We are all wondering about the possibility of Hertha providing a surprise winner to one of Europe's premier leagues. With 10 games to go, it becomes feasible that we can map it out and give a best guess as to the possibility. If we take a look at the fixtures, it is not only possible, […]

Could this be Manchester City's new home shirt for the 2009-10 season? We knew that Le Coq Sportif had been dropped in favor of Umbro, and that Thomas Cook's days as the shirt sponsor were numbered. And that Man City had talks with Etihad Airlines. But is the above photo the genuine article or a […]

The big day has finally arrived. The first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League semifinal will feature the Puerto Rico Islanders of our USL versus Cruz Azul of the dominant FMF. Puerto Rico was able to handle Santos Laguna at home during the group stages in a game which ended with typically unsporting play and […]

What would you pay for Champions League success? "Imagine if we had an extra 100 million euros available, then I'd tell our fans to get ready to celebrate winning the Champions League," says Bayern general manager Uli Hoeness in an interview with Wirtschaftswoche. His proposal involves an increase of 2 € of Germany's TV licensing […]

There are only 10 weeks left in the Serie A and now is the time where teams who want to move into a European spot must make their move. Same goes for teams that want to avoid relegation. This week's winner made a big move to avoid relegation. Remember that the Serie A Team Of […]

It seems like yesterday for some football fans, a day burned in to the memories of English footballs collective consciousness. The 1980's saw three major footballing disasters hit English football, The dreadful fire at Bradford City's title party which claimed the lives of 56 fans on May 11th 1985, 18 days later we then witnessed […]

Anyone who's caught Tottenham in action recently will not fail to have been impressed by Aaron Lennon's recent form on the right hand side of Spurs' midfield. For me, it'll be a major surprise if he's not in Fabio Capello's next England squad for the Friendly against Slovakia and the qualifier in Kiev against the […]

Why is Michael Essien so underrated is a mystery to me. I must admit that I was nonplussed about him as a player, knowing next to nothing about him when he signed for Chelsea from Lyon in August 2005 for £24 million. That was in the dark days before I had Setanta and could immerse […]

Peter Wilt, the President/CEO/Part owner of the Chicago Red Stars of WPS joins us to talk about the new team as well as the history of the Chicago Fire, an organization he ran from its inception until a few seasons ago. A can't miss podcast for any fan of the game from the Chicago-land area […]

We are already in mid-March and wow has this year flown by. Why is it the older you get the faster the years go by? Anyway, you aren't reading this caring about the speed of years, you want to know what team is the La Liga Team Of The Week for Jornada 27. This time we got a […]

Finally nearly two years later, this matter has come to a close. As a Sheffield United fan i found the behaviour of my own club at times to be embarrassing. The blame though has to be laid at the Premier Leagues door. The initial punishment for West Ham United's actions at the time was pathetic. A […]

Podcast Interview with Peter Wilt regarding the Chicago Red Stars and the history of the Chicago Fire: LATE MONDAY Preview of Puerto Rico's CONCACAF semi-final clash with Cruz Azul: TUESDAY MLS Western Conference Preview: WEDNESDAY MLS Eastern Conference Preview: THURSDAY A Look Around CONCACAF: FRIDAY Thank you for your continued patronage of Major League Soccer […]

I am going through the process of learning German and while finding the toilet is always nice, it really doesn’t help when it comes to the reason I want to learn the language: Fußball. So here are seven random words for you who don’t know German to learn. You will come across them on occasion. […]

Read through the following news headlines from this past weekend that I handpicked. Enjoy. "Humiliated Sir Alex Ferguson Laments Scheduling" (The Times). Fergie shows what a sore loser he is after the Liverpool match by refusing to be interviewed by Sky Sports because of the early Saturday afternoon kick-off. For all the praise Ferguson gets, […]

Sepp Blatter doesn't know when to shut up. The Anglophobic President of FIFA has now extended his war against English speaking peoples across the pond in attacking Major League Soccer. Blatter believes MLS should move to what he refers to as a "traditional calender." What exactly is the traditional calender? Is it the calender that […]