The life of a top level referee is a tough one. Before the age of blanket coverage of the beautiful game referees could go about their job and to a certain extent slip into the background when the work was done. Such an existence is no longer possible as a bad day at the office now sparks […]

Since Real Madrid's £80m swoop on Cristiano Ronaldo, I've read plenty of responses by United supporters insisting this was a positive move for the team. Man U is not one player. We've got 80m to spend. We're fine. No, really. While the Ronaldo move was inevitable and £80m is a handsome bundle of cash to […]

The entire saga surrounding the proposed selling of Portsmouth FC to Dr. Sulaiman al-Fahim has really opened my eyes as to what the British media considers journalism. First a little back story. Pompey have been in financial trouble for quite some time, as has been documented by the media as well as the club. Harry […]

In March 2009, Rafa Benitez and Sir Alex Ferguson got into a war of words about how much money they had spent in the transfer market. “They [Liverpool] are well ahead of us in spending in the last five years,” Ferguson, the United manager, said, insisting that Liverpool had outspent United by £24 million during […]

The United States gave a heroic effort against Italy in South Africa but as has been typical of the US in big games, they fell short and serious questions about the tactics persist. Fox Sports Jamie Trecker, the Miami Herald's Adam Beasley and Hannah Lee of Forza Football breakdown the game. Special thanks to Hannah […]

Ah, isn't buying a football club the easiest thing in the world. Look how quickly Abramovich bought Chelsea, the Glazers bought Manchester United and the Abu Dhabi group picked up City. Compared to the protracted nature of the proposed takeover of Portsmouth, even buying Newcastle United may be easier. When Sulaiman Al-Fahim reappeared in May […]

Photo from Getty Images/FIFA.com Some quick points: I believe Rico Clark's sending off was justified. I've heard and seen since the red card arguments against it, but if you tackle from the side with your cleats out and get no part of the ball, that's a letter of the law for sending off. In fact […]

It was not the start that England's Under 21 side wanted, but it could have been a whole lot worse after today's close shave against a Finland side full of surprises. By finding themselves in the toughest of the two groups with Spain and Germany, this was the game that Stuart Pearce would have targeted […]

TODAY vs Italy: Adam Beasley, Miami Herald Hannah Lee, Forza Football Jamie Trecker, Fox Sports Thursday vs Brazil Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports Phil Schoen, GOL TV Sunday vs Egypt Show details to be announced later. Listen to our Confederations Cup Preview with DuNord's Bruce McGuire and the USA Today's Beau Dure here

Few would have expected New Zealand to pull an upset over a Spain who entered the fray of the FIFA Confederations Cup boasting a 32 match unbeaten streak. But no one could have predicted that Liverpool's Fernando Torres would score a hat trick within the first seventeen minutes of play. Torres rapidly erases any doubt […]

I've seen some horrible green-screen effects before, but the action footage from the trailer for Goal 3 (see above) has got to be some of the cheesiest I've ever seen in my life. Let's hope the movie is better than the trailer, but I doubt it. For the second summer in a row, the Premier […]

Bonhams auction house will be conducting an auction of rare football memorabilia this Wednesday in England, and some of the items available for bidding are incredible. Here are just a few of the items that caught my eye. Feel free to browse through the entire catalog to unearth other treasures.

February 2007, the dawning of a great new era in Liverpool's history as Tom Hicks and George Gillett bought the club from the Moore's family. Promising massive investment and the funds for the construction for the new stadium that Liverpool needed, it seemed as if Liverpool were finally about to catch up with Manchester United […]

Good crowds attended this week's eight matches, except of course in Dallas. The league averaged just over 16,600. The week began with west leading Chivas USA visiting Houston. A midweek turnout of over 14,500 saw the Dynamo continue its good form. On Saturday, the east's top teams clashed in DC in front of over 18,300. […]

They were supposed to be the group that brought the US to unforeseen heights in world football. The first group of players to graduate the Bradenton Academy joined with the young players who had done so impressively for the US at the 1999 World Youth Championship to usher in a generational change for the US […]