World Soccer Talk

Atletico Madrid and Spain striker David Villa will sign a 3-year contract to join New York City FC, the new MLS side that is scheduled to launch in 2015. After reports in the Spanish media during the past 48 hours speculated that Villa is close to a deal, reputable reporter Gianluca Di Marzio has confirmed […]

Spain will be taking a third kit to them this summer in the World Cup as a last-minute change requested by FIFA because both of Spain's home and away shirts for Brazil are considered dark colors. FIFA's regulations for World Cup 2014 mandate that teams need to have two very distinguishable shirts — where one […]

After gaining promotion to the Premier League via the Championship Playoff Final, Queens Park Rangers have unveiled their home, away and third shirts for the 2014/15 season. QPR's new shirts are designed by Nike. The home shirt features QPR's classic blue and white hoops, this time with a rounded collar. The away shirt is a […]

ESPN have released another new video in their series of promos for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. While this one won't win any awards, it's a smart concept and it's something that illustrates how important and pervasive the World Cup tournament is around the world. Entitled "Time Zone," the video shows how when the World […]

Italy and AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli appears in a new video where Super Mario interviews himself. In the interview, Balotelli discusses why he has always believed in himself, where he watched Italy win the tournament in 2006 and who's the best player in the Italy World Cup squad. The video is part of a […]

Real Madrid won the historic La Decima with its tenth European title today after coming so close to losing to Atletico Madrid in regulation time, but bouncing back to win the match 4-1. Note: Due to rights restrictions, the videos below are only playable in the US: Here are the highlights of the goals: Diego […]

Atletico Madrid scored the opening goal in the UEFA Champions League today after Diego Godin's header sailed over Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas and ended in the net. Here's the exciting commentary of the goal by the FOX Deportes commentators (as opposed to the empty FOX commentary with Gus Johnson where it sounded like he […]

Real Madrid are on the verge of history tonight. A win against Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League will achieve La Decima for Real, the 10th European Cup/Champions League the historic Spanish side have won. In its path is Atletico Madrid, who are looking to achieve the double this season after winning the Spanish […]

Brazilian defender David Luiz has bid farewell to Chelsea fans in a farewell letter that he posted on his official Instagram account. Luiz will be joining Paris Saint-Germain, pending personal terms and passing a medical fee, for a whopping £48million transfer fee. Before he officially joins PSG, he wrote this heartfelt message to Chelsea supporters: […]

Patrice Evra has signed a one-year contract extension at Manchester United. The French left back has decided to stay at Old Trafford, taking the World Cup footballer into his tenth season at United. So far, Evra has made 379 appearances at the club, scoring 10 goals. The defender was initially signed from Monaco in January […]

Chelsea veterans Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole have been released by Chelsea Football Club. Lampard, 35, joined Chelsea in 2001 from West Ham United. During his 13 years at Chelsea, he played in more than 420 matches and won medals in 3 Premier Leagues, 4 FA Cups, 1 UEFA Champions League, 1 Europa League and […]

Following on from the launch of the new 2014/15 home shirt in April, adidas and Chelsea Football Club have revealed the new look away shirt, inspired by famous yellow kits from the club's past. Chelsea in a yellow away strip conjures up memories of Peter Osgood in the 1960s and 1970s, through Clive Walker in […]

Everybody is all over Jurgen Klinsmann about his decision to drop Landon Dononvan from the USMNT and not take him to Brazil. What is there to be surprised about? Big time sports is all about "what have you done for me lately," and Donovan has not been lighting the world on fire for club or […]

USMNT midfielder Landon Donovan posted a message on Facebook this evening to express his disappointment with the decision made by USMNT Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann to drop him from the final 23-man World Cup squad. Donovan said: "It has been an honor and privilege to have represented the US National Team in three World Cups. […]

It’s not just Landon Donovan’s exclusion from the US 23-man squad for Brazil that should make people take notice. It’s far deeper than that. Jurgen Klinsmann is taking his formula from years gone by and updating it, just wearing different colors. In order to understand this US roster, we must first look back at Germany’s […]