Despite losing its first two matches, fortuitous results elsewhere sent the US U-17 team to the second round with a second place finish in the group with a 2-0 win over Belgium. Kirk Urso and Maykell Baytes scored goals in the 2nd half to lead the US to the victory.

Due to "The Television Wars" in Spain, Sunday's match between Racing Santander and Barcelona was another casualty of the fight between Audiovisual Sport and Mediapro causing the big game to be blacked out around the world. Closer to home, the match wasn't shown on GolTV either. Neither was the Saturday game between Real Madrid and […]

For all the hype around the arrival of David Beckham stateside, no mid-season signing has had the affect on its team than that of Cuauhtemoc Blanco for Chicago. Blanco's signing was far from a sure thing: After all Mexican Internationals have come to MLS and flopped previously, the most notable being Luis Hernandez who spent […]

For all the hype around the arrival of David Beckham stateside, no mid-season signing has had the affect on its team than that of Cuauhtemoc Blanco for Chicago. Blanco's signing was far from a sure thing: After all Mexican Internationals have come to MLS and flopped previously, the most notable being Luis Hernandez who spent […]

Sunday's game between the floundering LA Galaxy and the Colorado Rapids in Denver has been sold out for months, but the main attraction will be missing. Thanks to some very poor decisions by England Manager Steve McClaren and the entire Galaxy front office, Beckham is now on the shelf once again. Let's hope he can […]

Viewers in the United States and around the world were upset this weekend after the scheduled clash between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid was not shown on TV. In the United States, GolTV showed the Bayern Munich against Hannover match instead of the Madrid derby. The reason the Madrid derby wasn't shown worldwide was due […]

What a shame that the inaugural televised match of the new La Liga season was not shown worldwide due to disputes between TV companies in Spain. Let's hope they get their issues resolved quickly so we don't miss any quality soccer. So instead of seeing the Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, the […]

Tottenham Hotspur has hired a company to produce three hours of TV programming weekly to provide to international viewers. In the United States, we've seen Arsenal TV, Liverpool TV, MUTV and Chelsea TV, so don't be surprised if one of the U.S. networks picks up Spurs TV in the near future. Meanwhile, TV ratings for […]

Former Premier League referee Jeff Winter reviews David Beckham's autobiography from the most unusual setting in this brief video here from the Fanbanta website. Splended article here by Martin Smith of The Daily Telegraph on a particular Man United programme from the past and what happened on the field during that day against Spurs. Brilliant […]

One of the most competitive leagues in Britain isn't the Premier League. It's the Championship League. Last season's competition was a perfect example as nine to ten clubs battled for promotion during the last few weeks of the season. To provide you with one podcast featuring news and analysis of the Coca Cola Championship League, […]

Episode 14 of the Major League Soccer Podcast is now availible for direct downlaod or via Itunes. The episode features an interview with the Sons of Ben supporters group who are attempting to bring an MLS Club to the Philadephia area. Check out of the Sons of Ben website at http://www.sonsofben.net/Home/Home.html

Kasey Keller started his first match for Fulham (aka Team America) just two days after signing with the club. Fulham went ahead 1-0 over Aston Villa on an early Clint Dempsey goal.

Sunday's game between the floundering LA Galaxy and the Colorado Rapids in Denver has been sold out for months, but the main attraction will be missing. Thanks to some very poor decisions by England Manager Steve McClaren and the entire Galaxy front office, Beckham is now on the shelf once again. Let's hope he can […]

I put together this chart to determine what a single table, no playoff MLS would have looked like each season since 1996. I re-figured the rankings for the 1999-1999 period without shootouts and for 2000 without overtime victories, so the rankings I have do not correspond directly with the official final standings. This is still […]

The Times of London is reporting that Sunil Gulati and Bob Bradley met with Fabio Capello, the ex-Real Madrid and Juventus Manager in London. The fact that Bradley was at the meeting so clearly his job is not under threat. It must be assumed that the Federation is either talking to Capello about being a […]