Referee fails alcohol test
Transfer season is kind of boring with not much in the way of action.One can hardly blame a ref...
Category: Soccer Humor
Deep thought: If Nadal wins Wimbledon it will be because of Spain’s Euro success
Not as far fetched as it appears. Rafael Nadal is a soccer freak whose friend is Iker Casillas, Spain...
Real Madrid and Man U figure out how to solve the Ronaldo problem
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon and Manchester United chief executive David Gill will be holding talks in Switzerland about...
Video:The Spanish team needs to work on its singing
Schweinsteiger will agree with this absolutely.Here he is trying to give an interview and you have most of the...
There’s no need to panic – Blatter has another plan
If South Africa ultimately prove unable to stage the World Cup 2010 Blatter is not worried.He has another plan...
Another new football – Nike will succeed where Adidas failed.
The fabled new Europass ball was perhaps much ado about nothing.77 goals were scored in the tournament.This was exactly...
Euro 2008: What to expect in Spain vs Germany
Expect David Villa not to be in the line up, the Valencia striker has a muscle tear in his...
Julie Foudy smacks down Tommy Smyth
Tommy Smyth is an execrable piece of humanity. After the Turkey – Germany match, he condescendingly dismissed Turkey’s performance...
Samir Nasri’s arrival at the Emirates does not enthrall
We need a striker. Period. Someone who puts the exclamation point to all the artful text that we scribe...
ESPN misses the mark with Euro 2008
Its a pretty empty studio at halftime for the last round of matches. Rece Davis with Julie Foudy. Its...
Deep thought: Domenech should have recalled Dhorasoo
Filed under snark
Overweight and walking wounded
This news would have been exciting three years ago
Video : At least this did not happen to Terry
John Terry will take some getting over his missed penalty at the Champion’s League Final but at least this...
CL Final: Cruelty thy name is soccer!
John Terry takes the penalty as his feet give out on the slick Luzhniki Stadium turf. The ball flies...
Germany unveil secret weapon before Euro 2008
Goalias is a robot goalkeeper invented by the Stuttgart University automation institute (IAS).Lehmann and Kahn now have some serious...
Cristiano Ronaldo on a horse ?
No its not.Its Adolfo Cambiaso – an Argentine polo player, considered the best in the world and one of...
Capello analyses the English Squad
..and then here’s the real Capello at the Maseru Club Field in the remote country of Lesotho, Southern Africa...
Man City will be viable if Shinawatra returns to politics
Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand today and was taken into custody, released on bail, and will stand trial before...
Video:Getafe score while Real Madrid celebrate offside goal
Real Madrid’s players made asses of themselves by gifting a goal to Getafe at the Bernabeu . Arjen Robben...
The new US women’s team prepares for the 2008 Algarve Cup
After a week of intense training with 35 players at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., U.S. Women’s...
Arsenal: Kardboard Kutouts come out to play against Man U
Wenger defends his use of cardboard cutouts to play Man U in the FA Cup fifth round. Arsenal lost...
David and Posh Beckham: Gas guzzling couple
I am going to break Soccerblog’s New Year’s resolution of not mocking David Beckham. Sigh. It took a little...
Arsenal vs Man Utd: Shades of Obama vs Hillary
Arsenal: A team full of funny sounding names. Routinely pilloried for being anti-English. Emirates. Small budget. Inexperienced and young....
Video: Stephen Hunt’s controversial goal sinks Sunderland
Dean Whitehead beats up on the Reading mascot but Reading has the last laugh as Stephen Hunt’s volley is...
Johan Djorou on his way to Arsenal
Djorou’s stay at Birmingham comes to a close as Wenger needs him to replace Kolo Toure who will be...
Kaka’s achievements reveal FIFA bias
Kaka won the FIFA best player award as he beat out Ronaldo and Leo Messi. Maybe he deserved it...
Fabio Capello gets to the heart of the matter
A very astute observation. “I believe that English people and footballers have a will to win and a love...
Video: Samuel Eto’o comes alive
Barca drubs Valencia 3-0 with Eto’o scoring two goals and Eidur Gudjohnsen getting the third. Watch out for here...
More Fabio
That’s a cute way of saying numero uno On Capello’s state of mind… ” Imagine José Mourinho on steroids.”
The US should be taking to soccer in droves
The national game received a comprehensive indictment leaving its reputation in tatters. The Mitchell report has fingered almost 80...
Video: Jose Mourinho auditions for the England job
Jose Mourinho showing why he might put some pizazz into the somnolent English team. Here he gets his point...
Part 2: From Dubrovnik to Bucharest: This is the year of Eastern European soccer
Romania. There is a Hindi word called Romanchak that means entertaining and the Romanian squad has been playing that...
Beckham learns how to take penalties
Johnny Wilkinson teaches Beckham how to kick the ball in an old Adidas ad.This was released after Becks had...
Ex Gunner voice lifts Croatia, sinks England
No, it wasn’t the Scott Carson mistake, Steve McLaren’s insipid coaching, the incessant Wayne Bridge long balls to Crouch’s...
India begins a new professional soccer league
India starts a new professional league with an eye on emulating the J league, the most successful soccer start...
Reaction to the England loss: An NFL reference
Nice. I think the NY Giants vs Miami Dolphins game played at Wembley should be singled out for the...
McLaren impressed by Becks form against Hollywood stars
McLaren recently paid a visit to Becks and Posh’s lavish Hollywood estate. No words were exchanged as McLaren observed...
You have to see this free kick to believe it.
17 year old Toni Kroos hit this last gasp winner for Bayern Munich against Red Star Belgrade.You’ve got to...
It shouldn’t happen to a footballer..
Some of the howlers seen on this DVD can be viewed here. Includes this incredibly goofy self goal by...
Watchout Team USA, here come the Germans!
Birgit Prinz and Sandra Smisek scored hat tricks in an 11-0 smashing of Argentina. Vanina Correa had a nightmare...
What exactly is an assist in soccer?
The greatest contribution of the US to soccer aka football is the bowdlerization of ‘association football’ to soccer. The...
Video: Le Challenge Telefoot avec Arsenal
Le Challenge Telefoot avec ArsenalUploaded by MaykLeBelge Hitting the crossbar as a target. Really nice to see the Arsenal...
Deep thoughts by Marco Materazzi
So Marco Materazzi decided to reveal in his yet to be released autobiography what he actually said to Zidane....
Marksman of the week:Konstantin Nahk…
…he took the shot about a metre or two from the half line.The game was a european champion’s league...
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...
Chelsea fails again
You really can’t teach penalty shootouts because it all comes to mental edge and this part of the game...
Video: Rhain Davis: The first viral marketing soccer signing
Reports are that Man U and You Tube have merged to create a soccer video jockey behemoth, Tube Man...
Beckham takes to driving around the house….
It’s that old sore ankle .He’ll have to keep driving around till it gets better.
Sepp Blatter shows some Love
According to Sepp Blatter, the best players in the Copa America are Leo Messi and Vagner Love. Vagner Love??...
Bakari Sagna: Onto Arsenal
Bakari Sagna of AJ Auxerre, the only club never to be relegated in Ligue 1 history is set to...
Asian Cup: Unsexy Socceroos practise Live Earth tactics
“and the prize for team energy conservation goes to…. the Socceroos” Maybe it was the Sydney Live Earth concert...
Oye! Man U looks to getting scary with Tevez
With Carlos Tevez in Man Utd as proclaimed, every other club might just as well throw in the towel....