The FFA handed, on a plate, the 11th spot in the A-League to a Melbourne consortium.

Hand in your plan and you get the gig. If you're from Melbourne.
No measuring alternative plans, we want Melbourne and probably Sydney and that's it.

The rest of you, Tassie, Canberra and Wollongong can well. Click to continue reading...

You can watch the video, but you might not understand at first.

Even, I dunno, fish know that in soccer the ball has to go into the goal for a score to count, right?

Apparently the referees in the Reading v. Watford goal decided otherwise. In this game, a ball that goes next to the goal counts. Click to continue reading...

There are more rumors in the world of soccer than all the other sports combined, that's why it's the most awesome.

Anyways, recent rumblings have the Argentine going to Inter in some high-office hire.

But that's not all.

His first priority would be bring son-in-law Sergio Aguerro over as well. Click to continue reading...

Must read article of the year at Forbes.com. It's great to see them finally doing this with MLS, as they've been doing it for other sports for years. Based on last year's data, 3 teams made a profit (LA, TOR, DAL). Overall, not counting San Jose, the league lost $20 million with $166 million in revenue. Click to continue reading...

For two years, RailHawks' fans have enjoyed excellent coverage of our favorite soccer team by Cary News sportswriter Tim Candon.
But TSF has learned that Tim has left the Cary News to become the editor of HighSchoolOT.com, a new local high school sports website produced in concert with WRAL and 99 The Fan sports radio. Click to continue reading...

IT'S A CRUEL GAME The amazing thing about the sport of soccer remains the fact that on any given day a team can beat virtually any other team. Other sports pay this alot of lip service, but it just isn't true. In football time of possession and total yards inevitably lead to victories. The same is true of basketball and baseball where looking at shot percentage and strikeouts you can tell who Click to continue reading...

Lots of people complain that the biggest thing against soccer is the lack of stats. Americans love their stats and honestly I can't blame them. Other sports are full of them and soccer does lack some statistical value to some people. Well, today I found a site that puts the math to the test and helps [. Click to continue reading...

With the memory of the Euro 08 tournament behind us, soccer fans have another tournament to look forward to this summer, the 2008 Olympic games in China! First off let me say this: Soccer is in a different position then other sports in the Olympics. For many sports such as swimming or track and field, the Olympics is the ultimate tournament and test for the athletes to see who is the best. Click to continue reading...

In the next week we should get a barrage of Olympic previews. I have mixed feelings about the international ritual but the cynicism goes on the back burner for soccer, which holds my attention even through the smog marketing mayhem. I'll watch some of the television coverage of other sports thanks in large part to [. Click to continue reading...

Not a lot to say other than: that's why we love Christian here in Colorado. The other good news is that Stevie seemed to know a bit better than the voters and started Christian AND Pablo. So the midfield started with Beckham, Gomez, Mastroeni, and Joseph. That gives any club in the world a run for its money.

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From the West County Journal in St Louis comes Revenue shortfall makes Sportport's future uncertain

The problem with Sportport, city officials said, is that it has failed to draw enough revenue to keep pace with costs. Since the facility opened in 1999, the city has spent about $2.

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Consider yesterday's post a double-fault. Not that I'm apologizing for my befuddlement about the media fascination over Wimbledon, but even before I read the mainly negative comments this morning I knew something was amiss. My original idea simply wasn't articulated properly and ended up coming off as petty whining. Click to continue reading...

Normally, I take every chance I get to poke fun at Arsene Wenger. This is mostly because of his whiny, surrender monkey attitude, but I'll admit he can spot and develop talent better than the majority of managers in football. So when Wenger speaks, I listen. After all, I can't make fun of him if I'm not up-to-date.

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http://www.takkle.com/

Takkle is a social networking site that provides soccer videos, photos, and a whole lot more. Takkle is a place where students, athletes, coaches, and fans can share their passion for soccer and other sports.
http://www.takkle.com/

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So this guy gets treated to a soccer broadcast that takes the game seriously and suddenly realizes that he likes it.
That doesn't surprise me. I ranted about soccer announcing years ago, for a soccer365 column called "Soccer Special Ed" where I talked about how too many U.S. announcers took way too much time to explain things during a soccer match, as if the listening audience was really ignorant. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, Matthew Yglesia's political blog took a brief and (as usual) dubious detour into the Americans-don't-like-soccer-why-is-that-oh-yes-they-do-oh-no-they-don't-it's-because-of-the-low-scoring-well-actually-are-other-sports-really-so-different-I-hate-the-diving-I-don't-like-nil-nil-draws-but-actually-nil-nil-draws-can be-quite-compelling-et-cetera-ad-nauseum debate. Click to continue reading...

Last week, we got into a little discussion here about soccer athlete's top-notch physical conditioning as opposed to other sports, baseball actually.

Here's a post from Paul Oberjuerge's blog about the topic of fitness. If you're not familiar with him, Paul was sports editor at the San Bernardino Sun for many years before he was unjustly fired earlier this year. Click to continue reading...

All about the USA Today soccer (and other sports) writer, who also drops a quick A.C. namecheck. Click to continue reading...

I'VE been wasting several hours over the last few weeks playing Amen Corner at the Augusta National Club - home of the US Masters. Glorious weather every day. The azaleas look magnificent in full bloom around the 12th green. Jack's been at my side, holding my bag and giving me advice over tricky putts. Click to continue reading...

RED Rum could make you a fortune at this year's Grand National on April 5. Just click below and get a free tip, straight from the horse's mouth.... Leave a comment with the name of the horse Rummy picked for you. We'll see how the old boy did after the race. No registration or email address required. Click to continue reading...

David Beckham hasn't converted to Scientology. Yet. [Daily Mail] SAT time: Americans are to soccer as English are to... [Miami Herald] Brazil to host 2014 Copa Mundial; but are they capable? [The Independent via Sanford's Soccer Net] Turkish fans go to a political rally and a soccer game breaks out [Culture of Soccer] Bruce Arena gets his report card [. Click to continue reading...

It's the top of the ninth inning in a positively riveting 1-1 baseball game featuring the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians. Cleveland leads this best-of-five playoff series 1-0. Chip Carey (grandson of baseball legend and professional drunkard, Harry Carey), Bob Brenly and Tony Gwynn are providing the play-by-play, facial hair, and color commentary, [. Click to continue reading...

Gumbel gently admonishes his media compatriots about soccer at large and Beckham specifically. And, just in case you didn't get enough Gumbel, consider this "Gumbel 2 Gumbel" clip from Family Guy the second installment of a Gumbel jumble two-fer. Click to continue reading...

THE mugshot of Jack in the Touchline Dad heading reminds me of Billy's Boots or Roy of the Rovers. Not that Jack's got a blonde mullet and the cheesiest grin in Melchester. Every Friday during my final year at primary school the dinner ladies would 'divvy up' their coppers to reward the boys who helped stack tables and chairs. We each got about 30 or 40 pence which in 1978 was £2,000 - well worth abandoning the lunchtime kickabout at twenty-five past one and lugging a few tables onto trolleys. Click to continue reading...

JACK watched his first Epsom Derby this afternoon and was excited to see the only jockey he knew - Frankie Dettori - romp home for his debut win in the famous race. He was asking lots of questions. Why didn't the horses jump like in the Grand National? Does the winning 'driver' win a trophy? Click to continue reading...