Orlando City Soccer Club won the 2013 USL PRO Championship Game Saturday night after defeating Charlotte Eagles 7-4 in front of 20,886 fans at the Citrus Bowl in downtown Orlando. The 20,000+ attendance was the largest attendance ever for an Orlando City game and an USL PRO match. “To play in front of more than […]

England's attacking options for Tuesday night's World Cup qualifying match are dwindling. With Danny Welbeck out due to an accumulation of yellow cards, and Wayne Rooney still injured with a gash in his head, Roy Hodgson found out today that striker Daniel Sturridge has been ruled out due to a thigh injury. James Milner is […]

In the battle of the daily soccer TV shows that launched in August between ESPN2's ESPN FC and FOX Sports 1's FOX Soccer Daily, there's one clear winner — ESPN FC. For the episodes that were broadcast in August, FOX Soccer Daily is averaging 31,750 viewers on FOX Sports 1. ESPN FC, meanwhile, is light years […]

During previous international breaks, the sheer amount of international games being televised simultaneously has been overwhelming for soccer fans in the USA. Yesterday afternoon, for example, there were more than 20 matches shown live on US television or Internet at the same time. However, hats off to ESPN for launching a brand-new feature called FIFA […]

Manchester City's defensive woes continued this week. After picking up a groin injury on the opening weekend of the Premer League against Newcastle United, City captain and centre half Vincent Kompany was originally scheduled to be out of first team action for four weeks or more. However, the latest reports are that Kompany may be […]

Only three years after being relegated from the Premier League, Portsmouth still owe more than £6.7million to former Pompey players. Portsmouth, who are now in League Two and are owned by the club's supporters, still have massive debts to pay off to former players including £1,633,333 that's owed to defender Tal Ben Haim. The long list […]

England climbed back to the top of their World Cup qualifying group Friday night after a comfortable 4-0 win against Moldova at Wembley Stadium. Southanpton striker Rickie Lambert grabbed his second goal of his England career, as well as playing a pivotal role in Danny Welbeck's two goals. Unfortunately, Welbeck will be suspended from England's […]

The United States continued its run of never winning an away World Cup qualifying match in Costa Rica Friday after losing 3-1 on a disappointing night for the red, white and blue. US midfielder Michael Bradley pulled out of the match after injuring his ankle during warm ups, which dealt the USMNT a big blow. […]

After a whirlwind of World Cup qualifying matches earlier today, we're now set for the next round of games featuring teams in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. For viewers in the United States, the TV schedule tonight is: Paraguay vs. Bolivia, 6:25pm, beIN SPORT Chile vs. Venezuela, 8:25pm, beIN SPORT Espanol […]

Just in time for the crucial World Cup qualifying match between the United States and Costa Rica (9:30pm ET tonight on beIN SPORT), AT&T U-verse has added beIN SPORT to its programming guide. Both beIN SPORT and beIN SPORT en Espanol debut today nationwide in HD and SD. In addition to tonight's match between USA-Costa […]

If you're a soccer aficionado and you live in the United States, you're spoiled with a choice of 20 live World Cup qualifying matches on television and Internet this afternoon. The matches at your fingertips are: Friday, Sept. 6 Czech Republic vs. Armenia, Noon, ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN & ESPN3 Macedonia vs. Wales 2pm, ESPN3 Turkey […]

This past week, FA chairman Greg Dyke expressed his fears about the future of England’s young footballing talent. Premier League teams such as Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham have all spent tens of millions of pounds this summer. Yet they have predominantly bought non-English players. Dyke fears that this sort of trend will leave young […]

In David Winner's excellent book entitled Brilliant Orange, he included a quote from Dutch sculptor Jeroen Henneman: "When Bergkamp was playing with Nicolas Anelka, Anelka would be covered, like this, by two men. So Bergkamp would give a very beautiful curved pass forward and a little to the side. Anelka would start to run as […]

In his new autobiography, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has come out on the attack against Pep Guardiola — specifically about Barcelona's semi-final exit in the Champions League to Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan side in 2010. Ibrahimovic says he confronted Guardiola in the dressing room after the match: "I yelled: 'You haven't got any balls!' and worse than […]

When Ramires joined Chelsea from Benfica in 2010, many supporters admitted they had little knowledge of the tenacious midfielder and were unsure on the type of role he would be playing at Stamford Bridge. Not being a household name, Ramires had a clean slate to begin his Chelsea career on and had the chance to […]