The 12th anniversary of Arsene Wenger's arrival at Arsenal on Sunday should be an occasion for genuine celebration throughout the land – even at Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge – as his principles of attacking football and youth development have enriched the English game for over a decade. Click to continue reading...

Sorry for the absence, folks. Your humble Premiership blogger makes his salary by working in the world of Wall Street...as you can imagine, it's been a busy couple of weeks.

But we're back now and ready for uninterrupted Premiership coverage from here on out, or at least until the next financial apocalypse threatens our way of life. Click to continue reading...

Vasco de Gama are in trouble. The usually pretty successful club (they've won a Brazilian championship in every decade since the '70s, and the Copa Libertadores in 1998) are currently in the bottom four of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, so if the season ended right now they'd be relegated to Série B. Click to continue reading...

As many of us MLS fans were in angst over the pathetic performance of our clubs in the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League this week, perhaps it is only fitting to turn the clock back to 1998 and take a look back to an MLS team which, a decade ago, won not only the CONCACAF Champions Cup but then went on to beat the Copa Libertadores Champion, Brazil's famed,Vasco da Gama, in the final match of the final Copa Interamericana. Click to continue reading...

Wizards 2 Galaxy 0.

This was a game that looked like it involved the two last-place teams in the league, at least until the Wizards scored two goals in two minutes to dispose of the Galaxy.

The largest Wizards crowd of the season - 26,113 - watched as the Galaxy winless streak reached 12 games, a stretch that has seen L.

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The 2007 season was one of the most significant for MLS ever. David Beckham signed with the Gals (but didn't play much) and his popularity increased the league's average attendance per game by a whopping 1,000 fans. Commissioner Garber was finally delivering on his promise of growth to a league that had toiled in near obscurity for over a decade. Click to continue reading...

Good evening folks. I was able to work my way through the third of four parts of the most recent SBI Q&A session. There some very good and interesting questions in this batch, including asking for my takes on best American field players ever and best strikers in the world right now. There's a little something for everybody.

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By the way, Toronto FC fans The Verve's first new album in 10 years was released today and I am going home to wallow in my 90's space-rock nostalgia tonight. If you --like me-- have a thing for moderately psychedelic Brit-rock with a penchant for grand overstatements and druggie guitar work, I highly recommend you get this album. Click to continue reading...

The Indonesian FA are looking to open the nation's very own football academy next July in Lido, approximately 70 kilometres south of Jakarta.

I was talking with Marvin, head coach of SSI (the outfit which runs the Arsenal Soccer School) and he said plans allow for a 10 hectare site located in the foothills of West Java and linked to the capital city. Click to continue reading...

The stalwart that is Sami Hyypia has been an amazing player for Liverpool over the years, his attitude, commitment and consistency have been phenomenal in that in spans what is soon to be a decade at LFC.

Despite his 'old age' and that he's possibly in his last season as a player, it emerged recently that Stoke City had offered £2. Click to continue reading...

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Setanta/Laurent Picard - Parejo: Salgado not heading to England
Real Madrid full back Michel Salgado will not be joining Queens Park Rangers according to fellow countryman Daniel Parejo, who exclusively spoke to setantasports.com.
Spanish defender Salgado, a close friend of QPR's co-owners Flavio Briatore and Alejandro Agag, revealed he had dinner with the businessmen in order to discuss his future. Click to continue reading...

MK Dons, a joke club August 16th 2008. One of the worst days in memory of supporting Northampton Town and football in general. The stage was set for a Cobblers invasion of Milton Keynes. Over 3,000 away tickets had been sold as we made our way to neighbours Milton Keynes Dons for the first time in our history. Click to continue reading...

Say what you like about United the brand, but the heart of United the club and it's support, is working class and they don't take too kindly to players that make more in a week than they do in a decade, claiming they're slaves and generally behaving like complete idiots.

That's what we were subjected to over the Summer by Ronaldo and it looks to have caused a nice rift between him and sections of the United faithful.

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In some ways Michael Owen has been a liability at St James' Park - sky-high wages and repetitive injuries, not to mention his burning ambitions to play in Europe and win league titles (no offense but I think he knows that's not happening with Newcastle this decade) which has created a LOT of speculation around [. Click to continue reading...

Okay, if all I want for the remainder of this season are gritted out wins, then I'll take this one. To give Chicago the respect they deserve - the Fire had done quite a bit and could have legitimately walked out with a draw. That said, United was a post away from a multiple goal win. Ultimately, this kind of win is satisfying.

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One of the best sellers this summer, the book Football Dynamo was reviewed on here a couple of weeks back. Author Marc Bennetts must have liked the review because he kindly accepted to do an interview with us in which he talks about Russian football and how he had always expected Martin Skrtel to do well. Click to continue reading...

It's been over a decade since Manchester United's youngsters came to prominence and won Premier League after Premier League with players groomed for nothing but success by Sir Alex Ferguson. Now four of his protégés will be conspiring against him in the top flight in an ever growing pupil vs teacher fixture list. Click to continue reading...

College Soccer News has the Lobos ranked 19th and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) ranks them just outside the top 25 also receiving votes (28th).
Somewhat disappointing based on the tradition of the last half decade, the 10 returning players and the quality of transfers and freshman coming in. Click to continue reading...

