Welcome to this week's Monday Morning Sweeper, the new name for our weekly Monday column rehashing all of the action from this weekend in MLS. If you remember last week's column, we are trying to make this feature different and entertaining while still getting you caught up on all of the action that occurred on […]

Yesterday's Newcastle United against Liverpool match demonstrated the flaws in modern soccer. The simulation by James Perch after a clash of heads between him and Pepe Reina was a prime example of this. The blatant deception of officials seems to be the latest fad in soccer, and more specifically English football. The universal opinion in […]

A few weeks ago I took a glance at the main contenders for the PFA Player of the Year Award 2011/2012. Robin van Persie aside, there was a definite lack of stand-out performers jockeying for position in the shortlist of six, making my choices reasonably straight forward. The Young Player award, on the other hand, […]

Feuerstein's Fire #96 Tuesday, April 3rd 8PM EDT – 5PM PDT The NASL Season Preview Show Carolina: Neil Morris of the Independent Minnesota: Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer News Puerto Rico: Ignacio Rodriguez Head Communications Officer of the Islanders San Antonio: Michael Hitchcock General Manager of the Scorpions Tampa Bay: Garret Tozier Member of […]

Sebastien Le Toux came back to Philadelphia on Saturday as expected to face his former club. To the relief of Union fans, the defense they saw in 2011 also reappeared, earning the home team their first point of the 2012 season in a 0-0 draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps. The lead-up to the match was […]

The long awaited Tottenham Hotspur shirt for the 2012-13 season, designed by new kit manufacturers Under Armour, has been leaked on the Internet. Modeled by Tottenham star winger David Bentley (see above photo), Tottenham Hotspur will be sporting a new white jersey for next season featuring a rounded collar, no sponsor and a new patent-pending ventilation […]

If Fernando Torres can do it, why can't Andy Carroll? Newcastle United host Liverpool in the early Sunday kickoff in a match that will see the return of Andy Carroll to the hallowed pitch at St. James' Park. It'll be interesting to see what the reaction is to Carroll and Enrique from the Geordies. Here […]

Was it just like watching it at Highbury? Was it just like watching it at the Camp Nou? Well to be honest, it was just enjoyable to see it happen at Red Bull Arena, as Thierry Henry scored his first hat trick in Major League Soccer in a thorough 5-2 dispatching of Montreal. Down a […]

It is easy to get lost amongst the labyrinth of media and hyped egos that is the Premier League. So often it is the case that the side issues — claims of racist acts. off field endeavours of eccentricity, and adventures of infidelity — get more attention than a good pro doing a great job. […]

Today is one of those rare Saturdays when there are no early kick-off nor late kick-offs in the Premier League. Instead we have seven Premier League matches all kicking off at the same time (10am ET/3pm UK time). In the race for the Premier League title, all eyes will be on Etihad Stadium where Manchester […]

The dust has settled, the bitter acrimony has crested and now it is time for perspective. The United States will not be going to the London Summer Olympics. Neither will France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, Chile, Australia, the Ivory Coast and Ghana. England wouldn’t have qualified either if it weren’t part of the […]

The atmosphere was charged in historic RFK Stadium as two teams on opposite sides of the standings faced off in front of a national TV audience. DC United was winless in their first three matches and had scored one goal; the Black and Red were looking for an elusive home win to set their season […]

You may have noticed when you visited the site today a new tab on the top of your page called "Summer Friendlies Schedule". With the recent announcements of a number of high-profile friendlies, the summer exhibition schedule is quickly coming together for many MLS and European teams. One of my biggest frustrations as a […]

In this week's Reader Mailbag column, we have several excellent questions from you, the readers. But first, a rant. I spend a large portion of my life paying attention to sports — probably an unhealthy portion if you ask some of the women in my life. So needless to say I read a lot of […]

Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur will play against each other in a friendly this summer in Baltimore, it was announced this morning. The two classic Premier League clubs will play on July 28, 2012 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Kick-off time is 1pm ET. “With matches already confirmed against LA Galaxy and the New York […]