Of the many verbal battles I've waged, perhaps I was most wrong, and most comprehensively defeated, on the subject of jersey sponsorship. I simply could not believe Americans would tolerate corporate logos on their jerseys. To make a long story short, American soccer fans have so far proven remarkably adaptable. MLS fans cheerfully, literally unthinkingly,…

Mexico had a good performance in Brussels​ As a fan of the beautiful game, and the World Cup in particular, the news has been very tough to take. First it was Ballack, then Essien followed with the bad news. Yesterday, as Ollie pointed out, was a triple helping of high profile injury news. And just…

“It’s everything to do with Roy” /www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]>/www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]> That appeared on the BBC website at half-time of the Newcastle-Liverpool game. I’d decided to have a quick look on my phone to see what people were saying and once again I was dismayed by what I was reading. Similar thoughts were being expressed at full-time. /www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]>/www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]> So,…

Allow me to clarify. Friendlies still don't matter, unless it's your team that's playing. And even then, I don't know if the Kansas City Wizards get THAT much out of Sunday's win. Okay, Wizards fans will tell their grandchildren about the day they beat Man United. I guess that's pretty good. But it doesn't help…

There was an interesting announcement today. ESPN, the world-wide leader in world domination, announced that they will be producing stand-alone broadcasts of the upcoming clausura 2011 season. They will be the first to break the broadcasting duopoly enjoyed y Televisa and Television Azteca. Since it is the teams, and not the league, that negotiate their…

While most of the press attention this week here in the UK is on Liverpool’s impending takeover/messy court case or on Mancini and Tevez’s dressing room fight, a potentially very important event is taking place that is receiving little to no attention. /www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]>/www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]> This week an important event that may well have a large effect…

"Hey, the World Cup made the cover of Vanity Fair," I said to myself as I was standing in the checkout line. "Wasn't so long ago that the World Cup was nowhere near pop culture. It's a good time to be an American soccer fan. Wonder what their take on-" Of all the stupid, pissant…

It is not often that Mexico goes up against teams who are able to play keep away. When it happened in the past, Mexico often had the propensity to blast away and regroup. When they did dispossess, they would then mount their own slow, deliberate attack. The Counter was rarely, if ever used, just as…

And, one day later, Dominic Kinnear comes back to earth. I guess we don't really need to wait for the MLS playoff percentage calculator at Sports Club Stats to update. They still had the Dynamo making the playoffs fifteen chances out of a thousand before last night, but I have to think De Rosario –…

In a move which a just-released FIFA statement calls surprising, the Chairman of the Investigations Chamber of the Ethics Committee, American Michael Garcia, has announced his resignation. In a lengthy statement posted by Kirkland and Ellis, his Chicago-based law firm, Garcia spells out some fairly shocking details. Maybe the most outrageous of these is the…