Copa America: No flash in the pan Paraguay meets Argentina
Today, Roque Santa Cruz, Salvador Cabanas, and Edgar Baretto come up against Argentina. Although both countries are through to...
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Copa America: Team USA’s wasted opportunity
Good coaches always make adjustments. Bob Bradley has run into a mini crisis of sorts. We can argue that...
Jupp Derwall: The end of an era of cynical soccer
Germany’s success at the last World Cup was not only measured by its unexpected entry into the semi-finals but...
Video: Copa America: Argentina outclasses USA, 4-1
Argentina vs USAUploaded by BozWolf Riquelme had a hand in three out of the four goals. Crespo scored a...
Video: Copa America: Roque and Cabanas tear Colombia apart, 5-0
Paraguay 5-0 Colombia (1-0 Santa Cruz)Uploaded by GolesTV Roque Santa Cruz scores a hat trick and then Salvador Cabanas...
Can the US blunt Riquelme and Messi?
Group C: Argentina v. USA Time: 20:50 (local) / 20:50 ET / 00:50 GMT, June 28, 2007 Venue: Estadio...
Video: Copa America: Mexico shocks Brazil, 2-0
Brazil 0 – 1 Mexico – CastilloUploaded by FootballHeaven Nery Castillo’s sweet touch on the ball and a horrible...
Video: Chile vs Ecuador: 3-2. Goalkeeping was a letdown
Ecuador 2-3 Chile (2-3 Villanueva)Uploaded by GolesTV Carlos Villaneuva scores the winner through this sweetly struck freekick. An inert...
Video: Cuauhtemoc Blanco’s goal: 1999 Confederations Cup final
The biggest win in Mexican soccer history as they beat Brazil, 4-3 with the Blanco goal.
Tevez linked to Arsenal: It might come down to minutes
David Trezeguet is back with Juventus after signing a new contract. He would have been the wrong choice for...
Ana Paula de Oliviera shows a red card
Ana Paula de Oliviera, one of the few woman soccer referees in the world, is in the news again....
The US wins and the loser is Max Bretos
It was a very entertaining but error prone match with great goalkeeping from Tim Howard and Oswaldo Sanchez who...
Is Anelka coming back to Arsenal?
A replacement for Thierry Henry is now on the frontburner. Nicholas Anelka has been a long standing admirer of...
Video: Thierry Henry’s goals
Quick feet.
Video: 1970 World Cup final: Brazil 4 Italy 1
The Guardian relives the 1970 World Cup final where arguably the best team of all time captured the Jules...
Video: Copa Libertadores finals: Boca Juniors 2 Gremio 0
Boca took the Copa Libertadores title as they outclassed Gremio. Juan Roman Riquelme showed again why he is the...
Alexi Lalas says that the Premiership is inferior
Alexi Lalas in an interview says the Premiership is all hype and this inferior product is sustained through clever...
Could Juande Ramos be Man City’s new manager?
Man City must be born under a bad sign. Sam Allardyce was courted and turned the job down, joining...
Mallorca should not give up late goals
Mallorca is one of the tougher defenses conceding 44 which compares quite favourably with Real’s 39. However a majority...
The US enters the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals
The US made the CONCACAF semi-finals by beating Panama, 2-1 and meet Canada who beat Guatemala, 3-0. Landon Donovan...
Fabianski challenges Lehmann, Henry challenges Arsenal boardroom
Lukacz Fabianksi has said that he did not come to Arsenal to sit on the bench and will challenge...
Becks for now remains with LA: He will go later
Soccerblog had made the prediction that Real would try and buyout Beckham back from the LA Galaxy at the...
Franco Foda thankfully did not play in Portugal or Brazil
The Guardian’s Knowledge has an entry on soccer players with unusual names like Norman Conquest and Bongo Christ but...
Angel’s MLS form should pique Jorge Luis Pinto’s interest
There is a lot of speculation in the English media about how David Beckham’s selection to the English squad...
Gordon Brown’s first order of business: Thierry Henry
Gordon Brown, the man taking over Tony Blair’s job recently met Titi. Brown was asked if Henry had said...
Beckham revisited
There is no doubt that the uptick in English fortunes in the recent Brazil friendly and the Estonia win...
Eddie Johnson disappears again
Tentative. That is the word to describe the US, especially in the second half. I think Bob Bradley needs...
