After a red card in the 14th-minute to Revs central defender Stephen McCarthy, you just knew that Saturday’s nights trip to Kansas City was not going to end well. And it didn’t. Graham Zusi and Kei Kamara put the home side in control before the halftime break, while C.J. Sapong added a killer third just […]
Real Madrid’s winning run was halted in dramatic fashion on Sunday as FC Barcelona were gifted a flicker of hope in the Liga race. While Madrid faltered, Manchester United and Bayern Munich both recorded big wins, the English champions moving four points clear and Bayern rattling in another six goals to keep the pressure on […]
Barcelona defender Eric Abidal is to undergo a liver transplant, the club have confirmed. The 32-year-old France international had a tumor removed from his liver on March 17, 2011, but returned to play the end of the season and showed few lingering effects since then. A statement on Barcelona’s official website read: “Here is the […]
One major upset and one decent size surprise on an exciting night of in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. The upset took place in LA, where Toronto FC stunned the Galaxy to win 2-1 and advance to the semi-finals with a 4-3 aggregate win. In the semi-finals, Toronto will meet Mexico’s Santos Laguna who thrashed […]
It will go down as one of the best European nights at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea beat Napoli 4-1 after extra time at a loud and boisterous Stamford Bridge to progress into the Champions League quarter-finals. Chelsea were led tonight by the old guard; Petr Cech made some really important saves while Didier Drogba, John […]
AC Milan stretched their lead at the top of Serie A to four points with a 2-0 victory over Lecce, while closest title challengers Juventus drew again, this time 0-0 with Genoa. Antonio Nocerino opened the scoring on seven minutes following a neat move with Zlatan Ibrahimović, before the Swedish international turned goalscorer, netting in […]
Manchester United have replaced Manchester City at the top of the Premier League for the first time since October. At one point this season, City had a seven-point lead over their Manchester rivals. But lead has vanished, and City now trail the champions by a point with 10 games to go. City went into the […]
Chris Wondolowski scored the only goal of the game in the 15th minute as the San Jose Earthquakes made a winning start to the 2012 season with a 1-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday night at Buck Shaw Stadium. It was the first opening-day win for the Earthquakes (1-0-0, 3 pts.) since […]