The rankings are back after a one week delay, due to an executive member of the ranking committee being on holiday. With the national teams taking center stage this weekend it allowed us some time to catch up. While the top quarter of the table didn't change much, there was ample movement in the middle third. Click to continue reading...

Spanish giants FC Barcelona have held preliminary talks with the MLS about creating a sister team in Miami. Florida had a MLS team when the Miami Fusion (which played in Fort Lauderdale) played from 1997 to 2001, but had to disband due to poor attendance.  Now this "Barcelona USA" doesn't mean that Lionel Messi or Xavi Hernandez are about to take over the MLS, but there is a chance that the Click to continue reading...

File this under "More BarcaUSA rumors".

Perhaps it is due to the fact that there has been all kinds of soccer news going on, US Open Cup Championship, CONCACAF Champions League, European Leagues etc that this story has gone for the most part un-noticed. Or perhaps it is because it has mainly been making the rounds in Spanish language media such as Univision and ESPN Deportes but this story could be the biggest of today. Click to continue reading...

You know when a Football player is really big when he decides to go down to his hairdresser & get a haircut, to latter see his decision & his new look on the front pages of all the World´s... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

It was supposed to be Pawel Brozek's time. He's developed and matured as a player and is now ready to lead the Polish attack in World Cup qualifiers. He's in great form this season with 6 goals already (4 in the league and 2 in Europe) and good performances against FC Barcelona. His next victim was supposed to be Slovenia.

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Leyendary FC BARCELONA player & "The Great Captain" JOAN SEGARRA (pictured) has passed away at the age of 80 years. Segarra played 402 games with Barça until his retirement in... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

SFS has received numerous peticions, specially from its Asian readers, for an image of the "new" FC BARCELONA team for season 2008/2009. Your wish is SFS demand, here it is: From... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

Spanish National Football Coach & Selector Vicente De Bosque has called up young 18 year old FC BARCELONA forward BOJAN KRKIC to replace the injuried FERNANDO TORRES. The... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

By now you probably know about UEFA's group stage draw for their signature club event, the Champions League (cue that stupid music they adopted as the Champions League anthem). We could just cut and paste the groups like a lot of other bloggers did, but seriously, what good would that do you, our loyal readers? Click to continue reading...

Four Spanish teams qualify for this years Champions League: Villareal , Real Madrid , FC Barcelona & Atletico de Madrid & they all learnt this evening their Group & their opponents in the... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

GolTV's Exclusive Coverage of La Liga's 2008-09 Season Begins August 30 TORONTO, August 28, 2008 – GolTV, Canada's only 24-hour sports channel dedicated to soccer, will kick off its fourth consecutive season of exclusive La Liga coverage this weekend with four live games highlighted by a doubleheader on Sunday, August 31 featuring FC Barcelona versus Numancia [. Click to continue reading...

Vi ricordo che questa sera alle 18 (diretta Mediaset Premium) al Grimaldi Forum di Montecarlo, ci sarà il sorteggio per la fase a gironi della Champions League. Le quattro squadre inglesi sono tutte teste di serie. Preliminari finiti Sedici squadre si sono qualificate automaticamente, mentre altre sedici sono uscite dal terzo turno preliminare che si è concluso mercoledì.

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GOLTV EXCLUSIVELY DELIVERS LA LIGA SOCCER SEASON OPENERS LIVE FROM SPAIN ON AUGUST 31 North American Soccer Fans Score with Live 2008-09 Season Kickoff Coverage of Real Madrid vs. Deportivo and FC Barcelona vs. Numancia MIAMI, FL – August 25, 2008 – GolTV , the only live bilingual channel delivering 24/7 soccer, will air the much-anticipated La Liga [. Click to continue reading...

And so, it begins. The offseason, if we even had one, is now officially over. EPL clubs are back at it, the Champions League qualifiers are in the final round and the hottie interns have left the office to return to campus. The signs, in other words, are everywhere: summer is ending. But don't be sad. Click to continue reading...

The Joan Gamper Trophy ( named after the founder of FC BARCELONA) is played traditionally every year with an invited top class team to celebrate the new season in front of the Barçamembers/fans. It´s... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

The transfer period does not shut until the 31st of August & teams are still busy moving about in the Football market as ATLETICO DE MADRID & FC BARCELONA ( along with Real Madrid) are... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

It was new Coach Guardiola´s debut for FC BARCELONA in its Preliminary 1º Leg game to qualify for this years Champions League against Polish side WISLA CRACOVIA, & his side did not... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

Liverpool played a scoreless draw at Standard Liege that may frighten their supporters a bit but ultimately shouldn't be enough to derail their bid for the group stage. After all, Champions League seasons have been Reds' saving grace for most of the decade. Expect this season to be no different.

Greek club Olympiakos, on the other hand, may not be so fortunate. Click to continue reading...

FC Barcelona v Wisla Krakow
When: 21:45 CET - Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Where: Camp Nou, Barcelona
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Standard Liege v Liverpool
When: Wednesday, August 13 (2105 CET)
Where: Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
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Juventus v Artmedia Petržalka, (Slovakia)
When: Wednesday, August 13, 20:45 CET
Where: Stadio Olimpico, Turin
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FC Twente v Arsenal
When: Wednesday 13 August, Kick-off 19:45
Where: Gelredome, Arnhem
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The UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round Leg 1 : FC Barcelona are meeting Wisla Krakow Wednesday August 13th. Watch the highlights and LIVESTREAM here. Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...

The Olympics are monopolizing the World news, which is natural & understandable, however locally Football news continues as the Spanish League ( as other leagues) gear up to start the new... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

We at MLSR DO print any and all rumors (see top of the page). This one we do not attach a lot to due to the fact that we cannot seem to corroborate any of it other than some old news articles that stated Barcelona was interested in New York and Miami expansion a year or two ago.

This comes from the BigSoccer internet forum and was posted by a person known as Metro1026 who purports to have overheard a conversation between Barcelona and MLS officials at the recent friendly at Giant's Stadium. Click to continue reading...

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Ohne das ganze Theater um die Abstellungspflicht von Spielern für das olympische Fußballturnier 2008 in Peking, hätte sich in Europa vermutlich kaum jemand dafür interessiert. So dürfte dem Turnier allerdings eine ganze Menge Aufmerksamkeit zukommen.

Werder Bremen und Schalke 04 hatten bereits eingelenkt und Diego sowie Rafinha dürften sich gefreut haben.

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Image via Wikipedialast night saw a huge crowd come out to giant stadium (oh, if only we could get such crowds for our home games - it might inspire the team) to see fc barcelona play the new york red bulls in a friendly.

and if they came looking for great goals, they got it. 8 goals total were scored - 5 in the first half. Click to continue reading...

After completely destroying the Israeli champion Wisla Krakow won a right to compete against the mighty FC Barcelona in the last round of Champions League qualifiers. Wisla proved that a Polish team can play in a fast and organized way. Cheers to coach Maciej Skorza for building a team that we don't have to be ashamed of in Europe.

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