Whilst the majority of fans inside of the Hong Kong Stadium travelled to see the stars from Merseyside, Leicester City looked every bit of Liverpool’s equal in the final of 2017’s Asia Cup. Liverpool emerged as 2-1 winners in a deserving victory, however one cannot take anything away from the effort put forward by Leicester.
There is a real buzz around Major League Soccer this season with the addition of Atlanta United FC. It was unknown how Atlanta, Georgia would embrace First Division soccer as there hadn’t been top-flight soccer in town since the Atlanta Chiefs played in the now-defunct NASL from 1979-1981 averaging around 6,000 per game.
A football club is like a house. Or rather a home. The fans, the players, the manager, staff and board all together in the same stadium form some sort of extended family. [Patriarchal] authority lies with the staff and board while tantrums and fits of anger can be readily relied upon by the players and
No team is littered with players who scream ‘European stalwarts’ quite like Real Madrid. B arcelona, Manchester City and most recently PSG have come erringly close, still the Los Blancos stand head and shoulder above the rest. But why not? After years of firing in the dark, the ‘Galacticos’ approach has finally paid off as
Jack Wilshere has been on the books of Arsenal his entire professional club football career so far and has a contract with the Gunners until June 2018, but his future at the Emirates Stadium is wrapped under uncertainty. The England international midfielder spent the 2016-17 campaign on loan at Bournemouth, and he has been linked
The MLS All-Star break is upon us and MLS in year 22 has never been better. The visit of Real Madrid as opposition in the All-Star game on August 2 should be a major headline but just seems to get bounced around in the daily news feed as blockbuster announcements ring out all over
Last year Domestically both Internazionale and Milan fell well short of the standard set by the likes of Juventus and Roma, during last season’s campaign. An astonishingly low scoring Milan nestled in 6th, a place above their fierce rivals, who slumped towards a disappointing 7th. Juve’s campaign was born out of the quality and consistency