There won't be a sympathy vote PFA award for Sami Hyypia as he ends his ten year career with Liverpool FC, but for Reds supporters his legend will remain as large as the 6'4 Finn himself. Bought from Willem II in 1999 for a mere £2.5m, Hyypia is easily one of the greatest bargains in […]

Many have compared Manchester United’s 3-1 victory over Arsenal at the Emirates last night to Manny Paquiao’s demolition of Ricky Hatton. In all honesty, it is clear to see the similarities – Hatton and Arsenal were brushed aside by opponents with more speed, power and all round ability. The intention of this article isn’t to […]

Wolfsburg has issued an official statement saying that Felix Magath will leave the club on June 30th of this year. Magath is bound for Schalke as has been rumored all week, although we still await confirmation from the Gelsenkirchen side. While many claims have been made by the press about Magath's salary demands, it wasn't […]

Many nations have provided English football with players and the United States is no different. From Roy Wegerle to Brad Guzan, there has been a steady flow of Americans plying their trade across the pond, with goalkeepers being a regular export. Juergen Sommer became the first American stopper to play in the Premier League when […]

The football season is nearly over for another year and you know you are getting down to the business end of things when talk outside the Premier League turns to the play-offs. In England’s top flight there are still three games to go with essentially everything to play for. At the bottom things are as […]

A leaked picture of the new Chelsea away shirt for the 2009-10 season has been revealed, courtesy of Football Shirt Culture. Designed and manufactured by Adidas, the new shirt is white with black trim and is sponsored by Samsung. In comparison to Chelsea's new home football shirt, the away shirts is quite conservative. For the […]

A picture of Chelsea's new third shirt for the 2009-2010 season has been revealed, thanks to Football Shirt Culture. The new design, manufactured and designed by Adidas, features blue and navy blue hoops along with a fluorescent yellow trim and is sponsored by Samsung. The new shirt will be available for purchase this summer. What […]

If there was a Premier League Hall Of Fame, you could guarantee that many of Newcastle United players from 1992 onwards would have made the list. Superstars such as Peter Beardsley, Alan Shearer, Les Ferdinand and David Ginola would be certain inductees — just to name a few. You could also argue that many of […]

I appeared on the podcast of my former CSRN American Soccer Show co-host Dave Denholm yesterday. Give a listen: it's an entertaining half hour of talk about Major League Soccer and other topics.

In this weeks show we debut two MLS Talk correspondents. Robert Jonas from San Jose and Brian Zygo from Houston. In the upcoming weeks we will debut reports from Washington, Puerto Rico, Miami, and other MLS/USL/WPS markets. Host Kartik Krishnaiyer also urges all DC area listeners and readers to attend this weekend's save DC United […]

Gooners and Nike execs are already familiar with the Cesc Fabregas Show. Tonight at the Emirates, it was the Cristiano Ronaldo Experience. Though Ji-sung Park started off the scoring for Manchester United on a Kieran Gibbs mistake, it was Ronaldo who sealed the deal for the Red Devils on a searing free kick. Eleven minutes […]

It has been an interesting week in rumors. First the managers! Hoffenheim will say goodbye to Ralf Rangnick because he wants to spend money this summer. They will then say hello to Jurgen Klinsmann, who is the epitome of frugality. After all, he only forced Bayern to rebuild it's training facility. Meanwhile the possessors of […]

After announcing that GolTV has renewed its TV rights to the Bundesliga for the next three seasons, a GolTV executive has revealed that the US TV broadcaster is also interested in the TV and/or Internet rights to the Premier League which are up for renewal in the next 30 days for the 2010-2013 seasons. In […]

GolTV has renewed the TV rights to showcase the Bundesliga for the next three seasons. GolTV, who currently own the rights in the United States, will continue showing German league games for the 2009-2012 seasons. In addition to the TV rights, GolTV has acquired the Internet rights, too. The deal will allow GolTV to show […]

The clock is ticking towards today's Champions League semi-final second leg between Arsenal and Manchester United at Emirates Stadium. As part of the excitement for the clash between the two Premier League giants, click on the above video from Nike to watch Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas and other stars strut their stuff.