Major League Soccer (MLS) was founded in 1993 as ‘part and parcel’ of the United States successfully hosting the FIFA World Cup Soccer finals in 1994. The men’s professional soccer league currently consists of 27 teams – 24 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada. Regulated by the United States Soccer Federation, the league is headquartered…
Soccer can be an extremely painful game for the fan of any club. Losing is painful, losing to your local rivals is more painful, losing to your local rivals ‘in your own backyard’ (Your home ground) is more painful still, getting ‘thumped’ by your most bitter rivals be it at any level, local or international…
Your basic guide to soccer positions and soccer numbers In order to understand modern Soccer and the different positional numbers that have evolved, it is first necessary to look at a traditional Soccer ‘eleven’. The ‘classic eleven‘ players of a soccer team were numbered 1-11 and played in a 4-4-2 formation. That’s 4 players in…
Receiving a ‘card’ in a sports never seems to be a good thing. Indeed, I cannot think of one sport in which the issuance of a card results in a positive outcome for the player and his team. In Soccer, there are only two cards that can be issued, yellow cards and a Red card,…
The world is awash of famous soccer stadiums steeped in history. Stadiums are a major part of any sport and those that appear on this list have all had their special moments in the history of World Soccer. It is impossible to place them in any fair ranking order for each stadium listed here is…
Known as ‘Soccer’ in North America and ‘Football’ in most other parts of the world, few sports can draw attendances to the same awesome capacity and atmosphere as some of the largest soccer stadiums in the world. Soccer or ‘the beautiful game’ as it is known, is the most popular sport on the planet with…
FC Barcelona have published an official press release stating that Argentine legend Lionel Messi will not be returning to the club for the 2021/22 season. Messi, now aged 34, has been out of contract since July 1 and despite informally agreeing a new four-year contract on greatly reduced wages, the club has confirmed that “financial…
While last year’s UEFA European Football Championship planned competition was delayed until 2021, Euro 2020 has retained its name to celebrate the sixty years that have passed since the Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in the very first Euro final in Paris in 1960. Euro 2020 is now firmly underway, and with a new Euro…
The term “golden generation” is arguably thrown around a bit too freely in football. England’s golden generation of the 2000s, for example, is most associated with failure to live up to its promise. In the United States currently, there is talk of a golden generation, despite many of the players not yet proving worthy of…
The Champions League is entering its final stages, with the quarterfinals approaching. Eight of the best teams in Europe are all dreaming of reaching the ultimate prize and lift the title of soccer’s most significant club competition. In the next few paragraphs, we will briefly look at what happened in the previous round and make…