The New York Red Bull’s Thierry Henry came on as a second half substitute to a rapturous reception from the Arsenal fans, and then in pure Hollywood style, scored the winner against Leeds United tonight. It took Henry less than 10 minutes to show the ineffective Marouane Chamakh how it is done as he took […]
The New England Revolution could have filled two of needs with the signing of central defender John Lozano and midfielder/forward Fernando Cárdenas. “Both John and Fernando have experience playing in Colombia’s top division, both with and against some of CONCACAF’s top club teams,” Revolution General Manager Michael Burns said. “Lozano is a strong central defender […]
Football resumed in Spain after the short winter break, and it did not take long for the first upset of 2012 to occur, as a late equalizer from Espanyol in the Barcelona derby dented Barca’s title hopes. Real Madrid started off 2012 like they ended 2011, scoring goals. This week Madrid beat Granada 5-1 with […]
In a major surprise Neil Warnock has been fired by Queens Park Rangers, after less than two years in charge. Rangers currently sit 17th in the Premier League table with only 17 points from their first 20 matches. I called it a surprise in that we have now had two managers fired this season; Steve […]
Our Manchester United fan site, covered the story on Saturday from James Lawton in the Independent on Saturday, that Manchester United were willing to listen to offers for Rooney. United immediately denied the story. Well in Sunday’s Mirror, Simon Mullock is reporting that Manchester City are planning to make a blockbuster £60m offer for the United star. City […]
Football returned to Italy on Saturday and there were goals galore as Inter Milan hit five against Parma and Siena stunned ten-man Lazio with four unanswered goals. Inter moved to within a point of Lazio as they continued their resurgence under Claudio Ranieri. First-half goals by Diego Milito either side of Thiago Motta’s strike helped […]
Here is Malaga player Martín Demichelis talking about the Copa Del Rey loss to Real Madrid and this weekend’s La Liga match with Atletico Madrid (In Spanish). English Translations below: COMMENT 1: Copa Del Rey 1st leg last 16 defeat to Real Madrid Question: Defeat against Real? Answer: “Always after a defeat the feeling of […]
Barcelona moved a step closer to a possible Copa del Rey quarter-final showdown with Real Madrid after winning the first leg of their last-16 tie against Osasuna 4-0. Barca beat Osasuna 8-0 at home in the La Liga back in September and the Pamplona-based side must have feared another mauling when Cesc Fabregas netted twice […]
The 2012 MLS schedule has been released and like all fans I looked to see when the big teams would meet each other. In looking over the schedule, the folks at Major League Soccer identified these as the 10 must-see matches of 2012. Do you agree with them? Unfortunately there are no New England Revolution […]