The firings of Tony Adams by Portsmouth and Big Phil Scolari by Chelsea brought the total number of clubs that have changed managers this season to seven, and the number of managerial changes to eight. That turnover rate seems quite high and quickly cycling managers seldom leads to success. It would seem that managers […]

Last Saturday was another frustrating day as for the second time in four days (& the third time in a month) Crystal Palace's Championship fixture was called off – not due to Peaches Geldof's pending divorce, Michael Phelps being pictured purportedly smoking marijuana from a bong or that 'idiot' Gordon Brown…........no you guessed it, it […]

CONCACAF World Cup Qualification begins the home stretch tonight as round one of the hexagonal begins and what a clash to start out with. The weather is miserable, but not cold in Columbus and the United States only have Mexico to contend with. Can the United States get off on the right foot? Will this […]

The 5th round of the FA Cup gets underway this Saturday and Sunday and the question is will there be any upsets or will it be business as usual? Watford v Chelsea – Vicarage Road Just last week I would have said there was no chance of Watford pulling an upset but I’m not sure. […]

The LA Galaxy and AC Milan have until Friday to work out an agreement to see where David Beckham will play for after the March transfer date. With the start of the MLS season coming quickly it will be nice to have this finally come to an end so it won’t distract the Galaxy as […]

Ronaldo Practicing With Portugal (Reuters) It is hard to separate the difference between the bubble that is football at its highest level and the reality of the world right now. I read Spanish news everyday and the headlines are very similar to those here in the United States. Apparently Real Madrid were the affected by […]

Today's friendly between Spain and England will unfortunately not be on U.S. TV. Instead, Setanta Premium has the rights to the game and will be showing the match nationwide at select pubs. Coverage starts at 4pm ET. To find a venue closest to you, use Setanta's Venue Finder. In the UK, the game will be […]

Arsenal's new away shirt for the 2009/2010 season will reportedly be hunter green, reminscent of their away shirt from the 1982-83 season. Manufactured by Nike, here are two design mockups of what the shirts may look like courtesy of Football Shirts and designer Whitey. The design mockups show two possibilities. One, a more modern design. […]

Barca will place this ad on the Argentine jersey for today´s friendly ¨Abidal, injure Leo and find youself another team- FCB¨

For Chelsea fans, this is another case of 'here we go again'. The Chelsea international manager merry-go-round continued Tuesday after Roman went all guns blazing after the man who has been managing the national team of his birth. Despite all the media reports of Avram Grant, Frank Rijkaard, even the team of Giofranco Zola and […]

Week 23 of the Serie A was loaded with great drama & theater. Udinese & Juventus both got game winners in 2nd half injury time. Fiorentina got 3 points from Alberto Gilardino in the 89th minute and Chievo & Siena gave their fans heart palpitations with late goals to salvage a point. However, the Team […]

http://media.libsyn.com/media/majorleaguesoccertalk/MLS_Talk_63.mp3 Scott French, the managing editor of The Soccer Magazine formerly Major League Soccer Magazine joins us to discuss among other things the magazine's rebranding, US-Mexico, the inaugural season of WPS, and the CONCACAF Champions League.

England Manager Fabio Capello has played a critical role in pushing David Beckham towards Serie A club AC Milan and away from the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer. This is particularly disheartening because Capello, who managed Beckham at AC Milan for a time did not seem to mind Beckham playing in MLS during England's […]

The magic of the FA Cup was on display during the replay of the Derby-Nottingham Forest cup tie. This was more then just your average Derby match, the rivalry between these two clubs is fierce and the fact that one club has the opportunity to knock the other out of the oldest cup competition makes […]

In recent years, Fernando Torres was a nightmare to Barcelona defenses. It seemed like in every encounter El Niño seemed to score and Atlético was a bogey team during the height of the Rijkaard regime.