which teams will be in the […]

The Premier League and Sky Sports couldn't have planned it better. With Man United's draw against Blackburn, the title could be decided this Saturday if United beats Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Going into the match, Man United definitely has the psychological advantage. Sir Alex Ferguson knows that Chelsea has to win to keep their chances […]

Columbus performance Thursday night at RFK Stadium was outstanding all around, and showed a fighting spirit the Crew often times lacked on the road (accept strangely at Foxboro against the Revs) the past few seasons. The most impressive performance of the night from the Crew was once again from Robbie Rogers. The winger showed his […]

You just knew it was coming, didn't you? Anyone watching the last 25-30 minutes of the Blackburn-Manchester United game today just knew that the Red Devils were going to pull some magic out of the hat. Brad Friedel made several outstanding saves to keep Rovers ahead, but they only delayed the inevitable. United were huffing […]

Saturday April 19th 18:00 AS Roma vs. Livorno 20:30 Fiorentina vs. PalermoSunday April 20th 15:00 AC Milan vs. Reggina 15:00 Atalanta vs. Juventus 15:00 Cagliari vs. Empoli 15:00 Catania vs. Lazio 15:00 Parma vs. Napoli 15:00 Sampdoria vs. Udinese 15:00 Siena vs.Genoa 20:30 Torino vs. Inter Milan More... Matchday Treble Roma, Cagliari, Udinese I appolgize […]

The EPL Talk Podcast returns this weekend with an exclusive interview with an executive from Setanta Sports to discuss soccer coverage in North America and how soon we can see the network on cable as well as the programming changes we can look forward to next season. That episode will be available via iTunes by […]