Na bitte Energie! Endlich ziehen unsere Kicker mal wieder was vom Teller. Der Pokaltriumph war nach der dünnen Vorstellung gegen Bochum allerdings auch bitter nötig. Im Spiel nach vorne wirken die Cottbuser zwar weiter genauso verunsichert wie Anleger an den Aktienmärkten. Wirklich torgefährliche Aktionen sind im Moment seltener als vernünftig geführte Banken. Click to continue reading...

There is an adage in CONCACAF that seems to be prevalent, one that American coaches and players alike say all the time.

"It's tough to play away in CONCACAF."

I've found startling new evidence that may help enlighten us all on just how tough it is to play away in CONCACAF.

Now, if you are talking about physically going down to a CONCACAF nation and playing a game of soccer, that may well be tough. Click to continue reading...

Borussia Dortmund's Bosnian-American Neven Subotic was named to La Gazzetta Dello Sport's European Best 11 today after another strong performance this weekend. For the second time in three weeks, he combined stout defending with offensive contributions, scoring the game winnner for the second in the young season, this time against Energie Cottbus. Click to continue reading...

Ja, es gibt Themen, die muss man ganz schnell aufgreifen. Gerade war mal wieder so ein Thema. Ümit Ozat vom 1. FC Köln ist auf dem Platz zusammengebrochen. Die schlimmsten Geschichten kamen uns wieder ins Gedächtnis. Doch die Redaktion des kickers hätte doch gerne die Meldung noch mal gegenlesen sollen: War immerhin auf der Startseite. Click to continue reading...

It's possible you've come across this page as a fan of D.C. United. It's also possible that you got here via BightestYoungThings.com (one of our favorites). Regardless of how you got here, we've got a pretty cool deal for you that may find you in front of a camera with United players as part of an exclusive photo shoot.

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Now that Rafael van der Vaart has been sold to Real Madrid, Hamburger SV is shopping for an attacking player to fill the gap. Both the Hamburg press and Kicker report that the two main candidates are Spartak Moscow striker Roman Pavlyuchenko and Heerenveen's attacking midfielder Michael Bradley (currently in China playing for the US Olympic team). Click to continue reading...

Craig Waibel joined kicker Kris Brown after Texans practice Sunday for a little fun. While the Dynamo defender was supposed to be getting pointers from Brown on how to kick field goals, it was Waibel showing him how it's done.... Click to continue reading...

Cameroon boss Otto Pfister recently gave an interview where he confirmed that Arsenal and Chelsea are chasing Barcelona's striker Samuel Eto'o, and that he's extremely surprised Barca wants to let him go. "Eto'o's goals against Tanzania [in a World Cup qualifier] were in a class of their own," he told Kicker. Click to continue reading...

Another Monday Kicker here on WVHooligan.com. We are zeroing in on that summer transfer window to open up so of course there is a lot of talk right now in the world about a few players making their way to the MLS. Some are probably decent rumors, while others are probably nothing more than a [...] Click to continue reading...

Some of you may have noticed that Germany were held to a 2-2 draw against Belarus on Tuesday, despite dashing into a two-goal lead by half-time. It hardly bodes well for their chances of winning Euro 2008, although everybody's favourite keeper Jens Lehmann claims that his error-ridden performance for Joachim Low's team was down to [. Click to continue reading...

On Thursday, German club Borussia Dortmund claimed that they had reached an agreement with the Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann but now the German international custodian has come out and denied that any concrete agreement ahs been reached between him and the German side. Goal.com reports that Lehmann is not looking to commit himself to Dortmund in [. Click to continue reading...