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After the scoreless final of the 1994 World Cup, another event in the United States just two years later, the 1996 Olympic Games men's soccer tournament, stands in stark contrast and deserves to be remembered a lot better than it is. The Nigeria-Brazil semifinal and the Nigeria-Argentina final produced a total of 12 goals and…

A few weeks ago, when I wrote about the North Korean team at the World Cup, fears were already being quietly expressed among various Far East experts on how the degenerate lunatic who owns every North Koreans' life would respond to his team being humiliated on the field. It was noted at the time that…

According to Wikipedia, Landon Timothy Donovan was born on March 4, 1982. So he's a Pisces. Now you don't need to ask that question. However, if you want to ask him another question, now is sort of your chance. Our Landon is on the cover of the next FIFA Soccer 11 game. I don't know…

Re-update: It just keeps getting better today. According to Power102 FM in Port of Spain T&T – "Radio you can watch" – Warner did appear before Magistrate Marcia Ayers this afternoon and did in fact post a whopping $2.5million bail but the Court was unable to process the paperwork before the close of business. As…

Full slate of games this weekend, starting tomorrow night! Big Western Conference showdown between the Quakes and the Lakes – San Jose thinks they have a contender this year, and Rio Tinto is the place to prove it. On Saturday, the Galaxy go to Toronto in what some people say might be an MLS Cup…

I swear to God, the last couple of days on BigSoccer have reminded me of nothing quite so much as The Denise Show ​ "OK, now this is the part of the show where we call up Qatar and hang up on him" riiing….riiing……Hello? …Hello?…….Hello?……. "I'm going to kill you" click "Well that was fun….

Until just five years ago, Bill McPherson was the all-time leader in games played in first-division American soccer, with the 370 games that he played in the original American Soccer League of the 1920s. In the 2008 MLS season, Steve Ralston passed him. Since then, McPherson has dropped to fifth place on that list, which…

Argentina was too much for Mexico​ If Mexico was to have a chance against Argentina, they needed to exorcise the old ghosts that have persistently haunted them at the international level. They didn’t have enough garlic and holy water today. Missed opportunities and sloppy play once again were the culprits in yet another Round of…

Lionel Messi is just gettin' started – Andy Mead YCJ​ The top half of the draw only has one game left to play, and every team is still alive. Can it be attributed to parity? Partly. The minnows have definitely improved, they know their opponents better, and footie is a lot more homogeneous than, say,…

There is going to be plenty of football on the flatscreens today and all day, both of the round and oblong variety. It’s Thanksgiving after all. I’ll be producing Texas-Texas A&M game a little later (el clasico Texano is what we’ll call it on the air). We’ll also be keeping one eye on the Mexican…