MLS playoff attendances continue to tank
New England Revs drew 5,221 fans for their first leg game against Chicago. Just woeful. The other games were...
Category: Soccer Politics
Video: The VW Routan soccer mom
Just a trifle better than Sarah Palin. The guy is so not looking forward to this journey. The VW...
NY Red Bulls: Dane Richards is the one man wrecking crew
Richards puts on the burners The NY Red Bulls came through for the greatest win in their 13 year...
Audacity of hope: The US will win the World Cup
Today, in the longest time, the US will get to that mountain top.
Arsenal: The recurring morning afters
I suspect we are in for many morning afters. It was Stoke this time. We are getting to the...
MLS palyoffs: Last minute equalizer saves Crew
The Wizards went ahead with a 53rd minute goal by Arnaud and then played the last 15 minutes a...
Sir Alex opens up a can of worms
The words exchanged between Sir Alex and Ramon Calderon might escalate into a diplomatic fracas between the Spanish and...
Soccer’s upper echelons: Despots and dementia
Marca’s cover morphs Sir Alex into the Franco of Manchester Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson came off the...
2010 World Cup: Afro-pessimism rears its head?
An old and deep rooted fear was stoked by a SA minister promoting the World Cup at the Beijing...
Deep thought: Will Russell Brand tar Obama by association
Brand resigned today from his BBC radio show following obscene calls left on the phone of Andrew Sachs that...
Maradona the manager is not a good choice
If Maradona can take Boca out of their current neurosis and put them on top of the table, I...
FC Barcelona targets Miami expansion
FC Barcelona signed CAA Sports, the agency that represents David Beckham and Fredrik Ljungberg to represent the club in...
Charlton Athletic: Dubai faces financial woes of its own
The reasons Zabeel Investments gave for not pursuing the Addicks were concerns regarding foreign ownership and the economic downturn...
The financial cost of letting Juande Ramos go
It could be over £20m. For that price they could have gotten Arshavin.
Spurs make wholesale changes
Harry Redknapp gets points right away for ass kissing Daniel Levy, on whose feet this whole mess should be...
Dennis Bergkamp back as coach?
This would be the best news in the world. Let it please be Arsenal in some capacity or the...
Beckham to move to Milan
The person most in the dark appears to be Bruce Arena who woke up to the news that his...
Sepp Blatter’s presidency is literally a wreck
Last Saturday afternoon FIFA president Sepp Blatter, 72, roared out of an Alpine mountain tunnel in his £100,000 luxurious...
Video: CL: Arsenal 5 Fenerbahce 2
Fenerhaçe – Arsenal (Şampiyonlar Ligi) 2-5Uploaded by TuRkMaTriX It was a goal fest as Adebayor, Walcott, Diaby, Song, and...
Shinawatra’s conviction shows the EPL in a poor light
Some decisions for the EPL following the Shinawatra sentence. Since the proper and fit test applies only to convicted...
Spurs: The I told you so department
Glad to see that Daniel Levy is jettisoning Damien Comolli from his position. We have been saying what a...
Arsenal vs Fenerbahce: Intriguing matchups
A very favourable match up for Arsenal: Theo Walcott vs Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos, a former Galactico pitting his...
Video: The US crush Cuba, 6-1
The US cruise into the final round of World Cup qualifying as Beasley (2), Donovan, Ching, Altidore, and Onyewu...
Is Scudamore the Dick Fuld of the EPL?
Recently Lord Triesman spoke at a conference about the dangers of mounting debt that English clubs face and advocated...
The credit crisis hits West Ham
Iceland moved closer to national bankruptcy as its highly leveraged banks reel from defaulting loans and failed investments. For...
Another Man Utd alumnus fails against the real guv’nor
Add Paul Ince to the roster of Man U alumni who have failed in their bid to put one...
LA Galaxy’s chances nosedive
Colorado just lost to the Houston Dynamo and a sigh of relief was heard from the Galaxy. The loss...
