EPL commentators on NBC: May 11 to 15, 2024

This is the penultimate weekend of the Premier League, and it could be instrumental for the Premier League title and relegation races. Arsenal, the current Premier League leader, leads Manchester City by one point. However, City has a game in hand on Mikel Arteta's Gunners. City cannot mathematically clinch the title this week. Still, Arsenal's […]

Italy's Serie A season wraps up on May 26, and it'll also mark the end of the three-year US media rights deal with CBS Sports and Paramount+. Normally that wouldn't be an issue because leagues often announce the renewal of rights or a new broadcaster several months before a new season begins. However, sources have […]

Those who have not subscribed to MLS Season Pass for the 2024 season can take advantage of a major discount. Starting Wednesday, May 1, the seasonal option for MLS Season Pass drops to $69. Even though most teams have already played around 11 games in the current MLS season, much of the best action is […]

Ahead of the 2024/25 Premier League, NBC's paid subscription service Peacock is raising its price. This is the second summer in a row Peacock is going up in monthly subscription costs. For the 2023/24 season, the service cost $5.99. That allowed it to be cheaper than the likes of ESPN+, and it would be the […]

It's rare to see executives from MLS attending games in foreign leagues. With this in mind, eagle-eyed viewers who watched last Saturday's game between RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund may have spotted a familiar face in the crowd. TV cameras zoomed in on MLS Commissioner Don Garber high-fiving RB Leipzig executives during the East German […]

Manchester United is enduring their worst-ever season in the modern Premier League era. Although they are typically perennial mainstays in the top four of the table, the Red Devils now sit eighth. The mighty Manchester side also has a negative goal differential with just three top-flight games remaining. Because of this disappointing drop in the […]

Mauricio Pochettino claimed it would "not be the end of the world" if he left Chelsea this summer. The Blues boss has been in the hot seat for much of the season as the club struggles. Despite spending over $1 billion on new players since 2022, Chelsea has failed to even get close to a […]

Aston Villa and Chelsea could very well find it difficult to comply with UEFA's financial rules next season. The governing body's law, of course, only affects clubs that qualify for European competitions. Villa has already booked a place in at least the Europa League for the 2024/25 campaign, but they also remain in the driver's […]

Three more Premier League clubs have revealed plans to play friendlies in the United States this summer. Crystal Palace, West Ham, and Wolves are the latest English teams set to tour America in the coming months. Several big Premier League teams, including Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and both Manchester sides, have previously announced similar American tours. […]

Without a title in any tournament, Barcelona's 2023-24 season will go down in history as one of the more forgettable in club history. They are surely already thinking about next season and the summer transfer market, despite four La Liga games left. Even so, the objective would be to return with more firepower. Coming soon […]

Bayer Leverkusen, for the first time in its history, is the Bundesliga champion. Confirming that status with five games to go in the league, Xabi Alonso's side broke Bayern Munich's hegemony. Yet, the more impressive feat is the manner in which the Spanish manager has conducted this German orchestra in 2023/24. Bayer Leverkusen is yet […]

This summer brings two of the best international soccer competitions, the Euros and the Copa America. One encompasses Europe and the member nations of UEFA. The other tends to focus on just South America and the representatives from CONMEBOL with select other guests joining. The 2024 Copa America does not follow that trend, as a […]

Borussia Dortmund's Managing Director Carsten Cramer sat with reporters from World Soccer Talk, The Athletic, and The Daily Mail to discuss the club's internationalization plans for the United States. In a lengthy conversation, the well-respected and forward-thinking German executive discussed the impact of previous players Christian Pulisic and Gio Reyna on merchandise sales, when Dortmund […]

The Bundesliga had something that has never happened in its history occur in the 2023/24 season. Bayer Leverkusen, long ridiculed as Bayer 'Neverkusen,' finally won the German top flight. It is the side's first Bundesliga triumph, and it ended 11 years of Bayern Munich's dominance in Germany. While Xabi Alonso's incredible leadership of Leverkusen has […]

The approaching Copa America has fans questioning if all tickets are already sold out. With the tournament being held in the United States for the second time, droves of fans are looking to attend games. Additionally, there are more games to attend in the 2024 tournament than ever before. With 16 teams rounding out the […]

We jump into reading the feedback from soccer fans throughout the United States and our analysis and experience about why soccer fans are not signing up for MLS Season Pass, fifteen months after the service launched on Apple TV. Has MLS moving to Apple left the door wide open for USL, NWSL, and EPL to […]

It's been more than a year since MLS Season Pass has launched, so it's perfect timing to identify the pros and cons of the streaming product and the market conditions impacting it. What has improved, what needs to improve, and what issues are impacting the growth of Major League Soccer's revolutionary streaming product such as […]

This week's episode discusses Gio Reyna in the USA vs Jamaica game, what European title races are the most exciting, the reaction to the first round of the US Open Cup, ESPN's poor coverage of the FA Cup, The Athletic's cozy relationship with MLS, and a tribute to Joe Barone. There's more soccer on streaming […]

Shown by its mismanagement of the US Open Cup, the US Soccer Federation has lost all authority as the governing body for the sport in this country. USSF has allowed MLS to become the most powerful soccer entity in this country. At the same time, the US soccer system is a mess as leagues compete […]