AC Milan will soon be a spent force
Someone please wake up Carlo Ancelotti. AC Milan obviously believes that the elixir of youth is round the corner....
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Hiddink is not coming to Chelsea: Lets bury this
The same tired rumours are trotted out time and time again. Jose Mourinho’s fate lies in the hands of...
Italy’s Dino-saur goalkeepers: Experience trumps youth
A goalkeeper is the most specialized position in soccer. And as with any other speciality with more experience one...
Arsenal’s defensive line defies conventional wisdom
Arsene Wenger believes in youth and nowhere does he buck the conventional wisdom so much as in his defense....
Real can’t buy a goal: Cannavaro stumbles yet again
Fabio Cannavaro, FIFA player of the year seems to have forgotten the basics of defending in the last three...
Barcelona miss a chance to take the lead
This glorious free kick from Xavi spared a Ronaldinho depleted Barcelona the blushes as they held Getafe to a...
FA Cup :Manchester United 2 Aston Villa 1
Henrik Larsson scored the first goal in his Manchester United debut ,Milan Baros got the equaliser in the 75th...
Soccer: Metrosexuals yes, gays no
It has been 8 years since Justin Fashanu’s tragic death. Fashanu was a talented striker for Norwich City. He...
Video: Redondo magic: The backheel of Old Trafford
Real Madrid vs Man Utd, 1999 UEFA Cup quarterfinals. Sublime piece of skill.
Real Madrid resurgence: The starlets on the scene
Real Madrid has been under a cloud this season. It has been Valencia, Barca, and now Sevilla that have...
Nigel Reo-Coker: The most irritating player
No, not Robbie Savage, Craig Bellamy, or Paul Dickov. These players have taken a chill pill and are actually...
Arsenal knock out FA Cup Holders
Two goals from Tomas Rosicky and one from Thierry Henry sent Liverpool crashing to a 3-1 defeat yesterday.Match Report....
Video: Liverpool vs Wimbledon, FA Cup final 1988
The FA Cup final shocker of the century. Bruce Grobbelaar in a Pepe Reina moment.
Video: Michael Owen vs Arsenal, FA Cup final 2001
Two brilliant strikes by Michael Owen in one of the most memorable FA Cup finals. That is till the...
The big one: Liverpool vs Arsenal FA Cup
Today Liverpool meets Arsenal in what promises to be a pulsating encounter. Arsenal swallowed ‘Pool the last time they...
BBC African Footballer of the Year
The BBC African Footballer of the Year award is decided by listeners of BBC Fast Track on the BBC...
FIFA fair play awards 2001 -Paolo Di Canio
In 2001, Paolo Di Canio won the FIFA Fair Play award for this noteworthy display of sportsmanship in a...
West Ham: Don’t expect Boa Morte to do it
West Ham’s season has been one of swelling the ranks of players. But the players lack quality, alluded to...
Israel Palestine peace game
Members of Israel’s national squad partnered Palestinian players against a team representing the southern Spanish region of Andalusia in...
Buffon’s eyes drift westwards: The Premiership?
Gianluigi Buffon is feeling left out of the top flight action of the Serie as Juventus battle to get...
Does Robin Van Persie invite trouble?
Sheffield United captain Chris Morgan was suspended for three games for sneaking a punch at Van Persie in a...
Le Guen is gone: Rangers coach fired
Paul Le Guen’s stripping Barry Ferguson of the captaincy and then dropping him altogether from the Rangers squad against...
When grown men fight: Sir Alex and Jose Mourinho
Just like two old ladies swinging their handbags at each other. Very Monty Pythonesque! Jose Mourinho was chortling to...
Gooch to join Fulham
The latest buzz is that Fulham is close to signing a deal worth £1 million for US defender Oguchi...
Transfer mischief……… any crap rumour flies!
So now Thierry Henry is at 20/1 odds to join Liverpool. The reason: Henry and Wenger don’ t see...
Video: Tore Andre Flo 1999 Chelsea- Barca QF
Tore Andre Flo in the Chelsea Barca quarterfinal in 1999 scoring a double. He signed with Leeds today joining...
