For all the bluster this year about Major League Soccer's rebirth thanks to David Beckham, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, a new TV deal and Superliga we have recieved in the past several weeks probably the best news yet for the league in perhaps its twelve year history. Attendance this season has held steady even when American Football […]

For all the bluster this year about Major League Soccer's rebirth thanks to David Beckham, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, a new TV deal and Superliga we have recieved in the past several weeks probably the best news yet for the league in perhaps its twelve year history. Attendance this season has held steady even when American Football […]

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 3rd at 11pm ET for the return of the EPL Talk Show, a live one-hour Internet radio show featuring The Gaffer and a special guest.The special guest for this upcoming episode is Peter Brown, best known for the Divers & Cheats Podcast, and an integral part of the Champions […]

The recent deal between Setanta Sports and DISH Network gave the Irish broadcaster the potential to almost double its audience. With DirecTV and DISH Network offering Setanta Sports, the company has made a giant leap forward to getting into more homes throughout the United States. The challenge, however, is that not everyone has satellite (either […]

At the conclusion of the most recent La Liga season, the amount of interest in the premier Spanish league was perhaps the greatest it has ever been worldwide (and that includes the United States). However, the continuing media war in Spain is crippling La Liga's chances of building a worldwide brand and, at the same […]

In front of what was probably the most lively crowd at an MLS match in sometime, if ever Chicago gave away a lead for the third straight match and Manager Juan Carlos Osorio lost his temper and was shown off the bench by the officials. The match was tense as Cuauhtemoc Blanco, a long time […]

In front of what was probably the most lively crowd at an MLS match in sometime, if ever Chicago gave away a lead for the third straight match and Manager Juan Carlos Osorio lost his temper and was shown off the bench by the officials. The match was tense as Cuauhtemoc Blanco, a long time […]

Brazilian national team coach Dunga made the announcement of the 22-man squad that will take part in the first two matches of the CONMEBOL qualifiers for South Africa 2010 that will start on October 13th. The five-time world champions will make their debut at El Campín in Bogota when they face Colombia on the weekend […]

Yesterday I was getting ready for the Real Madrid v Betis game on laSexta here in Barcelona, visiting family but futbol takes precedence at certain times, and I was watching the one hour pregame, with interviews and analysis and player profiles, all of the things that I wish I had on golTV at home, loving […]

Episode 22 of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast is now online. Thew episode features an interview with Jamie Trecker, who is the Senior Writer at Fox Soccer.com. Among the topics discussed are his new book "Love and Blood" about Germany 2006, the state of US Soccer, MLS and Americans abroad, what the US National […]

Episode 22 of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast is now online. Thew episode features an interview with Jamie Trecker, who is the Senior Writer at Fox Soccer.com. Among the topics discussed are his new book "Love and Blood" about Germany 2006, the state of US Soccer, MLS and Americans abroad, what the US National […]

Luis Bueno of SI.com is reporting that Panchito Mendoza of Chivas USA is under strong consideration to be called up for Mexico's next friendly. If Mendoza does get a call up he will be first MLS player who has never at the time of the call up played in the Mexican First Division to get […]

Luis Bueno of SI.com is reporting that Panchito Mendoza of Chivas USA is under strong consideration to be called up for Mexico's next friendly. If Mendoza does get a call up he will be first MLS player who has never at the time of the call up played in the Mexican First Division to get […]

Freddy Adu converted a completely unearned penalty kick for Benfica as the Lisbon club came from behind to defeat Estrela da Amadora in a Carlsberg Cup match. The penalty kick Adu converted was according to every press report I have read a poor call by the official. Nonetheless, Adu getting on the scoresheet should instill […]

During the 2006/2007 season, the average UK TV audience for a Premier League match was 1.18 million, according to the industry newsletter TV Sports Markets. This compares with an average US TV audience of approximately 300,000 people watching a Premier League match on Fox Soccer Channel. While there's a significant gap between the two numbers, […]