The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Nike has released their FIFA 2010 World Cup commerical entitled "Write The Future" which has already received a lot of attention and hits. It features several players including Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, and Wayne Rooney. In the ad, each player is playing during a match and sees the possible ... Read More

The Ballon d'Or award has released their shortlist of candidates for this year which includes favorites Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The list includes 30 players in Europe but has no Italian players even though they are reigning World Cup champions. Who will win this year's award? Messi is probably ... Read More

There were a full slate of Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) matches in the midweek with the marquee one being Villareal v Real Madrid. Both teams finished near the top of the table last season and this season doesn't appear to be any different. However, Real Madrid has added several ... Read More

The Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) continued his season with four matches on Saturday including Getafe v FC Barcelona and Espanyol v Real Madrid. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona are expected to challenge for the La Liga title this season. The question remains how good will Real Madrid be and ... Read More

The Spanish Primera Division or La Liga begins it 2009-10 Season on Saturday August 29th with Real Madrid and FC Barcelona the clear favorites. Will Real Madrid's spending spree that brought in Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, and Benzema be able to challenge FC Barcelona for the La Liga title? ... Read More

Real Madrid concluded their preseason tour of the United States with a match against Major League Soccer side DC United. The match was at FedEx Field in DC and had a solid crowd of around 70,000. Here's a recap of Sunday's match along with video highlights. Real Madrid cruises past DC ... Read More

Real Madrid started their preseason tour of North America with a trip to BMO Field to play Toronto FC of Major League Soccer. The match is the first of two against MLS teams with the other on Sunday against DC United. All the stars of Real Madrid were available for ... Read More

Real Madrid have already had a busy offseason with the acquisition of two superstars, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo. Madrid had a disappointing season in which they could never catch Barcelona in La Liga and were dominated by Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League. The team has large profits each season ... Read More

The speculation is all over as Real Madrid have agreed to a transfer fee with Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo. The deal is a record of over a 100 million dollars or roughly 80 million Euros. Here's a recap of the story. Man U Accepts Bid for Ronaldo - "Manchester United ... Read More

The Kaka deal has been finalized and the transfer fee has broken the previous record set by Zidane, at 59 million Euros. In other news, Pato is in talks with Chelsea about a possible transfer, and Real Madrid are not done as they target Cristiano Ronaldo. Here's a cap of ... Read More