Barcelona president Joan Laporta has defended the club’s attempts to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic and insisted the money involved is not comparable to that splashed out by Real Madrid this summer. Madrid have spent over 200million euros bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Raul Albiol while so far it has been much quieter at […]
It was always going to be an interesting game. David Beckham’s first game of the season against the team he played for this winter. Would the Galaxy fans embrace Beckham or would they be upset at how he treated them and MLS this winter? From the banners around the sold-out Home Depot Center it was […]
The return of David Beckham to Major League Soccer might have grabbed the headlines, but the real story is that the LA Galaxy (6-3-9) have won four straight MLS games for the first time since September-October 2007 and is fighting for a playoff berth. The Galaxy had not won at New York since 2000. The […]
UEFA announced that they have reduced the European bans handed to Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and defender Jose Bosingwa for their conduct in the wake of Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final elimination by Barcelona in May. European football’s governing body has reduced both players’ suspension by one game on appeal. Drogba will now miss the first three […]
Kaka has sought to temper any expectations that the big-money signings of himself and Cristiano Ronaldo this summer will instantly result in Real Madrid becoming an unbeatable side. Madrid have undergone a huge overhaul after ending last season empty-handed, and following the return of Florentino Perez to the presidency the club have invested almost £200million […]
Driving in the car yesterday and I was listening to ESPN radio. A commercial came on for Colin Cowherd and he was talking about soccer. Cowherd is not a soccer fan and he mentioned that. But he said since the Confederations Cup, non-soccer fans have been suddenly talking about soccer, including him. He went on […]
David Beckham is back in LA and attending Galaxy games, so that means that the high-noon showdown between Landon Donovan and David Beckham is nearing. For those of you who missed the first barb in this exchange, Donovan questioned Beckham’s commitment to the club and also the Major Soccer League in a book coming out […]
Pencil in the weekend of November 28/29. That is when Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and the rest of Real Madrid’s high-priced roster takes on Lionel Messi and the defending Champions League Champions Barcelona at the Camp Nou. The return leg is April 10/11 at the Bernabeu. 29 November FC Barcelona – Real Madrid – Buy FC […]