Huddersfield Town and Reading will go head-to-head at Wembley on Monday in the Championship Playoff Final, with 90 minutes between the sides and potential promotion to the Premier League. The annual clash at the national stadium is regularly labelled as a match worth £170 million, given the substantial riches the victor will receive by competing […]

There were weak midweek match turnouts in Chicago and Dallas. Philly and Salt Lake had middling reported attendance midweek. Fairly strong showings for the rest of the midweek matches, as well as on the weekend. Orlando and San Jose continue to report sellouts in their new homes.. After the first 131 matches, the average attendance […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 12 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. LAFC Makes A Splash Los Angeles Football Club doesn’t have a coach, doesn’t have senior players, and doesn’t kick off their first MLS season for another nine months. But it’s becoming clear that LAFC could be one of MLS’ […]

beIN SPORTS has bumped Barcelona from beIN SPORTS en Español to beIN SPORTS Connect in anticipation of Real Madrid winning the title on Sunday in their match against Malaga. Originally, the Barcelona-Eibar game on Sunday was scheduled to air on beIN SPORTS en Español but on late Thursday afternoon, beIN SPORTS made the decision to […]

Tickets for the Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City will go on sale to the general public on May 23, but you can jump ahead of the line by purchasing tickets through the presale — if you know the code. Manchester United F.C. and Manchester City F.C. will face off in the Manchester Derby […]

It seems that when the PFA Team of the Year is announced every year, a debate ensues. This year is no different. The 2016/17 PFA Team of the Year consisted of: David de Gea, Kyle Walker, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Danny Rose, Eden Hazard, Dele Alli, N’Golo Kante, Sadio Mane, Harry Kane, and Romelu Lukaku. […]

NBC Sports has finalized the TV schedule for the final day of the 2016/17 Premier League season, which will feature 10 games shown live across NBC's network of TV channels. The major game that will be featured on the flagship NBC network is Arsenal against Everton, which will be a decisive game as the Gunners […]

FOX Sports will broadcast the final day of the 2016/17 Bundesliga season live across the FOX network, FS1, FS2 and FOX Soccer Plus. The "all in" coverage of the Bundesliga will include the game between Bayern Munich and Freiburg on the over-the-air FOX network, as well as the relegation battle between Hamburg and Wolfsburg on […]

With so much news and attention focused on what Turner Sports will do with their coverage of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League when they take the rights away from FOX Sports in August 2018, there hasn't been as much focus on how much of a big deal the Spanish-language rights to the same […]

Reported attendances were less than stellar this past week. Columbus’ midweek match had the lowest reported gate in the league this season (10,318). Colorado, Dallas, DC United and Houston all had relatively poor turnouts. New York Red Bulls' match against LA had the lowest showing (against the Galaxy) since 2006, the year before Beckham arrived. […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 11 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. A Return To The Spotlight For Chicago For one night, at least, Chicago finally returned to the center of the MLS universe. With ESPN and the defending champion Seattle Sounders in town for a Saturday night primetime clash, the […]

London (AFP) – Scorer of the goal that won Chelsea the title, Michy Batshuayi will hope to make his first Premier League start for the club in Monday's home game with Watford. The Belgium striker came off the bench to score the decisive goal in Friday's 1-0 win at West Bromwich Albion, which confirmed Chelsea […]

The Gunners have been firing on all cylinders since manager Arsene Wenger switched formations. Wenger, who has been using a 4-2-3-1 formation for years now, recently adopted a 3-4-2-1 configuration about a month ago. The move to go with three central defenders at the back has helped the north London club win five out of […]

In an interview with Sports Business Daily last week, MLS executives revealed their plan to improve lagging TV ratings. The plan includes: 1. Putting cameras in the locker rooms before the game, 2. Allowing access to team huddles, 3. Putting microphones on coaches during games, and 4. Increasing the number of media “car wash” tours. While the changes are welcome, […]

Over a span of four months, from October 2015 to January 2016, the FIFA Ethics Committee removed the three most powerful men in football – Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke, and Michel Platini – from office, and banned them from the game. It was an extremely hopeful stretch in the dark history of the world’s governing […]