After losing the rights to the EFL Championship and EFL Cup to ESPN, beIN SPORTS will be adding the Turkish Süper Lig to its coverage of world sports, a source has revealed to World Soccer Talk. beIN SPORTS will broadcast one Turkish Süper Lig match per round to viewers in the United States. The 2017/18 […]

Here are the five things we learned from the 2017 MLS All-Star game, as Real Madrid beat the MLS All-Stars on penalties in Chicago. 1. Adidas Pays Up The big news at the All-Star game had nothing to do with the game itself. It was the announcement that Adidas has agreed to a new six-year, […]

EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning turn of events, BAMTech has acquired the US rights to the English Championship and EFL Cup, and has reached a separate agreement with ESPN to have the live and on-demand matches shown by the Worldwide Leader of Sports. beIN SPORTS will not broadcast the 2017/18 Championship season, and has subsequently removed […]

The show just keeps on getting better. For the opening weekend of the 2017/18 Premier League season, the US-based talent of NBC Sports will broadcast live from England yet again with Rebecca Lowe, Kyle Martino, Robbie Mustoe and Robbie Earle bringing you the world's most popular sports league. In total, NBC Sports will bring viewers […]

This summer has been another win for soccer in the United States, but should we be surprised? It seems that every summer in the United States is now positioned as "the summer of soccer," and this year's edition was no exception as many of the best clubs from around the world descended on the United […]

Preseasons can be tough to gauge. Results and scores are not exactly the best barometer for a successful summer. Managers are trying to advance their first team fitness levels leading into the new season, while also giving some of the young players time on the pitch to try and prove themselves. Arsenal are back from […]

Of all of the matches I covered during this summer’s International Champions Cup, AS Roma against Juventus from Gillette Stadium was perhaps the most unique. Neither club has the star power and recognizable branding of a team like Barcelona or Manchester United. Instead, this matchup drew fans with a strong connection to their team. While […]

This past week saw solid reported attendance numbers with the exception of Philadelphia’s midweek match and the FC Dallas home game. The numbers should remain reasonably strong for the rest of the season with Atlanta having eight home matches, while Seattle has seven home games remaining. After 237 matches, the average attendance is up 0.20% […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 21 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Should Atlanta Stay Put? It is extremely rare and perhaps unprecedented in the annals of MLS history that a club or its fanbase has second thoughts about moving out of a college football stadium and into new digs. But […]

The 2017/18 German soccer season kicks off Saturday with a live broadcast of the German Supercup between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. The match will be shown live on the over-the-air FOX network on Saturday, August 5 at 2:30pm ET. Bayern Munich versus Dortmund will also be streamed via Sling Blue, fubo Premier and DIRECTV […]

UPDATE: In a dramatic turn of events, beIN SPORTS has lost the rights to the EFL Championship and EFL Cup to ESPN. For all of the details regarding this huge development, read our exclusive story. The 2017/18 Championship season will be televised in the United States on beIN SPORTS after the broadcaster renewed its contract […]

The news dropped like dueling sledgehammers on Wednesday morning: First, the LA Galaxy announced that they had fired manager Curt Onalfo and replaced him with Sigi Schmid. Then, not two hours later, the Galaxy's new cross-town rivals answered. LAFC announced that it had landed former U.S. national team manager Bob Bradley as its first ever […]

A total of 80,162 fans descended on FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland to witness Barcelona take on Manchester United in the International Champions Cup. As expected, both teams had thousands of supporters show up to cheer them on, and the lineups at kickoff did not disappoint. Ernesto Valverde deployed Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar […]

Walking into Red Bull Arena, I was surprised to see how many random soccer jerseys were being worn. I’d come to watch Tottenham Hotspur play AS Roma after all, but if you’d told someone with no knowledge of the fixture to come, they’d have had a hard time telling you exactly who was playing whom. […]

Brad Friedel sat down with World Soccer Talk this week to discuss his broadcast and coaching career. World Soccer Talk: You are one of the most decorated goalkeepers in the history of the Premier League with the most appearances – even more than the likes of Peter Schmeichel and Petr Cech. How did you make […]