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NORTHAMPTON- ENGLAND – OCTOBER 14: The Carling Cup is seen during a photo call held at the Sixfields Stadium on October 14, 2010 in Northampton, England. (Photo by Pete Norton/Getty Images)

Tottenham vs. Arsenal headline Capital One Cup third round draw

The third round draw of the Capital One Cup happened today and it is not good news if you are a Tottenham or Arsenal fan. In a tournament that consists of teams from the Premier League to League Two, Tottenham and Arsenal were drawn together for an early North London Derby to easily make it the […]

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West Ham’s Diafra Sakho Arrested Again for Violence Against a Woman

Diafra Sakho and West Ham United have some explaining to do. Again. According to the English press including the BBC, London Metropolitan police arrested Sakho on Sunday night on brand new charges. This time, for “suspicion for making threats to kill and intimidating a witness.” These threats were reportedly directed at the same woman whom […]

LEICESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 22: Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur at The King Power Stadium on August 22, 2015 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

32 Flags 2015-16 EPL Fantasy Recap – Week 3

During every week of the English Premier League, we will provide an EPL fantasy recap the day after the final EPL game of the weekend as well as a preview the day before. Week 3 is in the books and it’s getting tougher and tougher to move up the table in the 32 Flags fantasy […]

LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 24: Petr Cech of Arsenal thanks the support after the Barclays Premier League match between Arsenal and Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on August 24, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Arsenal’s Cech and Liverpool’s Mignolet put on goalkeeping clinic in thrilling 0-0 draw

The posts, the linesman, Petr Cech and Simon Mignolet all played a hand to keep this game between Arsenal and Liverpool to a 0-0 draw to close out the third week of EPL action. Before the game even started, both teams were without some important players, Per Mertesacker (illness) and Laurent Koscielny (back) were both […]

ATHENS, GREECE – AUGUST 18: International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesman Francois Carrard holds a press conference August 18, 2004 in Athens. He announced that Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and team mate Katerina Thanou as well as their coach Christos Tsekos have withdrawn from the Athens games after the athletes missed a drugs test last Thursday, and then were hospitalised after a motorcycle accident. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

Chair of FIFA reform committee on American soccer: “it’s just an ethnic sport (and) for girls in schools.”

The man pictured above is Francois Carrard. He is the former Director General of the International Olympic Committee and is now the independent chair of FIFA’s Reform Committee, tasked to make changes within FIFA amid the corruption scandal. In an interview, he gave this thoughts on how Sepp Blatter has been treated following the scandal […]

WEST BROMWICH, ENGLAND – AUGUST 23: Referee Mark Clattenburg shows the red card to John Terry of Chelsea during the Barclays Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea at The Hawthorns on August 23, 2015 in West Bromwich, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

VIDEO: John Terry receives straight red, Chelsea down to 10, win anyway

In the first half of this West Brom/Chelsea game, it was nothing but smooth sailing from Chelsea. Now into the second half, things haven’t gone to plan. John Terry was forced to bring down Salomon Rondon or else he would’ve been in on goal and as the last defender, he paid the ultimate price in […]

during the Barclays Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea at The Hawthorns on August 23, 2015 in West Bromwich, England.

VIDEO: Thanks to Pedro, Chelsea puts in best half of season, up 3-1 over West Brom

When Chelsea signed Pedro from Barcelona, I don’t even think they thought they were going to get these immediate dividends. Thanks to a goal and an assist in his debut, Pedro and Chelsea are up 3-1 over West Brom at halftime. After a PK scare that was calmly saved by Thibaut Courtois, Pedro scored his […]

NETANYA, ISRAEL – JUNE 09: Kevin Volland of Germany reacts during the UEFA European U21 Champiosnship Group B match between Germany and Spain at Netanya Stadium on June 9, 2013 in Netanya, Israel. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Hoffenheim scores fastest goal in Bundesliga history against Bayern Munich

Eight seconds, that’s how long it took for Kevin Volland and Hoffenheim to score against the German giants Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga today. It is the fastest goal scored in Bundesliga history. Or so it would seem. The referee officially scored the goal at nine seconds which would only tie the record. Check it […]

FOXBORO, MA – SEPTEMBER 01: Freddy Adu #11 of Philadelphia Union takes a corner kick against the New England Revolution during the second half at Gillette Stadium on September 1, 2012 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Winslow Townson/Getty Images)

Is this why Freddy Adu has struggled his entire career?

This morning, the NASL’s Tampa Bay Rowdies announced that they had fired highly popular manager Thomas Rongen after a start of 2-1-5 in the Fall season. Rongen was instrumental in signing Freddy Adu with hopes of finally turning his career around after so much hype as a teenager. Rongen was the USMNT U-20 manager and […]

during the Barclays Premier League match between Liverpool and A.F.C. Bournemouth at Anfield on August 17, 2015 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

32 Flags 2015-16 EPL Fantasy Preview – Week 3

During every week of the English Premier League, we will provide an EPL fantasy preview the day before the start of the games as well as a recap the day after. Feel free to use this as a guide to make those last minute roster moves or to avoid who we pick as you make […]

ST GALLEN, SWITZERLAND – JULY 25: Matthias Ginter of Dortmund controls the ball during the friendly match between Juventus and Borussia Dortmund on July 25, 2015 in St Gallen, Switzerland. (Photo by Daniel Kopatsch/Getty Images)

Down 3-0, Borussia Dortmund come back to win 4-3 in Europa League

In an absolutely stunning comeback, Borussia Dortmund came back from being down 3-0 to Norwegian team Odds Ballklubb after 22 minutes to win 4-3 in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League playoff stage. In a game where Dortmund were overwhelming favorites, they fell behind very quickly to Odd. Yes, Dortmund traveled to Norway […]

during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium on August 16, 2015 in Manchester, England.

32 Flags 2015-16 EPL Fantasy Recap – Week 2

During every week of the English Premier League, we will provide an EPL fantasy recap the day after the final EPL game of the weekend as well as a preview the day before. Week 2 is in the books and it resulted in a wide array of positions changing throughout the league. As always, every […]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 18: bruge no 4 during the UEFA Champions League Qualifying Round Play Off First Leg match between Manchester United and Club Brugge at Old Trafford on August 18, 2015 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Man United score own goal, quickly equalize and take lead in Champions League play

Manchester United really made things entertaining and interesting in their first Champions League game in over a year. United is in the playoff round against Belgium’s Club Brugge and thanks to Michael Carrick and his own goal, Brugge had the lead early on in the first game of the series. The lead for Brugge was […]

during the Barclays Premier League match between Liverpool and A.F.C. Bournemouth at Anfield on August 17, 2015 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Liverpool takes advantage of a couple controversial calls to defeat Bournemouth

Liverpool made their home debut at Anfield, repeating their 1-0 performance last week against Stoke with a 1-0 win against newly promoted Bournemouth. Bournemouth, on the other hand, suffer their second straight 1-0 defeat as they also lost to Aston Villa last week. While both teams attacked and had the advantage at different points in […]

at a Team Seminar ahead of the Preliminary Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup at the Corinthia Hotel on July 25, 2015 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Why UEFA’s complaint about smear campaign against Platini confirm nothing will change at FIFA

UEFA has asked FIFA to look into a possible smear campaign against UEFA President Michel Platini as he begins his campaign to become new FIFA President. Reuters and German newspaper Welt am Sonntag report that someone within FIFA sent an anonymous dossier titled “Platini – skeleton in the closet” to other FIFA members that raised […]

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