One week after winning the UEFA Super Cup, Real Madrid has the opportunity to take a big first step to gain a satisfactory result in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup today against Atletico Madrid. The derby, which features the winners of the La Liga title against the Copa del Rey champs, will […]

Brazil's new head coach, Dunga, has announced his 23-man squad that will face Colombia on September 5 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami followed by a friendly against Ecuador on September 9 at Met Life Stadium in New York. Dunga has made several big changes to Luis Filipe Scolari's World Cup roster, including the addition […]

NBC Sports reported today that its coverage of the 2014/15 Premier League season scored the best opening weekend ever on US TV for the world's most popular sports league. More than 3.3 million people tuned in to five telecasts on NBC and NBCSN Saturday and Sunday — up 3% from the 3.2 million total for […]

Manchester United has confirmed that Sporting and Argentina left back Marcos Rojo has signed for the club, for a fee believed to be in the region of £16million. Luis Nani has been sent the other way on a season long loan. Rojo will be unveiled as United footballer after he passes a medical and agrees […]

Today marks the first day of playoffs for the UEFA Champions League where clubs are playing across Europe to try to make it into the Group Stage of the tournament. Two high profiles matches are being televised on US television (more info below). Beginning at 2pm ET, Rob Stone hosts pregame, halftime and post-game UEFA […]

Consider the implications of Major League Soccer's Disciplinary Committee – the league's implicit acknowledgement that decisions on the field need not be sacrosanct. In the Information Age, the willingness to review the league's most controversial plays shouldn't be novel, but in the broader soccer culture, MLS is ahead of the curve. Violent conduct need never […]

In a new feature on World Soccer Talk, I'll review the highs and lows of my soccer viewing experience on a weekly basis. The feature will review what's it like watching the beautiful game online and on TV from the perspective of a soccer fan — someone, like you, who loves the sport and eats, […]

Former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay is set to be confirmed as the manager of Crystal Palace, to replace Tony Pulis who left the club by mutual consent last week. In December, Mackay was sacked by Cardiff owner Vincent Tan despite the club being in 15th position in the Premier League. Tan subsequently hired Ole Gunnar […]

For the second successive year, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side travel to Turkey hoping to clinch a place in the UEFA Champions League Group Stage with Slaven Bilic's Besiktas the Gunners' final obstacle. Arsenal do however have some significant fitness issues ahead of today's clash with Yaya Sanogo, who had been given the nod ahead of […]

Manchester United and Napoli have agreed to a move that will send Marouane Fellaini to Italy on a season-long loan. The transfer will be finalized as soon as the Belgium international gives his approval to the switch. The Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that Napoli has agreed to pay United a fee of £4million in […]

Let’s talk about tactics. Each week, clubs vary their approaches and over the season we’ll be analyzing how teams leverage an advantage by best using the resources within their squad. Louis van Gaal’s Halftime Switch Twitter’s trolls were quick to throw Louis van Gaal under the bus after his side’s 2-1 defeat at the hands […]

Burnley played their first Premier League match in four years Monday night with a home match at Turf Moor against Chelsea. With the odds stacked against them, few expected the Clarets to cause much of a stir against the Blues, but they did just that when they scored the opening goal of the game.

Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher got into a fascinating debate on the first Monday Night Football episode of the season as they discussed the new fad of wing backs in the modern game, and whether they're much different than the modern day full back. The 3-5-2 formation proved to be the catalyst […]

James Alexander Gordon, the voice synonymous with the reading of classified football results on BBC Radio, has died, aged 78. Forty years after getting the job he was at first "terrified of" on BBC Radio to read out soccer results, James Alexander Gordon was forced to step down. The then 77-year-old was forced to retire […]

Paris Saint-Germain has been rocked by the news that their talismanic striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, will be out for close to six weeks due to injury. Ibrahimovic was forced off with an injury after just 15 minutes into the Ligue 1 clash against Bastia, with the score still tied at 0-0. The Swedish international suffered the […]