Remember Steve McClaren? The wally with the brolly? The man who was torn apart by the British press after his England tenure ended in defeat? This weekend he won the Dutch Eredivisie League with FC Twente. This is a big achievement. It’d be like winning the Premier League with Birmingham. The vicious nature of the […]

Slim Pickens isn't just the name of the bloke from Dr. Strangelove Congratulations isn't just the name of the new MGMT album Rafa's (Money Back) Guarantee In one of the all time "we're not up for this" performances, the proud, historic, legendary Liverpool Football Club capitulated any hope of fourth (which remember, was guaranteed) and […]

Many of us want the season to end as soon as possible so we can begin the countdown for the World Cup. For one Tottenham Hotspur supporter, he got a bit ahead of himself in this past Saturday's match against Bolton Wanderers when he ran on to the pitch and lost his bearings. For a […]

A photograph of AC Milan's new home shirt for the 2010-11 season has been leaked. The new design looks like it's from the same template that Adidas used for the new Argentina and Bayern Munich shirt designs — especially in the adoption of wider stripes on the front instead of more thinner stripes. What do […]

A photograph of Borussia Dortmund's new home shirt for the 2010-11 season has been revealed. "Kappa has opted for a retro design. This shirt is characterized by a black polo neck and horizontal thin black pinstripes down the shirt," according to Todo Sobre Camisetas. What do you think about the new Borussia Dortmund jersey? Love […]

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Stoke City unveiled their new home football shirt for the 2010-11 season Sunday night. The design by Adidas is the first of a four-year deal with the German kit supplier. The three white stripes down the shoulders and arms of the Stoke City shirt are a good complement to the stripes on the front of […]

Soccer fans living in the United States who want to watch Blackburn Rovers against Arsenal today (Noon ET) will be disappointed to learn that the game is not available and is, for lack of better words, blacked-out. It's not being shown on ESPN2 (as originally planned) or Fox Soccer Channel nor Fox Soccer Plus or […]

Fleet Street never had so much fun. Steve McClaren, who had never played or managed in London and hailed from Yorkshire was the England manager. McClaren in retrospect never had a chance with the snobbish London set, which is intent on writing tabloid headlines and poking fun at outsiders and those who don’t wine and […]

Tuesday, May 4th 2:00PM EDT – 11:00AM PDT Special Canadian Soccer Episode. Duane Rollins of the 24th Minute Blog & covers Toronto FC will join me for the whole 1st hour. Steven Beauregard covers Montreal Impact & Andrew Bucholtz Covers Vancouver Whitecaps. Re-Capping Red Bulls road victory at DC United. Post match audio as well.

Los Angeles and New York maintained their large leads in the Western and Eastern Conferences with wins over Kansas City and DC United, while Seattle and Columbus played to a draw in the weekend's marque matchup. On this edition of the Major League Soccer talk podcast, I am joined by Christopher Riordan to talk each […]

Chelsea overcame their largest remaining title obstacle on Sunday, a comfortable 2-0 win at Anfield where an unfortunate assist from Steven Gerrard helped officially eliminate Liverpool's chances of returning to Champions League. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, myself, Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer review the weekend that was in the Premiership, a […]

Italy coach Marcello Lippi has picked 29 players for training this week but did not include any players from Roma or Inter who will be contesting the Coppa Italia final. Serie A leaders Inter will probably not have any member in the Azzurri squad headed to South Africa 2010 considering Davide Santon is injured while […]

The Week 6 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 6 45 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 13,990 6 16,045 16,760 34 2007 14,450 3.29% 6 15,124 -5.74% 14,943 -10.84% 38 2008 15,769 9.12% 7 15,613 3.23% 16,909 13.16% 42 2009 15,873 […]

[polldaddy poll=3142215] It was a nerve-wracking Sunday in the Premier League with both Chelsea and Manchester United's Premier League title hopes on the line, but both clubs came through with their much needed three points. That means that the Premier League will be decided on the final day of the season. Who could ask for […]