Chelsea today officially unveiled their new away football kit for the 2009-2010 season. The new adidas kit will be worn for the first time when Chelsea face AC Milan on 24 July during the pre-season tour. The away kit for 2009/10 uses a tonal hoop in dark navy and new navy with a neon yellow […]

In its years of broadcasting in North America, Setanta has been both a godsend and a detriment to the success of the Premier League in the United States. It's been a godsend because, in combination with Fox Soccer Channel, die-hard followers of the league have been able to watch almost every single Premier League for […]

It is fair to say that US football is not seen in a very positive light on the British side of the pond. There are years of prejudice to overcome, but the national team’s impressive display at the Confederations Cup are helping to change the attitudes of British football fans who cannot help but notice […]

After a ton of suspense, hundreds of blog posts and plenty of heated debates over whether the photographs leaked a few weeks ago were really the new Tottenham Hotspur football kits or not, we now know the truth after Tottenham Hotspur officially revealed their new kits for the 2009-2010 season today. The new football kits […]

Wednesday's Confederations Cup semifinal between the United States and Spain had David v. Goliath written all over it. Coasting to the semis with three wins out of three, it looked like Spain was about to teach the US a lesson in tiki-taka. With the US advancing to the semis after shipping six goals to Italy […]

I know we played this game the other day after the Egypt match, but let's revisit it again. Where does the Spain game compare to the matches described below in the Post 1990 history of the US Men's National Team? The 1950 World Cup win versus England obviously was the best pre 1989 result for […]

The United States National Team made history on Wednesday by defeating World #1 Spain 2-0 in South Africa to reach the first final in a FIFA event in the nations history. Martin Rogers of Yahoo! Sports and Bruce McGuire of DuNord Futbol join host Kartik Krishnaiyer to discuss Bob Bradley's tactics, where this victory ranks […]

Periodic updates here during the game and remember our post game show available at about 8pm ET via ITunes and this website: Final Player Ratings Howard 8 Spect0r 7 DeMerit 9 Onyewu 10 Bocanegra 7 Clark 8 Bradley 6 Donovan 9 Dempsey 8 Davies 9 Altidore 8 Feilhaber 7 Casey 5 Bornstein 7 Tactical Breakdown: […]

Yesterday, I considered the question of the name of our sport, football vs soccer. Today I jump on another question regarding the purity of the beautiful game: should we implement live video review? Please use the comment section to weigh in on this issue. If I ever got dragged to a birthday party for FIFA […]

Artistic drawings of Portsmouth's new home and away football jerseys for the 2009-2010 season have been revealed showing what the shirts will look like that are designed by Canterbury, the shirt's manufacturer. The Portsmouth home shirt in the classic Pompey blue features an aerodynamic design that looks very modern with a dark blue trim that's […]

The fallout from the demise of Setanta UK is set to start with the Scottish Premier League, Football Association and Blue Square Premier League in turmoil after missing out on millions of dollars of cash and the worry of finding a new suitor to step in to rescue the organizations. But it's not just the […]

Spain is on a record tying unbeaten run and faces a US team that suffered their worst ever defeat to Brazil last week. But this match isn't as easy a call as many pundits would make it out to be. While the Spanish are a formidable side, perhaps the best in the world currently, they […]

After another summer of big money spending – and who believes they are anywhere near finished! – the pressure is on Manchester City boss Mark Hughes to achieve an absolute minimum of qualification for the UEFA Champions League during the 2009-10 campaign. Although many will feel that City should be looking to challenge for the […]

Setanta Sports Shane O'Rourke joins host Kartik Krishnaiyer to discuss the status of the network in North America on the day Setanta UK went into administration and stopped broadcasting. O'Rourke also answers questions about Setanta-i, their new broadband product, as well as answering questions about the status of GAA and rugby on its channel. You […]

The English Football Association (FA) has released a statement regarding Setanta UK going into administration. "The FA will now consider options to find the best platform to broadcast those fixtures contracted to Setanta," said FA Chief Executive Ian Watmore. "These include England home friendly matches, FA Cup ties, England U21 games and the FA Community […]