FRISCO, Texas – We probably make too big of a deal about captains in soccer. Maybe back in the day, on the muddy pitches of old Maine Road or wherever, when only the captain was technically permitted to address the referee, the position carried more than honorary weight. Maybe it had some functional benefit then. […]

NBC has officially revealed the TV schedule for the opening two months of the 2015/16 Premier League season. During the first two months of the season, there are several massive matches scheduled including Manchester City vs Chelsea (on Sunday, August 16 on NBCSN), Arsenal vs Liverpool (Monday, August 24 on NBCSN), Manchester United vs Liverpool […]

Micah Richards has revealed that new Aston Villa team-mate Fabian Delph has asked him for his thoughts following reported interest from Manchester City. England midfielder Delph has been linked with an £8million summer switch to the Etihad Stadium and Richards, who left City to join Villa on a free transfer this summer, is ideally placed […]

Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling did not report for training on Wednesday citing illness, Press Association Sport understands. The development comes following reports that the unsettled England international requested not to participate in the club's pre-season tour of the Far East and Australia. Liverpool began pre-season training this week but it is believed Sterling telephoned on […]

The transfer window has only just opened and already there has been a flurry of business conducted by Premier League teams. Here at World Soccer Talk we’ll be keeping you in the loop when it comes to the major deals, but with a full summer of transfer activity to come, we thought it’d be intriguing […]

Chelsea have only held preliminary discussions with Wembley about using the national stadium whilst their Stamford Bridge home is redeveloped, Press Association Sport understands. Some reports on Tuesday suggested an eight-figure fee had already been offered by the reigning Premier League champions as they look at options for a temporary home. Wembley is seen as […]

Espanyol president Joan Collet has slammed reports linking goalkeeper Kiko Casilla with a €3 million move to Real Madrid. Late yesterday, Cadena COPE broke a story which claimed Casilla was set to re-join Real Madrid – the club where he began his career as a youth player. The report stated that the 28-year-old was expected to join […]

Tottenham have announced a deal with the NFL that will see them host fixtures in their new stadium, which will have a capacity of 61,000 (one thousand more than Arsenal's Emirates Stadium). The Premier League club are due to move into a new home in 2018 and will now host regular-season NFL games on an […]

Tottenham have announced the signing of Belgium international defender Toby Alderweireld from Atletico Madrid – despite the potential of legal proceedings from Southampton. Alderweireld, 26, moves to White Hart Lane having spent last season on loan with Ronald Koeman's Southampton, who had a deal in place to sign the former Ajax man. Atletico could pay […]

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In somewhat of a recurring theme in recent years, the 2014-15 campaign for Arsenal was a tale of two halves. Following a 2-0 New Year’s Day defeat to Southampton, the Gunners were sitting in sixth place in the table and there were serious doubts on whether the north London outfit could extend their streak of […]

The US Men's National Team kicks off its first game in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup tonight against Honduras at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. If you live in the United States, here's where you can watch the game on television: USA v. Honduras 9:30pm ET FOX Sports 1 Toyota Stadium – Frisco Or you […]

MLS expansion team have unveiled their logo, branding and colors. With a voiceover by Jon Champion, the video below provides a glimpse of what Atlanta United FC is all about, including shots of their stadium and what makes the MLS team so unique. Plus, the logo, branding and colors are finally unveiled. The team will […]

Mention Real Madrid and Manchester United in the same sentence these days and invariably the conversation will shift to the transfer sagas involving David de Gea and Sergio Ramos. Currently, both clubs refuse to give an inch with respect to the prospective sales of their players. However to reduce the relationship of the two clubs […]

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about the apparent Russian roulette mission US Women's National Team Head Coach Jill Ellis and her team were embarking upon – riding the disturbingly out-of-form Abby Wambach until either a) she found that form, or b) the team was bounced from the 2015 Women's World Cup. […]