It was a late afternoon start over at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland, Oregon, and it was the debut for two young coaches on both benches. One was promoted while the other was making his professional debut. But as we witnessed a tale of two halves in this wonderfully exciting game, MLS got their money’s worth. […]

FEUERSTEIN'S FIRE #139 MONDAY, MARCH 4TH 8PM EST – 5PM PST GUESTS Darius Shirzadi (Project Goal) Jack Bell (NY Times) Gary Richards (Former Fox Soccer Analyst) Red Bulls Hour: Recapping the 3-3 Draw in Portland & Media day. 2012-13 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTERFINAL 1st LEG REVIEW SHOW FRIDAY, MARCH 8TH 8PM EST – 5PM PST GUESTS […]

With the opening of the 2013 MLS season, the Seattle Sounders have the hype and the expectations of being serious Supporter Shield and MLS Cup contenders. But Saturday night it was the Montreal Impact who showed the composure and the experience that is indicative of a champion. Anchored by their two centerbacks Alessandro Nesta and […]

In what could be the turning point of the season, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Arsenal today in the Premier League to forge a 7 point lead and to push Spurs into third place. Post match, Villas-Boas was in confident mood saying that Arsenal won't catch up with Spurs. Wenger, meanwhile, said "It's very frustrating because we […]

Recently in England there’s been an obsession with the playmaker. Every side has one or more, even teams fighting to avoid relegation like QPR and Southampton. The recent infatuation with creativity and technique is a classic case of sides copying success. Barcelona have won everything with small, technical players, so leading Premier League sides mimicked […]

Following Arsenal's 2-1 loss in the north London derby, questions have to be asked about Arsene Wenger's grip on the club he has managed since 1996. Wenger has been regarded as one of the greatest managers in Europe. His revolution of English football and transformation of Arsenal has been recognized throughout. He modernized the game […]

Today's match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal is arguably one of the biggest Premier League matches for the next few weeks especially if you consider the race for the Premier League title to be over. Unusually, Tottenham is the clear favorite in this match. Gareth Bale is in the hottest form of his career and […]

FOX Soccer is pulling out of the stops today by featuring opinionated Arsenal supporter and TV host Piers Morgan in its pre-match, half-time and post game analysis for the Tottenham Hotspur-Arsenal coverage. While I hope that the match itself will be the main talking point, I wanted to create this open thread to give you […]

Not surprisingly, Arsenal Football Club has come out and denied the reports that the club has received a bid from a Middle East consortium to buy out the club. Yesterday's story reported that the bid was a few weeks away, so expect the story to continue during the next few weeks as British tabloids bring […]

The 2013 Major League Soccer season shoved off from the shores of the Delaware River on Saturday. The host Philadelphia Union were the dominant team in the match, but Sporting Kansas City took better advantage of their fewer chances and ended victorious 3-1 on a chilly March afternoon. Coming Home The story of this match […]

While most of the attention this weekend will be on tomorrow's north London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, there were still plenty of absorbing matches to watch this Saturday. In total, there were 22 goals today for an average goals per game of 2.75. Here are today's Premier League match highlights (restricted to US […]

Both the Sunday Telegraph and Sun newspapers are reporting in tomorrow's editions that Arsenal will be the subject of a £1.5 billion bid in the next few weeks from a Middle Eastern investment. The consortium — which has investors in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — have been working on a deal for the […]

You, the readers, have spoken. The book discussion selection for March is the very timely international bestseller entitled The Fix: Soccer And Organized Crime by author and investigative journalist Declan Hill. In a recent article by Declan Hill in BBC Sport, the Canadian author says that "I do not mean that there is rampant fixing […]

Ryan Giggs will play his 1,000th senior appearance today (as long as Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't spoil the plot). If he does play for the Red Devils, it'll be 22 years to the day when he made his debut for United on March 2, 1991. I, and many others, thought that Giggsy would be making his […]

The more that time passes, the more I wonder how out-of-touch Arsene Wenger is with modern day football management. He admitted in his press conference this morning that his team hasn't made any tactical plans to stop Gareth Bale. Instead, it appears that he'll trust the Arsenal defenders to stop Bale. But how many times […]