While the United States defense has held up adequately thus far in CONCACAF, questions persist about the unit's ability to counter the heavyweights of the football world. While we'll get some answers this summer at the FIFA Confederations Cup, help could be on the way. It is well known that Bob Bradley rates West Ham […]

Lyon is currently en route to an eighth straight Ligue1 title, but that could have suffered a huge hit after this weekend. According to the French media, Lyon forward Karim Benzema will miss this week's matchups against Lille but will be ready to go for the Champions League return leg against Barcelona next week. The […]

The fines have been handed out by the DFB, Eintracht Frankfurt was fined 40,000 Euros and Karlsruher SC was fined 15,000 Euros respectively for not adequately providing security for the Officials and the Players. While both Clubs grudgingly accepted the verdicts and fines the only ones that seem to accept little responsibility are the “Fans” […]

It seemed like a whirlwind footballing weekend. We got confirmation that Arsenal and Liverpool are in a freefall, while Chelsea still has a long way to go if they have any hopes of closing the gap with Man United. And the Red Devils, even with a B team, showed how much depth they had against […]

The Football Association has unveiled a new Three Lions Crest for the FA and England teams, which will be worn for the first time when England wears their new Umbro shirts for the March 28th friendly against Slovakia at Wembley. Pictured above is the new FA crest (left) and the new England one (right). The […]

On Episode 112 of the EPL Talk Podcast, Johnathan Starling interviews Harry Harris. Harry Harris is author of the book 'Down Memory Lane'. In this episode, Harris answers questions with regards to how this book is different from other Tottenham books. We then shift to his career in the red tops and how he got […]

Carles Puyol's wiff and Sergio Agüero's shot past Victor Valdes officially gave meaning to La Liga. If you were to say to anyone with half a brain that Real Madrid would be four points from the top at the beginning of March, they would be wondering if you were in favor of legalizing the tax […]

Just like everyone who listens to MLS Talk's podcast my good friend Kartik Krishnaiyer does an excellent job as host even as the host of CSRN's American Soccer Show. He had Mr. Jamie Trecker on his last podcast and I admit that my opinion of Mr. Trecker has been negative. Whenever I read his articles […]

The two big stories this weekend not related to Manchester United's getting the first leg of the quadruple would have to be events that transpired at the Riverside and at the Emirates Stadium. We'll start with Liverpool because after such a great result midweek against Real Madrid, their loss at the Riverside defied belief. And […]

Just when you thought La Liga was over fate has conspired to inject some drama into the title race like Barry Bonds injected steroids. Real Madrid won its 10th straight match defeating Espanyol 2-0 in Barcelona. The veteran Merengues stepped up with Guti & Raul scoring to give Juande Ramos' side a big road win. The team […]

It's the first of March and although there is everything to be decided, you can smell it in the air. This could be the year United do what hasn't been accomplished by a British club since Celtic in 1967: winning the League, FA, and European Cups, in addition to the Premier League trophy. Yet as […]

Kasey Keller, Brad Friedel, Marcus Hahnemann and Tim Howard have become well know in the United States for their exploits playing football in England. The goalkeeping quartet has established the credentials of Americans in what many at home consider the top football league on the planet. (some at home consider it the only football league […]

On Friday, during my game previews, Sam wondered how Wigan could score? Today, Chelsea gave us an answer, complacency. For much of Wigan's trip to Stamford Bridge, it was Chelsea on the back foot. Completely against the run of play, John Terry put Chelsea ahead twenty-five minutes in. Before that, Chelsea saw Wigan have five […]

If there is a player that is as synonymous to Real Madrid as Raúl it is Guti. Now this idol plans to do what Madrid's all-time leading scorer insinuated earlier in the week. He, like Raúl has insinuated, that his last season at the Santiago Bernabéu will be in 2011. Guti, 32, is in his […]

Episode 4 of Special 1 TV is now available. This week's escapades include: Wayne Rooney gets benched again, Jose's secret plan to overcome Man United in the Champions League, The quest for a nickname for Guus Hiddink, Fergie and Voyeur have a war of words, Ronaldo has a new song, and Special 1 TV is […]