Last season Sporting Kansas City won the eastern conference in MLS but fell in the first round of the playoffs to the Houston Dynamo. Facing a repeat scenario after losing 2-1 in New England on Saturday, SKC manager Peter Vermes is already setting the groundwork for another early dismissal by blaming the referee for Saturday’s […]
Bayern Munich and Manchester City became the first two teams to qualify for the knockout stages of this season’s Champions League. Bayern made hard work of beating Viktoria Plzen 1-0, but the result was Bayern’s ninth Champions League win in a row, equaling the record set by Barcelona in 2002/03. Manchester City reached the knockout […]
AS Roma’s perfect start in Serie A was finally ended by Torino on a weekend when Arsenal surged five points ahead in England and Paris Saint-Germain extended their lead in France. Italy Roma’s record breaking start to the season finally ended as the Giallorossi were held 1-1 by Torino, dropping their first points of the […]
The New England Revolution hosted their first playoff game in four years as they beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 in front of 15,164 at Gillette Stadium on Saturday. NE goals from Andy Dorman and Kelyn Rowe. Aurelien Collin scored for SKC. This was far from a vintage New England opponent as they struggled to string […]
Arsenal are five points clear at the Premier League summit after a convincing 2-0 win over second place Liverpool, while third-placed Chelsea surprisingly lost 2-0 at Newcastle. At the Emirates Santi Cazorla put the Gunners ahead when he followed up his own header which has rebounded off the post, to fore past Simon Mignolet. Then […]
Unless you live in the Denver area, or are a diehard Colorado Rapids fan, last night’s 2-0 win for Seattle in the Western Conference knockout round gave us the match-up we really wanted to see: Portland v Seattle in the Western Conference semifinals. Seattle got Seattle got goals from Brad Evans and Eddie Johnson to […]
One of the things that Ed Woodward said about Manchester United’s poor summer transfer window was that new United boss David Moyes wanted to “spend time with the squad” to understand what he had before deciding on what he needed to add via the transfer market. Well four months later and Moyes should have a pretty good […]
Manchester United are set to sign a world record five-year £300m kit deal with Nike that will more than triple the annual amount they receive under their current contract. It is almost double the current most lucrative deal, Real Madrid’s £31m-a-year tie-up with adidas. United have also reportedly been granted sales rights for their kits, […]