Welcome to the Premier League

Arsenal come to Molineux on Saturday at 5:30 for Wolves debut on the newest broadcaster of Premier League football ESPN. And this will be Wolves ...

Diego Forlán Interview

I'm not a big fan of reprinting news, but this interview was one that I had to share with everyone. It was done with Marca, ...

Historical Context and Mercato Rumours

Napoli's 3-2 victory in Torino last Saturday was the club's first victory away to Juventus in 21 years. This alone is reason for celebration, ...

Atlas 0 - 1 Puebla: Start Lighting the Veladoras

Atlas lost last night to Puebla by the minimum difference of 0-1 in a game that was very exciting and could have gone either way. ...

El Derbi

Atletico Madrid vs. Real Madrid Vicente Calderon Madrid, Espana 11/07/2009 22:00 CET (4pm eastern) Jornada 10 Its derbi time boys and girls, and the derbi madrileno could not have ...

Roma (and the Ref) in the Europa

Stadio Olimpico translated into Spanish must mean Estadio Azteca because my lord that was the most comically biased game I've ever seen refereed. Funny, I was ...

West Ham 2-1 Aston Villa

A new hero was anointed on Wednesday when Zavon Hines scored the winner against Aston Villa deep into stoppage time. It looked like another winless ...

Beckham's Balls Not Actually Gold

I have struggled with whether I want to continue writing for The Offside. My recent posts indicate my frustrations, which may appear to be a ...

Elephantiasis of the Left Thigh.

Roma 2 - Fulham 1 The English will have you believe this was about the referee. But with the benefit of video replay we have seen... i. ...

Dinamo 1 - Pazza Inter 2

First things first. Happy Birthday to Angelo Moratti RIP, Luis Figo and Mourinho's daughter. Alright. Allow me to summarize my reaction to the first 84 minutes ...

VotD: Diego's Dream Move

Dietmar Does New York, Talks RBNY Future

Dieter, Dietmar . . . close enough. Dietmar Beiersdorfer, the new sporting director for worldwide Red Bull soccer operations, has descended upon New York and has ...

Assyriska 2-0 Djurgardens: On the cusp of greatness.

Well, to me greatness is just getting promoted. Considering we were in the 3rd tier of Swedish football in 2007, and were in an ...

Barcelona 0, Rubin Kazan 0 - I can't believe it's not butter (better)!

And so I command, and so it shall be done. Or at least, that’s what Pep wanted to have happen tonight. It didn’t quite turn ...

Video of the season: Two goals worth their weight in gold.

Advantage Assyriska in the first leg of the Allsvenskan/Superettan relegation/promotion playoff. Goals from Dennis Ostlundh after 39 minutes (assisted by a fine cross from substitute Kristoffer ...

Wasting Time With Europa While Awaiting The Future

Squad 2 CICERO JOAO DE CESARE (CICINHO) 3 MARCO ANDREOLLI ...

News Round Up

Some pretty pedestrian stuff so far this week, perhaps everyone still in shock after our thrashing on Saturday. First of all a surprising statistic has ...

Ligue 1 in Europe: Matchday 4 (Europa League)

While Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille have already been grabbing the headline this week with their performances in the Champion's League, the attention now ...

Guest Post: The Chelsea Game

As I mentioned earlier, my father was at the Chelsea game this past Saturday. I had him write my a little guest blog, and as ...

Ronaldo Will Not Play In The Derbi

I have seen a great deal of speculation on the injury to Ronaldo and his expected return date. Some people had said he would return ...

Liverpool v. Lyon, 11.04.09

Another biggie, huh? What we know: Liverpool are missing Steven Gerrard, Fabio Aurelio, Glen Johnson, Martin Skrtel, Albert Riera, Martin Kelly and Andrea Dossena. Fernando Torres, ...

Valencia fans are nasty fans. Thats the conclusion that has to be drawn if you read the the chatter this week. Our Che have lost 1 game ...

The people have a right to know!

The Cassano v Lippi plot, although beginning to bore and stagnate somewhat, has taken yet another mildly interesting turn. Riccardo Garrone's comments about knowing why Cassano ...

Simone Also Likes Triangles.

Bologna Struggled forever finding any words to sum up this victory. Not talking about le mot juste - just le mot. And then it came from ...

Dynamo v Inter: One More Shot at Redemption

Inter are going back to Russia (ok, well Ukraine) to see if we can finally find our footing in Europe. We have not exactly excelled, ...

VotD: Claudio Marchisio & Marco Tardelli (Esoesgallo)

About a month ago, I put up a post asking if any older Calcio fans could explain to me the resemblances between Tardelli and Marchisio ...

Key to the Future of Palermo

We have the most important piece to the future of our club already in our possession. The most vital element to our organization must be ...

Mighty Viola v. Hungry, Hungry Hungarians

We’re not really going to do a preview of this one, crew. Timmy is on vacation and I just don’t have the time right now. ...

Hunt, Frings, and Hoffenheim

Aaron Hunt has been garnering international attention lately amidst rumors that England U21 coach Stuart Pearce has been keeping an eye on him and reporting ...

The Story So Far...

My apologies for the delay. With course scheduling taking place, the past couple of days have been about as frantic as Juventus' back four ...