The United States continued its run of never winning an away World Cup qualifying match in Costa Rica Friday after losing 3-1 on a disappointing night for the red, white and blue. US midfielder Michael Bradley pulled out of the match after injuring his ankle during warm ups, which dealt the USMNT a big blow. […]

After a whirlwind of World Cup qualifying matches earlier today, we're now set for the next round of games featuring teams in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. For viewers in the United States, the TV schedule tonight is: Paraguay vs. Bolivia, 6:25pm, beIN SPORT Chile vs. Venezuela, 8:25pm, beIN SPORT Espanol […]

Just in time for the crucial World Cup qualifying match between the United States and Costa Rica (9:30pm ET tonight on beIN SPORT), AT&T U-verse has added beIN SPORT to its programming guide. Both beIN SPORT and beIN SPORT en Espanol debut today nationwide in HD and SD. In addition to tonight's match between USA-Costa […]

If you're a soccer aficionado and you live in the United States, you're spoiled with a choice of 20 live World Cup qualifying matches on television and Internet this afternoon. The matches at your fingertips are: Friday, Sept. 6 Czech Republic vs. Armenia, Noon, ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN & ESPN3 Macedonia vs. Wales 2pm, ESPN3 Turkey […]

This past week, FA chairman Greg Dyke expressed his fears about the future of England’s young footballing talent. Premier League teams such as Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham have all spent tens of millions of pounds this summer. Yet they have predominantly bought non-English players. Dyke fears that this sort of trend will leave young […]

In David Winner's excellent book entitled Brilliant Orange, he included a quote from Dutch sculptor Jeroen Henneman: "When Bergkamp was playing with Nicolas Anelka, Anelka would be covered, like this, by two men. So Bergkamp would give a very beautiful curved pass forward and a little to the side. Anelka would start to run as […]

In his new autobiography, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has come out on the attack against Pep Guardiola — specifically about Barcelona's semi-final exit in the Champions League to Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan side in 2010. Ibrahimovic says he confronted Guardiola in the dressing room after the match: "I yelled: 'You haven't got any balls!' and worse than […]

When Ramires joined Chelsea from Benfica in 2010, many supporters admitted they had little knowledge of the tenacious midfielder and were unsure on the type of role he would be playing at Stamford Bridge. Not being a household name, Ramires had a clean slate to begin his Chelsea career on and had the chance to […]

To celebrate their 120-year anniversary, Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and Puma have launched a brand-new home shirt that features no shirt sponsor name, is limited to only 5,000 available and features a design that harkens back to 1950 when the club won their first Bundesliga title. The back of the shirt features the number 1893 […]

On the eve of an important World Cup qualifier for the United States against Costa Rica, USMNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann is not pleased with CONCACAF's choice of Mexican referee Marco Antonio Rodriguez as the official in charge of the match. Klinsmann said: "I don't doubt that Marco Antonio Rodriguez is a great referee. But at […]

AS Roma have unveiled their new third shirt for the 2013-14 season. Roma's third jersey was selected by their supporters. After the club experienced quality control issues with their shirt manufacturer not meeting their high standards, AS Roma decided to design and manufacture their home, away and third shirts themselves this season. "Today it is […]

So the Gareth Bale saga that became that annoying buzzing sound in the background of your entire summer is finally over. Tottenham can see the move as a huge success for them having earned a debatably high £85.3 million for a player they paid only £7 million for back in 2007. Bale’s ability to single-handedly […]

Last Saturday, NBC Sports Group allowed World Soccer Talk inside their International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Connecticut, to gain insight into what goes into broadcasting their 10 hours of Premier League coverage on a typical Saturday. While we soccer fans at home have enjoyed the coverage thus far, we at World Soccer Talk wanted to […]

Manchester United winger Nani has ended speculation about his future by signing a new five-year contract with the Old Trafford club. Nani signed for Manchester United in May 2007, and helped the club win four Premier League titles, two League Cups, a FIFA Club World Cup and the UEFA Champions League in his six seasons […]

Whether you're a supporter of West Ham United or any soccer club, today's story in The Guardian (which is reprinted from Howler Magazine) features the incredible heart warming true story about the time when Harry Redknapp plucked a Hammers supporter out of the crowd to play for the mighty Irons. It's an unbelievable story, but true, and […]