By Lonnie Smetana With former protégés like Martin O'Neill, Roy Keane and Stuart Pearce managing at the top-levels of English football, Brian Clough's name continues to swirl around the game that he was a part of for the bulk of his life. Often the most mentioned aspect of Clough's career in football is that he […]

Serie A Day One Well, it looks pretty sparse here, compared to our sister site La Liga Talk.com, so I might as well start blogging here. As much as we have liked the summer and the play of some Italian league players in Copa America or in the preseason friendlies, I'd say all of us […]

Liverpool will be glad not to see Sunderland again for a while. They picked up a 2-0 win but at a hight cost. Centre-back Jamie Carragher suffered a broken rib and collapsed lung during Saturday's match at Sunderland. It is unknown how long Carragher will be out of action but its likely to be a […]

FC Dallas today unveiled Denilson, a world cup winner and runner up with Brazil as its newest signing. The Hoops latin flavored attack is even more impressive with Denilson joining Juan Toja, Pablo Richetti and Arturo Alvarez in the midfield, and Carlos Ruiz in the attack. To make room on the roster for Denilson, FC […]

FC Dallas today unveiled Denilson, a world cup winner and runner up with Brazil as its newest signing. The Hoops latin flavored attack is even more impressive with Denilson joining Juan Toja, Pablo Richetti and Arturo Alvarez in the midfield, and Carlos Ruiz in the attack. To make room on the roster for Denilson, FC […]

As The Gaffer already mentioned Sevilla kicked off their season on Saturday with a 4-1 win over Getafe. While I had been looking forward to the Madrid derby, I decided to watch the Sevilla-Getafe match and was not disappoined at all. The game had plenty of excitement, flair and talking points. In the first half […]

Clint Dempsey scored a goal for Fulham while Kasey Keller made his first start less than 48 hours after signing with the London club as Fulham were beaten in the last minute at Villa Park by Aston Villa. Nonetheless, this has to be considered an impressive performance for Fulham. As usual, Carlos Bocanegra made countless […]

The Daily Telegraph has the scoop that Ronaldinho's agent is in talks with Chelsea about a possible move to England for the world's most popular Brazilian. While he undoubtedly is one of the most skillful players on the planet, the chances of him flourishing in the Premier League are slim. We've seen time and time […]

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 […]