FIFA, UEFA never been ones for sensitivity
Today the news emerged that Bosnia-Herzegovina, a fragile state still reeling from the bloody conflict in Bosnia during the 1990s, has been banned fro…
Day 1 of Ochocinco experiment
On Tuesday night, after arriving in Kansas City to embark on his four-day trial as a soccer player, star Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Och…
Real Salt Lake reaches CL semifinals
After two hard-fought contests on terrible fields, Real Salt Lake dispatched the Columbus Crew 4-1 both on the night and on aggregate, thanks to a sco…
Columbus Crew surprise us all
In a poor but not unwatchable 0-0 draw that saw three players sent off, the Columbus Crew and Real Salt Lake put on a display that belied the importan…
Where does Ronaldo rank?
News has broken that Brazil's Ronaldo, the best striker of the 1990s, will retire as of today, a decision that he had hinted at back in August. Here…
European clubs continue to tempt fate
The results are in. The Deloitte auditors have pored over soccer's financial books and compiled their annual Football Money League for the most rece…
Van der Sar ranks among the all-time greats
If only Edwin van der Sar had been born 20 years earlier, my grandfather is fond of saying, the Netherlands would have won the 1974 and 1978 World …
Rock-a-bye, baby Ronaldo
When I was 6, I played in my first soccer game. I was in the first grade. Because, as throughout all of my childhood, I was very tall for my age, our …
Tale of two Buddles
The enigmatic Mr. Buddle is on his way to Germany. Edson, a Pele namesake but not playsake, is a journeyman MLS striker -- and a polarizing player amo…
Lionel Messi's crowning achievement
Until Monday morning, only 10 men had ever won a Ballon d'Or or a FIFA World Player of the Year award more than once -- Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini…
