Morgan Schneiderlin scores on Man Utd debut
Manchester United beat Club America 1- 0 in the International Champions Cup. Morgan Schneiderlin scored in the first five...
Monthly Archives: July 2015
2015 Gold Cup: USA crush Cuba 6-0 as Dempsey scores his first USMNT hat trick
Flying high. Total domination of a bedraggled Cuban side missing Ariel Martinez, their best player, who had defected very...
Barclays Asia Cup: Arsenal beat Everton 3-1 to lift trophy
The Gunners beat the Toffees very convincingly. Santi Cazorla was the architect, just watch that sweeping long ball to...
MLS: Steven Gerrard’s LA Galaxy debut provides an instant impact
Any other night would have been Quincy Amarikwa’s night. The San Jose Earthquakes striker scored an opening brace. Caveat:...
James Milner scores his first Liverpool goal
James Milner scored his first unofficial goal for Liverpool when they beat Brisbnane Roar in their second pre season...
Santi Cazorla’s impressive head volleyball in Singapore swimming pool
The diminutive Spaniard is not just quick with his feet. Pretty good stuff with his head.
David Beckham returns to “spiritually tainted” land for Miami stadium deal
David Beckham ever since his retirement has trolled Miami for his MLS franchise. Sticking point, no stadium, in a...
Fabian Delph does a U turn on his U turn
Fabian Delph had been expected to leave Aston Villa and join Manchester City last weekend. At the last moment...
Alcides Ghiggia the architect of the Maracanazo passes away
The worst Brazilian defeat? The 7-1 pasting at the hands of Germany in the 2014 World Cup. Try again....
The season of the rebel goalkeeper
It’s hard to remember any other season where goalkeepers, that much maligned and quixotic group have been in the...
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...
Robbie Fowler skydives in Liverpool’s new away kit
Robbie Fowler was one who steadfastly refused to dive in his playing days. To make up for all that...
2015 Gold Cup: Trinidad and Tobago tie Mexico in a thrilling classic to win group
(Full match) 93rd minute: Joevin Jones under intense pressure as debris hurled from all sides accumulates around him, takes...
2015 Gold Cup: Cuba shock Guatemala to enter quarterfinals
Cuba before meeting Los Chapines had been beaten 6-0 by El Tri in their opener and then 2-0 by...
Barclays Asia Cup: Arsenal win against Singapore Select XI and face Everton in final
Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud, and Mesut Oezil enjoy the Emirates perks. Now onto the game. Chuba Akpom scored a...
Manchester United: Powerful midfield, light on goalscorers and assists
With the addition of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin, the Man Utd squad get a powerful boost adding to...
Freddy Adu sighting: He’s joined the Tampa Bay Rowdies
The only way one can describe Freddy Adu is as a journeyman. Which should make him in his 40s...
2015 Gold Cup: Hosts Canada eliminated by Costa Rica
These fans will have to wait. Once again Canada were simply not good enough in this Gold Cup. They...
Iker Casillas banished from Real Madrid to Porto
When is a transfer not a transfer? When the club’s CEO is Florentino Perez, who runs Real Madrid. The...
2015 Gold Cup: Michael Bradley scores as USA come from behind to tie Panama
An unbearably humid evening at Kansas City and a switch in refereeing crews formed the two talking points before...
2015 Gold Cup: Haiti eliminate fancied Honduras
It’s all over for Los Catrachos who with the USA were favoured to qualify for the quarterfinals from Group...
2015 Gold Cup: 10 man Guatemala hold high flying Mexico
Disappointment for El Tri fans as their side were brought crashing down from the highs of their 6-0 thrashing...
Manchester City bails out Liverpool with mind numbing $76 million for Raheem Sterling
Greece should have just approached Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan for a debt write off and a bail...
2015 Gold Cup: The USA win but Haiti push them all the way
Hats off to Haiti, the island nation that knows all too well, misery and decrepitude. They came to play...
Arsenal’s Emirates Cup 2015: Get your droid on
Looks like the Autobots will fight the Decepticons if this is what Arsenal is advertising as the Emirates Cup....
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...
2015 Gold Cup: Under pressure Mexico besiege Cuba
No, Donald Trump did not show up. He would have been disappointed, there were no criminals, drug dealers, or...
Goalkeeper blooper of the year.
There comes a time in every goalkeeper’s life when he wants to bury his head in the ground. For...
Legend Roberto Carlos to coach Indian Super League’s Delhi Dynamos
Exciting news for the nascent Indian Super League! Roberto Carlos, the left back who used the Magnus effect to...
2015 Gold Cup: Cyle Larin’s shocking miss hurts Canada in El Salvador match
Striker Nelson Bonilla was stretchered off early in an early blow to El Salvador but his replacement Irvin Herrera...
2015 Gold Cup: Costa Rica holds Jamaica to an exciting draw
The Reggae Boyz were superior to Los Ticos in the second half and should have won through sub Darren...
Ronaldo and Nike on the will to succeed.
Ronaldo on what it takes to get where he’s got.
US women to be feted by Canyon of Hero(in)es parade through Manhattan
On Tuesday, a very cool looking Abby Wambach in shades led the US women as they rocked LA with...
2015 Gold Cup: Haiti ties Panama late through Duckens Nazon’s silky skills
Haiti did a big favour to the USA as they tied Panama in the 85th minute through Duckens Nazon’s...
2015 Gold Cup: Dempsey’s brace helps USA win a tough opener against Honduras
Deuce was on point for the USMNT but it was not easy against a Honduran side that mixed agricultural...
New York City – Club for Legends
With Lampard,Pirlo and David Villa in the team -NYC FC is the club where footballing legends are gathering in...
Barcelona set to get stronger..
Barcelona’s lethal trident of Messi,Suarez and and Neymar is going to get even more lethal with the addition of...
Drogba Remembers
Drogba has a chat with Rio Ferdinand on BT Sports about Champion’s Leagues gone by and the good old...
Boom! 25.4 million viewers!! Take that – NBA, MLB!
25.4 million viewers watched the US Women’s Soccer Team defeat Japan on Sunday. That makes it the most the...
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...
Carli Lloyd’s Amazing Goal
No need to say anything. Just WATCH:
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....
Copa America 2015 final: Chile win maiden Copa America title as penalties sink Argentina
As finals go, this one crested the pinnacle in human endeavour, commitment, and physical stamina without ever doing the...
Copa America 2015 final: Can Chile’s high octane attack overcome Messi inspired Argentina?
If there were musical analogies to choose from to describe Chile, the perfect one would be Patrick Cowley’s high...
Chin up, Bassett
Don’t get down, Laura! We wish you the best. This sort of thing will make English soccer even stronger....
Heartbroken! Japan through over England: 2-1
In what can only be called the “cruel hand of fate,” an own-goal by England defender Laura Bassett ended the...
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...