¨To Madrid? Of course I´m going. I´m going to go in week 34... to score three or four goals.¨ Courtesy of MundoDeportivo Messi Making A Statement At La Masia "My name is Leo Messi... remember my name." Messi Making A Statement At The Nou Camp "Florentino...forget my name!"

It was a very eventful week in Italy with Coppa Italia fixtures and the wild happenings of Week 20 in the Serie A. There was a dramatic 2nd half comeback (Torino v. Lecce), a return of a icon in Turin (Gigi Buffon vs. Fiorentina), the goal scoring debut of a celebrity (Beckham for Milan vs. Bologna), […]

Landon Donovan's continues to tear through Bayern Munich's winter break friendly opponents. Four goals and Five games which doesn't include a penalty kick Donovan drew but did not take. Donovan is motivated like never before and comfortable with the coaching of Jurgen Klinsmann and Martin Vasquez. Agent Richard Motzkin is not addressing any speculation about […]

Residents of Liverpool are far less likely to be the victims of crime compared to Greater Manchester residents, according to the most recent crime statistics from British government organizations. Stereotypes permeate the mainstream. The danger is when people don't know the difference between fact and fiction, stereotypes, in their minds, become reality. Such is the […]

One of the most eagerly anticipated movies of the year is scheduled to debut on March 27 when "The Damned United," the story of Brian Clough's 44-day reign as manager at Leeds United, hits the silver screen in the United Kingdom. Brian Clough was widely considered to be the greatest English manager never to manage […]

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Sorry Mum. Uh, I mean, sorry Arsene. Okay, this is getting ridiculous, and I don't even support Arsenal. Sure, publicly we talk about the Gunners's depressingly sub-par performance this season as a victory for parity in the Premier League. Privately though, like for instance this morning over a nice warm cup of coffee for what […]

The fourth round FA Cup match between Liverpool and Everton ended in a 1-1 draw on Sunday at Anfield — the second draw between the two Merseyside clubs in less than one week. Everton scored the opener in the first half after Liverpool was again guilty of poor defensive marking from a set play. This […]

The draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup has been announced, and here are the fixtures to be played over the weekend of February 14 and 15, 2009: Sheffield United v Hull City Watford v Chelsea West Ham United v Middlesbrough Sunderland/Blackburn v Coventry City Derby/Nottingham Forest v Manchester United Swansea City v […]

As many of you know, there are occasional instances in which I stray from the topic of the passion of billions and have to talk about something that is going on in the world or my life.

It's interesting to see that Bob Bradley will take every opportunity to start Brian Ching. Today it is as the expense of Kenny Cooper which is sure to make many US fans furious. Nice to see Charlie Davies get the start: we named him our website's Americans Abroad Player of the Year for last season […]

The US will dress only 18 players for tonight's game. Here is the squad: GOALKEEPERS (2): Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (Valerenga IF/NOR) DEFENDERS (6): Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland/DEN), Ugo Ihemelu (Colorado Rapids), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaelland/NOR), Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC) MIDFIELDERS (6): Brian Carroll […]

Manchester City’s new ownership sent chairman Garry Cook, brimming with billions, to build a super-club capable of Champions League qualification. The club’s £91m bid for Kaka was a noted fiasco, but, as details have emerged, that’s hardly been their only activity. City reportedly made an equally irresponsible bid for Spain and Valencia star David Villa, […]

The United States National Team begins its busy 2009 schedule which includes the Confederations Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup and most importantly the Hexagonal Round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying. Join us at 8:15pm ET/5:15PM PT for all the action.

With the release of the United Soccer Leagues 2009 D1 schedule and accompanying Fox Soccer Channel tv schedule, USL shows once again that MLS is not the only game in town. USL proves again that it carries a lot of weight when it comes to professional soccer in the U.S. The USL infrastructure is strong enough to continue to be […]