Monthly Archives: April 2008

Inter Milan teenager Mario Balotelli announced his arrival on the global stage with a fantastic individual performance during the Nerazzurri’s 2-0 victory away to Atalanta over the weekend. So good was the 17-year-old that Inter legend Mario Corso was moved to declare him the best talent he’s ever seen. “After so many years it is […]

If you don't subscribe to Setanta Sports, then do yourself a favor and do a YouTube search for "I'm on Setanta Sports," a parody show hosted by a puppet personifying former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho. "The Special One", as he refers to himself, has regular in-studio "guests," such as Manchester City manager Sven Goran Eriksson […]

"There are the good Anfield European nights, there are the great ones and then, like this one, there are those remarkable occasions which fall into a different category altogether," says the Independent's Sam Wallace, and last night's 4-2 thriller at Anfield certainly falls into the latter category. In a night of "joyously chaoti" soccer Liverpool's […]

The U.S. Soccer Federation still hasn’t decided whether to bid on the 2018 World Cup, President Sunil Gulati reveals, although a decision is expected by June 1 or shortly thereafter.

Millions may be pouring into Major League Soccer’s coffers through expansion clubs, but the players aren’t likely to receive raises anytime soon. That may seem unfair, but MLS Commissioner Don Garber reminds us that, “The league is doing better, but don’t forget that there has been massive amounts of money invested in this league to get to this point,” Garber tells Luis Bueno of the Press Enterprise. “One good year does not a future make. We’ve got to ensure that we’ve got a good year this year and ensure that some of the teams we have that have struggled at the gate are able to pick it up.”

Arsenal has struggled to eke out important results since posting an historic 2-0 victory at the San Siro last month, losing 2-1 away to Chelsea and then drawing 1-1 at home against Liverpool twice in the span of four days. Nevertheless, Coach Arsene Wenger believes the Gunners can still win both the English Premier League […]

With a torn leg muscle ruling him idle, two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho might have his feet up, but his brother and agent Roberto De Assis can’t keep still. First he was spotted meeting with AC Milan GM Adriano Galliani in Italy last week, then come reports from England that Manchester City […]

The on again, off again transfer saga of former Metrostars standout Amado Guevara to Toronto FC appears to be on again — for good, according to Soccer By Ives. Honduran newspaper La Tribuna reported on Monday that Guevara has played his last game for Motagua and appears ready to return to MLS. “I don’t know […]

If Week 2 of the 2008 MLS season taught us anything, it’s to take over-hasty pronouncements of a team’s flight or failure after the first game of the season with a grain of salt, says ESPN’s Steve Davis. There are two glaring cases, in particular: New England, lauded as an instant title favorite following the […]

Here’s a good question MLS needs to ask itself: should a league that describes itself as not being dependent on the international transfer market be selling young stars like Jozy Altidore instead of building a foundation and marketing campaign around them?