For the majority of his career, he has been a wanted man.
When PSV Eindhoven paid 6.3 million euros for his services, it was a Dutch-league record for a transfer fee. Then came his move to Manchester United in 2001, where he broke several records and was named the 2002 PFA Players’ Player of the Year. In 2006, [...]
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Over the last few days word has leaked of the Army’s pursuit of Sergei Semak.
Apparently, this is something that Semak wants, telling Sovetski Sport, “CSKA is a team very close to my heart.”
Acknowledging he still has a very on his deal with Rubin, the former national team [...]
Anybody who follows me knows that I’m that cold-hearted kind of analyst that rarely supports any club or player, and when I do you can usually correlate that with story-value rather than sentiment. I love great stories and don’t care the form in which they come.
Thus today I’ve become a supporter of Landon Donovan, [...]
Johnathan Starling from Set Piece Analysts hosted a post-World Cup Draw podcast, on which I spent thirty minutes toward the middle of the show. The show is close to ninety minutes long, completely worth your time, except for the aforementioned half-hour, in which you’ll have to deal with me.
One of the first things they asked me to do at World Soccer Digest was write about Thierry Henry.
Have you heard about this? It’s been on the down-low, a bit.
The guys at WSDigest hinted that it would be cool to write something, so I obliged. It’s not the type of thing [...]
Nice to have you back, Karim. The Madrid striker had a brace today against Tenerife.
Watching Karim Benzema’s brace (with an assist) against Tenerife gave me a huge sense of relief. Why am I – a dude from San Diego who’s never met Benzema – relieved that he’s scoring goals?
I go into that [...]
It’s difficult for many of us to watch the midweek European matches. A lot of us work, but if you get a chance, find a highlight of Barcelona’s first goal from yesterday’s 4-1 win over Racing Santander.
Dani Alves is lining up a direct kick from 35 meters in the middle of the pitch. [...]
Samuel Eto’o, though five all-competition matches, has two goals, one from a penalty kick.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, though five all-competition matches, has four goals, none from penalty kicks.
Barcelona’s league goal scoring is up 27 percent.
Internazionale’s league goal scoring is up 22 percent.
Barcelona sits at the top of the table in Spain.
Internazionale sits third in Italy.
All of this [...]
After another uninspiring performance by the U.S. men’s national team, supporters have been calling for help; namely the services of Jermaine Jones and Edgar Castillo.
Yet the early summer excitement surrounding two new possible options for the U.S. has now impatiently reared back into the U.S. soccer scene.
Two of the biggest issues surrounding this team are [...]
Newcastle midfielder Jonas Gutierrez is out of Argentina’s next set of World Cup qualifiers, next week. Gutierrez has confirmed that his thigh strain will not allow him to compete next week.
Napoli left winger Jesus Dátolo is now assured his rightful starting spot on the left of midfielder.
I don’t mean to hint that Dátolo is [...]