Aram Gumusyan

As Major League Soccer celebrates its 25th season in 2020, it continues to chase the elusive goal of mainstream relevance. With a small but passionate fanbase, a sprinkling of stars on a handful of blue chip clubs, mediocre TV ratings, and an underwhelming New York City team, MLS is like where the NBA was before […]

Watching LA Galaxy, Seattle Sounders and DC United matches this year might be a little more, well, xtreme. That’s because these three storied MLS clubs will be sharing their stadiums with the LA Wildcats, DC Defenders, and Seattle Dragons of Vince McMahon’s reborn XFL. While most MLS clubs are now meticulous about pitch maintenance, sharing […]

A crowd of 17,489 fans filled the LA Galaxy’s stadium last week to see the USWNT win the 2020 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament by crushing Canada 3-0. The big crowd was a welcome sight after so many anemic attendances for recent USWNT and USMNT matches. For example, the Houston Dynamo’s stadium was a vast […]

More than 650,000 people tuned into NBC for South Africa’s win over England in the Rugby World Cup Final on November 2. That big number, and NBC’s overall success with the six-week long Rugby World Cup, validates the Peacock network’s investment in yet another ascending sport in America. Now NBC stands poised to do for […]

The Rugby Union World Cup kicks off from Japan on Friday, September 20th. But even if you’re already shelling out for cable, satellite, or an internet TV service, you’ll have to spend even more to watch the defending champion New Zealand All Blacks tackle the rest of the world’s best. That’s because NBC is charging […]

Editor's note: Since we're in the dog days of summer with no European soccer kicking off for a few weeks and no more Women's World Cup, Copa America or Gold Cup, we thought we'd bring you a guide to watching Sunday's Cricket World Cup final as a change of pace for any of you who […]

World Soccer Talk has created a bracket for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations that's a free, printable download. Title holders Cameroon are focused on trying to win the 2019 Africa Cup Of Nations after winning the tournament in 2017. In this summer’s tournament, which was originally scheduled to be hosted in Cameroon, the competition […]

World Soccer Talk has created a bracket for the 2019 Gold Cup that's a free, printable download. While the US Women's National Team has been soaking up most of the limelight so far this summer, it's time for the US Men's National Team to make an impression in this Summer of Soccer. As well as […]

World Soccer Talk has created a bracket for the 2019 Copa America that is a free, printable download. Out of all of the soccer tournaments this summer, the 2019 edition of Copa America is the most highly-anticipated men's competition. With teams such as Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and others competing at a high level, Copa […]

World Soccer Talk has created a bracket for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup that is a free, printable download. The most eagerly-anticipated summer tournament of 2019 will be hosted in France from June 7 to July 7. Featuring 52 of the best women's soccer games from the world's best teams, the competition will be […]

1. What’s Happening? The Milwaukee Wave will host Mexico’s Monterrey Flash this Sunday at 6 PM Eastern in the Major Arena Soccer League final. But with MLS starting, the European season ending, and with new streaming services offering games from almost all 211 FIFA member nations, it’s easy to overlook the indoor game. Is it […]

Mighty Manchester City takes on upstarts West Ham United at venerable Wembley Stadium in Saturday’s Women’s FA Cup Final at 12:30 Eastern. While no TV network here in America will air the marquee matchup, it will thankfully be streamed on the FA Super Women’s League Facebook page. Next month, the Women’s World Cup in France […]

On Friday, all 28 members of the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) filed a discrimination lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation, just three months before defending the Women’s World Cup title. But does the USWNT have a case? We took a look at many of the key performance indicators to see how the US women […]

World Soccer Talk has created a bracket for the 2018 FIFA World Cup that is a free, printable download. The most eagerly-anticipated sports tournament of 2018 will be hosted in Russia from June 14 to July 15. Featuring 32 of the best national soccer teams from around the world, the competition will be the 21st […]

We're into the final 8 of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, DR Congo, Burkina Faso, Tunisia and Morocco remaining in the competition. For soccer fans in the United States, all of the quarterfinals will be shown on US television and/or streaming this weekend (see the full schedule at the […]