TORONTO - In the shadows of Toronto's MLS team, Toronto FC, is an ever growing phenomenon that is Pistolas FC Toronto. But now PFC is starting to garner attention and has been classed as one of the 5 Official Club Sites listed on Football-Linx.com.


Pistolas FC Toronto now joins fellow Official Canadian clubs, the Montreal Impact, Vancouver Whitecaps, Toronto Lynx, and Ottawa Fury - read on - http://www. Click to continue reading...

Japan cruised to first place in qualifying from Asia, and maintained an undefeated record (China, as hosts, qualified automatically). They are another country that has been steadily advancing the cause of women's football over the past decade, and defeated China 3-0 in February to claim their first East Asian Federation Championship. Click to continue reading...

Back in the top flight after nigh-on a decade and a half away, and it was as if San Martín de Tucumán had never left. They opened the 2008 Torneo Apertura in their own stadium against Huracán on Friday evening, and ran out 2-0 winners after taking full advantage of a strong start. A little [...] Click to continue reading...

It was bound to happen eventually: Diego Simeone could no longer stand Ariel Ortega's alcoholic problem and finally decided to seperate him from the team. After another incident this weekend, the ex-Estudiantes coach chose to have a long chat with Jose Maria Aguilar to decide where the idol's future would be, and it most definitely wasn't in Nuñez. Click to continue reading...

What? You thought I forgot there was a little three decade-long grudge match tonight? Blogger please. I will not rest until I get a call from FSC's Mitch Peacock himself saying "you can stop now, we really don't have the bandwidth for an audience this size." Until then, I'm going to keep reminding you to do whatever you have to do to watch the game on FSC at 11pmEST. Click to continue reading...

ADELAIDE UNITED FC ANNOUNCES COACH FOR NEW W-LEAGUE

ADELAIDE UNITED FC ANNOUNCES COACH FOR NEW W-LEAGUE

Adelaide United FC has named Michael Barnett as the club's Women's Team Coach for Football Federation Australia's (FFA) new national women's league, the Westfield W-League.

Barnett is the current coach of local South Australian Super League club MetroStars and has over a decade of coaching experience, which includes two years in charge of the men's SA State Team. Click to continue reading...

IPSWICH town council moved to reassure the public today that they would be safe after Ipswich suffered its most scariest verbal abuse attack in more than a decade. The incident happened after West Ham striker Craig Bellamy was substituted during their 5-3 victory over Ipswich Town at Portman Road last night. Click to continue reading...

A judging panel that included former Celt John Hartson and Rangers captain Barry Ferguson, as well as Sunsport writer Robert Grieve plus representatives from Setanta Sports, the SPL and competition sponsors Mitre chose Jim Hamilton's goal against Celtic back in January of 2006 as the SPL Goal of the Decade. Click to continue reading...

Lilian Thuram's retirement has meant one of France's finest players of the past decade, who transcended the sport and made an impact in political and social circles, has finally hung up his boots. Click to continue reading...

What a difference a decade makes. In July 1997, the A-League's (now the USL) newly-formed Toronto Lynx joined their fellow Canadian clubs in the top seven spots in the table, yet could only attract 1500 fans a game to watch them in Varsity's cavernous stadium. Ten years later, 14 000 season tickets would be sold at BMO Field before Toronto FC even kicked off their inaugural season. Click to continue reading...

Just when Lille fans thought that Lyon was done plundering their club of their most valuable assets, it turns out that Lille's club doctor, Emmanuel Ohrant, has decided to join Claude Puel's staff.

Geez. Within one year, Lyon signed Lille's three best players, stole their manager and his assistant, and now they take their chief doctor too!

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As the July sunshine finally scorches down on England after weeks of summer downpour this month, a familiar feeling ripples through the stomach of Liverpool supporters throughout the nation. This sensation has occurred in the soul of every Reds fan at this time of the year for over a decade now, and will only be wiped [. Click to continue reading...

Claudio Reyna's career should be defined by what he did in Europe for over a decade, as opposed to his two injury-ridden seasons in MLS. Click to continue reading...

700 sign-up after just five days. That's almost 2100 potential members.

How many would we get if we actually had a team, a bright future, a marketing campaign and a marquee player?

Over 5,000. You'd think so based on the survey.

The Raiders have 3,000 members, the Brumbies survive on 9,000. Click to continue reading...

We may have commented on this before (here and here) but, hilariously, it has happened again and so deserves (yet) another mention.

Peter Taylor has once again signed Junior Lewis.

Lewis has now worked with Taylor at 8 clubs and the ex-England manager's regular signing of the (frankly rubbish) midfielder has gone beyond a joke. Click to continue reading...

My name is Scott Kucirek and I and a few friends are on a mission to bring a Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) team to Northern California for the 2009 season. Our journey started March 1, 2009, when after nearly a year of talking about how Northern California would be the ideal location for a professional women's soccer team, I decided to dedicate my full time attention (i. Click to continue reading...

Although Roy first appeared way back in 1954 as a young apprentice signed by Melchester Rovers' forward thinking youth team scout – Bert Bonser, it wasn't until the 1980s that he truly became Roy Race: The Legend. The 80s defined him more than any other decade, his blond, centre-parted mullet became the haircut of [. Click to continue reading...