Drew Moor was responsible for both Mexico goals with some bad marking on set pieces. Yet I don't believe Moor had an awful match. He found space and beautifully set up Jozy Altidore for the second goal. Moor also was good during the run of play winning several 50-50 balls. Ramiro Corrales looked lost in […]

I'll be posting live comments from the press box here at Reliant Stadium over on CSRN's The Third Half hosted by Johnathan Starling- join me over there.

Bob Bradley has named 18 year old phenomena Jozy Altidore to the starting lineup for the first time in his Senior National team career tonight. Freddy Adu will start the night on the subs bench. Other surprises include Ramiro Corrales getting the nod over Heath Pearce at left back and Drew Moor starting at right […]

Distinctly average. That's how I would categorize England's performance for the majority of their 2-1 friendly victory over Switzerland tonight. Distinctly average. If the England players wanted to come out and set a positive tone to impress new manager Fabio Capello, I'd have to say that as a group, they didn't accomplish their goal. David […]

The latest installment of the Jose Mourinho parody "I'm on Setanta Sports" is now online. In this clip, Jose announces that he has made a dramatic new signing for his Setanta show, and shows a clip of his classic Champions League press conference when he named the entire Barcelona team.

I've been focusing on the England national team over the past week or so here, trying to divert attention away from the Premiership a little bit and to the new era under Fabio Capello. Injuries have limited the options Capello was able to choose from for the friendly today against Switzerland, but if I had […]

I don't think this is a shock to anyone. Liverpool's local hero had been the skipper in John Terry's absence in the fateful Euro 2008 qualifiers against Russia and Croatia last year and with Terry injured AGAIN, Gerrard was the odds-on favorite to lead England out today in their friendly against Switzerland. The only other choice […]

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by Kevin Walker Matchday 21 between Fiorentina and Milan was climactic to say the least. At the end of the first half the scoreline was still goalless and after much of the second, it looked destined to be the same. In the 77th minute new arrival Alexandre Pato changed everything after receiving a cross from […]

I'll be traveling to Houston tomorrow morning to attend the US-Mexico friendly at Reliant Stadium. Anyone who wishes to meet up with me in Houston please email me at kartik@csrnusa.com or leave a comment here. I want to thank Brian Zygo of the World Soccer Wrap podcast show for his advance work on our efforts […]

After squandering an early 2-0 lead, Cameroon needed a 92nd minute goal from Stade Rennais midfielder Stéphane Mbia to beat Tunisia today and advance to the semifinals. The extra time goal was Mbia's second of the game and spoiled any hope of a Tunisian upset, which was only made possible in the first place after […]

Sweeping from the left A goal only he could score Zinedine Kilbane

After this weekend a Google search for "Sven" and "Up the Arse" won't lead you astray as Arsenal defeated Manchester City 3-1 away from home to move to the top of the table. Adebayor dropped a deuce, scoring in his eighth straight match. Eduardo also controlled a ball magnificently with his chest to set up […]

Listen. I'm not the type of guy to fake humility and modesty; when I predict something or hype something up beforehand and it comes to fruition, I'm the first person to stand up and say "Yeah, that's right, I said that would happen." I don't see what's wrong with that. To me, the majority of […]