To celebrate their 120-year anniversary, Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and Puma have launched a brand-new home shirt that features no shirt sponsor name, is limited to only 5,000 available and features a design that harkens back to 1950 when the club won their first Bundesliga title. The back of the shirt features the number 1893 […]

On the eve of an important World Cup qualifier for the United States against Costa Rica, USMNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann is not pleased with CONCACAF's choice of Mexican referee Marco Antonio Rodriguez as the official in charge of the match. Klinsmann said: "I don't doubt that Marco Antonio Rodriguez is a great referee. But at […]

AS Roma have unveiled their new third shirt for the 2013-14 season. Roma's third jersey was selected by their supporters. After the club experienced quality control issues with their shirt manufacturer not meeting their high standards, AS Roma decided to design and manufacture their home, away and third shirts themselves this season. "Today it is […]

So the Gareth Bale saga that became that annoying buzzing sound in the background of your entire summer is finally over. Tottenham can see the move as a huge success for them having earned a debatably high £85.3 million for a player they paid only £7 million for back in 2007. Bale’s ability to single-handedly […]

Last Saturday, NBC Sports Group allowed World Soccer Talk inside their International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Connecticut, to gain insight into what goes into broadcasting their 10 hours of Premier League coverage on a typical Saturday. While we soccer fans at home have enjoyed the coverage thus far, we at World Soccer Talk wanted to […]

Manchester United winger Nani has ended speculation about his future by signing a new five-year contract with the Old Trafford club. Nani signed for Manchester United in May 2007, and helped the club win four Premier League titles, two League Cups, a FIFA Club World Cup and the UEFA Champions League in his six seasons […]

Whether you're a supporter of West Ham United or any soccer club, today's story in The Guardian (which is reprinted from Howler Magazine) features the incredible heart warming true story about the time when Harry Redknapp plucked a Hammers supporter out of the crowd to play for the mighty Irons. It's an unbelievable story, but true, and […]

After signing Gareth Bale for a world-record transfer fee, Real Madrid's pain of losing Mesut Ozil is Arsenal's gain. Once Bale was signed, Ozil's departure was seemingly inevitable. Despite Los Blancos’ varying fortunes on the pitch, a direct result of the political battle waging between those that supported Mourinho and those against him, Real Madrid […]

Throughout the summer, NBC Sports has been releasing a series of 'I Was There' videos, one-by-one, that capture the excitement, atmosphere and pure ecstasy of victory. In addition to the 'I Was There' videos for Crystal Palace-Watford (in the Championship Playoff Final), Liverpool-Stoke (from the opening day of the season), and now two new ones […]

Arsenal unveiled the first official photographs of new signing Mesut Ozil wearing the colors of Arsenal Football Club today. The transfer fee that Arsenal are believed to have paid Real Madrid for Ozil is £42.5million for a five year deal. The transfer makes Ozil the most expensive German footballer of all time and broke Arsenal's […]

German midfielder Mesut Ozil wanted to, and was set to, join Manchester United but the bid never came, according to Spanish football reporter Graham Hunter. Hunter reports that Ozil and Ozil's father were frantically waiting for a call to come in from Manchester United. But unfortunately the call never came in. So, Ozil decided to […]

There were relatively few positions Chelsea needed to address in the summer transfer window. Two or three signings would have given them nearly a complete squad and, with the addition of José Mourinho, locked them in as favorites for the title. But, in a series of strange moves, the club brought in players in positions […]

The pool of English players in the Premier League has dropped by 16% since the 1998/99 season, according to Sky Sports. This decrease backs up the claim of current England manager Roy Hodgson that he is having to pick from an ever dwindling pool of talent. Although Premier League clubs spent a record breaking £624million […]

After the thrills of two narrow 1-0 victories for Arsenal and Liverpool against Spurs and Manchester United this past weekend, and the mayhem of transfer deadline day, a crucial international break awaits. With World Cup qualifying winding down, countries can punch their tickets to the FIFA World Cup, or fall out of the running as […]

FA Chairman Greg Dyke has set a performance goal for the England national team of winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Dyke, who publicly shared his vision today, wants England to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2016 and win the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar. In my opinion, it's an empty speech. Dyke discussed […]