Month: June 2011

The annual Cosmos Copa is once again on the horizon with 16 ebullient teams gunning for glory. In what will be its third consecutive year, the tournament is one of…

Which players contributed most to their team’s success (or lack thereof) in season 2010-2011?

Thiago Alcantara has signed a two-year contract extension at Barcelona – subsequently warding off any potential suitors. After impressing in Spain’s European Under-21 Championship triumph, speculation had arose that interest…

After the leaked images suggested that Arsenal 2011/2012 away kit will be blue, that is exactly what it has turned out to be. The Nike manufactured shirt is diagonally divided…

A rejuvenated Liverpool FC under Kenny Dalglish look to strengthen their squad to challenge for the title. However their approach in the transfer market seems quite complex till now. For…

Argentine giants River Plate are enduring the bleakest period in its 110 year existence after succumbing to what seemed nothing more than an improbable assumption, relegation to the second tier…

An investigation into Europe’s goalkeeping stats comes up with some early signs of slippage for a couple of champions.

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How would you play football on Mars? A trio of University of Leicester undergraduates have studied just that, looking at how the reduced Martian gravity and light conditions would alter…

Today’s stories of ‘Arsenal likely to sell Fabregas to Barcelona’ are founded on this cute little exchange between Dan Roan (BBC) and his Arsenal source: When asked about Barcelona’s transfer…

Manchester United have taken their spending to 50m in the close season as David De Gea flew in today to undergo his medical, making him the third player to be…

Always the perennial underachievers, the last few years have seen that theory put to bed.  Though the senior team went out in the second round in the 2006 world cup,…

It’s as though José Mourinho never left. Though comparisons between Chelsea’s new Portuguese manager and his mentor are rife to the point of becoming clichéd, it is true to some…

Mexico is king of CONCACAF for another two years and there’s no second guessing this time. After beating a US “B” team in the 2009 final, El Tri demolished the best the US had to offer in an entertaining 4-2 final Saturday.

With the tournament over let’s take a look at where some teams go from here and some thoughts on who impressed and who has work to do heading into World Cup qualifying.

Real Madrid have revealed their 2011/2012 kits. The adidas manufactured kits now contain the golden color on the shoulders. As per tradition, the home shirt is white and the away…

Serie A club Lazio have revealed their 2011/2012 kits. German sports goods manufacturer Puma supplies the kits for Rome based club. Lazio stood fifth last season above their fierce rivals…

Saturday night LA was draped in green as Mexico dominated the US 4-2 to claim the Gold Cup finale. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead early the US looked to have a magic touch. But Mexico, sensing weakness on the Yanks left side, unleashed their dangerous set of attackers and made the US pay scoring four unanswered on their way to the Cup and a spot in the 2013 Confederations Cup tournament.

In 24 hours we’ll know how the latest edition of CONCACAF’s best rivalry went down as another US-Mexico Gold Cup finale is upon us. With previews and analysis filling the internet there’s a number of issues and storylines being written about. Here I will provide some of the more interesting ones along with some keys to Saturday’s finale and my prediction.

The leaked image from April was spot on as adidas and Ajax launch their 2011/2012 home kit. The adidas manufactured shirt is white and red with a red collar and…

OK CONCACAF and Gold Cup coordinators you can exhale. It looked rocky at times but all your worry was for nothing. The dream final is set for Saturday and after Wednesday’s matches the US and Mexico look to be a more of an even talent level than anyone would have predicted a week ago.

Before the European Championships, Stuart Pearce was given the assignment to prepare England’s under 21′s for what life would be like as part of the full national side. By crashing…

With the Gold Cup semifinals taking place in Houston I got the chance to get some notes from the teams during their press and training day Tuesday. The general consensus was that the teams all respect each other and feel the competition level is the highest it’s been in the tournament for quite some time.

Here are some notes on each team from the day ahead of the final four.

Andre Villas-Boas will become the seventh Chelsea manager in the same number of years as owner Roman Abramovich activated his staggeringly high release clause totalling £13.3 million from FC Porto….

An image of an orange Puma manufactured Newcastle United shirt has been leaked and it is said to be the away shirt for the Magpies. The image shows the shirt…

FIFA Vice President and President of the CONCACAF Jack Warner has resigned stating he’s tired of being FIFA’s fall-guy. This time, that reputation is earned.

Tottenham have revealed their Puma manufactured home, away and third 2011/2012 kits. The Spurs’ home shirt is exactly like the leaked images indicated. All the three shirts are different have…

101 goalkeepers made over ten starts in Europe’s four major leagues during season 2010-12. Another fifty-six made at least one start in either the English Premiership, La Liga, the Bundesliga…