The United State’s Men’s National team are set to play the final game in the “Send-Off Series” today in Jacksonville, Florida against Nigeria. This is the third and final friendly for both teams before heading to the World Cup in Brazil. The USMNT are looking for a third win to gain some much needed momentum […]

England plays its final game of the warm-up matches before the World Cup starts with today's friendly against Honduras, to be played at Miami's Sun Life Stadium. The game kicks off at 4:45pm ET and will be shown live on beIN SPORTS for viewers in the United States. It's a very hot day in South […]

The Leopards of Zaire (now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo) qualified for the 1974 World Cup held in West Germany. The former leader of Zaire, president Mobutu, was elected in 1965 after the nation carried out a series of elections. The elections were anything but democratic, as voters had two boxes to choose […]

FROM BUENOS AIRES: If one were to say three years ago that Lionel Messi would be cheered and given all the affection he needed in Buenos Aires and not Barcelona, they would be asked from what parallel universe did they come from. It was both ironic for soccer fans as well as comforting for Argentines […]

If The Daily Telegraph newspaper is to be believed, Chelsea have begun negotiations with Cesc Fabregas to lure the talented midfielder away from Barcelona and to sign him on a long-term contract in the Premier League. The paper adds that Jose Mourinho admits he's interested in signing the footballer. When Fabregas was at Arsenal from 2003-2011, football […]

In the 93rd minute of the friendly between Mexico and Portugal, Portuguese star Bruno Alves came through with a brilliant header to win the match 1-0 for Portugal against Mexico ahead of the World Cup. The game, which was played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Massachusetts, seemed destination for a 0-0 result until Alves headed […]

Last night at Red Bull Arena, Greece scored goals, one in each half. After two scoreless draws, it was enough to give them the win over Bolivia, but it was a performance that was not enough to truly establish them as strong contenders in their group. Except for one change to the Greek team to […]

One of the rituals of every World Cup of the modern era is playing a fantasy World Cup game, where you get a chance to pick from the best footballers on the planet as well as pitting your expert knowledge against other soccer fans from around the globe. If you haven't done so already, register […]

Germany's worst fears have been confirmed. Midfielder Marco Reus has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering an injury against Armenia in a friendly on Friday night, confirmed the DFB today. Reus suffered a partial tear of the anterior Syndesmosebandes above the left ankle. The 25-year-old is expected to be back to start […]

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World Soccer Talk has teamed up with Reddit's /r/WorldCup subreddit and QuakeNet to offer an official World Cup jersey as a prize to the winner of a World Cup prediction competition. The competition will run throughout the World Cup tournament, with points awarded to each entree for correctly predicting the results of games. To learn […]

On a hot and humid day in South Florida, England and Ecuador battled in a lively friendly at Miami's Sun Life Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. In addition to the promising performance by Ross Barkley as well as the unfortunate injury to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, there were plenty of talking points from the 2-2 stalemate, with more […]

Celtic is a club at a crossroads. Having just clinched their third title in a row, the Scottish club's plans for the summer were shaken up when manager Neil Lennon resigned on May 22. The popular manager had followed up his successful playing spell at Celtic Park with more than four seasons of titles and triumphs. […]

With two draws in their preparation friendlies, Greece is a team that is looking toward the World Cup with tempered optimism. A depleted Portugal squad held them 0-0 on May 31, and they found themselves in another scoreless draw against Nigeria on June 4. On Friday June 6 at Red Bull Arena in New York, […]

French winger Franck Ribery has been ruled out of World Cup due to a back-injury. Ribery has been complaining of lower back pain for months and has not been playing for either the French National team or Bayern Munich since April 29. France manager Didier Deschamps was optimistic about Ribery returning after some personal training but […]