World Soccer Talk

Burnley returns to the Premier League for the first time since 2010. They're the smallest town ever to have a club in the Premier League (the town has a population of less than 80,000). Today, they face Chelsea, the bookmakers' favorite to win the Premier League title. To put things into perspective, here's Chelsea's record […]

Sunday's two Premier League matches featured the teams that finished first and second in the league last season, with Liverpool at home against Southampton, and Manchester City away at Newcastle. Both Southampton and Newcastle United had their work cut out for them if they were to add any damage to the opponents. If you missed […]

Premier League champions Manchester City plays Newcastle United at St James' Park today in a match where Joe Hart starts in goal for City instead of Willy Caballero. In other team news, Sergio Aguero is on the bench as is Pablo Zabaleta. For Newcastle, there are Premier League debuts for Emmanuel Rivere, Remy Cabella and […]

Who's ready for the first Sunday fixture of the 2014/15 season featuring Premier League runners-up Liverpool against one of the most discussed teams of the summer, Southampton. This should be a very open and entertaining match. For viewers in the United States, the game will be shown on: Liverpool vs Southampton, 8:30am, NBCSN and NBC Sports […]

BBC's Match of the Day program celebrates 50 years of broadcasting this month. The weekly English top flight highlights show is an institution in Britain. One of the endearing aspects of the program is that they update the opening title sequence of the show every season. Here's the one from the 2013-14 season. And, now […]

The 2014/15 Premier League season kicked off today with 17 goals in 7 games, for an average of 2.42 goals per match. We had plenty of drama across England with teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Everton and Aston Villa as well as others trying to get a good start to an all-important season. Here […]

The first Premier League match of the 2014/15 season shown on the free, over-the-air NBC network in the United States kicks off at 12:30pm ET today for a game that features David against Goliath. And David has just lost its leader. For viewers in the United States, here’s the TV/Internet schedule: Arsenal vs Crystal Palace, 12:30pm, […]

Saturday's first dose of five Premier League matches played at the traditional time of 3pm GMT kicks off today, with opportunities to see what the 2014/15 editions of the Premier League sides have to offer. For viewers in the United States, here's the TV/Internet schedule: Leicester City vs Everton, 10am, NBCSN and NBC Sports Live […]

The 2014/15 Premier League season kicks off today with the opening tie between Manchester United and Swansea City, live from Old Trafford in England. After a strong summer for United where they won the International Champions Cup and went undefeated in preseason, Louis Van Gaal's team now has to do it for real in the […]

NBC's Men In Blazera made an appearance on the Seth Meyers late show on television last night. The short segment featured an interview with Roger Bennett and Michael Davies. The duo were interviewed by soccer fan and comedian Seth Meyers, formerly of the Saturday Night Live TV show. Watch the segment here (which is split […]

The 2014 DFL-Supercup kicks off today at Noon ET on GolTV (for viewers in the United States) featuring Bayern Munich against Borussia Dortmund. The annual cup competition features the winner of the Bundesliga (Bayern) against the winner of the DFB-Pokal (Dortmund). Dortmund are the reigning champions, having beaten Bayern 4–2 in 2013. And conveniently, the […]

You couldn't ask for three more different types of matches this afternoon. At 2:30pm ET, Manchester United kicks off against Valencia in a friendly on ESPN2, live from Old Trafford. Then, just 15 minutes later, the UEFA Super Cup kicks off in Cardiff between Real Madrid and Sevilla on FOX Sports 1, to determine the […]

The traditional start of the 2014/15 top flight English football season kicks off today with the winners of the 2013/14 Premier League (Manchester City) playing the winners of the 2013/14 FA Cup (Arsenal) to determine who will be crowned winners of the annual FA Community Shield. The game today gives Arsenal another chance to win […]

MLS and USA soccer star Landon Donovan has announced his retirement from the professional sport. The all-time leading scorer in USMNT soccer history will retire at the end of this season. Donovan published the following letter to explain his decision: After careful deliberation and after many conversations with those closest to me, I have decided […]

Everton has officially unveiled its third shirt for the 2014/15 season. The Toffees will wear the white and purple kit for the first time in a friendly against SC Paderborn. Everton describes the shirt as "white, blackberry and yellow," as well as featuring a v-neck wrap-over collar with a high-stretch rib for comfort whilst a […]