Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, and Carlo Ancelotti are considered to be some of the best managers in the world. At the Ballon D'or this year, Joachim Loew won the Coach of the Year Award after leading Germany to the World Cup title. Yet, despite this, it must be remembered that these managers are in control […]

Major League Soccer is constantly being lambasted as a retirement league – a comfy setting where older players in the twilights of their careers can earn good paychecks, while experiencing famous cities like Seattle, New York and Los Angeles (no bias there, just a Pacific Northwest native writing about football). Franck Ribery once said that […]

Earlier today, Barcelona announced they have broken off an eight-year relationship with the Catalan-based multimedia company, Mediapro, and have signed a one-year television deal with Telefónica reportedly worth £104 million (140 million euros). Telefónica is Spain's largest telephone company and the third biggest operator in the world with divisions in Europe, Asia, North America and South America. The company […]

Swansea could receive American investment as early as next month, club director Huw Cooze has revealed. The Barclays Premier League club have been in talks with American businessmen John Jay Moores and Charles Noell since last autumn with the former owners of Major League baseball team the San Diego Padres set to make a significant […]

At first glance, Olivier Giroud’s stylistic make-up means he probably shouldn’t be flourishing in this Arsenal team. The Gunners’ clutch of elusive, incisive attacking midfield players would typically be suited to a sharp, nippy centre-forward; a player who can loiter on the shoulder of the last defender before latching on to a scything through ball. […]

Wayne Rooney ended his goal drought as Manchester United came from behind to beat Preston and set up a mouth-watering FA Cup quarter-final against Arsenal. After watching Bradford take their second Premier League scalp of the competition on Sunday, United were wary of falling victim to another upset and they feared the worst when Scott […]

The final FA Cup 5th Round match of the weekend kicks off today as Preston North End battle Manchester United at Deepdale. Sir Alex Ferguson will be in attendance, so expect to see a lot of camera shots of him in the crowd. Here’s today’s TV schedule for viewers/readers in the United States: Preston North […]

After a break of 69 days, the UEFA Champions League returns on Tuesday, February 17 with the prospect of several exciting number of Round of 16 1st leg games to be played through February 25. Take your pick from Chelsea against Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona versus Manchester City, Juventus vs Dortmund or any of the other […]

The draw for the 2014/15 FA Cup quarter-finals has concluded, and here's who will be matching up against each other in March for a chance to go to Wembley. Liverpool vs Blackburn Rovers Bradford City vs Reading Preston or Manchester United vs Arsenal Aston Villa vs West Bromwich Albion The draw was conducted live on […]

Since falling 1-0 to Real Sociedad, Barcelona have now won 11 straight matches in all competitions and closed the gap on league leaders Real Madrid to a single point. Following yesterday's 5-0 win over Levante, manager Luis Enrique was informed that he had tied Pep Guardiola's club record for consecutive wins – which has stood […]

New photographs of USA's away shirt for 2015 have been leaked on the Internet, featuring images of Clint Dempsey and Alex Morgan modeling the blue away kit. Nike has a penchant for trying new designs for the USA that push the envelope (remember the "Bomb Pop" and sashes?), and this year's away shirt is certainly […]

Today marks the first episode of Soccer Morning that we're broadcasting live and making available on demand as a podcast as part of our partnership with the leading daily soccer show in the US. Today and moving forward, you can listen to Soccer Morning live via the World Soccer Talk LIVE page at www.worldsoccertalk.cms.futbolsitesnetwork.com/live. During […]

New boss Tim Sherwood wants Aston Villa to lose the fear factor and called taking the job a "no-brainer". The 46-year-old was unveiled at Villa Park on Monday after signing a deal until 2018 to replace the sacked Paul Lambert. Sherwood watched Villa beat Leicester 2-1 in the FA Cup on Sunday and went into […]

This morning, Thai businessman Bee Taechaunbol of Country Group Development and rights owner of Global Legends Series (GLS) Bangkok confirmed that he had made an offer of one billion euros ($1.1 billion or £741 million) to buy a majority holding in Italian giants AC Milan. Bee confirmed his move in Bangkok this morning saying he wanted […]

Louis van Gaal will make signing a creative midfielder his top priority this summer. Van Gaal has spent more than £150million on seven new players since he took charge of Manchester United just over seven months ago, but he is still not happy with the squad at his disposal. Angel di Maria, Daley Blind and […]