It was a tough night for U.S. soccer. The chance to get to a World Cup semi-finals is not something that comes along every four years and I, like most U.S. fans, feel that the U.S. blew a great opportunity to achieve that today. In an interview after the game Landon Donovan said the U.S. […]

Defending champions Italy have been knocked out of the World Cup after losing to Slovakia 3-2. Italy finished bottom of Group F after failing to win any of its three games in South Africa. With France going out of the tournament earlier this week, this is the first time that the previous World Cup finalists […]

Jermain Defoe’s goal in the 22nd minute beat Slovenia 1-0 and helped the three lions move into the knockout stages of the World Cup. But is his miss in the 47th minute that might ultimately decide how far England go in the tournament. Defoe was all alone, less then ten yards from goal and has […]

Wow. My heart cannot take many more games like this. The U.S. had chance after chance against Algeria but could not score and you started to wonder if this was one of those nights where the ball would not go in the net. Then into extra-time Tim Howard makes a save and then throws a […]

Lots of drama today both on and off the pitch. First was the story from the French camp, where the team refused to train today after Nicolas Anelka had been sent home by the FAA. Anelka was sent home yesterday for an outburst against coach Raymond Domenech at half-time of Thursday’s 2-0 defeat to Mexico. […]