In a George-less edition of the show, we have none other than Major League Soccer Talk guru Kartik Krishnaiyer joining us talking about the upcoming US-Mexico matchup as well as all things CONCACAF. MAF Show 2

Micah Richards wins the Christmas stupidity award. It took seven weeks, but we find out tonight that Micah Richards was arrested over a December 24th attack outside a Hale nightclub. It is alleged that Richards attacked an eighteen year old male. In something that Mark Hughes has had some practice with, he's already coming out […]

Mario Yepes, Camilo Zúñiga, and Cristian Zapata make their respective returns to the Colombian national team. All three players were part of Eduardo Lara's call up for the Colombian's upcoming friendly against Haiti in the city of Pereira. Zapata has become one of the young defensive stars in Serie A as he has esatblished himself […]

Atlético Madrid defender Luis Amaranto Perea was called up to take part in next week's friendly against Haiti in the Colombian city of Pereira. Perea was one of two Spanish league based players that was called up by by coach Eduardo Lara for this friendly. The other was Hercules' midfielder Abel Aguilar. The biggest […]

Wednesday Sevilla 2 Athletic 1 SEV: Duscher (61'), Acosta (90'+2') ATB: Llorente (42') ——————————– Barcelona 2 Mallorca 0 BAR: Henry (34'), Márquez (73')

This is the reason why predictions should not be made as soon as the knockout stage ties are revealed. In a communicae sent out by Liverpool, they confirmed that their captain will bout for at least three weeks, thus keeping him out of the first leg of the Champions League tie against the nine-time European […]

Wednesday were all at sea for years... Did you ever think that you would look at the Premier League table and see the Wigan in 7th, Hull take 20 points in the first 9 games and Fulham challenging for 6th? If that wasn't strange enough, once Champions League semi-finalists Leeds United are currently sitting in the […]

If reports in the Mexican press are to be believed Pachuca's Jose Francisco Torres will be called into the US squad for Wednesday's mammoth qualifier against Mexico. The call up will have the obvious symbolic significance as Torres, a Mexican-American who plays with one of Mexico's top clubs could figure against El Tri. But in […]

The fickle yet clueless Mexican media has already started fanning the flames of their own team stating that Sven-Göran Eriksson could be gone from the Mexican national team post if El Tri if they do not break that ten-year winless streak on US soil. Why may you ask? Javier Aguirre has become the hottest item […]

We can only hope that young players begin to take notice of Bayern Munich’s youth policy, which is to strip other clubs of their promising youth, destroy their confidence and send them out on loan as disappointments. With Podolski, Hummels and Kroos all finding new homes in January, it’s obvious that Bayern have become the […]

Orange is a color that is symbolic of many things. It is one of those stimulating colors that make the people wearing even more empowered. It invigorates the eyes and stimulates that senses. We also know what the symbolism is behind oranges are based on watching The Godfather. Well that bit of news was spread […]

January was a difficult month for Liverpool, from the frustrating draws to the distracting court hearings, and, though February began in encouraging fashion with the defeat of Chelsea, things continue to be miserable for Rafael Benitez and his men, with fierce rivals Everton this time inflicting the pain. Dan Gosling scored the winning goal at […]

The North London derby is always a special match, but this Sunday's encounter will be even more exciting than usual. We'll see the return of Robbie Keane to the Tottenham squad. The Irish striker has a lot to prove. Plus the team needs three points not only for bragging rights but to propel them away […]

The Guardian newspaper is reporting that ESPN and Setanta Sports are expected to team up to try to win the U.S. TV rights to the Premier League from Fox Soccer Channel for the 2010-2013 seasons. The relationship between Setanta and ESPN is already close. In October 2008, Setanta Sports sub-licensed some of its internet rights […]

Fox Soccer Channel scored 230,000 viewers who watched the Liverpool against Chelsea match on its US TV network on February 1, 2009, according to Nielsen TV ratings. In comparison, here are the number of viewers for a selection of other Premier League matches (and an England match) televised by Fox since October, 2008: Manchester United […]