Chelsea Has Established a Strong Position As America's Second Team: Nightly Soccer Report

While Manchester United are America’s most popular English soccer club, Chelsea have established itself in a strong position as America’s second favorite club side.

According to new research compiled by EA Sports from FIFA 13, Manchester United is the most popular Premier League club in 45 of the 48 continental states. But when you pour through the research, as written by Roger Bennett from ESPN FC, it shows that Chelsea have a strong presence throughout the majority of the country.

It’s definitely worth reading!

Here are tonight’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Chelsea has established a strong position as America’s second team — ESPN FC
• Sunderland caretaker Kevin Ball puts his name in the hat — Sky Sports
• Sunderland make contact with Gus Poyet to discuss becoming the club’s new manager — Telegraph
• Theo Walcott set for minor abdominal procedure that will rule him out for 3 weeks — Arsenal
• Luis Suárez uncovered: the Liverpool striker on his difficult early years — The Guardian
• Swansea full back Neil Taylor to return to action in Capital One Cup clash at Birmingham — Wales Online
• Manchester United made £100m Gareth Bale bid to try to stop transfer to Real — The Mirror
• Being Paul Gascoigne: Most harrowing Gazza quotes from the ITV documentary — Metro

Turkish Super Lig

• Fatih Terim: Galatasaray sack title-winning manager — BBC Sport
• Roberto Mancini being lined up to take over at Galatasaray after Fatih Terim is sacked — The Mail
• Ex Chelsea coach Di Matteo & Roberto Mancini linked with Galatasaray job — Turkish Football

International soccer

• Brazilian heat is the pressing concern, not Qatar — Eurosport

Scottish soccer

• Celtic consider safe standing areas inside stadium — BBC Sport

Bundesliga

• Borussia Dortmund need extra time to see second-division team out of German Cup — Pro Soccer Talk

UEFA Champions League

• UEFA hands Jurgen Klopp one-match ban for outburst against Napoli — Pro Soccer Talk

Ligue Un

• Paris St-Germain captain Thiago Silva out for six weeks — BBC Sport

Serie A

• Mario Balotelli hauled over coals by Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri — The Guardian

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