MLS teams Orlando City, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, Sporting KC and Seattle Sounders were the winners for attendances during the opening weekend of the 2015 season this past weekend. All four legacy teams saw gains in their attendances compared to the opening home games of the 2014 MLS season. Vice-versa, the losers in the first […]

Carlo Ancelotti has stated he will not alter Real Madrid's lineup for tomorrow's UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second leg against Schalke 04, despite a string of recent poor performances. The lack of goals from Madrid's attacking trio of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo (BBC) has been noticeable since the start of the New Year. While acknowledging […]

There's nothing like a short video to get your pulse racing for a big match. BBC's Match of the Day included one in their show this weekend as a teaser for today's FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester United and Arsenal (live on FOX Sports 1 at 3:45pm ET for viewers in the US). The video […]

The production of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo has dropped off significantly since the start of the season. If the forwards' current form continues, it will undoubtedly effect any chance Real Madrid has of winning the La Liga title this year. Following yesterday's 6-1 win over Rayo Vallecano, Barcelona leapfrogged Real Madrid in […]

Major League Soccer couldn't have picked a better weekend to launch its 20th season after a boring, quiet and uneventful FA Cup weekend in England. Soccer fans were craving goals, and MLS dutifully supplied them with an average of 2.25 goals per game for the 4 nationally televised matches compared to an average of 0.6 […]

Today's episode of Soccer Morning features guests Kyle McCarthy from FOX Sports and Paul Tenorio from the Orlando Sentinel, as both men are on-air to discuss the talking points from the opening weekend of MLS' 20th season. Hosted by Jason Davis and produced by Trevor Hayward, Soccer Morning features interviews with prominent journalists, players and […]

From the second he put pen to paper on a bumper contract with Barcelona last summer, Luis Suarez will have been aware that he was going to play a secondary role at the Nou Camp. The mercurial Lionel Messi is a deistic figure in Catalonia after all and the Uruguayan—nor would any player on this […]

Florida has been kicked around by critics for years as a place where professional soccer could not thrive. But as I wrote on Thursday, things have changed in three major Florida markets. Foremost among them is Orlando who played its first MLS game Sunday afternoon at a sold-out Citrus Bowl. The 62,510 that packed in to the […]

Parma returned to Serie A competition earlier today after having its two previous league fixtures called off as a result of the club's dire financial situation. Parma, who are over 100 million euros (£70 million) in debt, are facing a bankruptcy hearing on March 19 and were in danger of having to forfeit their season. […]

Barcelona continued their fantastic run of form earlier today with a resounding 6-1 victory over Rayo Vallecano. The win, combined with Real Madrid's 1-0 defeat to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, means Barcelona are now in sole possession of first place in La Liga. Since their disappointing 1-0 defeat to Real Sociedad in early January, Barcelona have […]

When it comes to the FA Cup, Manchester United have edged Barclays Premier League rivals Arsenal in recent years, winning three of their last five meetings. This year, the pair have been pitted against each other once again, in the quarter-finals – the difference this time being that Sir Alex Ferguson will not be in […]

Manchester City will not replace manager Manuel Pellegrini next season, despite the club's disappointing results both domestically and in Europe. City currently trail league leading Chelsea by five points in the Premier League with ten games left to play (Chelsea have eleven games left having played one less game). The club is also on the […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger can still hear the celebrations of the Manchester United players following Ryan Giggs' FA Cup wondergoal in their 1999 FA Cup semi-final, but hopes his team can enjoy their own "miracle year" with a result to savor at Old Trafford on Monday night (live on FOX Sports 1 at 3:45pm ET […]

The Football Association are set to launch an investigation after crowd problems at Aston Villa during their FA Cup win over West Brom. There were two pitch invasions – one before the end of the game – from home supporters and Albion fans threw seats at the Villa crowd during the game. The FA are […]

Robbie Keane got on the scoresheet once again for LA Galaxy to help them earn a 2-0 victory in the opening game of the 2015 MLS season. The game, which marked the first of the 20th MLS season after threats of a strike, debuted on UniMas to Hispanic viewers around the United States. In front […]