Despite scoring first against Bayern Munich both home and away, Manchester United were totally outclassed over the two legs, and the gulf between both sides was plain to see, where the best Manchester United could do was to block their penalty area with eight players in hopes of stifling Bayern. After losing 4-2 on aggregate […]

Here is today’s TV/Internet schedule for matches being shown in the US: Bayern Munich vs Manchester United, 2:45pm, FOX Sports 1 and FOX Soccer 2Go Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona, 2:45pm, FOX Sports 2 and FOX Soccer 2Go Starting line-ups: Bayern Munich: Neuer, Dante, Ribéry, Mandzukić, Robben, Boateng, Götze, Lahm (C), Müller, Alaba, Kroos Subs: Raeder, van Buyten, Rafinha, Pizarro, Weiser, […]

Jose Mourinho has spent a lot of time trying to keep up appearances in his press conferences. Throughout the season, he has put together these mind games in order to (according to most) deflect pressure from his team: Things like calling Arsene Wenger a specialist in failure, downplaying his team’s title hopes, and in general, […]

New photos of Liverpool's home kit for the 2014/15 season have been leaked on the Internet. In the photos above and below, you can see how Warrior has created a bold design for Liverpool Football Club with white trim and a unique design around the collar. The gold liver bird is a main focal point […]

A photo of Chelsea's third shirt for the 2014/15 season has been leaked on the Internet. Designed and manufactured by adidas, Chelsea's third jersey will be black with a neon blue trim. The shirt features a very unique and modern design with blue lines running down the shirt, making it look like something out of […]

The Kicking and Screening Film Festival opened in New York last night with a look at the issue of identity. Each night beginning Tuesday, the festival will explore an aspect of soccer culture through films that focus on a central theme. Today, the theme is Coaches, Thursday, Inspiration — and Friday, Brazil. The first film […]

From the moment Jermain Defoe and Michael Bradley were announced as Toronto FC’s new designated players, an air of intrigue enveloped the club. Described as a bloody big deal by the club’s marketing department, it was a fair and accurate evaluation. Here were two players that would significantly improve any roster in Major League Soccer, and […]

Everton's Goodison Park hosted an “Evening of Spanish Football” last week that saw three iconic figures in the Spanish game share their opinions with an audience of hundreds. On stage, Sky Sports’ Spanish soccer expert Guillem Balague, Real Madrid legend Fernando Hierro and editor of Spanish newspaper AS, Alfredo Relaño, offered typically insightful and highly […]

Fifteen years after the unbelievable UEFA Champions League final between the European giants Bayern Munich and Manchester United, the two teams clash again this week in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. There’s no question that the 1999 Champions League final had one of the most dramatic final few minutes in the showpiece’s […]

We all love to argue who is the best player ever to have played the game, with the likes of Diego Maradona, Leo Messi, and Eusebio hot on everyone's lips. But luxury airline Emirates have taken things a step further, asking: Who is ruler of the skies? Having started an official partnership with the FIFA […]

In the second legs of the UEFA Champions League matches between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain & Borussia Dortmund versus Real Madrid, two of the teams had a convincing aggregate lead with PSG ahead 3-1 from the first match, and Real Madrid in the lead with a 3-0 win in Spain. But would both teams advance […]

Editor’s note: This marks the first of a new series, entitled 'The Full 90 Minutes,' at World Soccer Talk where we bring you classic matches from years gone by. The concept of the series is that we’ll hand pick the best matches. We won’t include any spoilers, and we’ll present the entire match in its […]

New photos of Arsenal's home shirt for the 2014/15 season have been leaked on the Internet. Designed and manufactured by Puma, Arsenal's shirt for next season is a classic but modern rendering of the famous red and white shirt of Arsenal Football Club. Read: Arsenal's away shirt for the 2014/15 season: Leaked photo. Earlier this […]

With record cable TV ratings for NBC's coverage of the Premier League on US television, and the fact that ESPN no longer has rights to the world's most popular sports league, ESPN tried a new tactic this past weekend by showing a live cricket match on ESPN2 from 9am-Noon ET. The impact? ESPN2 had a […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists that his run down the touchline after Demba Ba scored the decisive goal was not to celebrate the goal, but to give Demba Ba and Fernando Torres his tactical changes. Mourinho added, "I think the team that decided to defend was punished, and the team that gave everything with their […]