London (AFP) – Manchester United's bid to sign Everton's Belgian international striker Romelu Lukaku for a record fee between British clubs of £75million ($97m, 85.5m euros) looked nearer to completion Friday as photos emerged of him training with Paul Pogba. Lukaku, 24, was pictured on United star Pogba's Instagram account training with his close friend […]

We have the TV and streaming schedule for most of the Premier League matches from the opening weekend of the 2017/18 season through the first several weeks. NBC Sports still has to confirm the schedule, but now that the Premier League has determined which kickoff times will be changed to accommodate the UK TV broadcasters, […]

Nicolas "Nico" Cantor, the son of the most famous soccer television announcer in the United States regardless of language, was hired by Univision Deportes in January 2017 as as the English-language play-by-play voice of Liga MX matches on the Univision Deportes Facebook page and Major League Soccer (MLS) matches on the Second Audio Program (SAP) […]

With NBC Sports deciding to charge soccer fans to watch the games that aren't shown on television in the United States for the 2017/18 season onwards, every fan needs to be asking whether it'll be worth it to sign up for Premier League Pass or not. At the end of the day, it depends on […]

Manchester United has officially unveiled their new home jersey for the 2017/18 season, which will be worn for the first time when the club plays the LA Galaxy on July 15 during their preseason tour in the United States. Celebrating the club’s third year with adidas, the new home kit will be worn by the […]

If you’ve been following MLS attendance for a while, it should come as no surprise at the poor attendance numbers in Colorado and Dallas. I was also surprised by the relatively weak number in Philadelphia. New York City FC’s number was also weak, but it’s possible that they are reaching their true level after 2½ […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 18 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Get Cincinnati to MLS The game of the year in American club soccer was played – get this – in the U.S. Open Cup round of sixteen on a warm Wednesday night in June in Cincinnati, Ohio. FC Cincinnati, […]

Debuted in the friendly win against Ghana, the US Men's National Team has unveiled their official jersey for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The jersey features distinctly American design elements: bold red and navy hoops across the body of the shirt and tonal obsidian stars throughout. White silicon printed stars line the shirt sleeves, reinforcing […]

Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Joachim Loew has hailed Germany's next generation of stars after beating Chile 1-0 in Sunday's Confederations Cup final — but says the challenge is to defend the World Cup next year. Lars Stindl's simple tap-in was enough to seal Germany's victory in Sunday's final in St Petersburg as the youthful world […]

Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Lars Stindl's simple tap-in, following a costly first-half blunder by Marcelo Diaz, was enough to give Germany a 1-0 win over Chile in the Confederations Cup final on Sunday. Diaz's momentary lapse in concentration let Timo Werner rob him of possession, draw the goalkeeper and pass to Stindl, who scored into […]

Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Lars Stindl scored the only goal of the game in the first half as Germany beat Chile 1-0 in the Confederations Cup final on Sunday. This is the first time Germany, the reigning world champions, have won the Confederations Cup title in the eighth edition of the World Cup warm-up tournament.

Berlin (AFP) – Veteran Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro has been released by Werder Bremen, the German Bundesliga side have confirmed. The 38-year-old made his debut in the German top flight 18 years ago and has had three separate spells at Werder and two stints at Bayern. "Due to the big competition in attack and the […]

London (AFP) – West Bromwich Albion have signed Jay Rodriguez from Premier League rivals Southampton, the England striker's new club confirmed Sunday. The 27-year-old has long been linked with a move to The Hawthorns and West Brom chose an unusual away to confirm the deal. Responding to a tweet from a fan asking if they […]

Juventus has released their new away jersey for the 2017/18 season. Inspired by one of the club’s golden eras and the city colors of Turin, the new yellow and blue away jersey for the 2017/18 season has been designed with the Bianconeri’s classic away shirts from the 1980s in mind. The jersey comes at a […]

Moscow (AFP) – Adrien Silva scored an extra-time penalty as Portugal recovered from a goal down to beat Mexico 2-1 in Sunday's third-place play-off at the Confederations Cup in Moscow. Luis Neto bundled into his own net to hand Mexico a 54th-minute lead, but Pepe stabbed home a stoppage-time equaliser to force an extra 30 […]