I'm back, full speed ahead starting Monday

Ciao a tutti! I've returned from my month long trip to Italy. It was a great trip however the only problem was that Italy didn't win ...

Is This Where Transfer Rumours Come From?

If you read our Euro 2008 blog you'll have enjoyed the football comics from Chris Toy. Good news is that Chris can do non-Euro comics ...

All The Bull - 6/24

Here are some of the more interesting Red Bulls tidbits that have slipped through my ever typing fingers: + Do you know we are playing ...

Welcome Erik Stover. Now, whats your job?

Marc DeGrandpre left the managing directors position vacant. And after a six month search, plus a visit from the Salzburg ownership, the Red Bulls ...

Borriello is all Milan, Gila is all Viola, Cassano is all Samp, and more news

Some interesting transfer news and notes today. Marco Borriello will wear the Rossonero jersey once again, as Milan sealed the deal with Genoa yesterday. The ...

Parma start Serie B with Cagni

This is some good news that shows Tommaso Ghirardi is serious about getting the Gialloblu back up to Serie A. Luigi "Gigi" Cagni has been ...

Serie A 2008/2009 schedule released

Today the Serie A 2008-2009 schedule was released. The season will begin on August 31st and end on May 31st. There will be three midweek ...

Serie B makes roster changes and other news from the second division

Serie B (which I still consider to be Europe's top second division) has made some changes for next season regarding squad size. Even though they ...

Montolivo gets cut, final roster of 23 submitted

As many people expected, the odd man out for the Azzurri is Riccardo Montolivo. The 23 year old midfielder had a chance of staying since ...

Cristiano Ronaldo Plays... Basketball?

Italy marches on in Toulon and Inter-Roma once again tomorrow

Yes, tomorrow, Inter and Roma do battle yet again, this time in the Coppa Italia final at the Stadio Olimpico. This is the 4th ...

Daily Calcio News and Notes: 5/22/08

Let's start the news round-up with some news from yesterday. -The Italian Olympic Team (the U21's with a few overage players) is currently participating in ...

Donadoni unveils Euro 2008 roster with 1 surprise.

For weeks we have wondered. Del Piero Yes? Del Piero No? Cassano Yes? Cassano No? Who will be the third keeper? Will Borriello Go? Will ...

Italy Offside Serie A End of Season Awards

So now that the season has come to a close, let's get everyones opinion on who was the best at everything. We'll use the Oscar ...

Serie A Final Day: Ibra wins it for Inter, Fiorentina grabs 4th spot, Empoli and Parma wave goodbye to Serie A

And that's a wrap folks. Serie A 2007-2008 is officially over. (Cue some graduation song, or some goodbye song). If you don't have time to ...

Sampdoria-Juventus, Cassano and Del Piero plead their case to Donadoni

Because of the Pope's visit to Genoa, Sampdoria-Juventus had to be played today at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris. Samp were closing out a good year, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Conrad takes YOUR Questions

Jimmy Conrad, US national team defender and member of the Kansas City Wizards, will be sitting down with me for a few minutes Saturday for ...

Video of the Week: Last Day Scudetto Antics

I decided, since this weekend Inter and Roma play crucial games on the last day of the season to decide the Scudetto, to post two ...

Giovinco states for the 10,679,564th time that he wants to go to Juve

The "Atomic Ant" Sebastian Giovinco has basically said in every interview this season that he wants to go back and play for Juve this summer. ...

Daily Calcio News and Notes: 5/14/08

Here's what I found interesting today: -Livorno director Elio Signorelli assumed some responsibility for Livorno's relegation to Serie B. Why? Because he was the one that ...

Exclusive: Hunter Freeman Interview Pt. III

So here we are, the final part of this trilogy. What have I learned so far? Well, Hunter is a straight shooter who ...

The 25 Most Valuable Soccer Teams in the World

The money obsessed people at Forbes recently revealed the world's top earning players and what they spend all that lovely money on. And very jealous ...

Serie A Week 37 Preview

Here we are at the penultimate day of the 2007/2008 Serie A season. It has been a long, interesting season with lots of battles in ...

Video of the Week: Great Serie A Goals

I thought I'd start posting a video of the week. This week we travel back in time to the 1990s, when the Serie A was ...

All The Bull - Brunner, Stammler, Reyna, Galaxy and more

Hey everyone. Its been a busy news day: + Eric Brunner, our 2nd round pick and first pick in the 2008 draft, has decided to ...

Episode 22: Superclásico, Ligue 1 and Premiership Roundup

It's that time of the week again, and after a week of technical glitches that made me very nearly give up on the computer altogether, ...

Pompey NEW Away shirt 08/09

It's been out for a while now but I thought I'd Put it on here anyway. I didn't like it at first but it's certainly grown ...

Nazionale News

Cassano and Del Piero can still hope for call-ups to Euro 2008. Why? Because players going to Euro 2008 need an anti-tick vaccine (haven't they ...

Daily Calcio News and Notes: 5/6/08

Here is todays main news from around the Peninsula: - First let's start off with news that can severely hurt two teams. The Disciplinary Committee handed ...

The Hellas Verona Tragedy

Hey Italy Offside Readers, this nice post comes from Steven of the Palermo Offside. He writes about the decline of storied club Hellas Verona. The ...