The excitement of a new season is merely days away, as the friendlies are nearly complete, and the Barclay's Premier League season will kickoff on Saturday. Today, the yearly tradition of the Community Shield took place at Villa Park, displaced from Wembley Stadium due to the Olympic tournament. Manchester City took advantage of the ejection […]

Ever since the start of the Premier League in the early 1990s, soccer has become a world of haves and have-nots. Clubs with ‘history’ or extremely wealthy owners have leveraged television and Champions League revenues to such an extent that most of the top six in any major league can be predicted before the season […]

The time has arrived. The traditional fixture to kick off the 2012-13 English football season is upon us, and it's the first FA Community Shield in six years that doesn't feature Manchester United. It's been a wet early afternoon in Birmingham, the host city for today's FA Community Shield between league champions Manchester City and […]

Manchester City is about to make their first signing of the summer after Everton has agreed to sell midfielder Jack Rodwell to City for an undisclosed fee reported to be £15million. According to Everton, Rodwell is set to undergo a medical with Manchester City today. Rodwell made his full Everton debut at the age of […]

Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas says that youngster Harry Kane is up to leading the Spurs attack. Unless you're a die-hard Tottenham supporter, or if you watched Tottenham's matches on their US summer tour, you may not be familiar with Kane. The Englishman was one of the bright spots on England's u-19 side in this […]

Villa Park is the venue tomorrow for the traditional kick-off to the English football season when Chelsea takes on Manchester City for the 2012 Community Shield. Since Wembley is being used for the Olympics, the venue for the final this summer will be Aston Villa's ground Villa Park. Who's looking forward to seeing a great […]

As we go through this first season of Major League Soccer's contract with NBC Sports, we've read many a story about the way that the league has received increased exposure (here's one). The move from FOX Soccer to NBC Sports Network (and NBC to a lesser extent) constituted a fundamental change the number of matches […]

After a strange year of turbulent highs and lows, Chelsea will prepare for the future with a squad full of new, exciting additions. Chelsea was a massive disappointment in England as they finished sixth after the the Andre Villas-Boas experiment failed spectacularly. It was only after Roberto di Matteo brought back the familiar conservative style […]

After Manchester United's IPO on Thursday, Manchester United's chief executive David Gill has said that the club will have cash to buy top players after the share flotation. Good news for supporters of the Red Devils, but other than Robin van Persie, who should they buy? Here are the Premier League news headlines today: Man […]

The second leg of this back to back tilt with the Houston Dynamo was at Red Bull Arena as it would be another battle for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. You can tell this time around that the Red Bulls were not going to allow the time and freedom of space for the […]

Welsh midfielder Joe Allen has joined Liverpool for a transfer fee rumored to be £15million. Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has signed the talented 22-year old attacking midfielder after a series of prolonged negotiations including an initial failed £12 million bid plus Jonjo Shelvey. Allen, who is a Welsh international with 8 caps, has incredible composure […]

THE PLAN As soon as my girlfriend Anne and I decided that we were going to London in Sept. 2011, I knew I had to work a live football match into the trip somehow. I’m a Manchester City supporter (don’t hate me for glory chasing – I came aboard during the days of Giorgio Samaras […]

The draw for the Europa League Play-Off Round has been made, and it pits Liverpool against Hearts of Midlothian in an all-British tie that will see the Reds playing in Edinburgh, Scotland. Meanwhile, Newcastle United will play Atromitos FC of Greece. Here are all of the Premier League news related headlines today: Joe Allen set […]

Chelsea v Manchester City The FA Community Shield 8.30am, Sunday, August 12, 2012 Villa Park, Aston Villa FC Live on FOX Soccer It's around this time of year that I start getting particularly giddy about the prospect of a brand spanking new Premier League season. With my Fantasy Premier League team settled, the fixture lists […]

The USA women's soccer team has won the gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics. The American women were victorious after defeating Japan 2-1 in regulation time in front of a record crowd of over 80,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium in London, England. The United States team took the 1-0 lead after scoring from a […]