Major League Soccer has announced its complete 2014 regular season schedule, and just as it did during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, MLS will take a two-week break between June 12-24, when the 2014 World Cup is taking place in Brazil. The league’s 19th season will begin on Saturday, March 8 in Seattle, […]
As we head towards the last weekend of November, the top of the Premier League is starting to have a familiar look and feel to it. The top six looks like this: Arsenal 28 pts Liverpool 24 Chelsea 24 Man City 22 Southampton 22 Man Utd 21 Except for Southampton, the top of the table contains almost all the preseason title […]
That is a question I have been thinking about since research some stats on Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic earlier this week. The most common measurements used to compare goalkeepers are number of clean sheets and number of goal conceded. If you look at the top four leagues in Europe combined (Serie A, La Liga, […]
Inter President Erick Thohir has reportedly halted contract negotiations with all players until February or March next year. The Nerazzurri were understood to be in extension talks with both Fredy Guarin and Samir Handanovic, but the duo, and all players whose current deals expire in 2014 and 2015, are in limbo until next spring. Whilst […]
When Brazil played Honduras on Saturday at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, they played in front of a record breaking crowd of 71,124. That attendance was largest soccer crowd ever in Florida history. Saturday’s crowd bettered the 70,080 that showed up at Sun Life for Barcelona vs. Chivas in August 2011 and the 67,273 that […]
Manchester United have a potential £1B kit deal deal with Nike on the table, but there seems to be some debate at the club whether United can do better than that. There are two issues that are hampering the negotiations. One is that United’s current deal 13-year deal with Nike, worth £303m, gives Nike control […]
A year ago, Chelsea legend Frank Lampard was in the last year of his contract at Chelsea and speculation was rampant about whether Chelsea would sign him to a new deal. Eventually Lamps and Chelsea agreed on a one-year deal that will keep the club at Stamford Bridge until the end of the current season. […]
It’s the worst nightmare of any football manager. That one of your stars gets seriously injured on international duty. Which is exactly what has happened to Carlo Ancelotti and Real Madrid as their German star Sami Khedira will be to of action for at least six months after tearing both his anterior cruciate ligament and […]
Major League Soccer’s best striker, Robbie Keane has “verbally agreed” a new contract that could keep him wit the LA Galaxy for another three years. “I’ve just verbally agreed a two-year contract, maybe extending to three,” Keane told Sky Sports News. “I’m certainly excited about that and playing for the Galaxy in the future. I […]