It’s important to not form any conclusions when the Champions League round of 16 draw is made.
There are two months between the draw and the first legs, and a lot of things can change. What looks like a walk for Team X in December could prove to be a challenge in February, and Team Y’s seemingly [...]

Today, my good buddy Kartik Krishnaiyer from Set Piece Analysts and the PR Department of NASL got on the phone with me to chat about Bundesliga.  We discuss the title race, Werder’s form, HSV’s shot at a top 3 spot, Ricardo Clark and Michael Bradley, and the German national team.
Coming up tomorrow, my friend and [...]

On this week’s Monday wrap-up show I’m joined by Goal.com’s Shane Evans and World Soccer Reader contributor Dave Topp to talk about the weekend’s FA Cup, Serie A, and La Liga action.  We talk about the chances of FA Cup replay upsets, who’s likely to get to Wembley, Roma’s chance at a title run, Juve [...]

On today’s Inside the Six, I discussed France’s Ligue 1, Portugal’s Liga Sagres, and the UEFA Champions League with European football expert Andy Brassell.  Andy is a master of all forms of media regularly making live radio appearances on BBC 5 Live, podcasting on PortuGOAL.net, vlogging on Soccerlens, and writing for ESPN Soccernet.  We discuss [...]

On this edition of Epic Footy proprietor and host of the All Things Footy podcast Kevin McCauley joins me to talk about UEFA Champions League: Tuesday’s action, Wednesday’s outlook, and how the tournament favorite look as group stage nears its end. In the second half of the show, Jared Dubois and I [...]

Barcelona is three days removed from giving up their league lead in Spain (for the first time in over a year) and five days from hosting Real Madrid in a match the world’s been focused on since Kaka’s acquisition was confirmed this summer.  Yet, the historic strength of UEFA Champions League Group F means they [...]

On Tuesday’s edition of Inside the Six, Richard welcomes World Soccer Reader’s La Liga correspondent Mark Goodman. The two catch-up on Spain’s La Ligaa, where there is a new leader for the first time in over a year. Then, Richard and Mark talk about the match the club footballing world has been [...]

The last time Groups E through G played signaled the start to this season’s UEFA Champions League. True, there had been two preceding match days, but those proved to be feeling-out rounds compared to the excitement of Match Day 3. That Tuesday gave us upsets in Barcelona and Liverpool, last minute goals from [...]

If you are looking for more certainty as to which clubs will advance to the knock-out round, Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League results did not help. Draws by the leaders of Groups B, C, and D drew trailing teams closer to the top, and while all the names at the top remain in the same, [...]

When juxtaposed, UEFA Champions League Groups C and D show us the best and worst about the competition’s group phase, with neither group having a monopoly on the good qualities.
The difference in the groups’ depth highlights the problem Champions League accepts with four-team groups. When a tournament spreads its teams into many small groups, [...]