There are a number of elephants but three are obvious.

Elephant 1. The ref was not up to it. Here are two incidents:

- on 59 minutes Matt McKay and Elrich end up in a tangle on the Newcastle penalty box. Elrich gets up and grabs McKay by the throat. Ref doesn't see this. Then they push each other. Click to continue reading...

As a kid growing up in East Providence - a city that has an especially dense ethnic Portuguese population - a friend of mine told me that the Braga Bridge was the bridge to Portugal. What? I thought Portugal was across the ocean, I retorted, with a curious look on my face. It is, said my friend. And the bridge crosses that ocean to bring you there. Click to continue reading...

FourFourTwo are reporting Nicky Carle is being transferred to Crystal Palace for $2 million.

But are the Jets getting a cut?

Nicky will get 10%. That's a cool $200,000 as he didn't ask for a transfer, but what aobut the Jets did they have a sell-on clause.

Say 25%.

Carle earned the club $600,000 when he was transferred to Turkey. Click to continue reading...

After plenty of rumors of where young American and Columbus Crew midfielder would go next, Danny Szetela is set to be the only American in La Liga this season once he passes a physical with Racing Standender. The Columbus Crew will rake in at least $150,000 in transfer fees from the deal. Szetela has been rumored [...] Click to continue reading...