Onward England!
The absence of a quality forward and goalie leads the English team to resort to smoke and mirrors and...
Category: Soccer Teams – National
Maradona makes peace with Veron
The new era of Maradona pragmatism begins. “He let the tortoise get away with some of the things he...
USA beat Mexico 2 – 0 and Frankie Hejduk gets slapped
At the end of the game Frankie Hejduk was heading toward the locker room when a Mexican team staff...
Video:Brazil vs Italy -Vintage football from Robinho and Elano
The goals were brilliant.The Azurri were denied two goals by ref Howard Webb so he should be careful about...
In which Gallas shows that he is not very smart
“I replied: ‘How are you speaking to me? Who do you think you are? You are only 20 years...
Brazil teach Ronaldo and Co how to play the beautiful game..
That’s just C Ron showing how not to play the beautiful game when your team is losing 5 -2...
What happened to Senegal?
On 5 September 2008, Senegal met Algeria at the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in a World Cup qualifier. In the...
Little Zizou: Execrable movie
This movie could easily have been titled, Little Zizou: A Gratuitous Reference To or the Incredible Vanishing Zidane. Apart...
Can Barack Obama revive soccer diplomacy?
Most Americans now prefer diplomacy towards Iran rather than seek a knee jerk military solution. After virtually turning off...
2010 World Cup qualifiers: Socceroos sneak by Bahrain
Pim Verbeek looked like he wanted to pluck every nose hair off Harry Kewell. Why Kewell remains on this...
So what should Terry Butcher do?
Terry Butcher has to now live with the fact that Maradona will be the topic du jour of the...
The Church of Maradona
The true believers all 120,000 will be praying for their prophet today as he takes on Scotland. Jonathan Franklin...
Maradona fires back at England
Maradona measures the miss in the 1966 final I had no idea that Argentina was playing England. A proxy...
Bayern to set up an academy in India
The overwhelming response to Bayern’s visit in May this year when 120,000 fans came to see Oliver Kahn play...
Terry Butcher unfiltered
Lots of Terry Butcher who would like nothing better than giving Maradona a black eye and jail Scottish blaggards...
Maradona: The telenovela begins: Resignation
Now it is Oscar Ruggeri. Maradona wants the former Boca defender and 1986 team mate as his assistant. Ruggeri,...
Barack Obama: Soccer’s newest non-playing hero
A flurry of articles examining Obama’s relationship with soccer. David James believes Obama’s transformational presidency will be good for...
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.
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...
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...
Freddie Ljungberg joins the Sounders
Ljungberg signs on with Seattle Seattle Sounders signed ex-Arsenal midfielder and one time Calvin Klein undie model Frederik Ljungberg...
Deep thought: Can Obama pick a fantasy soccer team?
Obama is a West Ham fan, so he knows something about soccer. Read this article to find a sure...
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...
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...
Arsenal vs Fenerbahce: Intriguing matchups
A very favourable match up for Arsenal: Theo Walcott vs Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos, a former Galactico pitting his...
Wenger meets Aragones amidst a past controversy
An Aragones statement caught on camera calling Thierry Henry a “black s**t” to Jose Antonio Reyes four years ago...
Spooky: Chile break 35 year old jinx in the 35th minute…
Fabian Orellana scored in the 35th minute to give Chile its first victory over Argentina in 35 years.Fierce celebrations...
Martin Samuel cries foul
Evincing a genuine concern about mounting debt in the EPL unleashes an unhinged rant from Martin Samuel on Lord...
The media: Unimpressed by England’s win
The media goes ballistic at the English squad. Rio is unhappy with the fans. This on the heels of...
A team in turmoil: Canada dumped out of the World Cup
Not a very good Thanksgiving for Canadian soccer fans. Canada lost to Honduras, 1-3 and their World Camp campaign...
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...
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...
The class of 1976
Some of the best known names in soccer were born that year in September. Simon Kuper has more on...
Platini comes unhinged
Michel Platini’s hate for Wenger is visceral. Here is some unrestrained character assassination for you. On Wenger’s commitment to...
Vedad Ibisevic: Bundesliga’s hottest striker has US roots
Vedad Ibisevic is on fire. FC Hoffenheim’s striker has scored 6 goals and assisted in two more in his...
Schadenfreude: Martin Jol and Chris Hughton
What a lovely word. Germanic in origin, universal in application. The warm fuzzies one gets when reveling in the...
Ethiopia kicked out of WC qualifiers
FIFA again punishes a national team by intruding into a local federation affair. The general assembly of the Ethiopian...
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...
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.
In which Russell Brand tries the unified field theory
Football (the real deal) aka soccer is what the US does not get. And US politics is what the...
Walcott against Blackburn: Fireworks in the offing!
Theodorus Walcottus Awesomus Arsenal meets Blackburn this weekend, another team that believes in Josip Simunic style of tackling. Here...
Zagreb: Emile Heskey subject to racism
Some Croatian fans can’t let go of their Ustase past.
Theo! Theo! Theo!
England beat Croatia as Slaven Bilic’s team hit the dirt with Walcott peppering them with some fine marksmanship. Walcott...
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...
Bafana Bafana stumble again
SA’s preparation for the World Cup has already been subject to intense scrutiny but their team continues to lower...
Russia vs Wales: Juande Ramos heaves a sigh of relief
Spurs manager Juande Ramos must have been watching this game closely. The Russia vs Wales game just got over...
England goes to fortress Maksimir
Slaven Bilic sporting his Mads Mikkelsen look It is a telling sign that Joe Cole, England’s best player has...
Domenech feels the heat…..
Not everyone loves Raymond.He managed to keep his job despite a disastrous Euro 2008.France got clobbered 3-1 in Group...
Robinho checks in on a helicopter….needs counselling
Robinho turned up for training with Brazil in a helicopter on Wednesday…. Later he scored one out of the...
Video: England get past Andorra in W Cup qualifier
Fabio Capello started without David Beckham, Wes Brown and Joe Cole.The goals came after half time when Cole came...
Brazil reach the end of the road
After the recent run of disasters and defeats the majority of fans who voted in a poll conducted by...
Video: Great goal from Henrik Larsson
France came back from a goal down and won the friendly against Sweden 3 -2.Henrik Larsson marked his 99th...