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WATCH World Soccer Radio, On Replay; Tonight’s Topics: FA Cup and EPL Preview

On World Soccer Radio, Danny is joined by journalist Joe Curley as the two wrap up an eventful week throughout the globe. Plus we provide our Premier League and FA Cup predictions ahead of the weekend. Get involved with the show, send us a tweet @worldsocceradio The live broadcast of World Soccer Radio begins at […]

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Commentators for NBC’s Premier League Matches This Weekend: Gameweek 29

Here’s the line-up of commentators for gameweek 29 of Premier League matches on US television across the NBC Sports Group networks this weekend: Saturday, March 8: West Brom vs Manchester United, 7:45am, NBCSN; Peter Drury & Efan Ekoku Cardiff vs Fulham, 10am, NBCSN; Tony Jones & Trevor Francis Crystal Palace vs Southampton, 10am, Premier League […]

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New Research Reveals First Manchester Football Club Was Founded In 1863, 15 Years Before United

English football historian, author and researcher Gary James has published a new paper that examines the history of the sport in Manchester and reveals, for the first time, that there was another football club operating in the area during the 1860s, making that team the oldest in the region, not Manchester City (founded in 1880 […]
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England Away Shirt For FIFA World Cup 2014 From Nike: Leaked [PHOTO]

The mystery of what England's away shirt will look like for World Cup 2014 can now be revealed after a photograph has been leaked on the Internet. Not surprisingly, England will be wearing red as their away shirt during 2014. Designed by Nike, the straightforward design features a bright red shirt, rounded collar and the […]

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2014 MLS Western Conference Preview

Will it be the Eastern or Western Conference of MLS that will take the honors during the 2014 season? There's no doubt there's plenty of talent among the teams in the Western Conference, but there are plenty of question marks too. Here's our preview of the 2014 MLS Western Conference (see below) as well as our preview […]
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Is This USMNT's Away Shirt For World Cup 2014? [PHOTO]

A design of what appears to be the US Men's National Team's away shirt for World Cup 2014 has been revealed on the Internet. The bold design features a shirt that screams red, white and blue. If true, the USMNT away shirt for 2014 is red with a blue upper chest and white band of […]

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Top 5 Reasons to be Excited for the Opening Weekend of MLS

MLS returns this Saturday for its 19th season as a top flight league in the United States. There's plenty to look forward, but here are 5 reasons in particular to be excited about the opening weekend: 1. Michael Bradley — When reports first surfaced on Twitter that Michael Bradley may be heading back to Major League […]

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The Top 5 Must-See Soccer Matches On Television This Weekend

Rejoice! Rejoice! After the a couple of weeks when UEFA Champions League action provided some superb midweek relief, we were “treated” to international friendlies this time round. This weekend we’ve got a host of magnificent games to look forward to in a plethora of different competitions. Fans of English football can sift between the FA […]

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QPR Set to Axe 26 Players After Championship Club Reveals £177m Debt: Nightly Soccer Report

Queens Park Rangers, a blight on English football after the financial mess the club has gotten itself into plus the way they've mismanaged the club, are in an even worse state now after the club revealed it is £177million in debt. As a result, the club may be forced to axe 26 players in order […]

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WATCH World Soccer Radio, Live at 9pm ET; Tonight’s Topics: Montreal Impact Preview & Review Of This Week's Soccer Stories

World Soccer Radio 9pm ET, we continue our MLS previews with the season now less than 48 hours away, and focus on the Montreal Impact. Plus David Mosse joins the show as we discuss all that has gone on this week in world football. Get involved send us a tweet @worldsocceradio or call us in-studio […]

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Interview With Peguy Luyindula, New York Red Bulls' Versatile Footballer

“Knowledge of positions is a good thing.” Attaquant polyvalent. It is the french description of the position on the pitch that Peguy Luyindula occupies. In English, it translates as versatile forward. He is a player who feels like the off-season lasts too long, that the end of the season just means waiting for the next […]

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Why Modern Football is Not a Business

These days, it is common to hear soccer fans saying something like "of course, soccer is just like any other business now." It is a phrase intended to establish the speaker as a hard-nosed realist, puncturing idealistic delusions about the beautiful game with a knowing appreciation of the forces of profit and commerce that are […]

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USMNT Announce Pre-World Cup Games In San Francisco, New Jersey and Jacksonville

U.S. Soccer today officially announced that the U.S. Men’s National Team will play three matches prior to the start of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The matches will be part of the Send-Off Series. The USMNT will play in San Francisco, New Jersey, and Jacksonville as Jürgen Klinsmann and his squad put the final […]

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Small Steps for Spain Whilst Italy Experiment During International Friendly

As the last two World Cup winners faced off in Madrid last night, there was very little learnt about the respective teams' prospects ahead of this summer in Brazil although Spain showed slight glimpses of the direction in which Vicente del Bosque wants to take the team through the ninety minute use of Spanish debutant […]

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With a 66% Win Percentage, Tottenham Appointing Tim Sherwood After Sacking Andre Villas-Boas Was Justified

One is considered to be one of the best young managers in world football, having managed FC Porto, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur despite being only thirty-six years of age. The other has won the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers as a player and has been a coach at Tottenham since 2008. It is strange how, […]