The United States’ World Cup qualification campaign suffered a massive blow on Friday night, as Costa Rica ended the Americans’ fourteen-game unbeaten run under Bruce Arena with a comprehensive 2-0 win at Red Bull Arena. Here are the player ratings. Tim Howard, 3: The U.S. needed a big performance from its goalkeeper, and Howard didn’t […]

The start of the World Cup in Russia is less than ten months away, and the U.S. has a new lease on life. Since Bruce Arena replaced Jurgen Klinsmann at the helm of the national team last November, the U.S. has gone unbeaten in fourteen straight games – winning the Gold Cup, taking a point […]

It was a very good summer for the USMNT. The month of June saw them move closer to securing a berth at the World Cup in Russia next summer with a home win against Trinidad & Tobago before going down south of the border to get a draw against Mexico at the vaunted Azteca Stadium. […]

San Cristobal (Venezuela) (AFP) – Already-eliminated Venezuela stalled Colombia's 2018 World Cup qualification drive here Thursday, grinding out a 0-0 to frustrate their star-studded opponents. Colombia, second in the South American standings, struggled to find a way through a rugged Venezuelan defence at San Cristobal's Pueblo Nuevo Stadium. Colombia badly missed the invention of injured […]

London (AFP) – Euro 2016 winner Renato Sanches has joined Swansea City on a season-long loan move from Bayern Munich, the English Premier League club announced Thursday. The 20-year-old Portugal midfielder will join his new team-mates in south Wales upon his return from international duty, Swansea said. Swansea manager Paul Clement worked with Sanches while […]

' With 83 broadcasts during six days of World Cup qualifying, soccer fans in the United States will have plenty of games to choose from. Here's our preview of many of the games to keep an eye out for during the next week: EUROPE (UEFA) Group A: It’s a cracking race in Group A, where […]

Two matches from this past weekend broke the million viewers barrier on US television. Those games were Manchester United versus Leicester and Liverpool against Arsenal. Man United's game against Leicester was the most-watched soccer game anywhere on US television last weekend with an average of 1.083 million viewers across over-the-air NBC and Universo combined. The […]

With no Championship matches scheduled this weekend due to the international break, ESPN3 has decided to stream several matches from League One instead. It's incredibly rare for viewers in the United States to see any matches from League One (unless you subscribe to iFollow), so to have three available from the third tier of English […]

NBC Sports is in discussions with cable companies to find a solution for Premier League Pass that can be used in bars across the United States, according to a NBC Sports executive in an interview with Sports TV Ratings. Currently, Premier League Pass is only available via online streaming to consumers for a fee of […]

During the past week, Seattle Sounders and Toronto had the two greatest attendances in MLS. Elsewhere there were strong attendance numbers across MLS except for poor turnouts for DC United and Columbus' midweek game. LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake had so-so numbers. After 286 matches, the average attendance(21,528) is up 0.32% vs 2016. Latest […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 25 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. The King of Rivalries The third and final MLS Rivalry Week came and went this weekend, with editions of the 401 Derby, the Rocky Mountain Cup, the Hudson River Derby, the Texas Derby, and the California Clasico all on […]

Arsenal were thoroughly beaten 4-0 by Liverpool on a sunny Sunday at Anfield. For fans of the north London team, being humiliated by four goals is one thing, but the way in which the Gunners performed was undoubtedly the bigger issue. A majority of the Arsenal players were far too casual, almost as if they […]

Despite a lack of new faces arriving at Anfield this summer, the majority of Liverpool fans are counting down the days until the end of the transfer window. The Reds have been faced with a familiar situation over the last month, as their star man has been actively pursued by Barcelona and the player wants […]

NBC Sports' Premier League Pass faces its first major test this weekend when 50% of the EPL games will be on the paid streaming service including Sunday's match between Tottenham and Burnley. The first big test the service, which is part of NBC Sports Gold, will face is how many Spurs supporters in the United […]

Before the next round of Premier League matches this weekend, there are several key matches scheduled for US television and streaming midweek including an important Europa League game for Everton, and more. The second round of the League Cup features three games involving Premier League teams. Going into Everton's Europa League second leg of their […]