Soccer
UEFA Champions League Final
This Saturday, May 26, the beautiful NSC Olimpiyskiy will host the final for the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League Final. And what a final it should be. After eight long tiring months of soccer, only two teams remain to claim the title of the best club in Europe. Will...
Major League Soccer – Early Season Review
Wayne Rooney has had a long storied career joining the Everton youth club at the age of nine and making his professional debut with them in 2002 at the age of 16. He played for two seasons before moving to Manchester United where he had a long and heralded career...
UEFA Champions League : Semi-Finals
Yesterday the first semi-final match for the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League was held at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England. The first leg is oh so critical in these home and home series. So how did it shake out and what happens next? Spoiler alert. The banner in...
UEFA Champions League – Quarter Finals
The Quarter Finals round for the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League kicks off today. And there is simply no better way to preface it than with this photo from the Barcelona - Chelsea match in the Round of 16. Lionel Messi has just been unstoppable of late and if that...
Major League Soccer 2018 – What to Expect
Nothing quite captures soccer in the US in 2017 that the iconic picture of Jozy Altidore after he scored the opening goal in the MLS Cup Final in the 67th minute leading Toronto FC to the championship ultimately besting Seattle 2-0. Yes the same Jozy Altidore who...
UEFA Champions League – Round of 16
The Round of 16, the start of the knockout phase, for the UEFA Champions League ramps up with the first set of matches next week. The best soccer on the planet now gets to the time when mistakes are costly. No margin for error. Here's a preview of all eight matches...
EPL and the Rest of Europe Mid Season Report Card
You know the old line about a picture being worth a thousand words? Well here it is in spades. Pep Guardiola has won the EPL Manager of the Month award four straight times. Making history being the first time in history for a manager to win the award four straight...
UEFA Champions League – What happened in the Group State?
The Group Stage of the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League has finished. And there were certainly some surpises but none bigger than FC Basel 1993 qualifying for the knockout stages. Back in September the preview article spelled out the expected results for the Group...