FOX Sports will launch its television coverage of the 2017/18 season on FS1 on Friday, August 18 with a live broadcast of Bayern Munich against Bayer Leverkusen. The new season will be FOX's third consecutive season of its five-year TV rights deal with Germany's top-flight league. Compared to the 2016/17 season on FOX Sports, the […]

Last week, two US-based soccer clubs, Miami FC and the Kingston Stockade FC, filed a claim with the Court of Arbitration on Sport (CAS) to require the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) to to follow FIFA’s rules by adopting promotion and relegation within the US Soccer pyramid. We at World Soccer Talk endorse this move by […]

With the huge influx of money and the most ordinary players going for sums that a few years ago would have raised questions in the Houses of Parliament, this new shiny, glossy and bundles of cash Premier League season promises to be one of the most fascinating in recent history. Will Pep get it right […]

Legal streaming provider DAZN has acquired the EFL Championship and EFL Cup rights in Canada, as well as adding a ton of other soccer matches in the last week. DAZN, pronounced "Da zone" and part of the Perform empire, has secured deals to bring coverage of the EFL (English Football League) and Carabao Cup (EFL […]

Subscriptions to NBC Sports' Premier League Pass are now available at $50 per season. For soccer fans in the United States who are used to being able to stream all of the games during a Premier League season via the NBC Sports App, NBC Sports has decided to make 3-4 games per week only accessible […]

Major League Soccer (MLS) began using the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) to review the following "high leverage" situations on Saturday, August 5: Goals, penalty kicks, straight red cards and mistaken identity. The VAR was put to the test for the first time in MLS history during the 79th minute of the Philadelphia Union vs FC […]

The recently-completed International Champions Cup (ICC) was the most successful in its five year history. For the second year in a row, NextVR brought live and on-demand games in virtual reality (VR) to soccer fans around the world. The highlight of the tournament was the the first el Clásico to be experienced in VR featuring Real […]

Whether financially, talent-wise or just a good fit, some transfers just make sense. While these moves listed below have not occurred yet, here are five transfers that make sense for the parties involved, and could very well happen. Kylian Mbappe, Monaco to Barcelona With Neymar finally making a mammoth £198 million move to Paris Saint-Germain, […]

PSG are expected to complete a sensational swoop for Brazilian forward Neymar and that world record-shattering move will leave Barcelona short of a superstar forward. Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez have formed the most feared attacking triumvirate in world football at Barca and the club will need to choose wisely when replacing Neymar. They […]

After losing the rights to the EFL Championship and EFL Cup to ESPN, beIN SPORTS will be adding the Turkish Süper Lig to its coverage of world sports, a source has revealed to World Soccer Talk. beIN SPORTS will broadcast one Turkish Süper Lig match per round to viewers in the United States. The 2017/18 […]

Here are the five things we learned from the 2017 MLS All-Star game, as Real Madrid beat the MLS All-Stars on penalties in Chicago. 1. Adidas Pays Up The big news at the All-Star game had nothing to do with the game itself. It was the announcement that Adidas has agreed to a new six-year, […]

EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning turn of events, BAMTech has acquired the US rights to the English Championship and EFL Cup, and has reached a separate agreement with ESPN to have the live and on-demand matches shown by the Worldwide Leader of Sports. beIN SPORTS will not broadcast the 2017/18 Championship season, and has subsequently removed […]

The show just keeps on getting better. For the opening weekend of the 2017/18 Premier League season, the US-based talent of NBC Sports will broadcast live from England yet again with Rebecca Lowe, Kyle Martino, Robbie Mustoe and Robbie Earle bringing you the world's most popular sports league. In total, NBC Sports will bring viewers […]

This summer has been another win for soccer in the United States, but should we be surprised? It seems that every summer in the United States is now positioned as "the summer of soccer," and this year's edition was no exception as many of the best clubs from around the world descended on the United […]

Preseasons can be tough to gauge. Results and scores are not exactly the best barometer for a successful summer. Managers are trying to advance their first team fitness levels leading into the new season, while also giving some of the young players time on the pitch to try and prove themselves. Arsenal are back from […]