Massimo Oddo starting anew in Germany

One of the Italians to move abroad this summer was World Cup winning fullback (and team barber) Massimo Oddo. The 32 year old right back ...

And the first manager sacked is...

Who had their bets on Stefano Colantuono? The Roman manager has been sacked only after one game by Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini. Colantuono was sacked ...

Lippi's list of 50

So it seems to be a FIFA rule that each national team manager must submit a mega-list of 50 players that will be available for ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 1

The 2008/2009 Serie A season has finally kicked off, and what a weekend it was. There were so many interesting games and results. For the ...

Serie B Preview 2008/2009

Along with Serie A this weekend, Serie B will kick-off as well. The second division has many exciting teams this year and it should provide ...

Serie A 2008-2009 Season Preview: M-R

Here's the third installment of the Serie A preview. In this part we take a look at Milan, Napoli, Palermo, Reggina, and Roma. MILAN This ...

Serie A 2008-2009 Season Preview: F-L

Here we go with the second installment. In this preview we'll look at Fiorentina, Genoa, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, and Lecce. FIORENTINA 2007/2008 was a good ...

Serie A 2008-2009 Season Preview: A-C

Our beloved Serie A kicks off this weekend and it's preview time. After thinking that last season was a tough season to predict, this season ...

SuperCoppaItalia

So as you can see from the title, 2 things happened in the calcio world this weekend. We had the SuperCoppa, and we had the ...

Video of the Week: Did somebody say SuperCoppa?

Finally, after weeks of anticipation, the curtain to the 2008/2009 Serie A season will be raised. The SuperCoppa always brings joy to fans starved of ...

The Curse of the August Friendly continues

The annual August friendly is not really something Azzurri fans look forward too. In Italy, people are away vacationing at the beach and therefore are ...

BREAKING NEWS: Steel Construction Begins at Red Bull Park!

1050 ESPN Radio in New York reports that Steel Construction is finally set to begin for Red Bull Park! More on this development as ...

Weekend Wrap-up: Call-ups, Coppa, and Trofeo Berlusconi

As each week passes Serie A gets closer and closer. This was basically the final week of the preseason, as this week there are National ...

Lumezzane president a little bitter about Balotelli

So as we know by now, 18 year old phenom Mario Balotelli finally received his Italian citizenship at a ceremony at the town hall in ...

Surprise Call-ups from Lippi this weekend?

This Saturday the second coming of Lippi happens. The cigar smoking, Paul Newman look-a-like will make his call-ups for the August 20th friendly vs. Austria ...

Video of the week: Italy's top 100 goals at the World Cup

With the Olympics going on and National Team fever ready to sweep back in when Lippi makes his first call-ups of his second tenure on ...

Jozy Altidore's First Olympic Goal - Masterpiece.

The Slave Camp at Lazio

This has been news in the calcio world recently. When Lazio first met up for pre-season training in mid-July, coach Delio Rossi made a list ...

Giovinco scores a Golazzo and the Azzurrini ease past Honduras

Italy defeated Honduras 3-0 in their first group match of the 2008 Summer Olympics and got off to a great start. Pierluigi Casiraghi actually surprised ...

Azzurrini ready to kick-off in Beijing

For all those people that since June 22, 2008 have been anxiously waiting to see the Azzurri back in action, those weeks of anticipation are ...

Daily Calcio News and Notes: 8/5/08

Here's the calcio news that I thought was most interesting today: -Luciano Spalletti said that: "Our club can't just go out and buy whoever it wants, ...

Daily Calcio News and Notes: 7/31/08

Here's what I scrounged around for today: -Milan striker Marco Borriello has been operated on and will now start his recovery. Reports are he will be ...

5 Things I learned about Calcio when I was in Rome

1. The stereotype is pretty much true. The stereotype in Rome is that in the city of Rome most people are Roma fans, while Lazio fans ...

Osorio Ready to Chop Heads

So many have had their chance to claim a starting spot with this years squad and have fallen well short. Injuries and mishaps have ...

Happy 4th Of July

Happy 4th of July, from your humble writer in Queens! Break out the BBQ! Make sure the steak is still mooing! Grab the 32 pack of Bud! Watch TV, ...

Rojas, Pietravallo Officially Signed

And here are the pictures of their newest acquisitions. Check out Red Bulls Reader for more:

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 ...

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 ...

You want a Tourney? You Decide!

Hey Everyone. I want to do this rather quickly if possible. I am planning on running either duel tournaments (if possible) or just ...

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 ...