We all know that money is a huge factor in the success of a club football team. Sides like Barcelona, Manchester City, Chelsea and Real Madrid are able to buy the very best players, helping them compete at the highest level. But the same is true about international sides too, in a different way. We […]

With Arsenal still effectively in the Premier League title race, still in the FA Cup and still in the UEFA Champions League, it probably seems a little misguided and somewhat pre-emptive to suggest that things are going "wrong." But you can just sense things are about to unravel, can’t you? It seems inevitable, and given […]

More than 2,500 people attended Sporting Kansas City's media event this week for the unveiling of Sporting Kansas City's away uniform for the 2014 MLS season, as well as interviews with the press, and a trophy celebration party where fans had a chance to get their photograph taken with the 2013 MLS Cup. Rob Heineman, […]

TONIGHT on World Soccer Radio 9PM ET/6PM PT – We continue our MLS previews with a look at DC United...plus check-in with Marc Serber with more on Chivas USA. Plus on Landon Donovan's 32nd birthday, we look back at his incredibly memorable career. The live broadcast of World Soccer Radio begins at 9pm ET and […]

Juventus has run rampant through Serie A by employing a 3-5-2 formation that utilizes wing-backs. However, this formation has haunted the Italian giants in Europe as it failed to produce against Bayern Munich in last season’s quarterfinals. It was also underwhelming in this year’s group stage exit. Coach Antonio Conte has experimented with using other […]

Roberto Soldado, whose £26m move to Spurs turned into the subject of much ridicule, finally scored a goal again from open play in the Premier League this season. His goal on Sunday was the first in the league during 2014. However, much like he did with Emmanuel Adebayor, manager Tim Sherwood has begun a reclamation […]

National soccer teams around the world are playing matches mid-week as an opportunity to prepare for the World Cup (if they're in the final 32), reveal their new 2014 kits (for the majority of teams) and get some much-needed match practice in with their international teammates. For viewers in the United States, that means there's […]

Portugal have unveiled their home shirt they'll be wearing at the World Cup and in 2014. Designed by Nike, the new Portugal home kit celebrates the Portuguese Football Federation’s centenary by combining the best in performance innovation with powerful national symbols and design details, creating a unique and electrifying new look. “We watched how Portugal […]

Today marks 100 days until the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Brazil. To coincide with the 100 days mark, ESPN has debuted a new 30-second ad to promote its coverage of the World Cup. The 30-second ad, currently running on ESPN, highlights the tournament’s rich history with Brazilian culture and its impact on […]

A “Must-win” game is a cliché that one might have used to describe this past Sunday’s match between Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid, if one does not fully understand the gravity of that match. “Must-win” is one of those infinitely haranguing sports clichés that, while spoken in voices of lofty timbre about battles between gladiators, […]

Panathinaikos manager Yiannis Anastasiou was hit in the face by a large cup of Coke thrown by a fan during a match between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos this past weekend. Presumably the projectile was thrown by a disgruntled Olympiacos fan because Panathinaikos went on to win the match 3-0. The YouTube description details what happened in the […]

To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Dutch football association, Netherlands will be wearing a retro soccer shirt this year that features a larger than normal crest than what has previously been on the Holland shirts. Combining modernity, retro and class, the 2014 World Cup shirt for Netherlands is a beautiful piece of design, featuring […]

With the amount of expenditure on new players at Chelsea in recent times, Jose Mourinho has a star-studded squad at his disposal this season. However, the west London outfit are missing a world-class striker that can return a glut of goals, with Fernando Torres, Demba Ba and Samuel Eto’o all struggling for title-winning form.

As if Cardiff City's first and perhaps only season in the Premier League couldn't have gotten any worse, but now the league is investigating claims that club owner Vincent Tan offered his players an illegal bonus of £3.7million to avoid relegation. The Guardian newspaper reports that Tan met with the players before last weekend's game against […]

Despite initial confirmed reports that a senior Ukraine soccer executive had announced that the Ukraine-United States soccer friendly was canceled, the game between the two countries is now back on according to US Soccer. US Soccer tweeted late Monday night that the game will go ahead as scheduled: “The Football Federation of Ukraine confirmed that […]