Kicks4Kenya Heads to Africa for World Cup

Passion takes us to unique places. For TJ Widbin of Wever, Iowa, that place is Kenya. In 2007 he took soccer equipment to Kenya and now runs Kicks4Kenya (www.kicks4kenya.org). He will be headed to Kenya soon for the 2010 World Cup and is working to raise funds to help expand their outreach programs that help [...]

Mourinho Guides Inter Into Final

By Mark Vincent Lincir I’m starting to think that Jose Mourinho is pretty darn special after all. The Special One has been living up to his hype at every stop. Can he be considered one of the greatest managers ever? He has to be. Photo from fOTOGLIF Despite suffering a red card in the first [...]

Bizarre Love Triangle: Week 34 at the top of the Ligue 1 table.

By Paul Douglas Grant Writing about anticipated Ligue 1 football results has something of the flavor of writing about fireworks: while busy describing the scintillating compositions, the explosive power, and the possible forms the fireworks might take, the show is already over and the descriptions were, well, all wrong. Then, I wondered thoughtfully who would [...]

Chicago is for Hooligans

By Amanda Beemer Ever hear the old adage ”football is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans”? Although it originates from a British newspaper article published almost 60 years ago, it applies all the same to MLS today. Take for example the positively surly match between the Chicago Fire and the Houston Dynamo last weekend. The [...]

VTL: The Jeremy Hall Conundrum

By Alex Labidou Is playing at right back affecting Jeremy Hall’s development? The New York Red Bulls latest signing, Brian Nielsen, was greeted with a lot of optimism and excitement at the team’s arena last weekend. After all, left midfielder has a been a weakness of the Red Bulls for the past two seasons and [...]

Three Reasons To Be Excited About FIFA’s World Cup Game

By Alex Labidou 1.The stadiums, crowds and atmosphere: As good as FIFA 10 was last year, nothing tops EA sports capturing of the World Cup. There is nothing like hearing the Vuvuzela horns in the crowd as your about to take the penalty that could win you a game. 2. The chance to take random [...]

Hesmer the Hero

By Casey Ward Dragging a wife in her third trimester to a literally and figuratively sodden soccer match played in an uncovered stadium must surely constitutes domestic abuse. Had my fellow spectators been able to detect the protruding belly beneath her oversized yellow poncho, I would have been run out of Crew stadium on a [...]

Chelsea Deserves Title

By Mark Vincent Lincir At least for a few minutes it looked like Stoke might be able hold on for a point at Stamford Bridge over the weekend. But that was only until Chelsea shook the cobwebs off and decided to play. Photo from fOTOGLIF I was in the company of a Man Utd fan [...]

Forlan Goal Leaves Liverpool With It All To Do.

By James Cox Liverpool will need another memorable European night at Anfield to progress to the final of the Europa League after losing 1-0 in the semi-final first leg away at Atletico Madrid. Former Manchester United striker, and rumoured Benitez target Diego Forlan scored the only goal of the game early in the first half [...]

How To Make The Europa League Matter ?

By Alex Labidou, How many people have actually watched Fulham’s Remarkable Run In Europe? Cinderella stories don’t exist in European soccer. The sport is not littered with Goliaths being slain by Davids. Due to a system where resources are everything and revenue sharing doesn’t exist, the reality is the big teams usually have a stranglehold [...]

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