Top 5 Asian (AFC) Footballers
Up until the 2002 World Cup in South Korea/Japan, Asian football didn’t exactly get a great deal of attention. But, following South Korea’s run to the semifinals and Japan’s appearance…
Twenty20 Football?
With the success of Twenty20 cricket in raising the profile and popularity of the most benign of sports, radical FA plans to create a rival Twenty20 have been leaked to…
Tonya Antonucci Interview: Women’s Professional Soccer CEO
The Women’s Professional Soccer league kicks off its inaugural season in April 2009. WPS teams will be based in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and…
2008 Olympics Football Fixtures & Results
Beijing 2008 Olympics – Men’s Football fixtures and results, all in one place! Bookmark this page and share away:
World Sport Chicago International Cup
For the past week, Chicago has been peppered with pint-sized footballers from around the globe here to compete in the World Sport Chicago International Cup tournament from July 24-27. The…
Among the Hugs: Is Cuddly MLS Really Turning Violent?
West Hammered: MLS Learns from the Pros While English cynicism used to be a cherished import in the all-too-earnest hinterland of soccer-loving North America, the bile has lost its caché…
What Coaches Want From Their Players
As fans we see the game of football very differently from the coaches and managers. How many times have we watched a game and then heard the manager talk about…
Transfers – A Question of Loyalty and Honesty?
With Frank Lampard’s demands at Chelsea firmly on the agenda right now, it’s had me thinking about how sad it is that the trust I once had in players at…
Is Sepp Blatter a Marxist?
For all those enraged by the hundreds of millions of pounds in inflated transfer fees flying between the stadia of Europe this summer: there was once a bearded man from…
Loyalty Means Nothing – and Lamps Is The Worst Of The Lot
“I understand why Manchester United fans booed me,” Rio Ferdinand said after the last game of the 2004-2005 season. “I’ve heard I’m being greedy but some of the figures thrown…
Are MLS and the Fans Overreacting Over Cuauhtemoc Blanco’s ‘Pitch Rage?’
Within the last week, the roar around the Chicago Fire’s Cuauhtemoc Blanco and D.C. United’s Clyde Simms incident has swelled and is finally subsiding. For those who have yet to…
Transfer Rumors (12 July 08): United make Berbatov bid, Arsenal officially tie up Nasri, two out, one in at Liverpool, and more
There’s not a great deal of actual speculation in today’s roundup, as there are several signings to report, and there are a few more that are set to be finalized…
Slavery in Soccer? I Don’t Think So
It’s amusing how the term “slavery” gets thrown around these days. In November of 2003, Rasheed Wallace compared the NBA’s Zero-Tolerance policy concerning arguing with referees to slavery. “That’s retarded,”…
Gato, the next Superstar?
Every now and again a player appears on the horizon and you think ‘this could be the one’. A few years ago me and my colleague were in Brazil watching…
What Are They Doing?
Oliver Fowler takes a quick snapshot of what footballers are doing this summer. Take a look for yourself:
