Soccernet News

While ESPN is a sports network that dominates pretty much every arena, it is making a big name for itself in terms of soccer or football news and being one of the top sports sites in the world. Football is the more recognised term for the sport all over the world except for in the United States where it is more commonly used to identify with their domestic gridiron kind. But with respect to Soccernet.com, it is synonymous with news and rumours of any kind concerning the round ball. When it first debuted, Soccernet had to contend with the more established British news media and also other North American soccer portals like Goal.com to expand their reach wider. We felt initially that they had too much of an American touch to the way they reported football news, while also using (and still do) terms related to the sport that are more common, and suited, for American consumption. That has improved slightly over the years and now they have a lot of modern features that will satisfy most football or soccer fans.

Apart from providing several snippets everyday on the latest sensationalistic football gossip from the various British newspapers and tabloids, Soccernet has also roped in many well respected columnists from the various important European football scenes. Not only do they include those from the ever popular Barclays English Premier League like Harry Harris and Richard Jolly, they also provide high quality weekly columns reporting on German football, Spanish football and others from the likes of Phil Ball (a personal favourite). They also get special guest columnists or interviews with stars like Alan Shearer, Ossie Ardiles and many more who are all worldwide football stars.

Not content with traditional Web media, Soccernet.com has also embraced new media in several ways. While they were not as fast with it, they now have a twice weekly podcast on the site with correspondents Jon Harris-Bass and Dan Mason. Running through the week's latest news and gossip around the soccer sphere, the ESPNSoccernet Podcast also provides interesting interviews with their worldwide columnists and football stars. There is also a Fantasy Podcast to discuss the site's Fantasy Football League which is rather popular although not our cup of tea.

For some of the latest and important football and soccer news, Soccernet.com is certainly a leading brand in the industry. They are regularly updated and provide personal and professional opinions that can reveal insight not easily available elsewhere to fans of the sport.