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LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 17: Arsene Wenger manager of Arsenal (R) lifts the trophy in celebration alongside Lukas Podolski (L), Mikel Arteta (2L) and Thomas Vermaelen (2R) after the FA Cup with Budweiser Final match between Arsenal and Hull City at Wembley Stadium on May 17, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Arsenal and Aston Villa are in the FA Cup Final

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The long journey that started with 736 teams has now come down to two. Defending FA Cup champions Arsenal and Aston Villa are heading to the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on May 30 after defeating Reading and Liverpool respectively this weekend. Arsenal 2-1 Reading AET For Arsenal, they defeated Championship side Reading in […]

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 18: Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal shoots past Adam Federici of Reading during the FA Cup Semi Final between Arsenal and Reading at Wembley Stadium on April 18, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Mesut Ozil assists this Alexis Sanchez goal to lead FA Cup Semifinal

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Championship side Reading held tough against Arsenal for the first 40 minutes of their FA Cup Semifinal game. Eventually, as it happens all too often, the great teams can find a way to score and it took Arsenal 40 minutes to do that. Mesut Ozil provided this beauty of a pass to Alexis Sanchez deep […]

NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 08: A general view of a billboard promoting NBC Sports television coverage of English Premier League soccer in Times Square on August 8, 2013 in New York City. This billboard replaced one featuring Tottenhams Gareth Bale amid reports of Bale negotating a transfer to Real Madrid. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Soccer dominates network TV this Saturday afternoon

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On Saturday afternoon, something rare will take place on American network TV. NBC and FOX will be showing soccer at the same time on two of the four main free to air TV networks. NBC will have Chelsea vs. Manchester United at 12:30 et and FOX will have an FA Cup Semifinal between Reading and […]

during the FA Cup Quarter Final match between Bradford City and Reading at the Coral Windows Stadium, Valley Parade on March 7, 2015 in Bradford, England.

VIDEO: Reading takes advantage of crazy deflection to lead 2-0 in FA Cup

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It’s not very often that a low league team is considered the favorite in an FA Cup Quarterfinal. Championship side Reading is facing League One side Bradford City in an FA Cup replay. Reading took the lead 1-0 after five minutes and scored once again in the 9th minute. This shot from Reading’s Garath McCleary […]

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – MARCH 09: Nacho Monreal of Arsenal celebrates scores the opening goal during the FA Cup Quarter Final match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford on March 9, 2015 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Arsenal schools Manchester United defense, United answers right back to equalize

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We had a rather exciting few minutes at Old Trafford in the FA Cup Quarterfinal. After about 25 minutes of 0-0 action, both teams opened up the scoring in very different ways. Arsenal scored in a beautiful sequence that left Nacho Monreal wide open in the 26th minute. The amount of space that United gave […]

PRESTON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 16: David De Gea of Manchester United looks on through smoke from a flare during the FA Cup Fifth round match between Preston North End and Manchester United at Deepdale on February 16, 2015 in Preston, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Manchester United outlasts strong Preston North End in FA Cup

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What an entertaining FA Cup match to cap off the fifth round. It may have looked like a Manchester United 3-1 blowout but it was far from that. League One side Preston North End, who hadn’t won a trophy since the 1938 FA Cup, laid it all out on the field and really looked better […]

Oh You Beauty!: Goals of the Week 2/16/2015

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5. Daniel Sturridge vs Crystal Palace Daniel Sturridge continues to show just what Liverpool were missing while he was hurt. A real goal poacher’s effort, a lot of credit needs to go to Jordan Henderson for serving this goal up on a platter for Sturridge with a great cross into the box. Sturridge happily obliges, […]

HARTLEPOOL, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 05: The FA Cup trophy on display ahead of the FA Cup Second Round match between Hartlepool United and Blyth Spartans at Victoria Park on December 5, 2014 in Hartlepool, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Bradford City upsets, Arsenal Cruises in FA Cup action

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Just like with yesterday, we had a rather interesting FA Cup Sunday. Three of the four games remaining took place and the Quarterfinal field looks much clearer now.   Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City Aston Villa dragged out a win over Leicester City. The first half was nothing to write home about except for a […]

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 13: The FA Cup is seen pitchside ahead of the FA Cup with Budweiser semi-final match between Hull City and Sheffield United at Wembley Stadium on April 13, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Liverpool comes back, Stoke upset in FA Cup 5th Round

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We had a little bit of everything in the FA Cup today. Four of the eight round of 16 games took place today and we had blowouts, red cards, upsets and come from behind wins today. West Brom 4-0 West Ham This was not a good day for Sam Allardyce. West Brom’s first goal was […]

Your 2014-15 FA Cup Fifth Round Schedule

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We’re getting to the grit of the FA Cup now. The fifth round consists of the 16 survivors in this long single elimination tournament. After some heavy upsets in previous rounds, this is now a wide open tournament. Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are the only “big teams” still alive but they’re known to struggle […]

during the FA Cup Fourth round replay between Bolton Wanderers and Liverpool at Macron Stadium on February 4, 2015 in Bolton, England.

VIDEOS: Sterling and Coutinho score sublime goals to keep Liverpool alive in FA Cup

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Liverpool is really leaving it late. After 150 minutes of 0-0 action, Bolton scored on a PK and after getting a player sent off, they tried to waste time to advance to the next round of the FA Cup. Liverpool had other ideas. First, Raheem Sterling slipped in behind the Bolton backline to volley a […]

BOLTON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 04: Zach Clough of Bolton Wanderers (R) celebrates with Matt Mills of Bolton Wanderers after being awarded a penalty after a foul by Martin Skrtel of Liverpool during the FA Cup Fourth round replay between Bolton Wanderers and Liverpool at Macron Stadium on February 4, 2015 in Bolton, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

VIDEO: Bolton “wins” PK to take lead against Liverpool

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Bolton and Liverpool were deadlocked for the first 150 minutes at 0-0. Liverpool looked like they were the best team throughout but when you don’t score goals, you invite the other team to get a goal and sneak away with the lead. In the 59th minute, Bolton won a PK as Zach Clough went to […]

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND – JANUARY 23: James Wilson of Manchester United battles for the ball with Josh Coulson of Cambridge United during the FA Cup Fourth Round match between Cambridge United and Manchester United at The R Costings Abbey Stadium on January 23, 2015 in Cambridge, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Man United forces season ticket holders to buy Cambridge tickets

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After struggling to a draw against League Two side Cambridge United in the FA Cup, Manchester United season ticket holders must pay for an FA Cup ticket for the replay or be banned from going to the Sunderland game on February 28. Let’s get this straight. You paid between $800 to $1400 on a season […]

xxxx during the FA Cup Fourth Round match between Cambridge United and Manchester United at The R Costings Abbey Stadium on January 23, 2015 in Cambridge, England.

Cambridge United spending FA Cup money on toilets

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Due to the draw against Manchester United, Cambridge United is earning more money in the replay than their entire season. Now we found out what Cambridge United will be using that money towards. Cambridge United will be spending the million pounds on improving the toilets in the stadium. While that may be a departure of […]

during the FA Cup fourth round match between Rochdale and Stoke City at Spotland Stadium on January 26, 2015 in Rochdale, England.

Bojan Scores a Cracker of a Goal

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So this happened a bit after I wrote the Oh You Beauty article yesterday. In case you missed it, Stoke was playing their FA Cup tie against Rochdale when Bojan popped up with this little beauty of a volley. There was a time when he was considered the next Leo Messi at Barcelona. It’s a […]

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