Premiership managers: The degree of pressure
Managers and coaches face different degrees of pressure when they manage a soccer team. Many factors influence this pressure....
Category: Soccer Coaches & Coaching
The NY Red Bulls vs LA Galaxy match was a seminal event
Nearly 67,000 fans came out to see this match and they were not disappointed. David Beckham came out to...
Video: NY Red Bulls 5 LA Galaxy 4
67,000 fans. 9 goals. 3 vintage Beckham crosses. A chance every few minutes. And a winner in stoppage time....
Jens Lehmann should be benched
Jens Lehmann is playing like as if his mind is elsewhere. Entirely too casual. Man Utd is struggling and...
Styles robs Liverpool of victory
It was a beautiful little cross by SWP which caught the Liverpool defense napping. There was some incidental contact...
Flash: Man Utd’s miserable start continues
The season could not be sweeter for City as they fell Utd with a Geovanni goal scored in the...
Eduardo da Silva to make his Arsenal debut
We might see Eduardo Da Silva making his English debut today when the Gunners travel to Blackburn. The last...
Manchester derby: We have a game
Long suffering City fans can look forward with hope today against their nemesis, Man Utd. The Red Devils are...
John Utaka is the Premiership impact player
Harry Redknapp’s record signing of former Rennes striker John Utaka, reportedly costing Pompey in the region of £8m has...
Arsenal’s CL campaign: Winners over Sparta Prague
Arsenal’s opened its CL campaign against Sparta Prague with a win and they won ugly which is a beautiful...
Video: Everton 3 Tottenham 1
Online Videos by Veoh.com For a club that has been slated to break into the top four, you could...
Thaksin giveth and Thaksin can taketh away
I don’t think there are too many clubs that can claim that their fortunes rest on a serious consideration...
Daniel Alves left out of Sevilla squad: Chelsea beckons
Big rumour speculations that Alves is poised to join Chelsea after being left out of the Sevilla squad that...
Premiership openers: Malouda, Babel, and Martins shine
The three players that were subjects of intense Arsenal transfer speculations in the off season all acquitted themselves extremely...
Roy Keane’s Sunderland: The cult of personality
Martin Jol called his teams display match against Sunderland “boring.” The critique does not augur well for the potentially...
Reading and Hahnemann bend, bend, bend but don’t snap
Brave, brave team. Steve Coppell’s Reading withstood Man Utd at Old Trafford as the Red Devils put on a...
The agony and ecstasy of being Arsenal: Bendtner was big
Arsenal 2 Fulham 1. To watch Arsenal start this season against Fulham was to watch another piece of theater...
Video: The Obafemi Martins show
Check out the Martins bicycle kick. The Magpies turned in a fine performance as Sam Allardyce beat his old...
Video: Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 1
Check out the Gerrard free kick. It’s how you would imagine winning a game.
Gerrard magic lifts Liverpool over Villa: Babel impresses
This was shaping to be a match of two defining mistakes. Martin Laursen’s own goal and Jamie Carragher’s handball...
New look City stamp their authority
Elano. Corluka. Onohua. Geovanni. Bianchi. Garrido. Bojinov. Petrov. The late season signings all paid off for Thaksin Shinawatra and...
Video: Reggie Bush vs David Beckham Part II
Did I hear Bush say, “One more time?” Beckham seems like he can subject his ankle to tackles by...
Dani Alves Chelsea deal looks imminent
If Dani Alves joins Chelsea then the odds of Man Utd winning the Premiership again, got a whole lot...
Alexandre” Duck” Pato to AC Milan
Alexander Pato most recently seen in the Brazil U20 squad that crashed out of the World Cup has been...
Sunderland’s fans are the most optimistic
Two words. Roy Keane. Find out why the Mackems believe that they can finish in the top ten. And...
Aston Villa: Can it be anymore under rated?
Villa probably has the most under rated midfielder in Gareth Barry who continues to delight and surprise with his...
Video: 1961CL final; Benfica 3 Barcelona 2
Benfica breaks the Liga stranglehold on the CL and launches its golden period with great players like Eusebio and...
