A season's worth of doubts and displeasure should come to an end when Villarreal president Fernando Roig announces what is to be done with their disgruntled star Juan Román Riquelme. The Argentine international has been at odds with the coaching staff and administrative brass after returning from the World Cup last season. He paid dearly […]

Freddy Adu has been named a reserve for Benfica in tomorrow's Champions League Qualifier versus FC Copenhagen. "Adu has only had seven days of training, but he has enormous potential and he is available," Benfica coach Fernando Santos said.

A source has indicated to me that the US will play Brazil in Chicago during one of the international friendly dates this year. We'll post an update when an announcement is made. UPDATE 3:15 PM EST : THE WASHINGTON POST IS REPORTING THE MATCH IS ON AND WILL REPLACE THE HASTILY ARRANGED AND EQUALLY HASTILY […]

My excitement about David Beckham signing to play in MLS in January quickly subsided when I realized what club he was going to be playing with. Sadly the fears I had about the LA Galaxy which led me to pen this blog in May have been confirmed. Alexi Lalas' terrible record of club management which […]

My excitement about David Beckham signing to play in MLS in January quickly subsided when I realized what club he was going to be playing with. Sadly the fears I had about the LA Galaxy which led me to pen this blog in May have been confirmed. Alexi Lalas' terrible record of club management which […]

Román Riquelme´s days at Boca are officially over- for now. So several different clubs in Europe have either been rejected or show no interest in the Argentine playmaker. Riquelme will be arriving on Tuesday to join Villarreal in order to ¨finalize his contract¨. As of right now, he is not in coach Manuel Pellegrini´s or […]

European Football swung back into action this weekend with the start of (English) Premier League season as well as that of the Bundesliga. With the exception of an outstanding performances by a trio of American Goalkeepers in England and a solid performance by Jonathan Spector for West Ham the weekend was a virtual washout for […]

Last night's DC United-LA Galaxy match attracted a 0.8 rating on ESPN2 the highest rated MLS regular season game of the season and more than twice the normal rating for ESPN's Thursday Night MLS package.

Second round qualifiers wrapped up this week and the most eye-catching result was Rosenborg BK putting 7 goals past FC Astana. Rosenborg coast through to the third round on a 10-2 aggregate score. The seven goals came on the strength of a hat-trick from Abdoulrazack Traoré, a brace by Yssouf Kone and further strikes from […]

Defending Spanish champions Real Madrid signed one of the summer's hottest prospects, wing-back Royston Drenthe from Dutch club Feyenoord. The club did not give the terms of Drenthe's transfer but sports daily AS report that a fee of €13 million (US$18 million) was paid for the Netherlands under-21 player. Drenthe adds depth to the squad […]

Benny Feilhaber appears closer to moving to Premier League newbies Derby County. Feilhaber made only nine appearances for Hamburg last year, and must be considered a hot commodity after his excellent summer with the US National Team. Should Derby sign a cultured midfielder like Feilhaber, maybe, just maybe they can escape the drop in the […]

Media reports indicate yet to be fully fit David Beckham may make his MLS debut tonight at RFK Stadium versus the league's signature club DC United. Steve McClaren, the manager of the England National Team will be among those in the sellout crowd.

Episode 12 of the Major League Soccer talk podcast will be released Friday or Saturday in order to cover tonight's potential debut of David Beckham in an MLS match versus DC United. The podcast will feature a look at several former MLS stars now plying their trade in European Football.

Alright, we'd like to take a short break from the news week and introduce ourselves, not The Gaffer or the Scout, or even Juan, but the three new names on the sidebar that just magically appeared one day with little explanation: Mando, Hannah and Elisa or Forza Futbol. Well, we are 3 friends from Los […]

The Seattle Sounders of USL-1 crushed Colorado of the MLS 5-0 on Tuesday night to move into the semifinals of the US Open Cup. The Sounders who are one of the best supported USL clubs are the descendant of an NASL club who shared the same name and sported the same logo. As discussed in […]