Carlo Ancelotti has certainly stamped his mark on Chelsea early in the season so far. A Community Shield victory, coupled with 3 Premiership wins on the bounce has seen Chelsea rise to the top end of the table. So far, so what then? Nothing surprising in that in itself, would we expect the any of […]

When I first started watching English football, I rarely got to watch the league matches live. I worked in a bar with no TVs. My friends George and Noel would bring us VHS tapes of the weekend matches. George taped the Setanta matches and my Noel taped the FSC matches (often tacking on Sopranos episodes from HBO after each match). The […]

Cast your mind back to May 2009, Manchester United were comprehensively and soundly trounced in Rome by a magical Barcelona side, inspired by Xavi and Iniesta. For many, the lack of quality in the centre of the park was plain to see, Carrick looked lethargic and unsure of himself, Fletcher was missed, this, a surprise […]

How many times have you been on the BBC Sport or ITV Football website and you've been intrigued by a video that the publisher is promoting only to find out that a rights restriction message pops up when you try to play it? It's frustrating especially given that BBC Sport began preventing international visitors from […]

After more than ten seasons of standing thru the test of time a single record held by a man who helped start MLS in the right direction was finally taken away. Juan Pablo Angel who was brought here from Aston Villa two years ago was on a goal scoring rampage and the only thing stopping […]

It was about 48 hours before their match this past Sunday against FC Dallas when Juan Carlos Osorio called the players to the locker room at their training facility in Montclair State University and told everyone after practice that he wasn't going to wait for the end of the season to leave the club. He did so […]

United and Liverpool "Back on track" After big recent wins against Stoke and Wigan – those bastions of consistency – the general consensus amongst the pundits is that Manchester United and Liverpool are "back on track" after defeats at Turf Moor and White Hart Lane. Just one problem with that though: I thought it was […]

Recently there has been some chatter that the Houston Dynamo will have a big announcement this week. Since the Dynamo signed Mexican forward Luis Angel Landin on Thursday, its seems that this will be one of three things: an announcement related to the 2010 MLS All-Star Match, an announcement related to the potential friendly against […]

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Hull City manager had to wait three weeks to get young American striker Jozy Altidore into the lineup. Once he did, Tigers supporters had to wait only 28 seconds for him to have an impact. With his first touch in the 61st minute, Altidore posted up in front of Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill and […]

When ESPN won the rights to show Premier League matches in the U.S., the biggest worry for most football fans in America was that the "Worldwide Leader" would somehow ruin the presentation of the game with subpar announcers and other bells and whistles that often make MLS matches annoying to watch. If today's Wigan v. […]

The 2000-01 Premier League season was a bizarre one, ranging from the mundane to the improbable: On one hand, Manchester United won the title by 10 points, on the other hand, it was delivered with a poor Middlesbrough side winning 3-0 at Highbury. Whilst Man United, Arsenal and Liverpool were the top three, Peter Reid's […]

While it comes out in September, I was fortunate enough to get an advanced copy of Englischer Fussball: A German's View of our Beautiful Game. It was handed to me by the man himself. But there was a problem with his timing. Rafa had handed this book to me right in the middle of book […]

This just in from Ives Galarcep of the Hearld News & Brian Lewis of the NY Post. Juan Carlos Osorio has just resigned as head coach of the New York Red Bulls. On RBNY's official site Assistant Richie Williams will be taking over these final eight matches under an interim basis. More information will be […]