From the moment Jermain Defoe and Michael Bradley were announced as Toronto FC’s new designated players, an air of intrigue enveloped the club. Described as a bloody big deal by the club’s marketing department, it was a fair and accurate evaluation. Here were two players that would significantly improve any roster in Major League Soccer, and […]

Everton's Goodison Park hosted an “Evening of Spanish Football” last week that saw three iconic figures in the Spanish game share their opinions with an audience of hundreds. On stage, Sky Sports’ Spanish soccer expert Guillem Balague, Real Madrid legend Fernando Hierro and editor of Spanish newspaper AS, Alfredo Relaño, offered typically insightful and highly […]

Fifteen years after the unbelievable UEFA Champions League final between the European giants Bayern Munich and Manchester United, the two teams clash again this week in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. There’s no question that the 1999 Champions League final had one of the most dramatic final few minutes in the showpiece’s […]

We all love to argue who is the best player ever to have played the game, with the likes of Diego Maradona, Leo Messi, and Eusebio hot on everyone's lips. But luxury airline Emirates have taken things a step further, asking: Who is ruler of the skies? Having started an official partnership with the FIFA […]

In the second legs of the UEFA Champions League matches between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain & Borussia Dortmund versus Real Madrid, two of the teams had a convincing aggregate lead with PSG ahead 3-1 from the first match, and Real Madrid in the lead with a 3-0 win in Spain. But would both teams advance […]

Editor’s note: This marks the first of a new series, entitled 'The Full 90 Minutes,' at World Soccer Talk where we bring you classic matches from years gone by. The concept of the series is that we’ll hand pick the best matches. We won’t include any spoilers, and we’ll present the entire match in its […]

New photos of Arsenal's home shirt for the 2014/15 season have been leaked on the Internet. Designed and manufactured by Puma, Arsenal's shirt for next season is a classic but modern rendering of the famous red and white shirt of Arsenal Football Club. Read: Arsenal's away shirt for the 2014/15 season: Leaked photo. Earlier this […]

With record cable TV ratings for NBC's coverage of the Premier League on US television, and the fact that ESPN no longer has rights to the world's most popular sports league, ESPN tried a new tactic this past weekend by showing a live cricket match on ESPN2 from 9am-Noon ET. The impact? ESPN2 had a […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists that his run down the touchline after Demba Ba scored the decisive goal was not to celebrate the goal, but to give Demba Ba and Fernando Torres his tactical changes. Mourinho added, "I think the team that decided to defend was punished, and the team that gave everything with their […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho celebrated Chelsea's decisive goal against Paris Saint-Germain by running down the touchline and celebrating with his players. With Chelsea leading 1-0 (but losing 2-3 on aggregate) after Andre Schurrle scored for the Blues in the first half, the clock was running down near the end with just minutes to go. Chelsea […]

Here is today’s TV/Internet schedule for matches being shown in the US: Chelsea vs Paris Saint-Germain, 2:45pm, FOX Sports 1 and FOX Soccer 2Go Borussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid, 2:45pm, FOX Sports 2, FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccer 2Go Starting line-ups: Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Lampard, Willian, Oscar, Hazard, Eto’o Paris Saint-Germain: Sirigu; Jallet, […]

Manchester United have announced an additional match on their 2014 summer tour in the United States with a friendly against LA Galaxy, to be played at the Rose Bowl Stadium on July 23. Kick-off time is 7:30pm PT/10:30pm ET. The LA Galaxy vs. Manchester United match is included in LA Galaxy’s Season Ticket Members’ plans. […]

Last Saturday's Premier League match between Newcastle United and Manchester United, which was shown live on NBCSN beginning at 10am ET, was watched by more viewers than Saturday's Major League Baseball (MLB) games shown on FOX Sports 1. Newcastle-Manchester United drew 469,000 viewers, which was greater than FOX Sports 1's two MLB games that day […]

USA Today Sports today launched a special World Cup 2014 magazine to commemorate this summer's soccer tournament. The 100-page special issue hits newsstands in the United States on April 7, and features previews of each of the 32 teams as well as 8 groups, in addition to interviews with USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, ESPN's […]

In recent years, referees have been in the limelight far too often, mostly for the wrong reasons. Some of these blunders have swung tournament outcomes and league title races in a matter of seconds. This is in no way a definitive list of the worst 10 mistakes of all time, but here are some of […]