Second Half: Pachuca begins to maintain possession well early the half creating a free kick opporunity just outside the box quickly and a few scoring chances. Lance Parker looks settled and makes two spectacular saves: one on Gabriel Cabballero, the symbol of the aging Pachuca from my mouth and another in the dying minutes. But […]

Second Half After listening to Telefutura’s announcers spend the majority of the first half talking about Sven, the camera pans to him in the pressbox. Much like his time in England, the dreams and hopes of a football mad nation are on Mr. Eriksson. The last time he wasn’t quite up to the job. Has […]

Second Half After listening to Telefutura's announcers spend the majority of the first half talking about Sven, the camera pans to him in the pressbox. Much like his time in England, the dreams and hopes of a football mad nation are on Mr. Eriksson. The last time he wasn't quite up to the job. Has […]

Cardiff City Founded: 1899 Nickname: The Bluebirds Ground: Ninan Park (Wales) (22,008, 16,000 seated) Last Season: 12th in the CCC 64 Points English FA Cup Winners: 1927 Welsh FA Cup Winners: 22 Times

Burnley Founded: 1880 Nickname: The Clarets Ground: Turf Moor (22,546) Last Season: 13th in the CCC 62 points FA Cup Winners: 1913/14 Community Shield Winners: 1973 Old Division One Winners: 1920/21, 1959/60 Second Division/CCC Winners: 1897/1898, 1972/73 Third Division/ League One Winners: 1981/82 Fourth Division/ League Two Winners: 1991/92 Only one of three clubs to […]

SECOND HALF: Really ho-hum especially after the outstanding goal by Brian Mullan that pushed the Houston lead to 4-0. Rico Clark looked comfortable sliding up into the central midfield role in the second half and Mullan and and Brad Davis showed some great understanding of each other as well, an understanding that comes from playing […]

SECOND HALF: Really ho-hum especially after the outstanding goal by Brian Mullan that pushed the Houston lead to 4-0. Rico Clark looked comfortable sliding up into the central midfield role in the second half and Mullan and and Brad Davis showed some great understanding of each other as well, an understanding that comes from playing […]

SECOND HALF: DC came out flying in the second half but couldn’t take advantage of numerous chances. Devon McTavish hit the post before the power outage stopped play for about twenty minutes. Tom Soehn’s tactical change to drop Jaime Moreno back into the midfield stimulated numerous DC United chances but the finishing as it was […]

SECOND HALF: DC came out flying in the second half but couldn't take advantage of numerous chances. Devon McTavish hit the post before the power outage stopped play for about twenty minutes. Tom Soehn's tactical change to drop Jaime Moreno back into the midfield stimulated numerous DC United chances but the finishing as it was […]

Bristol City Founded: 1897 Nickname: The Robins Ground: Ashton Gate (21,497) Last Season: 4th in the CCC 74 Points Lost in the Playoff Final to Hull City Johnstonts Paint Trophy Winner: 1985-86, 2002,2003 Second Division/ League One Winners: 1905/06

Blackpool Founded: 1887 Nickname: 'Pool, The Seasiders Ground: Bloomfield Road ( 9,788) Last Season: 19th in the CCC 54 points FA Cup Winner: 1953 Johnstone's Paint Trophy: 2002,2004 Division Two/ League One Champions: 1929/30

The MLS Players Union has rained on the Superliga parade set to begin today. The union released the following statement which I reprint from Steve Goff's Washington Post story: "MLS is misleading its great fans. What has not been revealed by the league is that its New York office has unilaterally set its own bonus […]

For years Mexican football fans have attacked the United States success in the most negative way possible: accusing the Yanks of playing a cynical game that relied on rough play and counter attacking. Every loss to the United States was judged as a triumph of negative football over beautiful football. Well last night deep in […]

July is definitely the calm before the storm in English football. Next month the transfer window opens. Plus we'll experience the start of a brand-new season, which I'm definitely excited about. But even in the calm of July, there's still plenty of news floating around from EPL Talk and its network of sites.Over at Major […]

The biggest news of the past 24 hours is that Manchester United has reportedly tabled an official £20 million bid for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov. Problem is there's no evidence of an actual bid being made and all we have to go on is a quote from his agent in The Sun newspaper. What is […]