Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
Top 5 Asian (AFC) Footballers
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 28 2012Up until the 2002 World Cup in South Korea/Japan, Asian football didn’t exactly get a great deal of attention. But, following South Korea’s run to the semifinals and Japan’s appearance…
Online Football Manager review: simple to learn but hard to master
Charlie Rhodes • Mar 17 2012All football fans are likely to have seen many matches where they wondered just what the players were doing. Weak offence, sloppy teamwork, a general lack of motivation… you had…
Serie A 2008-2009 Fixtures
Charlie Rhodes • Oct 11 2021The Serie A fixture list was released last week, and the first match day of the campaign offers up the chance for an early look at how the races for…
Twenty20 Football?
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 3 2022With the success of Twenty20 cricket in raising the profile and popularity of the most benign of sports, radical FA plans to create a rival Twenty20 have been leaked to…
Soccerlens 08/09 Championship Fantasy Football
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 6 2010This is now closed. You can sign up for the latest Soccerlens Fantasy Football game here.
Tonya Antonucci Interview: Women’s Professional Soccer CEO
Charlie Rhodes • Mar 31 2009The Women’s Professional Soccer league kicks off its inaugural season in April 2009. WPS teams will be based in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and…
2008 Olympics Football Fixtures & Results
Charlie Rhodes • Dec 12 2021Beijing 2008 Olympics – Men’s Football fixtures and results, all in one place! Bookmark this page and share away:
World Sport Chicago International Cup
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 23 2012For the past week, Chicago has been peppered with pint-sized footballers from around the globe here to compete in the World Sport Chicago International Cup tournament from July 24-27. The…
Among the Hugs: Is Cuddly MLS Really Turning Violent?
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 4 2022West Hammered: MLS Learns from the Pros While English cynicism used to be a cherished import in the all-too-earnest hinterland of soccer-loving North America, the bile has lost its caché…
What Coaches Want From Their Players
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 5 2022As fans we see the game of football very differently from the coaches and managers. How many times have we watched a game and then heard the manager talk about…
Soccerlens 08-09 Fantasy Football
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 6 2010This is now closed. You can sign up for the latest Soccerlens Fantasy Football game here.
Transfers – A Question of Loyalty and Honesty?
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 6 2023With Frank Lampard’s demands at Chelsea firmly on the agenda right now, it’s had me thinking about how sad it is that the trust I once had in players at…
Is Sepp Blatter a Marxist?
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 4 2022For all those enraged by the hundreds of millions of pounds in inflated transfer fees flying between the stadia of Europe this summer: there was once a bearded man from…
Will Barca Miss Ronaldinho and Eto’o?
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 20 2012When Ronaldinho finally left FC Barca it was a sad day. For a brief time he was the king of football and quite possibly the greatest player to have worn…
Loyalty Means Nothing – and Lamps Is The Worst Of The Lot
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 23 2012“I understand why Manchester United fans booed me,” Rio Ferdinand said after the last game of the 2004-2005 season. “I’ve heard I’m being greedy but some of the figures thrown…