“King” Cantona will not be strutting out of the Old Trafford tunnel with all his confidence and swagger this season. David Beckham will not be unleashing one of his trademark free kicks at opposing goalkeepers. Roy Keane will not be leading Manchester United to victory after being down 2-0 like he did against Juventus in […]

Manchester United’s season thus far has been anything but spectacular. David Moyes is yet to figure out his best squad and the team is struggling to not only score goals, but to prevent them. With a tough fixture list to start the season, the players needed to step up, which they have not done. In […]

Derby County have sacked manager Nigel Clough after his side were defeated 1-0 in the East Midlands Derby against Nottingham Forest. Nigel Clough's side were undone by a first half goal scored by Jack Hobbs in the early kick-off today. The loss left Derby 14th in the Championship table Clough, who had been manager at […]

Arsenal scored a wonderful team goal against Swansea City on Saturday, with Aaron Ramsey getting the ball into the back of the net after great build-up play by Ramsey to Wilshere to Giroud and back to Ramsey to score to make it 2-0 to the Gunners. The goal was the decisive one for Arsenal who […]

It was a first for Philadelphia Union last night for several reasons. The Union scored for the first time in four games, and they picked up their first away victory against Sporting Kansas City in a 1-0 win thanks to goal from Conor Casey. Photo credit: Mark Shaiken

Manchester United and Manchester City both suffered embarrassing defeats today in the Premier League when West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa respectively beat the two Manchester clubs. It's the first time that both Manchester clubs have lost on the same day since September 2008. Playing at Old Trafford, Manchester United lost 1-2 to West Bromwich […]

Fulham have scored the goal of the day so far. With Fulham losing 1-0 in the first half at home against Cardiff, manager Martin Jol made a gutsy move by bringing off Alexander Kacaniklic, who wasn't injured, in the 43rd minute of the game, and replacing him with Bryan Ruiz, the Costa Rican striker. The bold […]

After Jose Mourinho's half-time substitution to bring Juan Mata on for John Obi-Mikel, the move paid dividends for Chelsea when Juan Mata's pin-point free kick found the head of John Terry to equalize against Tottenham today at White Hart Lane. 1 – Juan Mata records his first Premier League assist of the season after registering […]

Tottenham attacking midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson opened the scoring for Tottenham Hotspur today in their London derby against Chelsea at White Hart Lane. The goal came from wonderful interplay between Christian Eriksen, Roberto Soldado and Sigurdsson. Eriksen made a beautiful sharp left turn to open up Chelsea's defensive third, and made a crisp pass to Soldado, who […]

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both made it six wins out of six and, with Real Madrid also winning, there was no change at the top of La Liga after the midweek matches in Spain. Barcelona answered recent criticism of coach Tata Martino in the best possible way with a 4-1 thumping of Real Sociedad at […]

There are so many great stories tonight — AFC Wimbledon could be returning to the home where Wimbledon FC played (Plough Lane). Plus The New York Times writes about the NBC coverage that we've been raving about for two months. Nice of them to catch up! But the main news headline tonight is that Sunderland […]

For viewers in the United States, the schedule of commentators for this weekend's matches in the Premier League is as follows: Saturday, September 28: Tottenham vs Chelsea, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network — Peter Drury and Clive Allen Aston Villa vs Man City, 10am, NBC Sports Network — Gary Taphouse and Trevor Francis Fulham vs Cardiff, […]

During a recent trip to Mexico, I heard a story about Murciélagos FC, a team in the third tier of Mexico that gives its supporters the power to manage their team. While the experiment in England with Ebbsfleet United eventually failed, the case study of Murciélagos FC is a different story. The club, which was founded […]

After Manchester United's 1-0 victory against Liverpool in the League Cup on Wednesday night, the Sky Sports commentary team aptly described Wayne Rooney's summer transfer window escapades as playing "hard to keep" as opposed to "hard to get." The reigning Premier League champions stood firm during a summer of ludicrous transfer dealings and even more […]

In recent seasons, Aaron Ramsey has been too aggressive, too arrogant, and too full of self-confidence. Lacking in pitch awareness, focus and control, he has helped win some games, but also either directly helped to lose or didn’t contribute enough to help win. He’s been cocky, only briefly showing signs of the talent that led […]