Caitlin O'connell

FIFA announced on Monday that disciplinary action will not be taken against Juan Zuniga for his tackle on Neymar which ended the World Cup of the Brazilian superstar. The tackle took place during the later stages of Colombia’s 2-1 loss against Brazil. FIFA also announced that Brazilian Captain Thiago Silva's yellow card appeal was unsuccessful […]

Former Chelsea left back Ashley Cole has officially signed a two-year deal with AS Roma, after being released by Chelsea. Cole has won the FA Cup more times than anyone in the history of the game and is only one of two players to win a double (winning the country’s top flight and its primary […]

Southampton’s Dejan Lovren has expressed interest in leaving St. Mary's, stating that Liverpool has made an offer on the centre back for £20 million and admitted that his head, “is already at Anfield,” as told to Croatian website Sportske novosti. Lovren is looking for a move before the beginning of the 2014-2015 season despite only […]

Former Chelsea and England fullback, Ashley Cole is reported to be working on a deal with Serie A giants A.S. Roma after denying offers from MLS and AS Monaco. The Daily Mail reported that Cole was flying to Italy to begin negotiations on a two-year contract negotiation. Cole became a free agent after he was […]

Argentina's Angel Di Maria will miss the remainder of the 2014 World Cup due to a muscle tear in his right thigh sustained during their quarterfinals game against Belgium. Although the injury is not severe he's expected to miss at least one week which would put him out of the side for the rest of […]

We polled several of our top writers to get their predictions and analysis on who they think will win the World Cup quarterfinal games, as well as who will advance through the semi-finals and all the way to the World Cup Final at Maracana. Not surprisingly, there's a lot of difference in opinion regarding who […]

The World Cup is promoted all over the world, but sometimes we miss many of the great TV commercials because they're aired exclusively in other countries. Brazil, for example, created some irreverent and creative commercials to advertise products and services in the host country. And surprisingly, Chile has quite a few splendid ones. We put […]

While watching World Cup games, we've had plenty of World Cup TV commercials burned into our retinas after repeated viewing. Some of them have been great (here's our top 10 best World Cup commercials). But not all of them have been that lucky or good. Sometimes advertisers miss their mark and end up with some […]

The Internet has created its newest meme — Things Tim Howard Could Save, which includes pictures of USA goalkeeper Tim Howard in some classic situations "saving" different people and places. For example, even saving the Titanic. The meme is a reaction to Tim Howard's record breaking performance against Belgium in the United States's Round of […]

The praise for the USA World Cup team has been unanimous across the world. They have won the hearts and minds of so many soccer fans globally, as well as the respect of the soccer critics and media. This mixed bag of a few German-Americans, one Icelandic-American, a guy from small Texas town, a man […]

After a year and a half of penny pinching by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley, it appears the Magpies are finally willing to spend in the transfer market. The signing of Siem de Jong from Ajax was completed Tuesday for an undisclosed fee and the player was signed to a six-year contract. The 25 year-old […]

It's official. Chelsea announced today that the club has reached an agreement with Atletico Madrid to sign striker Diego Costa after meeting the buyout clause, which is believed to be £32million. Costa and Atletico Madrid had been in talks to move the player to Stamford Bridge since the end of the Premier League season, which […]

The Cameroon soccer federation has opened an investigation into allegations that its players may have been involved in match fixing during World Cup 2014. Cameroon was eliminated before its final game in the group stage, and was one of the worst teams in the tournament with nine goals allowed. Before the team even kicked a […]

USA Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann has admitted he has a problem with FIFA's selection of the match officials for United States's game against Belgium, to be played on Tuesday. FIFA announced today that Algerian referee Djamel Haimoudi will be in charge of the Round of 16 match. Klinsmann is uncomfortable with the advantage the Belgiums […]

U.S. Men’s National Team striker Jozy Altidore is available to play in their Round of 16 game against Belgium on Tuesday, as announced via the USMNT's official Twitter account. Altidore has been training with the team for the past few days and was ruled healthy earlier today by team doctors. The striker sustained a pulled […]