Cesare Prandelli has revitalized the Azzurri. He won the first two qualifiers of the European Championships of 2012, and he looks ready to win even more. While Italy only faced Estonia and the Faroe Islands, the two wins were important nonetheless. And now, as Prandelli looks to call up another set of Italians to face […]

Louis van Gaal's side took on Swiss champions FC Basel at St. Jakob Park in Basel tonight, with the hopes of kickstarting their season. Bayern Munich have not been on great form domestically, and have only managed two wins in their first six Bundesliga matches. They find themselves ten points off of first place, and […]

When Bolton paid a club record fee of £8.2 million for the Swedish striker Johan Elmander, a few eyebrows were raised. Yet, the former Toulouse striker had been one of the most consistent players in the French league during his time for the Téfécé and had built a reputation as a creative deep lying centre […]

Manchester City fans will have today been hurt by the news that big summer signing Mario Balotelli is weeks rather than days away from a return to action. The £24 million summer singing from Inter Milan has only made a brief substitute appearance since his arrival at Eastlands, and City fans will now have to […]

As important to a side's balance – attacking and defending – as the right back is, so too is his not so distant cousin, the marauding (at times) left back. If you missed Football Formations 101 in school, just keep in mind that what the right back does in regards to his footballing duties, the left back mirrors on […]

A massive apology for a lack of articles lately, I have recently started a master’s degree at University and I have also fractured my ankle (playing 5-a-side) as well as a number of other things that have been happening. But, I am back now and an article from Josh Ashdown of the Guardian recently appeared […]

Tonight, Ken Burns debuts his new documentary on PBS stations around the United States on the topic of baseball. The new documentary, "The Tenth Inning," examines the tumultuous story of the national pastime from the 1990s to the present day. But my question is, where is soccer version's of Ken Burns? As far as I […]

UEFA Champions League Real Madrid's offensive woes will not be aided when they travel to the Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps on Tuesday and face an Auxerre squad who gave up the fewest goals in Ligue 1 last season with a meager 29. While Auxerre's form has not carried over to this current season, where they […]

Who are the league's best teams, and does it matter? Given downturns in form from Columbus and Los Angeles, it's difficult to tell contenders from pretenders. Even if we could, will the playoffs change everything, one season after the eighth seed took home the hardware? On this edition of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast, […]

Mainz have opened this new season in fantastic form, and have won all six of their first six Bundesliga matches. Manager Thomas Tuchel has absolutely no previous experience at the top level, and is one of the youngest managers in Europe, nevermind just Germany. Despite that, his enthusiasm has lifted Mainz to the top of […]

Chelsea may have dropped their first points of the Premier League season at the weekend, but the result will have taken little away from a supremely impressive start to their defence of the Premier League. One man who has been crucial to Carlo Ancelotti’s sides start has been Florent Malouda whose individual performances have very […]

EA Sports has released a video featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the making of their TV commercial for FIFA 11. The video stars Wayne Rooney, Andres Iniesta, Kaka, Mesut Ozil, the Arsenal ladies and more. If you haven't seen the FIFA 11 TV commercial yet, watch it now. And don't forget that FIFA 11 will […]

Flashback ten years ago to the year 2000. La Liga rose to the top spot of the UEFA coefficient rankings for the first time since 1966. The final of the UEFA Champions League featured two Spanish teams with Real Madrid defeating Valencia 3-0 at the Stade de France. Despite that Champions League victory, Real Madrid […]

Chicago Fire's Section 8 supporter's group created an incredible tribute to Mario Bros. this past Saturday in their game against Seattle Sounders. The supporters created a tifo, described as the name for any spectacular choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium in connection with a sport event. The tifo features […]

Los Angeles remains atop the league, though their 0-2, Friday loss to New York has continued to redefine the league's power structure. We'll talk about that, Real Salt Lake's struggles at Rio Tinto, and ... And whatever you want discussed. This is your chance. Use the comments, below, to let us know what you want […]