Roberto Carlos new address: Fenerbahce
No, he is not coming to the MLS to join his Real team mate, David Beckham. I thought signing...
England vs Estonia: Damocles sword hangs over McLaren
“I have seen the crystal ball. And it looks awful.” Steve McLaren is hoping that the English fans will...
Allardyce in full rehab mode
Newcastle is assuming a physically punishing look with Allardyce around. It is going to be the Tyneside version of...
Where are the Soca Warriors? In Sunderland, of course
The CONCACAF Gold Cup won’t see the Soca Warriors who made history in the 2006 World Cup but that...
CONCACAF Gold Cup: Any spoilers in the expected Mexico vs USA finals?
Mexico is in a tougher group than the USA. The Tris have Panama and Honduras in group C as...
Berti Vogts in the hot seat in Nigeria
Scotland endured agony when Berti Vogts was made the coach of the Tartans. They suffered a series of humiliating...
Eddie Johnson creates MLS history
Eddie Johnson scored a hat trick against the New England Revs giving the Wizards a pulsating victory, 4-3 last...
Liverpool fans are the worst in Europe …..
…. so sayeth UEFA. Wow! A bit harsh. Reactions??
The thing from Tring: Graham Poll hangs up his hat
Herbert Fandel was not the only referee making the news. Josip Simunic will be sorry to hear that Graham...
The ugly face of soccer: Christian Poulsen and an African tragedy
Twelve fans died and fifty injured in a Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Zambia and Congo as they...
Anelka is wrong for Man Utd
Correct me if you will but not too long ago Sir Alex was waxing eloquent on how the Man...
FIFA is working against SA’s preparation for the 2010 World Cup
Observer Sport’s Xan Rice examines South Africa’s preparation in hosting the 2010 World Cup. The naysayers bring out the...
Video: Mexican Clausura 2007: Blanco’s goal
Blanco’s free kick put America level with Pachuca but Juan Carlos Cacho capped his tremendous season with Pachuca’s equalizer....
Video: German Cup final: Nuremberg 3 VfB Stuttgart 2
A wonder goal by Jan Kristiansen wins Nuremberg their first German silverware in 38 years.
Le Monde sued for doping allegations against Spanish clubs
The trickle of cycling confessionals have recently became a deluge as the spigot is turned loose. Now it is...
Video: Mexican Clausura 2007: First leg: Pachuca 2 America 1
Cacho gets two goals and Blanco pulls one back through a penalty. Today’s game is at the Hidalgo stadium....
Fulham’s US squad return to accolades
There was no bigger goal in Fulham’s season than Clint Dempsey’s match winner against Liverpool. The win gave Fulham...
2007 Mexican Clausura: Cuauhtemoc Blanco’s final weekend
Mexican Clausura 2007 final Club America vs Pachuca at the Azteca stadium This weekend will be an emotional one...
Juan Pablo Angel: The man is rocking the MLS
So far the former Aston Villa striker has proved to be a godsend for the NY Red Bulls and...
Video: Copa Libertadores: Riquelme proves that he is still the best
Boca Juniors reached the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores beating Paraguay’s Libertad, 2-0. Juan Roman Riquelme was instrumental in...
Cucuta Deportivo enter the Copa Libertadores semis
The Colombian team continued its magical run defeating Nacional of Uruguay on goal aggregate as they won the first...
Why we love transfer season: The rumours
Sometimes this stuff is even better than the matches. Just google Arsene Wenger and you will find that he...
Inzaghi’s clueless deflection deflates Liverpool
It was hard to find a pulse in this match. But there were plenty of dives and fouls to...
Video: In tribute to the Heysel victims
Not all CL finals were happy occasions. The 1985 finals at Heysel Stadium resulted in one of soccer’s worst...
Video: 2003 CL finals: Milan wins on PKs over Juve
A feast of brilliant goalkeeping by Dida and Buffon as both teams go head to head in the penalty...
Video: 1984 CL finals: Liverpool wins on PKs over Roma
Phil Neal gets Liverpool on their way to a fourth CL title.
Video: 1977 CL finals: Liverpool 3 B.Moenchengladbach 1
Phil Neal puts it away with his penalty for Liverpool’s first CL title. First 35 seconds is an excruciating...