The British newspapers today are all noting that Ukranian club Shaktar Donetsk have reported Manchester City to FIFA over the £475,000 (600,000 euros) still owed to them over the transfer last summer of Brazilian Elano. According to the Daily Mail: “The money is a ‘solidarity payment’ on European transfers. It usually equates to five per […]
Premier League
Sacha Klijestan: The Chivas USA midfielder vastly improved his international resume with his Olympic performance. It is only a matter of time before a European outfit makes a bid offer for the 22-year-old U.S. international. He ended with two goals scored in Group B action. Sekou Cissé: The 23-year-old Ivorian striker scored two goals with […]
Reports have surfaced alluding to Sir Alex’s upcoming decision to rush Anderson back from the Olympics. United is dealing with a rash of injuries and the 20-year-old midfielder could be called upon. The club now enters Monday’s Premiership showdown with Portsmouth sans Ronaldo and Owen Hargreaves as well as potentially Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs. […]
A look at who were the winners and losers in the first week of the English Premier League. Winners Chelsea Chelsea set down an early marker with a 4-0 demolition of Portsmouth. Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Chelsea looked really good with Deco pulling the strings behind Anelka. The ease of the victory will cause some sleepless […]
Toronto FC bid goodbye to former first-round selection and U.S. national team midfielder Maurice Edu. The 22-year-old signed a five-year contract with Scottish power Rangers FC. Edu joins international teammate DaMarcus Beasley at Ibrox. Edu will have to wait until 2009 at the earliest to enjoy a taste of European football as Rangers were knocked […]
A look at the second round of matches in the English Premier League this coming week. Last week we went 6-4 and are hoping to do better this week. Blackburn v Hull City Both teams got great victories last weekend with Blackburn winning at Everton and Hull winning at home to Fulham. While last week’s […]
A look at the scores and match reports from this weekend’s games in Major League Soccer. Columbus 2 FC Dallas 1 Jeff Cunningham became the fourth player in MLS history to reach 100 goals when he scored in his first game for FC Dallas, but midfielders Brian Carroll and Brad Evans netted second-half goals to […]
FC Schalke 3-0 Hannover 96 Captain Marcelo Bordon scored early and striker Kevin Kurányi added two more first-half goals as Shalke took three points from its match with Hannover 96. VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 FC Köln Two unanswered goals from Wolfsburg’s Christian Gentner and Zvjezdan Misimović proved too much for promoted side Köln. Bayer 04 Laverkusen […]
Samir Nasri did not disappoint in his first match against Premiership neophytes West Bromwich Albion. Beset by key injuries, Arsenal faded in the second half of the 2007-2008 campaign. Several new additions this summer will hopefully allow supporters to forget about the likes of Mathieu Flamini, Alexander Hleb and Gilberto Silva as the Gunners make […]