In many ways, 2010 has been the year of Ian Holloway. The man, the mystery, the manager. After securing an impressive win against Cardiff City in the Championship Play-Off Final to earn promotion to the Premier League, Ian Holloway's Blackpool side has been a revelation to watch this season, opening up teams and playing beautiful […]

If you could name one Person Of The Year award for someone who has achieved so much in the Premier League this calendar year, who would it be and why? It's an interesting question because rather than just narrowing it to a Footballer Of The Year or Manager Of The Year, the nominations are open […]

Enzo Bearzot, a legend of Italian coaching, died today. While I can't say much about what I remember of him, I can say that he is certainly one of the greatest influences on Italian football. Although many coaches focus on drills, tactics, and fitness, Bearzot also made sure he created a tightly-knit group. One of […]

The U.S. Soccer Federation announced the players who have been called up and accepted the invitation to the U.S. men's national team training camp in January. These players are the ones who will play in the next friendly against Chile in California and likely Egypt in Cairo. And the theme of this year's team is […]

The recent snowfall makes corner kicks a bit difficult. It's nothing compared to this corner though. Here’s the links: Balotelli's hat [Beat The First Man] Fantasy Tips [Roto Experts] Stu Holden the best? [The Sports Blog] Top gum chewing managers [Inside Futbol] Sloppy mistakes by City [Bleacher Report] Quote board [The DA] Football violence [The […]

Ah, it's that time of the year again and I simply love it. No, not Christmas, but the end of the year lists that all end up being about the same everywhere you look. Seriously, I think every music magazine has awarded album of the year to Kanye West, but that's a topic for another […]

Televising live soccer is never an easy job. There's no opportunity to do a re-take and chances of making mistake are much higher than usual. When a mistake happens, sometimes it's humorous. But often times it can be downright embarrassing. During 2010, there were quite a few howlers. Here are four of the worst:

The cold days of winter have gotten a little sunlight – MLS today unveiled their schedule for "First Kick 2011", the first home games for every MLS team in the upcoming season. The week will be the first week of the new balanced scheduling and offers some tantalizing match-ups for American soccer fans. First up […]

The executives at Major League Soccer defy logic. Take for example the TV viewing numbers for this 2010 season which recently ended. The viewing numbers were down 12% compared to last year on ESPN2. And they remained flat on Fox Soccer Channel with an average of 53,000 viewers during the regular season. With dismal numbers […]

Here's a classic video of Tevez, Evra, and Park hanging out. Tevez accidentally messes up Ji-Sung's lip. Enjoy! Here’s the links: Top 5 surprise performers [Sports Keeda] The great Man U massacre [Talk Sport] Christmas club wish lists [Daily Mail] Gossip Monday [Sinnacle] The Big Match DVD review [Three Match Ban] Beckham accepts award [The […]

Carlos Tevez has formally withdrawn his transfer request and has committed his future to Manchester City, the club revealed today. Manchester City confirmed that Tevez and the club have completed "clear the air" talks with Tevez. And that during the meeting "Carlos expressed his absolute commitment to the Club and formally withdrew his transfer request. Carlos’ […]

It's the last day of round sixteen, and it's the end of 2010 for the Bundesliga. Bayern Munich travelled to a Bruno Labbadia-led Stuttgart looking for three points, while Freiburg, without Papiss Cisse, travelled to Leverkusen. VfB Stuttgart 3 – 5 Bayern Munich Reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich made a mockery of Stuttgart's defense before […]

Before the biggest match in Andrés Iniesta's career and in the history of Spanish football, Iniesta had a trillion thoughts running through his head. One of those thoughts that came to fruition was writing a message to his close friend, Daniel Jarque, on his undershirt. That message said, "Dani Jarque, siempre con nosotros," (Dani Jarque, […]

The year 2010 has featured so many brilliantly produced viral videos for soccer fans. There has been a lot of garbage too, so we carefully sifted through hundreds of videos from 2010 and picked our 10 favorites which we believe are the best soccer viral videos of 2010. Many of them are centered around the […]

By the luck of an act of god blanketing England in snow, Manchester City are poised to be England's number one at Christmas for the first time in 81 years. With practically the entire Premier League snowed under this past weekend, City's game against Everton today (3pm ET, ESPN2 USA) has been given the go-ahead. […]