A piece of poor defending lets Arsenal down: Not height
Was it the lack of height that got Ledbitter the goal or the abject abandonment of good defending and...
The VP debate: Soccer moms are a barometer
Courtesy Sarah Palin: Asked about the economy, Palin suggested talking to a parent at a soccer game. “I’ll betcha...
Steven Wells makes the case for referees: Points against
“The referee is a useless, interfering, grandstanding bastard. ” Steven Wells lays the guilt trip. Not all referees are...
Deep thought: Why should Ramos face the brunt?
Juande Ramos is feeling the heat because the hapless Spurs are losing every match. It really blows when you...
The world has gone mad: Styles to continue officiating
Remember this from last season: Chelsea vs Liverpool Not good news for Spurs who are scraping the bottom of...
Deep thought: Mike Ashley to be merked by Chris Nathaniel
The creator of Rio’s World Cup Wind Ups is fronting the Nigerian consortium bidding for Newcastle. Here is a...
Newcastle: Joe Kinnear starts a laugh riot
The bizarre saga of Newcastle continues. Its too bad that the FA is not launching its own bailout plan....
Platini comes unhinged
Michel Platini’s hate for Wenger is visceral. Here is some unrestrained character assassination for you. On Wenger’s commitment to...
Freddy Shepherd maybe back in the mix
It seems that Freddy Shepherd is feeling his way back to Newcastle. And he says that Ashley should reinstall...
South Africa: Joel Santana is feeling the heat
The national squad’s performances isn’t impressing the FIFA head. Sepp Blatter, president of world soccer governing body Fifa, says...
Mike Ashley is not going anywhere soon
Getty Images Mike Ashley makes a statement: He added: “One person alone can’t manage a football club and scout...
Round one to Chelsea
Man City’s new paymasters live here In the match that shall be known as the filthy rich clubs with...
Walcott helps Arsenal blank Blackburn
Arsenal made the return up north to face a team that has posed so many problems in the past....
The US club vs country debate is a false equivalence
I read Shaka Hislop’s article on the emerging club vs country debate that the US faces. At this point...
Jack Warner and Dwight Yorke get some Roy Keane love
Oy. Roy Keane gets tetchy, very tetchy. A lot of this has to do with Jack Warner’s unsavoury reputation.
Wengers reaction to Theo- sophy
Reality check time with Wenger. “There’s still a lot to come. From 19 to 23, you become a real...
Zagreb: Emile Heskey subject to racism
Some Croatian fans can’t let go of their Ustase past.
France vs Serbia: Domenech still lives in a bubble
I have no idea why the French federation continues to repose its confidence in a manager that his team...
Mark Hughes is incongruous in the new Man City
Less than two months ago, Mark Hughes was the manager of Blackburn, a team with players more at ease...
Beijing Olympics: The US is elbowed out of contention
Michael Orozco’s elbow to Solomon Okoronkwo’s chest as the two grappled was picked up by the German referee who...
It is official: The Beckham hangover is over
This was not too long ago. “Alexi Lalas believes David Beckham’s legacy can be greater than Pele’s for football...
Messi is going back home,no he’s staying in China …er..
First the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Wednesday that clubs were not obliged to release players...
Adebayor was for Barca before he was against it
In political parlance he is a flip flopper. The fans at the Emirates let him have it when he...
Beijing Olympics: Suck up that smog
It appears that the sky over Beijing has cleared up to some extent and there is some optimism that...
Deep thought: FIFA’s presidency should be term limited
In its 104 year existence, FIFA has had 8 presidents. The last two, Joao Havelange and Sepp Blatter have...
How Blatter’s ISL scandal impacts England’s World Cup bid
Andrew Jennings explains. Many in the 24 member executive council responsible for awarding the World Cup have been tainted...
Deep thought: Robbie Keane is the answer to Liverpool’s title hopes
Hmmmm. Eighteen years since they won their last title. Michael Owen, Robbie Fowler, Emile Heskey, Milan Baros, Luis Garcia,...