In the Championship, not enough credit or attention is being placed on the job Paul Ince has done at Blackpool thus far this season. The Tangerines have a thin squad, and I tipped them to be relegated to League One this season. But Ince has been resourceful, playing players out of position and spurring on […]

David Moyes is under criticism today for comments he made this past weekend after Manchester United's 2-1 loss to West Bromwich Albion. Moyes said: “To win the Champions League, you have to have five or six world class players. If you look at Bayern Munich, they have five or six nearly world-class players. Look at […]

Beginning today, the weekly World Soccer Talk discussion show is moving to a live format. Every Monday at 5:30pm ET/10:30pm UK time, you can watch This Week In Soccer live at WorldSoccerTalk.com. The weekly soccer show features intelligent discussions about many of the big topics in world soccer that are often overlooked or not given enough time to […]

Manchester United manager David Moyes decided to bring in his own coaching staff and remove the legacy coaches against the advice of Sir Alex Ferguson. That's according to a new interview with former Manchester United goalkeeping coach Eric Steele in the United fanzine United We Stand. Moyes had the opportunity to retain Sir Alex Ferguson's […]

Fulham manager Martin Jol is under pressure at Craven Cottage after supporters again chanted "Jol out," this time on Saturday after the Cottagers lost to Cardiff City. Jol didn't mince his words regarding the criticism: “I can’t criticize them. They pay their money to watch us and express their feelings. I could easily say ‘bugger […]

Luis Suárez makes his Premier League return today when Liverpool takes on Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. And with him could come a boost to Liverpool’s chances to stay in the title race this season. Liverpool got off to a quick start to the season without Suárez thanks to some solid defense and the […]

Barcelona's Leo Messi will be out of action for two to three weeks after injuring his hamstring yesterday against Almeria. The hamstring injury will force Messi to miss Barcelona's next two games — against Celtic in the UEFA Champions League, and in La Liga next weekend against Valladolid. He'll also be a doubt for Argentina's […]

Crystal Palace are in takeover talks with a Dubai-based consortium who are interested in purchasing a Premier League club, according to a report tonight in The Mirror newspaper. The British tabloid doesn't list any sources in the story, but says that they believe a senior club official has met with a Moroccan businessman who is the front […]

Manchester United’s season thus far has been anything but spectacular. David Moyes is yet to figure out his best squad and the team is struggling to not only score goals, but to prevent them. With a tough fixture list to start the season, the players needed to step up, which they have not done. In […]

Derby County have sacked manager Nigel Clough after his side were defeated 1-0 in the East Midlands Derby against Nottingham Forest. Nigel Clough's side were undone by a first half goal scored by Jack Hobbs in the early kick-off today. The loss left Derby 14th in the Championship table Clough, who had been manager at […]

Arsenal scored a wonderful team goal against Swansea City on Saturday, with Aaron Ramsey getting the ball into the back of the net after great build-up play by Ramsey to Wilshere to Giroud and back to Ramsey to score to make it 2-0 to the Gunners. The goal was the decisive one for Arsenal who […]

It was a first for Philadelphia Union last night for several reasons. The Union scored for the first time in four games, and they picked up their first away victory against Sporting Kansas City in a 1-0 win thanks to goal from Conor Casey. Photo credit: Mark Shaiken

Manchester United and Manchester City both suffered embarrassing defeats today in the Premier League when West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa respectively beat the two Manchester clubs. It's the first time that both Manchester clubs have lost on the same day since September 2008. Playing at Old Trafford, Manchester United lost 1-2 to West Bromwich […]

Fulham have scored the goal of the day so far. With Fulham losing 1-0 in the first half at home against Cardiff, manager Martin Jol made a gutsy move by bringing off Alexander Kacaniklic, who wasn't injured, in the 43rd minute of the game, and replacing him with Bryan Ruiz, the Costa Rican striker. The bold […]

After Jose Mourinho's half-time substitution to bring Juan Mata on for John Obi-Mikel, the move paid dividends for Chelsea when Juan Mata's pin-point free kick found the head of John Terry to equalize against Tottenham today at White Hart Lane. 1 – Juan Mata records his first Premier League assist of the season after registering […]