I don't think you are making the point you want to make: In 3-5 years, Belgium and Mexico could be the best non-traditional powers in the world,...
Ajax's starting center backs, including their captain, are also Belgian-- they go four deep there, all 25 or under. Hazard (20), Lukaku (18), and...
I don't see how the three-time defending African champions can be considered "underachievers"? If anything the opposite. The WC isn't the only...
re: height, there are always set pieces of course but far fewer teams these days are attacking from the wings and sending in crosses, or playing...
Talk about the U.S. fans and the Fed and their expectations misses one important thing: None of that matters. A hired international gun would not...
One other factor that makes this such an undesirable job is that, at least compared to UEFA, CONMEBOL, and even Africa, our continental...
Arshavin won't play defense; Denilson has been abysmal - it's Rosicky or Bendtner out there on the left and he went with the more two-way player...
We have Jozy + journeymen + a lot of hopes and dreams that we can project our own hopes and dreams onto. Until some of these kids take the next...
Re: Guzan sold to Aston Villa (Sideline Views no more? Loan to Hull) Mannone will go back to Arsenal either way if Almunia is sold, which...
Samir Nasri, 23, and Gareth Bale, 21, aren't exactly having bad seasons. Great to see Coyle's Bolton, with their newfound zip and pizzazz and...
Fulham owe a decent chunk of their success, at least up front and in midfield, to resurgent veterans, guys who had obvious talent who were getting...
Holden might be the nominally more offensive-minded central midfielder on this club but that doesn't mean his role is to dictate the play or take...
He went from a team punching way way above its weight to one of the most fabled clubs in the world. And he did so at a time when, given a few...
weird game. Arsenal could have had another 2, 3, 4 easy-- Bogdan made two nice saves and Roskicky and Arshavin each missed decent chances-- but...
Bolton looked lulled to sleep there-- Arsenal had strung together 25-30 passes in a row before the chip.
If he can catch on as a relatively cheap (for the clubs), battle-tested No. 4 CB at any of these places, he should do it - it's a good contract...
Fulham lost 10 of their 19 2010 EPLgames in the 2009-10 season. Of the 10 losses, Dempsey started six of the games and played in eight (one of...
Fittngly, most of us being Americans and all, we're looking at this through Dempsey-colored glasses, but there is simply no injustice going on...
the wisdom of dropping international soccer early.
Davies is an out and out winger; and EJ is about sixth choice then at this point-- behind zamora, clint, gera, dembele, and Elm. And that's not...
Re: Adude! Where's my car-eer?!: 8/15 Freddy still trains solo, no news If he can't get a game at central midfield, it's not really his...
Re: Eddie Johnson back at Fulham Man U flop isn't the same as EPL flop. I'm sure Forlan would have done just fine for, say, Fulham. And La Liga...
Re: Eddie Johnson back at Fulham Cole may be overvalued in the EPL- hell, he is English- but the career figures are a little misleading....
The latter is certainly true but it's also possible that you can call a guy into a nats set-up too early, and give him a sense of complacency or...
Not sure JOB really did much with the U.S. nats until he was an established pro. He was not fully in the picture until Arena and by that time he...