Today's a big day for British soccer, as five Barclays Premier League matches and an FA Cup semi-final match between Arsenal and Reading are scheduled to take place. With the Premier League season winding down, most teams will only have five more league matches after this weekend, so every single match is important for a majority […]

Tonight's World Soccer Talk Radio features an interview with Kristan Heneage. The ITV and CNN International correspondent will be on the show to discuss this weekend's FA Cup semi-finals, Chelsea against Manchester United, Newcastle's protest on Sunday and more. Listen to the show live between 9-10pm ET (6-7pm PT) via Sports Byline on the radio, […]

Premier League leaders Chelsea host high-flying Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Saturday (at 12:30pm ET on NBC for readers in the USA) with both sides comfortably clear of their nearest rivals. The Blues’ are seven points above second-placed Arsenal who are not in Premier League action this weekend due to their FA Cup semi-final […]

Barcelona manager Luis Enrique is calling on supporters at the Camp Nou to spur his side past fourth place Valencia on Saturday. La Blaugrana hold a two-point lead over second place Real Madrid heading into this weekend's fixtures, and could be displaced as league leaders should they drop points at home to Los Che. During […]

Professional soccer in the United States is still relatively young when compared to that of other countries across the globe, but a few major traditional rivalries have developed through the years. Perhaps the biggest cross-sectional rivalry in the USA is the matchup between the New York Cosmos and the Tampa Bay Rowdies. First played in 1975, […]

Carlo Ancelotti says he will remain in charge of Real Madrid next season and has never asked the club to sign another goalkeeper. Over the past few months, the futures of Ancelotti and Iker Casillas have been the subject of speculation with the consensus being that both were on their way out of Madrid. Earlier this week, […]

Juventus have rejected a £50 million offer from Barcelona for midfielder Paul Pogba, according to the Catalan daily SPORT. Although Barcelona are in the process of serving a FIFA-imposed two-window transfer ban, club officials understand they can continue to sign players until the embargo is lifted in January 2016. Earlier this year, Barcelona uncovered two […]

Wednesday's friendly between USA and Mexico in San Antonio, Texas averaged 806,000 viewers and a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating on FOX Sports 1. The English-language broadcast featured commentary duo John Strong and Alexi Lalas with a studio team that included Rob Stone, Stu Holden, Warren Barton and Eric Wynalda. While FOX Sports 1 had more […]

There have been a host of burgeoning sides in European soccer this season and a lot will face difficult litmus tests this weekend. In Spain, England and Italy, various emerging outfits have come to the fore in the second half of the campaign and they each tackle a clash at the home of their respective division’s […]

Louis van Gaal has confirmed Manchester United will be without Michael Carrick, Daley Blind, Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo for Saturday's showdown against Chelsea. Carrick, Blind and Jones all appeared to pick up knocks during last weekend's 4-2 win over Manchester City, while the manager revealed today that Marcos Rojo informed him of his injury […]

Atletico Madrid striker Mario Mandzukic considers his aggression an asset and says he has no hard feelings towards Real Madrid defenders Dani Carvajal and Sergio Ramos after being involved with incidents with both players earlier this week. Mandzukic rarely speaks to the media, but elected to give an interview to the Croatian newspaper Sportske Novosti […]

There was a point during Lyon’s match against Bastia at the Stade de Gerland where the crowd felt that things were not going to go the home side’s way. Nabil Fekir was having an underwhelming game, Alexandre Lacazette was becoming increasingly exasperated with his side’s inability to break down the impressively organized visitors, whilst on […]

If I had written a story about the Philadelphia Union a week ago, I might have rightly considered them the worst team in Major League Soccer. However, a victory and a draw over New York City F.C. has at least bandaged some wounds. But a team in 2014 that had a playoff position in their […]

This weekend's showdown between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge will be refereed by Mike Dean. This news will likely be greeted by groans from a large section of Chelsea supporters who will forever remember Dean for being the official in charge of the Blues 2-1 defeat to Sunderland in April 2014 – a […]

Tonight's World Soccer Talk Radio features an interview with Taylor Twellman. Listen to the show live between 9-10pm ET (6-7pm PT) via Sports Byline on the radio, the Sports Byline website, the Tune-In app or via the embedded player below. Hosted by Nate Abaurrea, World Soccer Talk Radio is a nightly soccer news and discussion show […]