All across England and around the world, journalists and bloggers are writing about how Fernando Torres was the deciding factor in Liverpool's game against Chelsea on Sunday. The man who scored two world-class goals. The man who is back in top form. And so on. But rather than focus on Torres, who is well-deserving of […]

Well, well, well ... look who's getting the open thread up in time to give you the opportunity to really shape the show. This weekend, the English Premier League was reshaped, with Chelsea returning to the pack, Arsenal's struggle persisting, and Liverpool (yes, Liverpool) giving us one of the most impressive performances of the season. […]

Swansea City made a massive statement Sunday when they defeated Cardiff City 1-0 in the Welsh capital. Cardiff were defeated fairly and squarely by a much superior Swansea side who thoroughly deserved all three points. With Cardiff being one of the favorites to be promoted from the Championship this season, the loss to Swansea will […]

Round eleven has been full of surprises, and Sunday's matches promise to be just as exciting. Dortmund have a fantastic chance to extend their lead at the top of the Bundesliga table to four points after Mainz's loss yesterday, and Jurgen Klopp will make sure that his side remain professional and determined. Here are the […]

Well, well, well, what just happened within a three day period? The only two sides that qualified for the MLS Cup playoffs in the Eastern Conference were knocked out after their home leg. While the Earthquakes put three past the Red Bulls and won 3-2 on aggregate, the Columbus Crew — who were also down […]

Soccer fans in the U.S. have long debated whether playoffs should be part of the beautiful game. Yesterday's Real Salt Lake/FC Dallas match showed exactly why the MLS playoffs can be special, as the lower-seeded Dallas knocked off the defending MLS champions with a 1-1 draw, 3-2 win on aggregate. Real Salt Lake came into […]

There's not just one massive game today in the Premier League. There are three. The first features Arsenal at home against Newcastle United. A couple of weeks ago, Arsenal cruised to a 4-0 victory at St. James's Park in the Carling Cup, but I have a feeling that today's match will be much closer and […]

Owen Hargreaves suffered another injury set back just six minutes in to his Manchester United comeback. The likeable midfielder was making his first start in over two years, but was forced off early on with a hamstring complaint. Speaking after United’s 2-1 over Wolves, assistant manager Mike Phelan admitted the injury to Hargreaves was very […]

Round eleven has seen some very surprising results, and none more so than Frankfurt thumping Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich just nipping a point at Gladbach. Let's get to the results! Borussia Monchengladbach 3 – 3 Bayern Munich I thought Bayern might thump their hosts here, but boy was I wrong. To be fair, though, Bayern […]

Two matches have been played so far this weekend, and the more interesting result of the two has to be the 1-1 draw which was played out between Inter Milan and Brescia. The other match played was a 2-0 for Bologna against Lecce, with Di Vaio and Gimenez scoring simple tap ins. But the match […]

Sunday's massive match between Chelsea and Liverpool (11am ET, Fox Soccer Channel) should be a relatively straightforward game for the Blues. Considering how both teams have played so far this season, Chelsea should overpower Liverpool with ease. But such is the game of football that you never know. Liverpool, as we saw in their comeback […]

It's been a joy so far watching how ESPN's broadcast of the Premier League on Saturday mornings has evolved. It's grown, in such a short amount of time, to more of a Premier League show than just a soccer match. Today's broadcast of the Bolton Wanderers versus Tottenham Hotspur was a perfect example of that. […]

With Schalke finally grabbing a domestic win, and Stuttgart and Bayern Munich beginning to hit some form, it feels like the Bundesliga is finally taking a big, competitive swing at the smaller teams in the league. With Borussia Dortmund, Mainz, Hoffenheim and Leverkusen occupying the top four positions, and Schalke, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich and Hamburg […]

In today's Premier League action, there's plenty of promise in store for good soccer matches. Tottenham's visit to Bolton's Reebok Stadium should be a good one to watch with all eyes on Gareth Bale to see if he'll be tired from his mid-week marathon when he ran laps past Maicon. In other games today, Fulham […]

This will be a very interesting weekend, mainly because of all that has happened to mount up to these couple of days. While you had Inter Milan losing 3-1 away to Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League, we also saw Roma win 3-2 away in Switzerland against FC Basel. AC Milan did their best against […]