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/ 4481 days agoLa Liga Plans to Launch Annual Tournament In US And Other Countries
Spain’s La Liga boasts two of three most marketable and recognizable club brands in world soccer. Still, with the exception of Latin America where La Liga enjoys a natural linguistic and cultural advantage, the Premier League has become a much bigger worldwide phenomenon. That may be about to start to change. The Spanish league announced […]
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/ 4482 days agoWATCH Newcastle United vs Liverpool From 1996; The Best Premier League Match Ever [VIDEO]
In this week's Friday Flashback, the 1996 Premier League match between Liverpool and Newcastle United was voted the best match of the first twenty years of the league’s history. Entering the match, the Magpies — managed by former Liverpool legend Kevin Keegan — were still in position to win the club’s first top-flight title since 1927. The […]
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/ 4482 days agoHistory Indicates That West Ham Chairmen Will Keep Faith With Sam Allardyce
While West Ham’s form and the seeming disinterest of a number of players would indicate that Sam Allardyce may be headed for the sack, West Ham United joint-chairmen David Gold and David Sullivan have in the past shown remarkable patience with managers. When the duo owned Birmingham City, they gave managers time to sort out […]
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/ 4483 days agoEnglish Striker Kevin Phillips Wants to Finish His 23-Year Career At A Midlands Club
Kevin Phillips, one of the classiest and most effective strikers in English football over the course of the last two decades, left Crystal Palace on December 31 as Tony Pulis begins to retool his squad. Phillips plans on retiring from playing after this season ends, and wants to finish his playing career at a Midlands […]
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/ 4483 days agoSacking David Moyes Would Be a Setback For British Football Managers
The media frenzy about David Moyes's ability to handle the Manchester United job has reached a boiling point with countless tabloid articles and speculation about the manager’s future. But as a supporter of a rival club who enjoys seeing the Red Devils suffer, let me explain why I have a soft spot for Moyes and […]
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/ 4483 days agoWhy Shipping Michael Bradley and Other US Players From Europe to MLS Harms USMNT Development
The news that Michael Bradley is likely to sign with Toronto FC of Major League Soccer was met with cheers from many fans of MLS while being greeted with snickers from Americans who are inclined towards the European game. While the popularity of the European game has grown in the US, fewer and fewer top […]
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/ 4484 days agoHull City On Verge of Signing West Brom Striker Shane Long for £5million
Hull City are on the verge of signing West Bromwich Albion striker Shane Long on a £5million deal, according to reports in the British media tonight. The unsettled Irish striker could finally complete the transfer to Steve Bruce's side after the same move on deadline day in the summer transfer window was scuttled. The Tigers […]
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/ 4484 days agoEuropean Soccer Calendar Needs to Change to Summer Schedule, Says Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge the Chairman of FC Bayern, the reigning Bundesliga and European champion, has a radical idea for the sport. He wants the European soccer clubs to move to a summer calendar especially in light of the potential move of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to winter. This suggestion will be music to the ears […]
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/ 4484 days agoEnglish Football Is Reversing Its Recent Negative History on Homophobia
Four months after retiring from the sport, Thomas Hitzlsperger today revealed that he is gay. In a newspaper interview with Die Zeit, the former Aston Villa, Everton and Germany midfielder said: "I am expressing my sexuality because I want to promote the discussion of homosexuality among professional athletes. "Only in the last few years did […]
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/ 4484 days agoUS Sports That Clash With 2022 World Cup
When you have a major tournament in the Winter, certain US sports that clash with the 2022 World Cup could be impacted. The comments of Jérôme Valcke, FIFA’s General Secretary, about the potential timing of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar came as a shock to much of the world soccer community. But how […]
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/ 4484 days agoWATCH Didier Drogba Star In New Beer Ad As He Dribbles Around The World [VIDEO]
African role model and world-class footballer Didier Drogba stars in a new beer commercial, where he's seen dribbling around the world, taking the road less traveled to reach his destination. The TV commercial, which is for Windhoek Lager, reinforces what many of us have learned through the years. Didier Drogba is man of immense influence […]
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/ 4485 days agoNASL Supporters Launch a New Initiative to Reward League’s Best Team
The North American Soccer League (NASL), the second-tier of American soccer, last season began a controversial split season format that saw the side that had the best overall points total (Carolina RailHawks) fail to reach the post-season while a team that played only half the season (New York Cosmos) were crowned as Champions of the […]
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/ 4485 days ago5 Changes To Make The FA Cup Viable Again
This past weekend’s FA Cup Third Round saw most Premier League and some Championship sides play with watered down teams. Not quite a “B” team in most cases, but teams where the principle of squad rotation was maximized. The FA Cup is a special competition and is in my mind the most unique and compelling […]
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/ 4485 days agoManchester United Manager David Moyes Must Be Given More Time
If you simply read posts on social media, you’d believe a majority of Manchester United fans want David Moyes sacked. But when you interact with thoughtful long-term supporters of the club, you realize the sentiments on the Internet do not represent the ethos of the club or its long-term supporters. David Moyes will be given […]
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/ 4486 days agoEric Wynalda to be Named Atlanta Silverbacks Interim Head Coach For Second Time
Former Atlanta Silverbacks head coach Brian Haynes won the NASL Spring Championship and the league’s Coach of the Year Award. His reward was being sacking by Silverbacks management. Tomorrow, the club will name the club’s Technical Director Eric Wynalda as the Interim Head Coach for the second time, World Soccer Talk has learned. The FOX […]