The Red, White, and Boca

Carlos Bocanegra of Stade Rennais and the USMNT. Delicious. Need I say more?

Lyon Get Their Asses Whupped

These 3-0 losses are starting to turn into a yearly ritual. A humiliating one. The game was so bad that Lyon's official website posted a ...

De Melo Seals A LOSC Victory

Today, Lille gained a difficult three points at home against AJ Auxerre in a Ligue 1 match. It was our 6th match of the season. ...

Lille Loses To Le Mans: The Mediocrity Continues

LOSC Lille Métropole played their second match of the new Ligue 1 season last Saturday. The match was home againts Le Mans UC 72. Le ...

Sylvain Wiltord Linked With Red Bulls Move

Sylvain Wiltord, of Arsenal and Lyon fame, has been linked to a move stateside - in particular, New York. Though all signs have pointed ...

Let's get this started....

It's finally here. No, not the olympics but the Ligue 1 debut. Marseille will be facing Rennes at Rennes knowing that it's been a while ...

Jimmy Briand discussions finished

In a very simple and straight forward statement, PSG announced further to their most recent meeting with Stade Rennais, the clubs have decided by mutual ...

Mikaël Silvestre rumours

So by now you hopefully get my horribly dry sense of humour when it comes to dealing with the rumours that are so typical time ...

Jimmy Briand update 4

The saga of Stade Rennais Jimmy Briand continues as he told Le Parisien that he is confident a deal will be completed which will see ...

Pape Malickou Diakhaté?

The Sénégalaise news agency (APS) is reporting that twenty-four year-old Centre-back Pape Malickou Diakhaté, who plays his club ball for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian ...

Jimmy Briand update 3

A quick update to mention, as the situation regarding Stade Rennais Jimmy Briand has taken a strategic turn that warrants notice. Lyonnais is moving with ...

Jimmy Briand update 2

PSG's interest of Stade Rennais Jimmy Briand, is apparently a priority of the club per a number of sources (France Football, L'Equipe). Siting club ...

the future of Fabrice Pancrate

This deal is not complete as there still are a number of areas to conclude but in-demand Midfielder/Striker Fabrice Pancrate is possibly headed to Hull ...

getting closer to Ricardo Oliveira

The word on the street is that deal for Real Zaragoza's Ricardo Oliveira is getting down to the fine lines now and although this is ...

so maybe the saga of Jimmy Briand has ended

PSG's courtship of Stade Rennais Jimmy Briand, has taken a perfunctory turn for the worse as the club issued a simple statement that their most ...

Latest on the Transfer Front: MEGA Post

The latest news from this week...Due to the amount of material covered, I didn't post links to the original sources like I normally do, but ...

I'm Not Dead

...Just busy. For the rest of the month, I'll mostly be over at the France World Cup Blog or on ESPN Soccernet. But I will ...

Rant of the Day: Lyon Are...Shittastic!

Remember the game that Lyon barely won against Valenciennes? Well, two weeks and three games later, Lyon prove that they can play even more fantastically ...

Arsene Tries to Poach Another Baby, Plus Other Rumors

The latest transfer rumors involving Lyon...and for once, they don't involve either Karim Benzema or Hatem Ben Arfa! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is something tres tres disturbing about ...

Daily Dose 3.28.08

Something to read either before or after the most oddly titled book of 2007... MLS 2008 primer for UK audiences (Culture of Soccer) And an audio preview ...

Olivier Thomert shines as Lens goes down again

As Lens prepared for the final descent a former Lensois ran his former mates ragged on sunday. Former Lens great Olivier Thomert, much maligned ...

Lille/Rennes Match Video

Lille Blows Out Rennes

Les Dogues played their 25th match of the season last Saturday at home against Stade Rennais. The victory pulls Lille further away from relegation zone. ...

Marseille loses to a fifteen-man Rennes squad...

First of all, I would like to apologize for the lack of updates lately but between getting the Senegal World Cup Blog fired up, preparing ...

The current situation in the UEFA Cup

There is one matchday to go in the group stages of the 2007-08 UEFA Cup. Here are the current standings in each group, and ...

Hamburg v Rennes Match Preview

HSV look to continue their great form when they meet Ligue 1 side Stade Rennais FC, better known as Rennes,  in a UEFA Cup Group D ...

Late results: Viola go nuts, Aberdeen get a point

Italy has had a rough UEFA Cup, with three out of their four teams failing to make the group stage. But the single Italian ...

Early results: Bolton take shock point in Munich

The early matches of UEFA Cup group stage day 2 are over, and there are some real shocks. Bayern Munich, nearly everyone's favorite for ...

UEFA Cup Group D Preview

Fourth part, yada yada, eight parts, yada yada. Here's my preview of Group D of this year's UEFA Cup. Group D is, in order of ...

Rennes/Lille Match Videos