John Terry has had an enormously successful soccer career. He’s the captain of Chelsea Football Club and the captain of the English national team.
Today came the moment that will define that career. It isn’t one he’s going to enjoy.
Terry missed the penalty kick that would have clinched the UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow, and [...]
Fulham Football Club has been trying an odd experiment as they struggle to stay in the English Premier League – load the roster with Americans. Brian McBride is the team captain, Kasey Keller is the starting goalkeeper, Clint Dempsey is the leading scorer, plus Eddie Johnson and Carlos Bocanegra.
Until the last month, it wasn’t working [...]
Wednesday Survive
Years from now, people will look at the final standings for the 2007-08 English Championship and say “Sheffield Wednesday finished 16th? What a dull season that must have been.”
Little do they know.
The Owls beat Norwich 4-1 on Sunday, thanks to a pair of Deon Burton goals, but the season was never as safe as [...]
There was a massively important soccer game in England this week, and I got the result I wanted. No, I’m not talking about either Champions League semifinal – this was much bigger than that.
On Monday, West Bromwich Albion got an 84th-minute goal to draw 1-1 with Southampton. That moved WBA into a tie for first [...]