It's patently unfair to view any team that fails to dominate its league as not fully committed to their project. When you examine New York City FC, however, it's too easy to reach that conclusion. The franchise was born with a silver…

Waiting for the new season? Why? In Japan, we started up a few days after the World Cup. We’re barely over the halfway point, with 19 of 34 matchdays played. It’s been a crazy old month with plenty of matches to report…

After a week's break for the international games, the J.League is back four round five – and no game is bigger than the meeting between the league's best attack and the division's best defence in a game which could have real repercussions on…

The fourth week of the J.League continued the thick and fast pace of football; as all the teams were in action again this round; which included the Japanese classic between Gamba Osaka and Urawa Red Diamonds. Early StartThe standardised 5 am…

The football is coming thick and fast in Japan's top league. This week saw the league's first Friday night kick-offs of the campaign. Could all the unusual suspects keep their momentum up as the J.League table begins to take shape? Kawasaki…