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By Geoff Reid The time has finally come for the biggest sporting event in 2011. We couldn’t have asked for two better teams in this final with the best of Spain going up against the best of England. Both sides won their first European Cup at the old Wembley Stadium, Manchester United back in 1968…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid It’s been a very good UEFA Champions League season with a dream final for most fans, and neutral fans at that. You can also definitely say that from a marketing perspective, you couldn’t have asked for a better final, maybe a Barcelona vs Real Madrid final arguably, but we already saw that…[continue reading]

The recently announced World Football Challenge was said to have a different look and feel to the one that came in 2009. Major League Soccer clubs would participate in it for the first time and most thought it would be the usual LA or New York sides playing in it. Well, we were wrong on…[continue reading]

For the second straight season, the MLS All-Star game will feature a big-time club as the opponent to the MLS All-Star squad. And for the second straight season it will be none other than EPL giants Manchester United. The game will be played at Red Bull Arena Wednesday, July 27, starting at 8:30 p.m. ET. Yeah. I’m not feeling…[continue reading]

This just seems about right. Each year since David Beckham joined the LA Galaxy and Major League Soccer it seems around December or so he’s looking for a winter/spring loan back to Europe. Most people thought this year would be different since his last loan back in Europe didn’t go so well as it ended…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid Finally, the best club tournament in the world is back for us all to enjoy. While the World Cup is the most popular sporting event on the planet, and the four year buildup is wonderful anticipation, right behind that comes the UEFA Champions League. Watching the draw in full from Monaco, it…[continue reading]

It wasn’t pretty, at all for the All-Stars but they did play Manchester United which is no cake walk. We had to expect the All-Stars would eventually lose a game like this before long. No doubt scheduling and other things got in the way for the league winning their summer showcase. I may go more…[continue reading]

Our very own Brian Stevens was on hand last week in Kansas City for Manchester United’s stop in the mid-west. Below are his shots from the press conference, autograph session, training and of course the game itself. Enjoy!

The First XI of the 2010 MLS All-Star team has been announced today. The list below is the results from the fan, media, players and coaches/GMs votes. Some picks definitely differ from my All-Star selections but for the most part I have no issues with this First XI. (Keep in mind the First XI is…[continue reading]

The holiday weekend is coming to a close. If you’re like me you have today off so you probably aren’t going to want to spend a lot of time in front of the computer. I know I have plenty of honey-do chores around the house to tackle today so posting here may be a bit…[continue reading]