This past weekend saw the resumption of play in La Liga. This week's team managed to damage their opponents chances at a Champions League spot while pulling themselves out of relegation. That's a performance worthy of TOW recognition. The La Liga Team Of The Week made headlines and/or played matches on the weekend of April […]

Before we go on with the Team Of The Week, our thoughts & prayers are with those that were affected by the tragic earthquake that hit L'Aquila on Monday. I spent the summer of 2002 in L'Aquila, its a beautiful place with friendly people, keep hope that more survivors will be found and that the […]

Following this weekend's drubbing at the hands of Wolfsburg, Bayern come into the hardest tie of the quarter finals of the Champion's League on a low. Can they overcome the humiliation at the VW to get a result at Camp Nou against arguably the best team in Europe? Yes, they can. Here's how. First, they […]

Well the big day has finally arrived. After three weeks of waiting, the Puerto Rico Islanders of USL-1 face off against Mexican giants Cruz Azul in Mexico City in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Semifinals. The Islanders hold a 2-0 aggregate lead with the winner of the tie advancing to the Confederation […]

In the comments made to my last post on this site, an individual stated that they were sick of hearing about ways to grow the MLS and suggested it should be shut down, put out of its misery. Well as both a fan and commentator on the Beautiful Game (whether you call it football, futbol, […]

There were some tremendous games at all levels of British football on Sunday. Cardiff and Swansea battled out a thrilling 2-2 draw. Luton gave the Football League a poke in the eye by winning a wonderful Johnstone Paint Trophy Final 3-2 against Scunthorpe. And finally we had the gasp-inducing 3-2 stormer at Old Trafford. It […]

Well Serie A fans, welcome back. The national team solidified their chances of going to South Africa so now its time for the clubs to solidify their chances for either a Scudetto, European competition place, or avoid relegation. With only 8 weeks left, teams need points and need them NOW. Inter Milan may have secured […]

What a brilliant Premier League weekend it was. The highlights, of course, being the spectacular match between Aston Villa and Manchester United with Federico Macheda's last minute curling shot that ended in the corner of the net past the reach of Brad Friedel. And then the last minute goal from Liverpool's Yossi Benayoun when a […]

Arsenal's new away shirt for the 2009-2010 season will be white with redcurrant pinstripes and designed and manufactured by Nike. The new shirt is scheduled to be released in June, 2009. Some Arsenal fans may be surprised to discover that white has been a common color for the Gunners to wear for their away shirts, […]

Attendance throughout MLS outside of the success stories of Toronto and Seattle are way down. For years, MLS has inflated its attendance numbers through various schemes but this season the attendance figures are actually passing the eyeball test for the first time in the league's fourteen year history. TV ratings on ESPN2 are slightly up […]

By Lou Bruno Since Christmas Day when my wife and daughter gave me a Fire jersey as a Christmas gift I waited for the Fire home opener for 2009 as my first chance to show my team pride at Toyota Park. Little did I expect that we would have better weather on Christmas Day then […]

Sven Goran Eriksson getting sacked by Mexico last week was perfect fodder for this past weekend's Special 1 TV episode. The Special One and Nelson Mandela gave Sven a bit of stick, while Wayne ended up babysitting a certain someone special on the set. Be champions!

The quest for the La Liga trophy has resumed after an exciting break for World Cup qualifiers. Spain's Top 3 teams continued their winning ways with tough 1-0 road wins. 1st place Barcelona got a 40th minute goal from Samuel Eto'o to beat Valladolid to maintain their 6-point lead over Real Madrid. Los Merengues got […]

This weekend's premier match, Manchester United hosting Aston Villa, was seemingly alight with some very sensitive microphones. I'm not sure if the press box was the culprit, or perhaps those huge foam-covered ones on the touchlines, but you could hear shouts of "Don't foul him" and "C'mon Jonny", the latter directed to United's fill-in centerback, […]

José María Gutiérrez was always a players with a temperment. Now that same temperment has him on the outside looking in with Madrid coach Juande Ramos. This rivalry has become part of the subplots in the Madrid media as the team now sees the weeks pass by and their six-point deficit on Barcelona not budge. […]