Soccer

I just caught a bit of the NHL press conference where the commissioner announced the cancellation of this season. It was a big coincidence, I went downstairs to get lunch and flipped on the TV. According to TiVo it was set to record the English Premiership match of the week but that was pre-empted. Two […]

While the free movement of labor in the EU has been a great boon for teams like Real Madrid, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Manchester United who can now field the best of the best players. Critics have voiced concerns that the domestic game, and by extension the national team, in each country would suffer as there

Don’t we all wish some refs would do this more often, BBC SPORT | Fun and Games | Ref sends himself off? Andy Wain decided he had to go following a run-in with a goalkeeper in the Sunday League match.

Sports Law Blog points to an LA Times article reporting that After 10 Years, North Korean Soccer Team Emerges to Seek World Cup Spot. But North Korea’s road to the championship now goes through Japan, former colonizer of the Korean peninsula. Their national teams will meet Feb. 9 in a crucial qualifying game in Saitama,

Well, not exactly but I have been missing the trips to RFK and watching United play, moreso than in previous seasons. Luckily, the MLS preseason is about to gear up. MLS has the distinction of staging the lengthiest regular season in all of U.S. pro sports — which also means it bears a mighty brief

The Men’s National Soccer Team and US Soccer Federation have reached an agreement to keep negotiating a new labor agreement. More importantly, the players have agreed to a no-strike clause and the federation will provide a pay raise of 38 percent. Looks like we’ll be seeing the first team playing against Trinidad and Tobago in

Finally, the National team player’s Union and US Soccer Federation have agreed to a mediator to resolve the labor dispute that has erupted on the eve of the last round of World Cup qualifying. Negotiators from the U.S. Soccer Federation and its union are scheduled to meet with a federal mediator on Thursday in an

This past weekend, Tim Howard was featured on 60 minutes. While I missed it’s airing, there is an excellent summary over at 60 Minutes and Tim howard. Here’s hoping that Howard can take back the starting position at Manchester United. He’d be good to have as a third option next year in Germany, assuming Brad

Former DC United defender Ryan Nelsen had a strong start for his new club Blackburn Rovers in the English Premiership this weekend. The Christchurch-born player became heavily involved in the first half, putting his strikers into goal-scoring opportunities twice within 10 minutes.

Ever since I started following International soccer, after the 1994 World Cup, I’ve found myself diving years into curious groups. The year following a world cup is usually a rebuilding and coach-hiriing year for squads. Two years after is "half-way to the next cup" and a chance to read like tea lieaves the other quadrennial