Fulham goalkeeper lands on his head
While on the subject of head injuries here’s another one that could have been much worse than it turned...
Ghaly loses four teeth
Heading a ball can be additionally dangerous if a defender from the opposite team tries to kick your head...
Tim Howard a target of racist abuse by Emre
US players were in the upswing a lot this weekend with a reported Clint Dempsey transfer to Fulham and...
Will Allardyce be uncovered by the Stevens inquiry?
Lord Stevens and his Quest team just finished his exhaustive scrutiny of 362 transfers in the English league from...
Video: Reading 6 West Ham 0
Reading pulverize the Hammers as Curbs’ team falls apart causing Benayoun to brand them as a ‘bunch of drunks.’...
World Cup 2006: High art captures the headbutt
A very tongue in cheek art piece on Zidane and Materazzi, compliments of the Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar. This...
Video: Henry helps Arsenal to 4 goal win
Thierry Henry is back with a vengeance.Hoyte and Van Persie scored the other goals.Charlton playing with 10 men for...
Soccer for kids: Is it bad for their brains?
A lot of studies have researched the consequences of heading a ball in soccer. Does frequent soccer heading lead...
Who is David Edgar ?
A nineteen year old canadian who scored this equaliser against Manchester United in his debut game for Newcastle.His only...
Crouch gets on his bicycle again
Peter Crouch scored like this again – this time against Bolton.
Video: Fulham vs Chelsea, 2-2
Carlos Bocanegra scores the equalizer for Fulham.
Jose Mourinho: Is eveything awry in Chelsea?
Jose Mourinho is a bit vexed nowadays. His club Chelsea failed again to put away their opponents, this time...
Ronaldo Sportsman of the Year
Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has been named as Portugal’s sportsman of the year.( Benfica striker Nuno Gomes and...
Happy New Year to all our readers
Thank you for coming out and supporting Soccerblog. We hope we can continue to keep our readers informed about...
Video: World Cup 2006: US soccer gestalt
US World Cup soccer gestalt: Slow, reactive, and naive.
Video: Tribute to Mohammad Aboutreika
CAF might have dropped him from their nominees for African player of the year but Aboutreika shows why he...
CAF nominees reveal its bias: Aboutrieka dropped
The Glo-CAF nominees for the best African player this year was pruned down to three. Mohammad Aboutrieka was dropped...
Fulham transfer: Dempsey faces work permit issues
Clint Dempsey is almost set to join US compatriots Brian McBride and Carlos Bocanegra at Fulham. The only issue...
World Cup 2006: The nightmare year that was US soccer
2002 is a distant dream for US soccer enthusiasts. This year showed where the US soccer team actually lies...
Arsenal’s weakness is being exploited
Arsenal has a genuine problem with more physical teams. To see Robin Van Persie get rattled by Sheffield United’s...
Chelsea draw with Reading- Essien self goal
Drogba scored 2 for Chelsea and Essien scored an unfortunate self goal.Reading’s goal came through a diving header from...
Ten soccer events that shaped 2006
1) The headbutt that was heard around the world: It cost France the World Cup Zinedine Zidane in his...
Soccer in 2006 and the year that was
With 5 days left to go in the year here’s one look at Soccer in 2006 from A to...
Christmas Video: Stephen Marley Playing Soccer
I admit the video is sorta lame, and the Marley kids behave like fools, but hey, they kick a...
Merry Christmas
Happy Christmas to all soccerblog readers.Here is a compilation by someone called Wezz of the top 50 goals in...
Soccer rivalries and the estrangement of fans from US professional sports
Ever so often there comes a moment that convinces me how utterly removed professional sports in the USA is...
Arsenal score 6 goals for the first time this time
Some Christmas cheer for the gunners. Arsenal ran rings around the Blackburn Rovers scoring 6 goals to their 2....
Blatter’s Indian initiative
“All I can say now is ‘stay tuned’ – years from now, people will look back and see 2007...