World Cup winner and five-time Bundesliga champion Paul Breitner believes Louis van Gaal's previous success with Bayern Munich will be repeated at Manchester United provided the club maintains patience with the Dutchman's model. Van Gaal was appointed Bayern Munich manager in 2009 and immediately won the Bundesliga title and German Cup. He would also take the club to […]

The time has come for MLS to pull the plug on the Miami debacle. The league, which has begun its 20th season in a strong position, now has the ability to pick and choose expansion markets. David Beckham’s commitment to Miami and to MLS is admirable, but the market is too fraught with risk at […]

So much for the ‘Greatest League in the World’ eh? For the second time in three seasons, no Premier League club has made it into the last 16 of the Champions League. All the millions spent by Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool counted for little when it came to the crunch. England’s elite just […]

Today's episode of Soccer Morning discusses the latest stories including Barcelona beating Manchester City with relative ease, Montreal taking the lead in the CONCACAF Champions League and more Hosted by Jason Davis and produced by Trevor Hayward, Soccer Morning features interviews with prominent journalists, players and coaches in addition to taking listener calls. Plus, Jason […]

It has been an eventful few days for the reigning champions of Spain. Last Saturday, during the second half of their 0-0 draw with Espanyol, centre-back Miranda was sent off for a vicious elbow on Abraham. That result – coupled with Valencia's 2-0 win over Deportivo – saw Atletico drop from third to fourth place in […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger does not believe English football is suffering a European crisis with no teams in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but has called for the "outdated" away goals rule to be changed. Manchester City followed the Gunners and Chelsea out of the elite club competition when beaten by Barcelona on Wednesday […]

Lionel Messi called Joe Hart's performance "phenomenal" after the Manchester City goalkeeper prevented defeat becoming humiliation against Barcelona on Wednesday night. Barca won 1-0 in the Nou Camp to complete a 3-1 aggregate win over City, but the scoreline would have been much greater but for a string of saves from Hart. "He was phenomenal, […]

Real Madrid 5-0 Barcelona, 5 October 1953 The transfer wrangle between Barcelona and Real Madrid for the signature of Alfredo di Stefano was one of the most complex in the history of the game. Indeed, both of the illustrious Spanish clubs thought they’d signed the man nicknamed as the “blonde arrow” at one point. First […]

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While his teammates and manager were fully focused on today's Champions League return leg against Manchester City, Luis Suarez already had his sights set on this weekend's El Clasico showdown with Real Madrid. The Uruguayan striker told GolTV this Sunday's clash between the La Liga rivals will be played like a final, and Barcelona need to take advantage […]

Lionel Messi and Barcelona turned on the style to dump Manchester City and their inspired goalkeeper Joe Hart out of the Champions League. It was thanks to Hart's heroics that Barcelona could manage only a 1-0 win at the Nou Camp. Ivan Rakitic scored the only goal of another one-sided encounter between the two sides, […]

Ronald Koeman is ready to coach one of the biggest clubs in Europe, but his only focus right now is continuing Southampton's scarcely-believable season. The Dutch great's arrival during a summer of discontent at St Mary's surprised many – so too has his remarkable impact since taking the reins. The term meltdown was bandied about […]

Incredibly, Manchester City is England's last hope of a Premier League team qualifying for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. At the same time, City faces the toughest task — trying to overturn a 1-2 deficit from the home leg and get a 2-0 win or better at the Camp Nou against an in-form […]

Pep Guardiola will return to the Camp Nou later today after a three year absence to watch the return leg between Barcelona and Manchester City. The Bayern Munich manager is taking advantage of a week without fixtures in order to scout potential Champions League opponents in person. Programming note: Barcelona vs. Manchester City will be shown LIVE today at […]

We know two things about the general policies of expansion in Major League Soccer: First, caution has always framed the exercise. History’s hard lessons of professional soccer taught everyone that slow-and-steady was the prudent path, and MLS leaders always seemed to get it. And the second thing we know: those days are over. How bullish […]