Palermo’s Franco Vazquez is a bit of a late bloomer. The Argentina-born midfielder was loaned out to La Liga outfit Rayo Vallecano within his first year in Italy (2012). During his 2012-13 campaign in Spain, Vazquez failed to impress and returned to Palermo after Rayo rejected the chance to sign the player on a permanent […]

The United States men's national team is still starting Jozy Altidore at striker because, well, they don’t have anyone better. The four-year search for centerbacks is still plaguing Jurgen Klinsmann’s team, too, and left back is the same black hole that it has been for the better part of two decades. And yet, none of […]

The Special One clearly had this one locked and loaded. Moments after his team's scoreless draw in Ukraine against Dynamo Kiev — and days after appealing a fine and suspended ban from England's Football Association for criticizing match officials — Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has taken another shot at The FA as well as Arsenal manager […]

Olivier Giroud came off the bench to help give Arsenal a 2-0 win over Bayern Munich and keep alive their Champions League hopes. The Germans had arrived at the Emirates Stadium in imperious form following a new Bundesliga record of nine consecutive victories and leaders of Group F with maximum points from two European ties. However, […]

Chicharito scored twice int eh first 19 minutes while Daniele de Rossi responded with a first half brace of his own to spark an eight-goal shootout today at BayArena, one that saw both Bayer Leverkusen and visiting Roma blow two-goal leads. Add in a spectacular direct kick from Miralem Pjanic and two goals near full-time […]

Swansea could be reprimanded over showing big-screen replays of an incident involving Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland on Monday night. Butland escaped punishment from referee Robert Madley for his 17th-minute challenge outside the area on Andre Ayew, even though he went in studs first on the Swansea striker after his bad touch had let the ball run […]

Raheem Sterling should still be a Liverpool player, according to his agent. The winger left Anfield in the summer to join Manchester City, and the smooth transition he has made belies the acrimonious nature of his departure from the club he joined as a 15-year-old. Aidy Ward, Sterling's agent, has pinned the blame for the breakdown […]

Nothing, I mean nothing, in this Serie A season is going as planned. Fiorentina are currently at the top of the table, despite having just one or two players that a casual fan might recognize. Inter’s drab and dreary style has them fighting for the title, though that's now an anomaly in a league more […]

There are few regions anywhere in the world that boast a history quite as rich as Merseyside when it comes to soccer. With Liverpool, Everton and Tranmere Rovers giving the region three teams who have long been in the upper echelons of the Football League pyramid, successes and heartbreaks, icons and villains, are often recounted in this […]

Sky Sports soccer analysts Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher appeared on Monday Night Football in England this week to dissect Jurgen Klopp's impact in his first game in charge of Liverpool FC. Unsurprisingly, Neville and Carragher shined some new insight on the game. Carragher dissected the performance and showed the two different types of pressing […]

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) recently debuted a documentary about Wayne Rooney entitled 'The Man Behind The Goals.' Hosted by Gary Lineker, the 60-minute film took viewers inside Rooney's life to learn more about where he grew up, how close he is to his family and what makes him tick. Included in the documentary are […]

Over two decades have passed, but Bob Pendleton remembers his first glimpse of Wayne Rooney like it was yesterday. On Long Lane playing fields in Aintree, Pendleton was headed to pitch 2 to collect some unpaid referees' fees from 'Big Nev', the coach of Copplehouse Colts. With £4.50's worth of change in his pocket, Pendleton chose to […]

NBC Sports will broadcast a Sunday Premier League game on its over-the-air NBC network for the first-time this season when Liverpool hosts Southampton at 12:15pm ET. Prior to this Sunday's game, the only Premier League games shown on the national over-the-air NBC network before was last season's game between Chelsea and Manchester United. But given […]

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola warned his side to expect to face an Arsenal 'animal' fighting for Champions League survival at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night. The German giants arrived in London on the back of a record ninth consecutive Bundesliga victory and are runaway leaders of Group F with maximum points from two […]

The Football Association has dismissed Jose Mourinho's protestations that his English was a contributory factor in his criticism of officials in handing him a £50,000 fine and a suspended one-match stadium ban. Mourinho was last week sanctioned for saying referee Robert Madeley had been "afraid" to award a penalty in Chelsea's 3-1 loss to Southampton […]