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/ 2 days agoOrlando bullish on Club World Cup and World Cup plans
Orlando, Florida, is a mecca for tourists, and soon, it will be a destination for soccer fans as they descend on the city for two major sporting events: Club World Cup 2025 and FIFA World Cup 2026. At next summer's FIFA Club World Cup, Orlando will host six games, including four Group Stage matches, one […]
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/ 10 days agoUS Soccer backs down from birth year change for youth soccer
Following last month's report that US Soccer was considering a plan to break up youth soccer teams based on birth year, a new report reveals that the US Soccer Federation has backed down and will leave it up to the individual leagues to decide. The proposed reversal would have changed the age groups for soccer. […]
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/ 39 days agoMessi is Infantino's last shot to save FIFA Club World Cup
With growing player frustrations over an increasingly packed schedule and talk of strikes, FIFA’s Club World Cup is still set to begin this summer under an expanded format. But Gianni Infantino's latest trump card will attract viewers worldwide. His name is Lionel Messi. Although Infantino has criticized the infamous Super League for lacking competitiveness, the […]
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/ 40 days agoEuroLeague? The soccer clubs dominating European basketball
Few sports can move beyond a country's borders and take on a truly global audience. Soccer, basketball, cricket, hockey, and tennis are among those few, attracting viewers and potential players from nearly every place on the planet. Despite the massive audiences each sport draws in weekly, it would be easy enough to think that there […]
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/ 40 days agoBernard Kamungo interview: From a refugee camp to MLS
FC Dallas winger Bernard Kamungo spoke with World Soccer Talk after the 2024 regular MLS season ended. The 22-year-old discussed his long journey towards professional soccer and his future goals. In our Bernard Kamungo interview, he also shines a light on the dilemma of picking a national team to represent. “I didn’t come this far […]
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/ 41 days agoBarcelona in unparalled position with men's and women's strength
The 2024 Ballon d'Or Ceremony crowned Barcelona as the best women's club in the world for the second year in a row. Additionally, Barcelona sensation Aitana Bonmatí claimed her second Ballon d'Or Femenin. Regardless of what one may have thought of the men's Ballon d'Or controversy, Bonmatí was a deserving recipient for the second year. […]
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/ 41 days agoTrent Alexander-Arnold's next move if he wants to win Ballon d'Or
Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold recently made a bold promise: he aims to win the Ballon d’Or one day. The 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony took place in Paris on Monday, with Manchester City's Rodri taking the prize. Between 2008 and 2021, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominated the award. Amazingly, they won all but one. This made […]
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/ 42 days agoReal Madrid are sore losers after Vinicius Ballon d’Or snub
Real Madrid snubbed the Ballon d’Or 2024 ceremony in Paris, France. The decision comes In protest of Vinícius Júnior missing out on the biggest individual trophy in the world of soccer. The incident will go down as a lack of sportsmanship in the history of the famed club. No recipient on stage for Real Madrid's […]
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/ 42 days ago5 biggest misconceptions about RB Leipzig
For a club that was founded in 2009, RB Leipzig has come a long way. It began as a partnership with fifth-tier SSV Markranstädt, who Red Bull bought the playing rights from, ultimately changing the club name to RB Leipzig. Intending to reach the Bundesliga in eight years through the promotion/relegation system, RB Leipzig did […]
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/ 43 days agoNostalgia playing tricks on the minds of modern soccer fans
Soccer fans are susceptible to nostalgia when they consider how much they enjoy the modern iteration of the game. Supporters love to reminisce about a better time of soccer. It was one where games were not disturbed by seemingly needless uses of VAR. Rivalries felt more intense as the colossal god-like figures of its era […]
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/ 45 days agoSteve McManaman: 'La Liga will bring games to the USA'
Atletico Madrid President Enrique Cerezo recently said that Los Colchoneros have agreed to play Barcelona in Miami this December. Given the potential implications of La Liga games in the USA, we asked former Real Madrid footballer Steve McManaman about the idea of La Liga matches being played abroad. “It doesn’t surprise me at all [about […]
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/ 45 days agoWhat it's like sharing a hotel with Liverpool FC
What happens when you find out that the hotel you're staying at is the same one as Liverpool FC ahead of its Champions League game in Leipzig? The last time I shared a hotel with a professional soccer club was in Swansea where I stayed near the marina in the 1990s. Crystal Palace was in […]
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/ 47 days agoLois Openda strikes a chord for RB Leipzig
In the same quiet city where composer Johann Sebastian Bach performed many of his miraculous compositions, its greatest export these days is RB Leipzig. Led by head coach Marco Rose, the club is hitting all the right notes as it sits at the top of the Bundesliga table alongside Bayern Munich. A key reason for […]
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/ 49 days agoWhat's it like to follow European soccer from Ethiopia
Athletics come to mind when people hear the name Ethiopia. But, by some distance (no pun intended), the most popular sport in Ethiopia has always been soccer, with European competitions drawing large crowds in show houses. Soccer from Europe even tops local competitions in terms of how regularly fans tune in. Despite the nationwide interest […]
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/ 53 days agoDon Garber lives in fantasy land where MLS model is a success
Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber is no stranger to comments that outwardly and, perhaps incorrectly, defend the MLS model. Most recently, Garber was a speaker at Leaders Week 2024 in London where he touted that soccer would be in a better position if it followed the lead of Major League soccer. "If you were […]