FC Barcelona has begun this new calendar year in the same way that they ended the previous one: with a large number of questionable tactics and horrendous mistakes. But like many of us, they’re doing their best to remedy the errors of the past. Andoni Zubizarreta started the first full week of the new year […]

As the Ballon d’Or announcement comes closer and closer, many have debated between Cristiano Ronaldo and Manuel Neuer for the prestigious award. Looking further back, however, and the 23-man shortlist for the award seems to have its own flaws. A player many felt was unfairly left off the shortlist was Luis Suarez, after his scintillating […]

The boy genius gone wrong – this is a familiar theme in the soccer world. The hot-shot young manager slays every challenge he faces until he reaches the summit, the biggest challenge. Then inexplicably he fails, undercutting his genius and showing his soccer mortality. Some, like Brian Clough, bounce back when they find the kind […]

For about 55 minutes of Liverpool’s contest with Leicester City on New Years Day, everything was going pretty well for Brendan Rodgers’ team, and then Adam Lallana picked up a knock and everything went wrong. Since a defeat to Manchester United and victory over Bournemouth in the League Cup quarterfinal, Dejan Lovren’s place in the […]

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is desperate to lead his side to glory in the FA Cup after inspiring them to victory over a spirited AFC Wimbledon. The Reds battled into the fourth round of the oldest club cup competition following a 2-1 victory at Kingsmeadow, where their imperious captain scored twice and produced an all-round […]

Here’s today’s TV schedule for viewers/readers in the United States: Wimbledon vs Liverpool (FA Cup), 2:55pm ET, FOX Sports 1 and FOX Soccer 2Go One game today is not being televised in the US, but where the action can be followed via online radio: Burnley vs Tottenham Hotspur, 2:45pm ET Starting lineups: Wimbledon: Beasant (c), Goodyear, Young, Thorn, […]

The draw for the Fourth Round of the 2014/15 FA Cup has been announced. The draw is as follows: Southampton or Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace Cambridge United vs Manchester United Blackburn Rovers vs Swansea City Chelsea vs Millwall or Bradford Derby County vs Scunthorpe United or Chesterfield Preston North End vs Sheffield United Birmingham City vs West Bromwich Albion Aston […]

The draw for the Fourth Round of the FA Cup will be shown live on World Soccer Talk at 2:30pm/11:30am PT today via the video below. The 2014/15 edition of the FA Cup will feature a string of lower division teams hoping to get plum ties against Premier League clubs. Wimbledon legend Lawrie Sanchez will […]

Liverpool will be without Adam Lallana for the next month due to a thigh injury, Press Association Sport understands. The 26-year-old is beginning to produce the kind of performances which led the Reds to pay Southampton a reported £25million for his services in the summer. Lallana scored a brace as Swansea were seen off 4-1 […]

Arsenal have confirmed German forward Lukas Podolski has completed a loan move to Inter Milan for the remainder of the 2014/15 season. The 29-year-old, who joined the Gunners from Cologne in the summer of 2012, had become frustrated by a lack of first-team opportunities, often used as an impact player from the bench by manager […]

BT Sport recently premiered a brand-new documentary about Wimbledon FC entitled "The Crazy Gang." The full-length documentary features exclusive interviews with most of the players who were The Crazy Gang and featured for Wimbledon in their famous FA Cup victory in the 1988 final against Liverpool at Wembley Stadium. Some of the footballers interviewed include […]

MLS Deputy Commissioner Mark Abbott dug MLS a deeper hole when he claimed today that he's not sure why the Frank Lampard deal got characterized as a loan and refused to admit that New York City FC fans got duped into buying season tickets despite the MLS club using Lampard as the face of its […]

Let me be the first to admit that objective journalism in the world of US soccer is difficult. Those who love the sport in this country and want to see it succeed tend to become cheerleaders for the US men’s and women’s national teams as well as the nation’s top professional league, Major League Soccer. […]

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce believes as things stand there will be "no future" for defender Winston Reid at the club past the end of the season. The 26-year-old New Zealand international is out of contract in the summer, and as yet has failed to agree new terms with the Irons. Allardyce, who takes his […]

Manuel Pellegrini spoke of his desire to keep James Milner at the Etihad Stadium after watching the midfielder save Manchester City's blushes in their narrow FA Cup victory over Sheffield Wednesday. Milner scored the second goal of his brace in injury time to send City through to the fourth round with a hard-fought 2-1 win […]