Defeat is bitter especially when it's your own country that loses. It's depressing. It affects your mood, brings you down and can make you angry. But rather than dwell on the negative today after Ghana's 2-1 win over the United States in extra time, I wanted to share just a few reasons why US soccer […]

Before, during and after today's historic World Cup game between USA and Ghana, feel free to share your comments in the section below. The last time the US had a game this big was 2002 when they played Germany in the 2002 World Cup. According to CNN, they thought Feilhaber will start on the left. […]

A few weeks ago, I pulled together predictions from several sources where pundits had made their World Cup picks. As is so often during tournaments, we always conveniently forget what the predictions were so we rarely go back to see how wrong or right those pundits were. Until now. Based on the predictions saved in […]

The first round of a World Cup tournament is a mere dress rehearsal for what we are about to experience. Starting today, this is where the World Cup begins. Where every game matters. Where teams will either live or die by the sword. During the first round, teams are often playing conservative and calculated soccer. […]

In a landmark decision, a US district court has ruled in favor of YouTube in a copyright infringement case where the Premier League sued YouTube in 2007. The court case dragged on for three years. In it, the New York district judge ruled that "YouTube was protected by US legislation which says a service provider […]

It's not uncommon for Premier League clubs to radically change the design of their away jerseys from season to season, but this upcoming's Sunderland shirt is absolutely a big departure from their current design. According to Umbro, "The shirt is stone with a burgundy trim and a crew neck, and is built in the unique […]

Blackburn Rovers and Umbro have unveiled their new home shirt for the 2010-11 season. As is common with Umbro designs recently, the new Blackburn Rovers home shirt is cleanly designed with a less is more approach. While not a drastic change from last season, the biggest difference is the new traditional collar. Featuring Rovers’ traditional […]

Franz Beckenbauer, who is an absolute legend in Germany after lifting the World Cup as a player and as a manager, is also quite infamous for his public commentary all things football. Recently, he infuriated Fabio Capello and the English public when he said that England had 'taken a step backwards' under the guidance of […]

It's seldom that a highlights video is laugh-out-loud funny, but this compilation video showing Fabio Capello and his reaction to England's performance against Slovenia in the World Cup made me guffaw several times. The best moments include Stuart Pearce. So much for Pearce's "Psycho" nickname.

If you're a US soccer fan, the above video is required viewing. It shows how much Landon Donovan's winning goal meant to the United States, soccer fans and the American people. So much emotion outpouring from people around the world as they celebrated the United States's victory against Algeria. In the past week, I've been […]

Group stage is over, with the final four survivors identified. Brazil and Spain are through, both as group winners, joined from their respective groups by Portugal and Chile. On this edition of the World Cup Buzz Podcast, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna join me to talk about that as well as the two Round of […]

Group stage is over, with the final four survivors identified. Brazil and Spain are through, both as group winners, joined from their respective groups by Portugal and Chile. On this edition of the World Cup Buzz Podcast, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna join me to talk about that as well as the two Round of […]

The conclusion of the group stage this afternoon pushes the tournament into the win or go home stage. No longer can games be capped at 90 minutes and a tie. Now they can go a full 120 minutes with out a single goal before it is extended into the delicious realm of penalties. Dreaded by […]

In what is becoming one of my most favorite series of viral videos this World Cup, here's the next installment of Lego Football which features the highlights of England against Slovenia in beautiful stop-motion Lego graphics. And how good is it to see John Terry's salmon-like dive across the box as performed by a Lego […]

In this weekend's tastiest World Cup fixture, long time rivals Germany and England will meet in a head on battle with dramatic implications and a quarter final birth on the line. Will the English get their chance to conquer their demons during a dramatic penalty shootout, or will the young and organized Germans overrun the tired looking […]