The group stage starts on October 25 and Matchday 1 has a very tasty matchup. Former European champions FK Crvena Zvezda and FC Bayern München meet in Belgrade. "Red Star" will be hoping to maintain their unbeaten home record against "FC Hollywood", while the German giants are heavy favourites to win the UEFA Cup this […]

There are two very attractive matchups this weekend but both fixtures look to be impacted heavily by injuries (or travel exhaustion) suffered by key players. First let's look at the Real Madrid v Espanyol match. Real Madrid will be without Arjen Robben, Robinho and Gabriel Heinze for their trip to Barcelona. A potential boost to […]

Jonathan Starling keeps us posted: Pre-Match Thoughts: Well the big matches continue for LA and the big conundrum is will David Beckham get on the pitch? Do you want to mess with the confidence of this side right now by inserting Beckham back into the line up? Sure he's on the bench, but with the […]

Jonathan Starling will be doing a live blog tonight on this critical match. Please join us at 11 PM EST/8 PT for the blog!

With a night's worth of perspective on yesterday's 1-0 US victory over Switzerland, here are my thoughts. Maurice Edu was my man of the match and Bob Bradley deserves lots of credit to notice Edu's value in training and to give him the start. Heath Pearce had a shaky summer and poor start to his […]

The fate of whether England qualifies for next summer's Euro 2008 is now in the hands of Israel after the English national team lost 2-1. If Russia beats Israel and Andorra in its remaining matches, then both Croatia and Russia will qualify automatically leaving England to watch the tournament on television. The pinnacle match deciding […]

FULL TIME: USA 1 SWITZERLAND 0 . MY MAN OF THE MATCH: MAURICE EDU + 2 Adu's free kick right on the frame but saved by the Swiss keeper. + 1 Freddy Adu taken down right outside the box! He's playing out of his mind! Stoppage Time 2 minutes: Robbie Findley gets his first cap […]

I'm feeling a little down about this one. I have a bad feeling this will be a 3-0 or 4-0 match. Earlier today England lost to Russia 2-1 and Portugal beat Kazakhstan 2-1 in matches of interest to our readers. England now needs help to qualify for Euro 2008 and Portugal looks to have survived […]

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Bolton Wanderers today sacked Sammy Lee as manager of its football club. Taking a page from Chelsea's book, the club claims the decision was "by mutual consent," which is the new corporate speak for "we sacked him for doing a terrible job, but we're too nice to say that, so we'll say we both came […]

I'm in New York today and tomorrow attending another Internet marketing conference, but it's so refreshing to be in a city in the States that embraces soccer — even on a small scale. Compare this to my home near West Palm Beach, Florida, where soccer is almost invisible. In New York, I've taken three cab […]

Internazionale striker David Suazo has received a one-match suspension for what was deemed by the referee to be a flagrant elbow on PSV Eindhoven defender Carlos Salcido during their Matchday 2 fixture. He was only given the one-match ban and not a three-game suspension as the UEFA disciplinary committee felt that the incident could not […]

Bob Bradley has added Taylor Twellman and Brad Guzan to the US squad for tomorrow's matchup with Switzerland.

Chicago Fire: Will clinch a playoff spot IF:Chicago defeats LA on Sunday OR IFChicago ties LA on Sunday AND any two of the following occur:LA fails to win against NY on ThursdayKansas City loses to FC Dallas on SaturdayColorado fails to win against RSL on Saturday OR IFChicago loses to LA on Sunday AND any […]

Thanks to the good folks at Soccer 365 for this. Chicago Fire: Will clinch a playoff spot IF:Chicago defeats LA on Sunday OR IFChicago ties LA on Sunday AND any two of the following occur:LA fails to win against NY on ThursdayKansas City loses to FC Dallas on SaturdayColorado fails to win against RSL on […]