Soccer Limey in America

The 7th of October was a delightful day for global football fans and The Sunday Football Marathon. Since the nap after lunch, I have sparingly let me eye slip out of the sight of a football match. Regardless of whether the results of the games were in my favour, I was able to explore how [...]

BBC Sport – Thiago Silva secures draw for AC Milan at Barcelona. AC Milan showed in 25 seconds tonight at the Nou Camp what Man Utd haven’t figured out in two Champions League Finals, and that is if you attack Barcelona’s defense right up the middle, you will create chances. Brazilian forward Alexandre Pato tore [...]

It seems that the first big story of the 2011 soccer season is the pending loan agreement between Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League and the LA Galaxy of the MLS. The deal would take former England captain David Beckham back to his London hometown for a couple of months until the Galaxy’s season [...]

For a good portion of the last 2 years since Fabio Capello became England manager, much of the discussion surrounding the team has involved David Beckham and whether he warrants inclusion in England’s squad for World Cup 2010 in South Africa next June. His involvement with the LA Galaxy in MLS Soccer in the US [...]

This past Saturday saw the 2010 debuts of Landon Donovan and David Beckham across the pond for their respective “foster” clubs , Everton of the English Premier League and AC Milan of Serie A in Italy. Certainly in weather conditions a world apart from what both players are used to playing in for the Los [...]

The draw for the first knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League was conducted Friday morning in Nyon,Switzerland . As is the case at this stage of every tournament , some of the matches create some intriguing possibilities. The draw is as follows : Inter Milan v Chelsea Lyon v Real Madrid AC Milan v [...]

Over the course of the next six months or so , two soccer players will most likely command most of the news copy in the soccer section of the sports world on both sides of the Atlantic . David Beckham and Landon Donovan will hog the soccer headlines for more than one reason . They [...]