With their backs against the wall and a very real possibility of missing out on the World Cup for the first time since 1986, the USMNT came out guns blazing and gave one of their best performances (if not the best performance) so far this qualifying campaign. Christian Pulisic scored in the first ten minutes […]

New Delhi (AFP) – India put up a spirited fight but suffered their second successive loss in the Under-17 FIFA World Cup after losing to Colombia 2-1 in New Delhi on Monday. Mid-fielder Juan Penaloza's brace kept Colombia's hopes of advancing into the last-16 stage alive, but the hosts are all but out of the […]

The race to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup will go down to the wire on Tuesday night in South America as an incredible six teams still have a chance to qualify for the final three automatic qualification spots. Plus one team will end in a playoff place. The good news for soccer fans […]

It’s crunch time now. It’s do or die. Everything is on the line. This is not really the place the USMNT wanted to be in or thought they’d find themselves in, but here they are: in danger of missing out on the World Cup for the first time since 1986. The good news is that […]

Over the next week, nearly twenty teams from around the globe will punch their tickets to Russia as 2018 World Cup qualifying builds to a grand finale some three years in the making. Here’s what to watch for in the coming days, broken down by region. EUROPE (UEFA) Group A: Despite being held to a […]

During the next week, soccer fans in the United States will have an incredible choice of 81 World Cup qualifiers to watch on television and/or streaming. We're coming down to the matches where the tire meets the road. Those include USA's must-win games against Panama as well as Trinidad and Tobago. Plus, there are tons […]

In the latest reported attendance numbers for MLS, the league is averaging 21,781 this season, which is up 1.26% compared to 2016. For Columbus Crew, who have concluded their home schedule of fixtures, the club's average attendance dropped 9.84% compared to last season. Meanwhile, Atlanta United and Seattle both have two home matches remaining in […]

Here are the ten things we learned from Week 30 of the 2017 MLS season. 1. Toronto Clinches The Shield In a coronation months in the making, Toronto FC won its and Canada’s first Supporters’ Shield on Saturday night at BMO Field with a resounding 4-2 win over the suddenly-reeling New York Red Bulls. With […]

Creators and strikers tend to receive a majority of the attention when it comes to soccer teams. After all, they are the ones making the pinpoint through balls and bending shots into the top corner of the goal. They are also the ones raking in the big bucks. The camera does not pan back to […]

NBCUniversal/Telemundo and América Móvil jointly submitted on Thursday to the Mexican Football Federation bids for the Mexico National Team media rights, one for the United States, and the other for the rest of the world, for two World Cup cycles. The bids include rights to all men’s and women’s Mexico National Team divisions. The two […]

October's critical World Cup qualifier between the US Men's National Team and Trinidad-and-Tobago will be streamed live on beIN SPORTS and Universo on Tuesday, October 10, World Soccer Talk has learned. In the final match of their World Cup qualification process, the game could end up being a do-or-die match that will determine whether the […]

After streaming four English-language UEFA Champions League games on Facebook Live this month, World Soccer Talk has learned that Facebook is paying FOX Sports to stream the games. So far this month, FOX Sports has streamed four Champions League games exclusively online and has prevented them being shown live on television. Those four games have […]

Similar to the MLS struggle for international respect, France’s Ligue 1 is clawing tooth and nail, spending every ounce of gold it can get it’s hands on in order to sit on the highest throne of European soccer. A seat currently being crowded by the likes of England, Germany and Spain – no team outside […]

Arsenal weren’t exactly feverishly busy buying players during the summer transfer market ahead of the current campaign. In fact, the Gunners actually managed to receive more money in player sales, thanks in large part to offloading Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Liverpool, than they spent on new arrivals. While manager Arsene Wenger only bought two players prior […]

Soccer has gone from being a completely underground sport ten years ago to a niche sport today. That’s progress but if the sport is ever to be mainstream in the United States, certain things must happen. In the last ten years, we’ve seen the Premier League move from the virtually anonymous FOX Soccer Channel to […]