Chelsea fails again
You really can’t teach penalty shootouts because it all comes to mental edge and this part of the game...
Adu’s departure should serve a cautionary tale
While talented MLS players will always be a target for European clubs, there has been very few players who...
Big question: Adu to play 90 minutes at Benfica?
So Freddy Adu, the teenage phenom, often misguidedly compared to Pele, is leaving for a bigger club in a...
Beckham will likely be a no show against Toronto
16 minutes. That is the sum total of Becks appearance. You know if Alexi Lalas was at all concerned...
Earth to Mo Johnston: The MLS is not that hectic
In early October the Galaxy will also play friendlies against the Minnesota Thunder and the Vancouver Whitecaps of the...
Simon Kuper on Florent Malouda
Simon Kuper first met Florent Malouda at Camp Guingamp four years ago playing alongside team mate Didier Drogba. They...
Carlos Tevez saga is over: Old Trafford is his new home
West Ham gets a 2m pound registration fee and Kia Joorabchian and MSI get to keep the transfer fee...
Chinks in the armour:Man Utd will not win the Premiership
There are a number of reasons and when one says Man Utd will not win this season’s Premiership one...
Van Persie is tipped for greatness: His words and actions
I think Robin Van Persie’s words should be taken seriously because it means that there are players who look...
The Asian Cup final: US foreign policy contrasts
Did anyone notice the political underpinnings of US foreign policy in the Iraq vs Saudi Arabia Asian Cup final?...
Al Ahly on track to claim third CAF Champions Cup
Al Ahly’s Aboutrika: Their heart and soul Al Ahly, the club that has done more to put Africans playing...
Elano set to join City: Their attack still needs work
Man City still looks to struggle to score goals and they were at the bottom of the table tied...
The 2007 Premiership: One of the most talked about off seasons
The last 3 months have been bizarre, controversial, and frankly, soul searching for many clubs and for England. First,...
Video: Asian Cup: Iraq win against S.Korea
Asian Cup: Iraq 4:3 Korea Republic(shoot-out)Uploaded by yingyutong The fairy tale run of the Iraqi team continued as they...
Jose Mourinho looks down the barrel at Liverpool (read Rafa)
Jose Mourinho, the master of mind games has targeted Liverpool and their shiny new acquisitions. He also lets in...
Premiership: Civil courts and uncivil behaviour
So Carlos Tevez costs 30m pounds? And Man Utd is willing to pay that much? Add all the money...
Video: Cuauhtemoc Blanco scores on Fire debut
Contrast the circus surrounding Beckham’s debut with the quieter one of Blanco for the Chicago Fire. And the Mexican...
Freddy Adu to Benfica?
It seems the buzz is that MLS is willing to trade Freddy Adu for $7.5 million to Benfica. Adu...
Ljungberg to West Ham: Henry’s departure influential
Freddie Ljungberg and his undie clad bod will be seen at Upton Park. Yeah, the nine season Arsenal mainstay...
Asian Cup: Iraq continues its fairy tale run: Australia crash out
Iraq beat Vietnam, 2-0 on the strength of two Younis Mahmoud goals. The victory set off celebrations in Iraq...
Arsenal’s 2007-2008 Premiership prospects
Arsene Wenger has indicated that he is not interested in signing another striker. There was a lot of hoo...
Chronic ankle instability: Why Beckham’s MLS career is in jeopardy
Beckham’s ankle rolls over in the Estonia match and he limps off in pain. He is diagnosed as having...
Arsenal denies a takeover bid
Very good news. Peter Hill- Wood to the paparazzi. There has been no contact with Stan Kroenke since June....
Di Maria and Pekhart: Gunners and Spurs in the U20 finals
Angel Di Maria celebrates his goal against Chile (courtesy: Fotonet) Spurs and Gunners will be following the U20 finals...
U20 finals: Can Sergio ‘Kun’ Aguero be Czeched?
Tomas Pekhart and Ever Banega go at each other The Czech Republic will meet Argentina this Sunday in the...