David Beckham exercising the option in his contract to purchase an MLS expansion franchise is old news. It’s also old news that he was going to do this in Miami, which is apparently his adopted home now. But today’s “big announcement” was nothing more than the expected; the obvious to anyone in the know. He […]

Yesterday evening we witnessed Fulham's ignominious exit from the FA Cup at the hands of League 1 relegation candidates Sheffield United at Craven Cottage. Such was the despondency around the ground following the Blades' one hundred and nineteenth minute winning goal, there is now a genuine worry as to whether or not manager Rene Meulensteen […]

The fourth round replay of Preston against Nottingham Forest kicks off today after yesterday's FA Cup replay where Sheffield United defeated Fulham. Here’s today’s TV schedule for soccer fans in the United States: Preston North End vs Nottingham Forest, 2:45pm ET, FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccer 2Go Before, during or after today’s match, join the […]

It's been 13 years and counting since a Major League Soccer team has played in the southeastern United States, but finally an ambitious entrepreneur is ready to take the risk of launching that team. That man is David Beckham. Beckham and MLS Commissioner Don Garber will announce today that Miami will become the 22nd team […]

The event organizers for the 2014 International Champions Cup yesterday officially announced the teams and dates for this summer’s competition. As we exclusively revealed last week, the teams competing are Real Madrid, Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, AC Milan, Olympiacos, Inter Milan and AS Roma. The clubs will play between July 26-August 4 at venues across […]

Tonight on World Soccer Radio at 6:05PM PT/9:05PM ET Nick and Danny discuss the surprise sacking of Michael Laudrup and Swansea's next step. Bobby McMahon joins the show to discuss, among other things, his recent article for Forbes breaking down the financial perils of Spanish football. All that and much more tonight on World Soccer […]

BBC broadcaster James Pearce reports tonight that Glenn Hoddle will be interviewed for the Swansea City job before this weekend. The former England manager is currently in Doha. Hoddle hasn't managed since 2009 when he resigned from Wolverhampton Wanderers after the club supporters turned against him. But during rosier spells in club management, player/manager Hoddle […]

The decision by Swansea City's board of directors to sack manager Michael Laudrup today makes very little sense at a side that has been a role model on how to successfully run a Premier League club. There's no denying that Swansea have had a poor run of form — only winning one of its last […]

Swansea City have parted ways with manager Michael Laudrup, and have installed captain Garry Monk as head coach for the foreseeable future who will work alongside current first team coach Alan Curtis. Despite defeating Manchester United in the FA Cup Third Round and qualifying for the knockout stages of the Europa League where the Swans […]

The event organizers for the 2014 International Champions Cup today officially announced the teams and dates for this summer's competition. As we exclusively revealed last week, the teams competing are Real Madrid, Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, AC Milan, Olympiacos, Inter Milan and AS Roma. The clubs will play between July 26-August 4 at venues […]

New renderings of what Liverpool's home, away and third shirts will look like next season have been released on the Internet. The home and away shirts for Liverpool are consistent with previously released designs of the shirt that have been confirmed to be reliable. Now we have a rendering of what the third shirt will […]

Chelsea’s 1-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium on Monday night gave Jose Mourinho’s side the inside track on the Premier League title. With a much more favorable run-in than their title rivals, Mourinho’s men have put themselves in an advantageous position to win the title. The match at the Etihad was won by Chelsea midfield, […]

Rather bizarrely, it was a quiet weekend in terms of controversial refereeing decisions. I have picked out three that are the most talked about following Gameweek 24. During Chelsea's superb performance in a 1-0 win against Manchester City, there was an incident late on involving Matija Nastasic and Oscar as Chelsea tried to break on a counter […]

Tonight on World Soccer Radio at 6:05PM PT/9:05PM ET Nick and Danny look at an extraordinary weekend in the Premier League. City and United lose, Liverpool drop points, Sunderland win big and Joe Kinnear says Kabaye! Plus Jose shows why he's the best manager in the world and Kartik Krishnaiyer from World Soccer Talk joins […]

This morning as the Staten Island ferry docked at its slip in Manhattan, it left behind it a wake of open water through the ice floe that has been building up in the harbor. It is an apt metaphor for looking at Guillem Balague's book Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning. What could have come […]