American soccer fans have been in the last week obsessing over Jürgen Klinsmann’s decision to scrap the 4-2-3-1 formation for recent friendlies and play with a midfield diamond. The developed narrative has claimed that the United States lacks adequate defensive cover from midfield in this formation. Klinsmann however has been anxious to diversify the United […]

World Soccer Talk has teamed up with Reddit's /r/WorldCup subreddit and QuakeNet to offer an official World Cup jersey as a prize to the winner of a World Cup prediction competition. The competition will run throughout the World Cup tournament, with points awarded to each entree for correctly predicting the results of games. To learn […]

On a hot and humid day in South Florida, England and Ecuador battled in a lively friendly at Miami's Sun Life Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. In addition to the promising performance by Ross Barkley as well as the unfortunate injury to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, there were plenty of talking points from the 2-2 stalemate, with more […]

Celtic is a club at a crossroads. Having just clinched their third title in a row, the Scottish club's plans for the summer were shaken up when manager Neil Lennon resigned on May 22. The popular manager had followed up his successful playing spell at Celtic Park with more than four seasons of titles and triumphs. […]

With two draws in their preparation friendlies, Greece is a team that is looking toward the World Cup with tempered optimism. A depleted Portugal squad held them 0-0 on May 31, and they found themselves in another scoreless draw against Nigeria on June 4. On Friday June 6 at Red Bull Arena in New York, […]

French winger Franck Ribery has been ruled out of World Cup due to a back-injury. Ribery has been complaining of lower back pain for months and has not been playing for either the French National team or Bayern Munich since April 29. France manager Didier Deschamps was optimistic about Ribery returning after some personal training but […]

Saturday morning at 9:30am (AEST) (7pm ET), the Socceroos will face off against European giants Croatia in what will be both teams' final friendly match in the lead up to the World Cup. The match will be played at the Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, with Australia having several injury concerns ahead of their clash against […]

David Villa's signing with NYCFC led to the question, what will the World Cup bound Spanish striker do until MLS season begins? The answer is join NYCFC sister club Melbourne City which competes in the Australian A-League. NYCFC, Melbourne City and Manchester City are all owned by Abu Dhabi Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour. Villa […]

Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas will play host to a friendly between Liga MX teams Club Leon and Santos Laguna on Sunday, July 6 at 5 p.m. Central Time, it was announced earlier today. FC Dallas’ home stadium has become a regular venue for friendlies involving Liga MX sides. Heading into its first CONCACAF Champions […]

This week, BBC's Panorama news program debuted a new episode entitled Brazil – In The Shadow Of Stadiums, which examines the rampant prostitution and poverty that exists within view of the World Cup stadiums. It's no wonder there's a growing anger at Brazil for pouring billions of its money and resources into hosting the World […]

Former United States Manager Bob Bradley feels his son, Michael who is arguably the best American field player of this current generation would have made a good signing for Arsenal this past January. At the time the younger Bradley was struggling for playing time at AS Roma and eventually moved to Toronto FC of Major […]

Youngster Julian Green was a controversial inclusion in Jürgen Klinsmann United States World Cup Squad. The Bayern Munich prodigy is according to the Metro, subject of a potential transfer bid from Tottenham Hotspur. The reported £5 million bid from Spurs owes itself according to the report to new Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino’s desire to bring […]

After confirming David Villa has joined New York City FC, the MLS team continues to work on bolstering their strike force as they are now linked with the potential signing of Shola Ameobi, formerly of Newcastle United. The Nigerian international is currently a free agent and training with his country to prepare for the World […]

Joleon Lescott, the 31-year old central defender, was let go by Manchester City but Lescott's value remains high as up to five clubs are reportedly interested in his services. If Lescott wants to remain in England, then Aston Villa and West Ham are options. Portland Timbers, meanwhile, can offer consistent playing time. United Arab Emirates […]

Ten years ago, a young lad from Liverpool made a name for himself at a major international tournament. Nonplussed by the reputation of supposedly more illustrious opponents and unfazed by the pressure of the European Championships, Wayne Rooney dazzled at Euro 2004. At 18 years old he was naturally a little rough around the edges […]