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/ 4582 days agoFOX Sports Ups Its Soccer Coverage After Years of Malaise
American fans of the beautiful game have, by and large, lauded NBC’s coverage of the Premier League. Many of those same fans were dissatisfied with how FOX Soccer and the other FOX Networks covered the Premier League prior to losing the rights to NBC Sports Group. FOX treated the Premier League like a property that […]
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/ 4585 days agoMonday Soccer Insider: Sept. 30, 2013
In the Championship, not enough credit or attention is being placed on the job Paul Ince has done at Blackpool thus far this season. The Tangerines have a thin squad, and I tipped them to be relegated to League One this season. But Ince has been resourceful, playing players out of position and spurring on […]
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/ 4592 days agoMonday Soccer Insider: Sept. 23, 2013
For starters, congratulations to my local club the Fort Lauderdale Strikers on a (revived) club record 7,653 in attendance for the renewal of the old NASL rivalry with the New York Cosmos. The Flight 19 Supporters Group, which I am a member of, unveiled a TIFO that gained attention and helped create a great atmosphere. […]
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/ 4599 days agoMonday Soccer Insider: Sept. 16, 2013
In Ligue Un, it was a difficult turnaround for Laurent Blanc to face his former side Bordeaux, with whom he won the Ligue 1 title in 2009 with such a quick turnaround after much of his side featured on international duty. I know TV contracts dictate Friday night matches in France and Germany, but both […]
Leagues: EPL
/ 4607 days agoHomegrown Player Lists for 2013/14 Premier League Squads
The 20 teams in the Premier League have unveiled their homegrown players for the 2013/14 season Before we reveal the homegrown players rule, here's a refresher on the squad rules thanks to the BBC Sport. Important notes are bolded. – Clubs register a squad of up to 25 players, which must include at least eight […]
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/ 4613 days agoMonday Soccer Insider: Sept. 2, 2013
Jose Mourinho’s second act at Chelsea is starting very much where his first left off with the manager’s comments becoming more a caricature of himself than anything deep and thoughtful. While I felt the almost universal skepticism in the British press upon the return of The Special One to Chelsea was out of place, I […]
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/ 4620 days agoMonday Soccer Insider: Aug. 26, 2013
It's funny how many of those constantly calling on Arsene Wenger to “SPEND SPEND SPEND” previously criticized Wenger for bringing too many foreign players into the Premier League. Right now, no other top six side in England is so reliant on British players — particularly young British players — than Arsenal. While Manchester City, Chelsea […]
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/ 4627 days agoJesus Navas is a Game Changer for Manchester City in His Debut Premier League Appearance
Manchester City's new Manuel Pellegrini era began with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Newcastle United tonight. The Blues created chance after chance throughout the match, which is nothing new for City against the Magpies. Newcastle has fared worse against City for the last several years than any other current Premier League side so it unwise […]
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/ 4627 days agoMonday Soccer Insider: Aug. 19, 2013
Here in the United States, NBC’s Premier League debut was amazing even to the point of engaging non-soccer fans and non-Premier League supporters. The studio shows hosted by Rebecca Lowe were informative and engaging. The only complaint I have was with the large number of commercials in the 7am-7:45am ET Premier League Live timeslot leading into the Liverpool-Stoke […]
Mexican National Team
/ 4631 days agoFMF Forces Chepo to Open Up His Selection Process As Mexico Manager
Mexico’s decisive 4-1 victory over Ivory Coast in New Jersey on Wednesday night could mark a turning point for El Tri after a troubled seven months this calendar year. The Mexican National Team is not new to prolonged slumps in World Cup qualifying. In 2009, under Sven-Goran Eriksson, El Tri took three points from its […]
Voices of Soccer
/ 4631 days agoAnnouncing Voices of Soccer – A World Soccer Talk Show
This week, World Soccer Talk debuted a new video roundtable show, This Week in Soccer. Beginning next week, we're launching our second weekly video show — Voices of Soccer, which will be hosted by yours truly. Each week, Voices of Soccer will bring you cutting-edge interviews with news-makers from across the globe. Our inaugural interview […]
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/ 4634 days agoMonday Soccer Insider: Aug. 12, 2013
Jurgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund side will keep the Bundesliga race tight this season. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, a player I had hoped several Premier League sides would pursue instead, ended up with the European runners-up as somewhat of an afterthought. On Saturday in his Bundesliga debut he recorded a hat trick, made runs from a wide position, […]
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/ 4638 days agoJose Mourinho Gets Last Laugh as Spanish Media Try to Wind Him Up at International Champions Cup
Following Chelsea's 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid on Wednesday night in Miami, the majority of the focus of Jose's Mourinho's post match press conference was on his former life as Real Madrid boss. Given the context of this match, it was not surprising considering that Real Madrid was egged on by a partisan crowd in […]
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/ 4639 days agoEverton's 3-5-2 Formation is Ready to Shake Up the Premier League Under Martinez
Under new manager Roberto Martinez, Everton have experimented heavily with the 3-5-2 during this preseason. On Tuesday night at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium, the Toffees were beaten 1-0 by Valencia in the Guinness International Champions Cup. Martinez had Everton set up tactically for the entire game in the 3-5-2 formation. England international Leighton Baines came […]
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/ 4641 days agoMonday Soccer Insider: Aug. 5, 2013
Editor's note: World Soccer Talk's Kartik Krishnaiyer kicks off a brand-new weekly column that'll delve deeper into many of his insights from the past weekend of world football. Look for his column every Monday. The Football League kicked off its 125th season on Friday and the sentiment of the matches was well displayed by the league. A […]