For sports fans who became enthralled by the World Cup coverage from Brazil, here's a guide to Major League Soccer, the top flight league in the United States. Major League Soccer has two conferences, Eastern and Western with five teams from each conference making the playoffs. There's one wild card game between 4th and 5th […]

On Sunday night, ESPN wrapped up its World Cup coverage — it's eighth World Cup since 1982 — with a beautiful closing montage before presenter Mike Tirico said that ESPN was handing off future World Cup coverage to a network further down the dial. That network is, of course, FOX Sports, who after paying $425 million have the […]

NBC Sports has announced its Premier League schedule for the first 3 months of the 2014/15 season. Premier League action returns one month from today when the first match of the 2014/15 season kicks off featuring Manchester United against Swansea City. The TV coverage begins at 7am ET, and the kickoff will happen at 7:45am […]

The start of the 2014/15 Premier League season is just weeks away (see TV schedule here). But between now and the beginning of August, there are plenty of preseason friendlies featuring Premier League teams to help give you a fix if you've been missing World Cup soccer. All times Eastern. The schedule is subject to […]

As a tribute to the beloved 80's comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off, MLS and KickTV have released their own version staring the reigning MLS MVP and Chicago Fire's Mike Magee in "One Player's Struggle to Take it Easy" featuring an all-star group of America's best MLS players including Omar Gonzalez, Thierry Henry, Hope Solo, Sydney Leroux […]

Registration is now open for the 2014-15 Fantasy Premier League season. The game is free to play. And, if you like, you can join the World Soccer Talk private league. Last season, especially earlier in the season, we were ranked in the top 10 best performing private leagues worldwide. Here’s how to join the World Soccer […]

Massimiliano Allegri's tenure at AC Milan was abruptly ended in January with the Rossoneri languishing midtable. Allegri had announced just two weeks prior to his sacking that he planned to step down at the end of the season. The 47 year-old had led Milan to the 2010-11 Serie A title but had watched Antonio Conte's Juventus […]

Chelsea Football Club and Atletico Madrid have announced that they have reached an agreement on the fee for left-back Filipe Luis. The 28-year-old defender will be third member of Diego Simeone’s La Liga winning squad to join Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge next season. The transfer of Atletico striker Diego Costa was made official earlier […]

Juventus head coach Antonio Conte's shock resignation on Tuesday has left the club's supporters asking many questions. The most worrisome of the fans' issues is whether the Italian giants are facing a demoralizing player exodus following the departure of their tactical and motivational leader. The news today from Turin is that Juventus have appointed the former […]

New photos of Manchester United's away shirt for the 2014/15 season have been leaked on the Internet featuring a white shirt with black collar and buttoned neck. The leaked images may be close to the finished article of the upcoming season’s Manchester United away shirt. Despite the ink still drying on a new lucrative Adidas […]

Rémy Cabella, who just completed World Cup duty with France, has completed his transfer to Newcastle United from Ligue Un side Montpellier. Last season, Cabella scored 14 goals from an attacking midfield role. His impressive performances caught the eye of France manager Didier Deschamps. The 24 year-old played an important role towards the end of the 2011-12 […]

Newcastle United has reportedly signed a deal with The Sun newspaper to become the club's exclusive national media partner, according to a reporter with The Telegraph. A spokesperson for The Sun newspaper says that "There is absolutely no current deal between The Sun and Newcastle United." However, he adds that "As part of ongoing efforts to expand […]

Juventus Head Coach Antonio Conte has left the club by mutual consent, according to a statement issued by the club. Less than two months ago, Italian giants Juventus announced that Antonio Conte would be staying on for another season as manager of the Turin club. This proclamation came on the heels of the Bianconeri celebrating […]

The 2014 FIFA World Cup is over. A sad state of affairs for England, yes, but now that we're officially in post-tournament mode there is still loads to talk about. Most of it will center around how one country got things right while the other 31 still have much work to do, or how the […]

After the news of Manchester United's history-making kit deal with the German sportswear maker adidas, shares of Manchester United surged almost 5% yesterday on the NYSE market, according to a report by Forbes. Wall Street now affords Manchester United an enterprise value of $3.6 billion (£2.1b). In April, the Exchange valued Real Madrid as the most […]