After the sad news that Fabio Quagliarella will be out for the rest of the season, Juventus got a replacement in record time. It's Luca Toni who will be replacing Quagliarella (out for 4-6 months with a torn cruciate knee ligament), the World Cup winner leaving Genoa to sign a one and a half year […]

Former Sporting Kansas City and Nigeria World Cup defender Uche Okafor died Thursday at his Dallas-area home. Okafor, 43, was African football pundit for ESPN Soccernet Press Pass, the daily soccer analysis show. The humble and well-liked athlete played more than 119 times for Kansas City Wizards from 1996 to 2000, and made more than […]

Let's gear up for tomorrows FA Cup matches with a video. Take a look at the highlights from last years final. Here's the links: Aston Villa shaken up [Caught Offside] Buy Beckham's 2008 Porsche [Ebay] Manchester City played for the draw [A Different League] Obi Mikel out until February [Sky] Dzeko interview [M.C.F.C.] Soccer Songs […]

We have different senses of humor. Some dry. Some sarcastic and so forth. But out of all of the Special 1 TV episodes in recent memory, this one to me is the funniest yet. You may not laugh as much as I did, or maybe even more, but be sure to watch the above video […]

For those of you who'll be in South Florida this weekend, I'd like to invite you to an important meeting with Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber. The meeting begins at 1pm Saturday, January 8th in Fort Lauderdale. Commissioner Garber will be there to meet with Miami Ultras and soccer fans who are interested in bringing […]

So I wake up this morning, a day off for me. I fire up the laptop, check the news, and see that Manchester City's splash signing, Edin Dzeko, would have preferred signing with Juventus according to his agent. You have to put two and two together, since that article doesn't do it for you, but the […]

One thing I like about the MLS Superdraft is that it is the type of draft where a first round player can make an almost immediate impact. Some sports try to hype their drafts, but at the end of the day the draftees will languish in the minors for a few years hoping to eventually […]

It's a glorious FA Cup weekend in England, so it's apt that for this week's Friday Flashback Video series that we go back in the time machine to 1985 when Liverpool and Manchester United battled in the FA Cup Semi-Final. The first video features the first semi-final between the two, which ended in a draw […]

During the winter break Serie A fans got to contemplate many things. How will Cassano do at AC Milan? What new signings will we see in the January transfer window? And how will Leonardo do at Inter Milan? The last question seems to be a little clearer after Leonardo made his debut on Inter Milan's […]

Now's the time to talk about some of the bigger name U.S. players plying their trade overseas, names we didn't get to on the first two shows of the week. Today, we look at Spain, Germany, Italy, France and Mexico, asking about the progress the likes of Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Charlie Davies, Oguchi Onyewu […]

The English Premier League takes a weekend off as English football shifts its focus to the FA Cup, the third round of which happens this weekend. We start today's show, the second half of a discussion we had on Wednesday, by looking toward this weekend, specifically Liverpool's trip to Manchester United, though that quickly descended […]

Now that the Gameweek 22 matches have ended in the Premier League, it makes you wonder. I don’t see anyone playing outstanding football or even close to it. Just when one of the top clubs seems to have the chance to kick some dirt in their rivals’ collective faces they come a cropper. True, there […]

Normally a European match is noticeable because of the clash of styles involved. Think Inter Milan's immovable object against Barcelona's irresistible force. Similarly, Tottenham have stunned Europe by using traditional English wingers and an old-fashioned target man. In the Europa League, Napoli played a three man backline against teams used to a more traditional back […]

Have you ever been to Blackburn? I have. It's like many old Lancashire mill towns, a little bit grim, a little bit run-down and definitely not like either Milan or the Brazilian resort of Florianopolis and it's certainly not a regular haunt for wealthy Brazilians. And yet the football club has been insisting this week […]

Roy Hodgson takes a walk to get his mind off Liverpool's poor run of form. He's followed by assistant manager Sammy Lee. Watch the video to see where their feet take them.