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NWSL returned this weekend to kickoff a new season in gameweek 1. The league entered its eleventh campaign. Part of the additions and changes was the welcoming of VAR. And, in true VAR fashion, it dominates the discussion of the league in its first weekend back. Regardless, gameweek 1 in the NWSL featured great performances. […]

The Premier League continues to be the most watched and discussed soccer league in the United States among English-language audiences. This is the case even as other European leagues make dedicated efforts to corner the US market. Much of the credit goes to the Premier League’s head-start in the US. Also, the work with NBC […]

This month, in the United States men's club soccer scene, three different professional third divisions kick off 2023 campaigns. USL League One kicks off this weekend. Then, MLS Next Pro the following weekend. Finally, NISA the weekend after. What exactly is a third division in a system with no promotion and relegation? Well, It’s a […]

NBC Sports Premier League studio analyst Tim Howard wears big shoes. The United States Men's National Team legend is the primary American-accented studio voice analyzing the English top flight for a US audience. Howard is currently in his third season in NBC’s Premier League Live studio. That follows a playing career as the most-capped goalkeeper […]

NBC Sports Premier League studio host Rebecca Lowe sets a high standard for presenting soccer in the United States. NBC’s Premier League coverage began with a three-year rights deal in August 2013. Since then, it garnered rave reviews, with Lowe regularly among the critically lauded. Lowe talked to World Soccer Talk at this past weekend’s […]

Editor's note: Kartik Krishnaiyer's Grant Wahl tribute remembers one of soccer's most influential individuals for the sport in the United States. Grant Wahl, a fixture on the American and global soccer scene, passed away suddenly on Friday. Wahl was 49. Wahl was no ordinary soccer writer. Rather, he was an institution in the game and […]

The first several days of Group Stage action at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has been engulfed in controversy off-the-pitch but has also delivered some incredibly compelling action on-the-pitch. When it comes to FOX and Telemundo's World Cup coverage, it's been a mix of good and bad so far. US rights-holders FOX Sports […]

As first reported by Gerry Smith at Bloomberg, CBS Sports (as CBS/Viacom/Paramount) renewed its English-language rights to broadcast the UEFA Champions League for the next six years. The deal also includes the rights to UEFA's other club competitions, the Europa League and Europa Conference League. The broadcaster fended off interest from Amazon. Amazon did secure […]

Everton's 3-2 win over Crystal Palace at Goodison Park on Thursday clinched Premier League safety. The club's almost 70-year run in England's top flight continues into the 2022/23 season. Quite frankly, it would likely be over without Frank Lampard being appointed as manager. Lampard faced constant critiques for his job performance at Chelsea. At Everton, […]

Pep Guardiola's title-decider selections are causing the Spaniard headaches. Manchester City hosts Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. For the home side, it could decide the Premier League title, which would be City's fourth in the last five seasons. Despite sitting atop the Premier League after 37 rounds, Guardiola's usual selection second-guessing reappeared […]

England's top-flight league recently announced a new 6-year rights deal with NBC Sports to extend NBC's Premier League coverage in the United States. Once the new $2.7 billion deal ends in 2028, it'll equal a grand total of 15 years of continuous coverage. NBC Sports' aggressive promotion of the league and use of linear platforms […]

Learn more about the history of the UEFA Champions League on US TV. The UEFA Champions League has in recent years become a hot television property in the United States. The new television rights cycle that begins for the 2021-22 competition reportedly is worth $150 million a year in the US. CBS Sports and Univision […]

English football continues to deliver some of the most exciting and entertaining soccer available to viewers in the United States. But unlike the 1990’s and 2000’s when the back-and-forth competitiveness of England’s top division – the Premier League – converted a generation of fans to soccer and English football in general, it is now the […]

Listen to our interview with the director of ESPN's 'Hillsborough' documentary, Daniel Gordon. The film will premiere on US television on Tuesday, April 15 at 8pm ET on ESPN. During the interview with Gordon, he discusses why he made the film, what makes this film different than other ones that have aired before, and how […]

World Soccer Talk interviewed commentator and presenter Steve Bower today on the eve of NBC's Premier League transfer deadline show that will be aired live on NBCSN in the United States from 6:30pm to 7:30pm ET. During the interview, Bower discusses: • What it was like working at Old Trafford at MUTV while Sir Alex […]