The endless rumors surrounding Arturo Vidal and Manchester United refuse to go away. The Italian newspaper La Stampa reported last night that Vidal's agent Fernando Felicevich has spoken with United and agreed in principle a deal worth £182,000-a-week; which would bring his annual earnings to nearly £9.5 million. News of this agreement between the Premier League club and the […]

MLS and USA soccer star Landon Donovan has announced his retirement from the professional sport. The all-time leading scorer in USMNT soccer history will retire at the end of this season. Donovan published the following letter to explain his decision: After careful deliberation and after many conversations with those closest to me, I have decided […]

Landon Donovan will retire at the end of the 2014 MLS season, confirmed a statement by LA Galaxy. According to the statement on the club website, Donovan wrote: “After careful deliberation and many conversations with those closest to me, I have decided that this will be my last year as a professional soccer player,” said […]

Arsene Wenger this morning rolled back the years in a press-conference filled with dry humor ahead of Arsenal's return to Wembley for the annual domestic curtain raiser as the FA Cup winners take on the Premier League champions Manchester City in the Community Shield. There was much talk regarding the fitness of Theo Walcott as […]

Monaco striker Radamel Falcao is back in the papers today, as fresh reports claim that the highly-rated goal scorer is now being chased by Liverpool, Manchester City, and Real Madrid. The Independent newspaper is reporting that while the three clubs all want Falcao, it is the Merseyside club that is actually leading the chase to secure […]

The news from France this morning is that Paris Saint-Germain has either called "time" or dropped out of the race altogether to sign Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid. PSG president Nasser al-Khelaifi was quoted earlier today as saying: "For Di Maria, it's true we have discussed him with [Florentino Perez]. But he was too […]

After Romelu Lukaku posted a picture on his Instagram account with the caption ‘time to write a new chapter’ with a gleaming smiling, many thought either he was returning to Stamford Bridge to play for Chelsea next season, or the unfounded rumors were true, that Lukaku was on his way to Real Madrid. The next […]

Everton has officially unveiled its third shirt for the 2014/15 season. The Toffees will wear the white and purple kit for the first time in a friendly against SC Paderborn. Everton describes the shirt as "white, blackberry and yellow," as well as featuring a v-neck wrap-over collar with a high-stretch rib for comfort whilst a […]

After the MLS All-Star Game Wednesday night in Portland, some misconceptions have been exposed. Keeping in mind that this was just a friendly where the result mattered little and playing to win wasn't at the very fore of the conversation and thinking surrounding the game, here are my 5 thoughts regarding the 2014 MLS All-Star Game: […]

Speaking at the public presentation of David Luiz, Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi has given his thoughts on the rumored transfer of Real Madrid winger Angel Di Maria to the French side. The club official was questioned about the cost of the former Chelsea defender. PSG's president then drew a comparison with the Ligue 1 […]

Live presentation of the MLS All-Star Game featuring Bayern Munich versus the MLS All-Stars begins at 9:55pm ET tonight with commentators Adrian Healey, Taylor Twellman and sideline reporter Monica Gonzalez calling the match. Then at midnight ET, ESPN FC will have a 2014 MLS All-Star postgame episode live from Providence Park in Portland. ESPN Deportes Radio […]

Since his long, mouth-watering cameo against Belgium in the World Cup Round of 16, the star-spangled feature of DeAndre Yedlin has been the most-talked about American transfer story of the summer. Yedlin has been linked with top clubs in Italy, France, and now England, as ESPN analyst Taylor Twellman has reported on Twitter that Tottenham […]

Queens Park Rangers has announced that Mauricio Isla has completed his medical at Loftus Road, received his work permit/governing body endorsement from the Football Association and will be joining the newly-promoted Premier League side on a season-long loan from Italian champions, Juventus. The defender is now back in Italy finalizing his work visa. Isla will […]

MLS’ big night is here: The 2014 All-Star game from Providence Park in Portland, which will see the league’s best, made up of a quasi-US national team core, take on European superpower Bayern Munich. ESPN2, which will broadcast the All-Star game and has just signed a new deal with MLS and US Soccer to carry […]

People like Portland. You see that when you go out of town, and tell people where you're from. More often than not, you'll see faces light up. "Oh, I love Portland!" Or, "I've heard Portland is amazing, I've always wanted to go." People like Portland. People who live in Portland, and people who don't. This is […]