World Cup 2018 qualifier: High flying Mexico finish off Canada
The low key Juan Carlos Osorio has gotten El Tri off to a blinding start. Make it four out...
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World Cup 2018 qualifier: Guatemala heap misery on poorly playing mistake prone USA
Jurgen Klinsmann looks a bit sad, so too the national side The regression of the MNT under Jurgen Klinsmann...
Ronaldo misses second penalty in a row
Ronaldo is on a hat trick of missed penalties.He missed from the spot for Real Madrid against Sevilla on...
Ten best things Johan Cruyff did
1. With Rinus Michels, gave the world total football, revolutionizing the game, adopted by clubs like Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern...
Dutch master and football’s savant Johan Cruyff passes away at age 68
One of the game’s legends has passed on fighting till the very end his battle with cancer. Johan Cruyff...
Mario Kempes Stadium unfit for Argentina’s big game
Argentina are going in to their World Cup 2018 qualifier against Bolivia with only 5 points in hand. Despite...
Suarez back in time to play Brazil
Luis Suarez has completed his 9 month ban for taking a bite out of Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014...
Soccerblog supports pay parity for the US Women’s soccer team
We fully support the wage discrimination suit filed by Megan Rapinoe, Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, and Becky...
The Force Awakens in the Spanish Team
The Spanish Football Team star in a promo for the new Star Wars.So this time Vicente del Bosque is...
The Cruyff Turn lives
The legendary Cruyff Turn has,you will be glad to know,not passed into legend to be forgotten. Here’s Robin Singh...
Argentina beat Colombia
A Messi- less Argentina’s World Cup Campaign hasn’t been going exactly to plan.But a 1 – 0 win over...
Brazil beat Peru to go third
Brazil beat Peru 3-0 to take third position in the World Cup qualifiers. Douglas Costa, Renato Augusto and Filipe...
Uruguay thrash Chile in World Cup qualifier
Uruguay made their best start in a World Cup qualifying campaign since 1989 and are sitting pretty on nine...
France play their first post Paris game
France played their first post Paris international against England.Rooney and Dele Alli scored the two goals of the game.France...
Sign of our times
Belgium have called off a friendly against champions Spain.The game was supposed to have been on Tuesday evening but...
Argentina still search for elusive win
The voodoo curse that some Peruvian fans directed towards Alexis Sanchez seems to have hit Tevez by mistake.Argentina certainly...
Voodoo fails to stop Sanchez
Some misguided Peru fans thought that putting a voodoo curse on Alexis Sanchez would keep him from scoring against...
Willian brace gives Brazil win
Brazil beat Venezuela 3 – 1 in the South American Group of 2018 World Cup qualifiers – their first...
Euro qualifications almost done
14 of the qualifiers have already been finalised and in have landed up in one pot or another depending...
The curse of the Weird Third
If you were lamenting Holland’s early exit from Euro 2016 you may be interested to know that they are...
Ronaldo given time off
Portugal beat Serbia 2-1 to keep the top spot in Group I. Nani scored the opening goal in the...
Jurgen Klinsmann is running out of time and ideas
Four years into Jurgen Klinsmann’s tenure and 76 matches later, there is an increasing sense the US men’s side...
Holland’s hopes hang by a thread
Turkey beat the Czech Republic 2 – 0 yesterday and Holland’s Euro qualification now depends on whether they will...
Wales finally qualify after a 57 year wait
Wales qualified for UEFA Euro 2016, despite being beaten 2-0 by Bosnia and Herzegovina. They qualified on the strength...
Cesc Fabregas notches up highest number of assists ever
They say that second fiddle is about the hardest instrument to learn to play.Fabregas is really good at it....
Dunga’s Brazil beaten by Chile in World Cup qualifier
Second-half goals from Eduardo Vargas and Alexis Sanchez saw Chile to a 2-0 win over Brazil in their World...
Ecuador score historic win over Argentina
Ecuador defeated Argentina 2-0 in a 2018 World Cup qualifier. It was the first time that Ecuador had ever...
Ronaldo will be present at Euro 2016
Euro 2016 will be graced with the presence of one of the legends of our time. Portugal needed only...
