After a timely break for Easter, it’s back to more of the same - well maybe not, Real Madrid actually won their last home game (though Barça maintain their lead at the top). Aragones quite reasonably asks why he has been fined at all if the Spanish FA…

By KATHY RUMLESKI — London Free PressMarch 28, 2005Dave Peak had just been handed the reins of the Western women’s soccer program yesterday.His first order of business was to tell the players and others gathered for a news conference to announce his h…

By MORRIS DALLA COSTA — London Free PressMarch 20, 2005He doesn’t look or think like your run-of-the-mill soccer executive.For one thing, he’s about 100 years younger than most of the guys who make decisions concerning the sport. For another, he’s act…

It is as disturbing as it is disappointing to notice that since this blog started its life, the proportion of time spent talking about racism has increased beyond all expectations. In fact, despite comments about ex-madridistas and their racist comment…

There’s a heartening element of camaraderie among anti-madridistas; something which madridistas themselves seem strangely to lack. Take Sunday evening for example. I arrived in my local hostelry to partake of a couple of swift beers and the Colombian b…

JIM KERNAGHAN, Free Press Sports Columnist 2005-03-01 02:06:03 Always powerful ingredients for a Hollywood script, power and sex underline an unfolding soccer story. It’s not likely to win any Oscars.The establishment of a proposed elite women’s socc…

The Ontario Soccer Association is concerned about a lack of players.KATHY RUMLESKI, Free Press Sports Reporter 2005-03-01 02:06:00 Officials from the Canadian Professional Soccer League say a women’s division will be on the field this summer. “We’re …