So, that was a great game wasn’t it? It would have been better for me if I hadn’t learned who won before I watched my taped version! So, let’s analyse what we can learn. Firstly, take your chances, the USA had 2 shots on goal and produced 2 goals, amazing start to the game. Great [...]

Wow, who would have thought we would be seeing Brazil facing off against the USA in the Confederations Cup Final? Proves again why soccer is the greatest sport on the planet! All credit to the USA, they were savaged by the press and fans on twitter for their first two performances, yet they pulled off [...]

Congratulations to the USA Men’s team for their stunning victory over World Record holders Spain in the semi final of the Confederations Cup. Make no mistake, this is a massive victory for the USA. This was no pre season friendly or exhibition game, this was the real thing. Spain had all their big guns out [...]

In order to control the soccer ball successfully every time here are the 5 Easy Steps: 1. DECISIONS: TO CONTROL OR NOT TO CONTROL? Before you attempt to control the soccer ball, decide if you even need to control the ball in the first place. Sometimes you can actually fake that you are going to [...]

Now that the European Leagues are having their break, the agents, managers and press are all busy working away to keep us all interested in what is going on with our respective favorite teams. Blackburn Rovers are supposedly selling Roque Santa Cruz to Manchester City and Matty Derbyshire to Olympiakos. That should net the club [...]

Here are the 5 important steps to beating a player in soccer: 1. ANGLE OF APPROACH As the player with the ball approaches the defender, he needs to look for the space he wants to exploit. Remember to dribble with the head up. Then the player attacks the defender with such an angle of approach [...]

OK, so we now have World Cup Qualifiers to watch over the next few days. Some of them will be great games, some of them will be a formality. All of them present us with opportunities to learn more about the game so that we can take this new found knowledge onto the practice field. [...]