After watching Arsene Wenger's young guns humiliated at home for the second time in less than a week, the perennial questions surrounding Le Professeur's philosphy and transfer window policy are being whipped about in earnest. The possibility of a waning Arsenal side doing enough to steal third place from Chelsea could only be called that, […]

Week 35 of the Serie A was full of tight matches showing the competitive balance of Italy's 1st Division of Football. Only one match had a goal differential of more than 2 goals and there were 6 draws over the weekend. One of those draws delayed a Scudetto celebration for Inter Milan. Chievo battled Il […]

Here in the US we like to break things into large portions. Halves in football, thirds in hockey, quarters in basketball(eighth's only count in pizza). Which leads me to this; time to look a deeper at some of this season's numbers as this week the MLS season has passed the quarter mark. At this point […]

The magic number for Week 35 action in La Liga was 3. That number was massive as 7 of the 10 matches this weekend had at least 3 goals scored, in those matches 7 teams scored at least 3 goals by themselves including the stunning 3-3 draw at the Camp Nou. Barcelona led Villarreal 3-1 […]

Marco van Basten told us Ryan Babel might just be the next Thierry Henry. And there have been some instances to suggest the 22-year-old could be on the path to greatness: Babel's 40 yard blast against Chelsea to give Liverpool a breath of hope in last year's Champions League semi-final. His arched rocket past Edwin […]

In the last few years a great deal of ink has been spent in the American football press about how young aspiring American soccer players must go to Academies and then skip college for MLS or a trip to Europe in order to properly develop. I've never subscribed entirely to this view as culturally our […]

It was called a victory for football. With the free-flowing, attack minded Barca defeating the dour hard-nosed boys from West London, with their stifling, aggressive and negative tactics. But it wasn't total football that won Barca the game last Wednesday night, it was one moment of brilliance from Iniesta in the last minute – Barca's […]

It was another exciting weekend of football in the Premier League. Liverpool continued to keep the heat on Sir Alex Ferguson after the Merseyside club beat West Ham United 3-0, while Manchester United moved one step closer to the 2008/2009 title with their comfortable 2-0 derby win. Is the race over or is it just […]

A photograph of Stoke City's new away shirt for the 2009-2010 season have been revealed. Stoke City's new away football kit will be black with red trim. Designed and manufactured by Le Coq Sportif, the shirt will be sponsored by Britannia Building Society. The new black away kit will replace Stoke's current design which is […]

The latest episode of Special 1 TV is out, and it's chock full of references to last week's Champions League drama. The Special One gives his views about Pep Guardiola, Didier Drogba, Guus Hiddink, Arsenal's exit at the hands of Manchester United and more — including the Swedish version of Special 1 TV. Enjoy.

As the last World Cup hosts, Germany unsurprisingly have an array of impressive stadiums. There are no fewer than 11 football stadiums with a capacity of at least 50,000, 10 of which are called home by Bundesliga clubs. This is compared to only four English football grounds, including Wembley, to have a capacity above 50,000. […]

Who is the real target demographic of professional soccer in the U.S.? Is it Soccer Moms? Is it Soccer players? Is it Latino people? Sure, Soccer Moms, Latinos and Soccer players make up some of the peripheral targets, but who makes up the core target? One U.S. pro soccer fan thinks he's the core target demo. He's 41 and 1/2 […]

This week's nine matches averaged over 14,800, about 1,300 less than last year's seven matches. The NBA and NHL playoffs continue. Boston, Dallas, Denver, Houston and LA have teams alive in the NBA, while the NHL still shows Anaheim, Boston, Chicago and DC(well kind of, the Capitols). I'll leave it to smarter folks than me […]

Football loves dominant sides. Think of Herbert Chapman's Arsenal of the 1920s, ravaging England with the WM formation; Real Madrid of the early days of the European Cup, with Alfredo di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas wreaking havoc on unsuspecting continental champions; Liverpool getting comfy on their "fucking perch," winning four European cups in the span […]

Who else could have saved Blackburn so effortlessly? Sat second bottom of the Premier League, five points from safety with just 13 points from 17 games, Sam Allardyce succeeded Paul Ince as Blackburn Rovers' manager, and in less than 20 games he has made them all but safe – almost in second gear. He took Bolton […]