Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
Welcome to Soccerlens Training
Charlie Rhodes • Dec 21 2021Welcome to the Soccerlens Training blog, where we’ll be sharing football training tips and videos with our readers.
World Cup News: Julio Cesar Receives A Heroes’ Welcome, Felipe Melo Doesn’t!
Charlie Rhodes • Dec 17 2021Good morrow and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Four games left people. Four…games…left. Here’s your round-up of all this morning’s World Cup-related news… (If you would…
Maradona: “I don’t believe that anybody is happy with this in a country that lives and breathes football.”
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 11 2023The road ended abruptly for Diego Maradona and Argentina at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. The roadblock was called Germany. For the second time in successive World Cups, the…
French Legend Lilian Thuram Calls For Patrice Evra Ban
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 5 2010French legend Lilian Thuram has insisted that current captain Patrice Evra must never play for France again, as punishment for his role in the national team’s implosion in South Africa….
Dunga: “I consider myself the first person to blame for this elimination.”
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 5 2023Brazil manager, Carlos Dunga, who played for many years in the Italian Serie A, responded directly after the elimination by the Netherlands to the Milan sports daily, La Gazzetta dello…
Sunderland on the prowl for Marcos Angeleri
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 5 2010Sunderland expect to complete the purchase of Estudiantes right-back Marcos Angeleri for a cool £1.5 million. The finer details of the deal are going to be fulfilled over the weekend…
The Truly Terrific Thomas Mueller
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 5 2010Hearing the surname “Muller” in association with German football automatically creates imagery of the legendary German striker Gerd. German football followers expect him to play with the same prowess and…
Where are Rooney, Ronaldo, and Messi?
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 5 2010This World Cup has been characterized by teams with two main traits: organization and mental toughness. While it was supposed to be the Wold Cup where Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo,…
The Future of American Soccer
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 2 2010US Soccer should retain Bob Bradley as head coach, maintaining the status quo. This is the easiest and safest of all scenarios and when looked at analytically from a business…
World Cup News: Four-Star Germany Thrash Argentina!
Charlie Rhodes • Dec 17 2021Morning all and welcome, once more, to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. There’s exactly one week left, and two of the biggest fish have now been comprehensively removed…
Cristiano Ronaldo (Sort Of) Buys Scottish Club Stirling Albion!
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 7 2023First division side Stirling Albion have become the first senior Scottish side in history to be owned by their fans, after the club’s Supporters Trust struck a landmark deal with…
World Cup News: Paris Hilton Arrested As The Netherlands March On!
Charlie Rhodes • Dec 17 2021Goedemorgen and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Now forgive me if this sounds a little bit over-dramatic, but I think that yesterday may have been the…
Transfer Rumors: German wiz Ozil admires Premier League, Manchester City land Barcelona’s Toure, and more
Charlie Rhodes • Sep 23 2010While Brazil’s shocking defeat to Holland and Uruguay’s dramatic win over Ghana in the first two World Cup quarterfinal ties rightfully dominated the football headlines yesterday, there was plenty of…
Gonzalo Higuain: “I live to score goals.”
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 5 2023Gonzalo “el Pipita” Higuain is chasing history. He currently is the leading goal scorer in South Africa and hopes to emulate fellow Argentine, Mario Kempes, who won the Golden Boot…
Fabio Capello Will Continue As England Manager
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 2 2010The FA have confirmed that Fabio Capello will continue as the manager of England, despite his side’s woeful showing at this summer’s World Cup. The decision was made at a…