Both parts of Ireland create Euro history
Shane Long came off the bench to score a historic 70th minute winning goal against Germany.Ireland have made it...
Messi and Aguero pull off late rescue act against Mexico
Late goals from Sergio Agüero and Lionel Messi gave Argentina a 2-2 draw with Mexico after they had dominated...
Brazil beat USA 4 -1
Neymar and Co ran circles around USA in their final prep match before they face Mexico to try to...
Rooney scores 50
England beat Switzerland 2 – 0 to stay on top of Group E of the Euro 2016 qualifiers. Goals...
Portugal go one step closer
Portugal came within touching distance of reaching next summer’s tournament finals in France when Miguel Veloso finally scored in...
Poland are the first to score 8
Poland became the first team to score eight in the Euro 2016 qualifiers – Gibraltar being on the receiving...
Videos: Germany beat Scotland in 5 goal thriller
Scotland came back twice in the game but Germany were just too good for them in the end.Scotland’s Euro...
Holland in dire straits
Holland’s participation in Euro 2016 is now in grave doubt. Their 1-0 loss to Group A leaders Iceland in...
USA beat Peru 2 -1 in comeback victory
Team U.S A ,for the first time ever beat a South American team after trailing at halftime. And this...
Antonio Candreva dives to a new low
Italy’s Antonio Candreva tries a disgraceful dive to win a penalty against Malta in their Euro qualifier.Italy were already...
Bales takes Wales to new heights
All hail Bale. He scored late in the Euro 2016 qualifier against Cyprus.His goal in the 82nd minutes took...
Maradona meets the referee who made the “Hand of God” goal possible
Not many outside of Argentina know Ali Bennaceur, the Tunisian referee who failed to spot Diego Maradona’s sleight of...
Miguel Herrera fired after altercation with TV Azteca commentator
Miguel Herrera, El Tri’s exhibitionist coach, known for his sideline over the top gesticulations and gyrations was fired by...
2015 ESPYS: The USWNT led by Abby Wambach win best team
Hope Solo and husband Jerramy Stevens on the red carpet. Twenty one of the 23 women’s World Cup winning...
Arturo Vidal close to a $44million transfer to Bayern Munich
The combative, box to box, heavily tattooed midfielder seen recently at the Copa America leading Chile to their maiden...
2015 Gold Cup: A Caribbean shift in CONCACAF at the expense of Central America
Jamaica sits atop Group B, Trinidad and Tobago the same in Group C. Two group winners and with Cuba...
Carli Lloyd’s World Cup: As profound an impact as Maradona’s to the 1986 World Cup
Carli Lloyd will be or should be eponymous with the 2015 Women’s World Cup. When we look back twenty...
FINAL: USA 5, Japan 2
USA Coach Jill Ellis turned up the volume, and the USA swept Japan off the map with Carli Lloyd’s...
Women’s World Cup final: Japan’s laterality vs the US direct route
The Nadeshiko have gotten into the final almost under the radar quietly crafting an exposition of efficient technical soccer....
WWC 2015: Jill Ellis and the USA get it right tactically against Germany
View image | gettyimages.com Coach Jill Ellis post match gave credit to the players for the win and not...
Copa America 2015: Brazil’s depression deepens as Paraguay enter semi-finals on penalties
Brazil’s decline once again underlined. One more tournament, yet another failure, by their historically stratospheric standards. Their exit at...
Why so many penalty kicks went cockeyed…
Quite a few penalty kicks in the Argentina – Colombia penalty shootout went sky high. The GIF above shows...
WWC 2015: Carli Lloyd fires an improved USA to the semifinals over China
Jill Ellis responded to the criticism of the USA being a one dimensional side lacking pace and imagination by...
Copa America 2015: Chile’s Mauricio Isla sends 9 man Uruguay to defeat
Your jaw drops at the way Gonzalo Jara wound up Edinson Cavani. The PSG striker was clearly provoked into...
US Women: Time for a Rethink
The current US Women’s National Team is an example of what happens when the bureaucracy takes over a game....
WWC 2015: England stun Norway with Bronze’s golden strike
Lucy Bronze’s piledriver sizzled past Ingrid Hjelmseth’s fingertips in the 76th minute for the winner. Fifteen minutes earlier, England...