Soccer Limey in America

Much is made of the Christmas period in the English Premier League. While almost all of Europe takes a two week break around the festive holidays, in England, clubs embark on a ruthless stretch of 7-8 matches in a 4-5 week period. Many experts suggest that this is when the men separate themselves from the [...]

Goals from Steven Caulker and Aaron Lennon in the 58th and 67th minute respectively saw off an Aston Villa side that have made their worst start to a season for 26 years. The match saw Hugo Lloris make his Premier League debut in place of American international Brad Friedel, ending 310 consecutive Premier League performances. [...]

BBC Sport – Aston Villa sign Shay Given from Manchester City on five-year deal. In probably the most cost effective transfer in the close season to date, Aston Villa today signed Republic of Ireland international goalkeeper Shay Given to a 5 year deal. Given is widely regarded as one of the top goalies in the [...]

Since Aston Villa of the English Premier League received the resignation of their manager Martin O’Neill last week, writers from all over the game have been speculating as to who might be the Irishman’s successor. With the timing so close to the opening of the new season in England, Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is [...]

About a week ago , I was e-Mailing an old friend back home across the water . We both follow the same team and played soccer together at times . I was making a point about what I felt was happening in the English Premier League and what I saw in the next 3-4 months. [...]