Chelsea are awaiting injury news on Marco van Ginkel and Ramires, who were both injured in last night's 2-0 win against Swindon in the League Cup. Van Ginkel was substituted in the ninth minute after injuring his knee. The fear is that the Dutch player may be out for the rest of the season with […]

While Manchester United are America's most popular English soccer club, Chelsea have established itself in a strong position as America's second favorite club side. According to new research compiled by EA Sports from FIFA 13, Manchester United is the most popular Premier League club in 45 of the 48 continental states. But when you pour […]

He has never been highly sought after. He has never been highly touted. At one point, he was just glad to have a professional contract. His manager once said that he “did not have the level to play among the elite.” Long before his current days as the starting striker for Arsenal, before the name […]

Bad news tonight for Aston Villa supporters and fantasy football fans everywhere. Villa striker Christian Benteke has been ruled out of action for 4-6 weeks after suffering an injury in the Premier League match against Norwich City on Saturday. Villa manager Paul Lambert had this to say about the injury: "It is not as bad […]

This is something you don't see everyday. In the Capital One Cup game between Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur tonight, Aston Villa striker Nicklas Helenius was running towards goal but Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen tripped and accidentally pulled down the shorts of the Danish striker. Fair play to Helenius, he managed to continue his run […]

One week after NBC Sports recorded its largest viewing audience ever for a Premier League match when 917,000 people watched the September 14 game between Everton and Chelsea on the over-the-air NBC network, NBC has broken its record for the most number of viewers on NBCSN for a Premier League match. An average of 852,000 […]

The third round of the 2013/14 Capital One Cup kicks off tonight with several key matches being played around England. The list of matches is as follows; All games kick off at 2:45pm ET (US time): Swindon Town v Chelsea (for viewers in the US, live on beIN SPORT at 2:45pm ET) Aston Villa v […]

It may have taken nearly two months for him to figure out, but Pep Guardiola seems to have finally discovered the correct combination that brings the most out of the array of talent at his disposal at Bayern Munich. After a string workman-like performances and lackluster victories, Bayern finally appear to have turned the corner […]

Despite sources in Italy saying that Roberto Di Matteo may not be interested in the Sunderland job, Sunderland's Director of Football Roberto De Fanti is recommending Di Matteo for the manager position, but Ellis Short and the Sunderland staff have their work cut out for them if they want to hire the former Chelsea manager […]

If you live in North America, FIFA 14 is available in stores and online today (and later this week in Europe). Not surprisingly, many soccer fans are excited about what may be the final iteration in this current generation’s version before the Next Gen consoles monopolize the industry. I won’t re-hash everything that I said […]

David Moyes has ruled Robin van Persie out of tomorrow's League Cup match against Liverpool due to his injury. The Dutch striker picked up a groin injury prior to the match against Manchester City. And now Moyes is saying that the player has an "outside chance" of featuring against West Brom in the Premier League on […]

Here are tonight's world soccer news headlines: Premier League Arsenal's injured Theo Walcott could miss England World Cup qualifiers that will decide their fate — Mirror Roberto Di Matteo and Gus Poyet look set to spurn Sunderland — The Guardian Sunderland eye Gianfranco Zola as their next manager after sacking Paolo di Canio — Mirror […]

It’s still there. That Everton spirit. The coveted togetherness that many predicted would cease the second David Moyes walked out of Goodison Park. In fact, it’s been more prominent than ever in the past seven days. It’s helped Everton to their first two victories of the campaign and of Roberto Martinez’s tenure as manager; they […]

Here’s a fun game. Next time you go watch a soccer match in a bar, pub or somewhere else in public, just spend a moment and try and catch some of the conversation flying around. Not the endless droves of ‘banter’ thrown between groups of hardened males but specifically the talk concerning all things soccer. […]

This week marks the third round of the Football Association League Cup, better known these days as the Capital One Cup. But before we get to the preview, here's some history regarding how the tournament first started. In the late 1950’s, the competition came to mind by a gentleman named Alan Hardaker, who happened to […]