It's time to get your creative mojo on! Who Are Ya Designs is giving away $175 in gift certificates as well as the chance for you to have your very own soccer T-shirt idea produced and sold in their online store. With over contests where you have to jump through hoops and be the lucky […]

Today, we're beginning a new feature where — from time to time — we'll delve into our archives to dust off some of our work from the past 7.5 years and to bring it to your attention in case you missed it the first time. Since the United States men's national team is playing Germany […]

During the 2012-13 Premier League season, 4,259 of you participated in the private EPLTalk.com Fantasy Premier League game. During the beginning of the season, our mini-league was in the top five best performing leagues world-wide, but as the season progressed, we dropped out of the top five — understandably so, since the mini-league certainly takes […]

Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup's agent will meet with the club's chairman Huw Jenkins next week for clear-the-air talks to resolve Laudrup's concerns about how much money Swansea are willing to spend in the transfer window this summer. According to press reports, Laudrup is insistent on spending far more than what Swansea have been used […]

When Crystal Palace began celebrating a return to the Premier League for the first time in eight years, it signaled that slightly depressive thought – a world without soccer. Only this summer brings an air of intrigue unlike previous off-seasons, triggered by a series of managerial changes at the three leading clubs. Former Everton stalwart […]

Aston Villa have agreed a £2.5million deal with Lech Poznan to sign Bulgarian winger Aleksandar Tonev. The 23-year-old winger, who has played 11 times for his country, is expected to finalize the transfer this weekend. According to The Sun newspaper, sources close to Tonev say the lure of the Premier League swung the deal for Villa […]

Mario Machado, an important man in the history of soccer on US television, died earlier this month aged 78. Machado whose soccer commentary helped bring the sport into millions of American homes in the 1970s and 1980s was the first Asian-American newscaster in the United States of prominence, and was best known for TV news […]

It's payback time at Anfield for spending all of that money on Liverpool striker Andy Carroll. According to a report tonight in The Guardian newspaper, Liverpool are prepared to sell striker Luis Suarez for a club-record £50million plus. After Suarez came out in the last 24 hours and explained why he wants to leave England, the club […]

Photos have been leaked on the Internet featuring West Ham United's new home and away shirts for the 2013-14 season. After signing a deal with adidas earlier this month, the new West Ham United kits were scheduled to be unveiled this summer. But thanks to the football shirts sleuths, we've got an early peek at […]

FOX's live broadcast of the 2013 UEFA Champions Final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund averaged a 0.9/2 rating with 1.4 million viewers on Saturday, May 25, 2013. With no Barcelona, Real Madrid or Premier League team in the final, ratings were understandably lower than in 2012 (-18% from 2012's 1.1/3 rating). However, according to […]

Tickets for the tournament that will be the hottest soccer item in the United States this summer went on sale today for the International Champions Cup featuring Juventus, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Everton, Valencia, Inter Milan, AC Milan and LA Galaxy. All eight teams will compete to determine which major club will be crowned champion. Matches […]

Southampton Football Club have announced that they've signed a deal with adidas for the Germany company to be their kit designer and manufacturer beginning with the 2013-14 season. The timing of the new kit deal is welcome based on last season's extremely disappointing home kit that Umbro designed, which was completely devoid of the characteristic […]

Landon Donovan’s stoppage time goal against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup was fateful in many, many ways. One of the most tangible consequences? It kickstarted the Ian Darke phenomenon. In 2010, Darke was one of UK’s lead soccer and boxing announcers. After ESPN’s commentary debacle in the 2006 World Cup, featuring Dave O’Brien – […]

David Moyes made some excellent signings in his eleven years at Everton. The likes of Tim Cahill, Mikel Arteta and Leighton Baines immediately spring to mind when talk turns to this particular topic. But despite his impending exit, potentially the best signing of the Moyes reign is still at the club, and may well be […]

Real Madrid and adidas have unveiled the Spanish club's new home shirt for the 2013-14 season. It's an incredibly smart design from adidas (hint hint Nike with your England shirt design). The orange and silver trim complement the shirt well. "adidas wanted to go a step further in innovation and product design," said a statement […]