Fresh on the heels of the news that former U.S. coach Bruce Arena has been handed the keys to the LA Galaxy came the announcement that Fernando Clavijo has resigned as Colorado Rapids head coach. “A lot of things happened through the year that I was not happy with in many ways,” Clavijo told the […]
England manager Fabio Capello must have been channeling the” Wally With The Brolly” aka Steve McClaren. That can be the only logical answer for his decisions this week. First of all the decision to name John Terry as England captain was the wrong one. Terry is a great club captain. He rallies the troops and […]
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 […]
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 […]