During the past two weeks, I can't count how many times I've seen a headline from a major British newspaper tout that a major transfer deal was going to be concluded within the next 48 hours. Unbelieveable. It's now Thursday and there's only a few days remaining before the transfer window slams shut on Monday. Click to continue reading...

The Dutch came into the Euro tournament playing some of the most exciting soccer we have seen in a while. In the group stage they were creative, explosive, and scored tons of goals on their way to an easy Group C victory. However, their opponents in the Quarterfinals, Russia, came into the game playing in the exact same style. Click to continue reading...

I bring to you the 4th installment of the Goal of the Week. All I can say is wow, if I thought choosing a goal of the week last week was hard, this week was impossible. So many good goals were scored this week in Euro 08, with the 2 runner up's being Bastian Schweinsteiger's goal vs. Portugal, and Russia's Roman Pavluchenko's goal vs. Click to continue reading...

Russia defeat Sweden 2-0 Russia needed a win against Sweden in order to advance to the Quarterfinals, while a draw for Sweden would get them through.  Russia welcomed back striker Andrei Arshavin to the starting lineup, after he had been suspended for Russia's first 2 games for getting a red card in Russia's final qualifying game. Click to continue reading...