Manchester United fans have hope. After a very rough start to the season, the Red Devils have picked up the pieces despite drawing with West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea, before losing to Manchester City. It’s was a rough start for Louis van Gaal, but there have been some encouraging signs. Daley Blind You get the […]

Following Sunday's derby day defeat to Manchester City, a large section of the media have focused attention on the fact that Manchester United have now accumulated 13 points after ten games; the club's worst start to a domestic campaign since 1986. There have also been numerous links made between United's start under Louis van Gaal as compared to the club's […]

Regular users of the NBC Sports Live Extra app will have noticed several new enhancements added in the last few weeks as NBC Sports aims to make the content and stats to accompany each game even more useful. The new functionality and visualizations include real-time lineups and match statistics; minute-by-minute text commentary synchronized with the video stream […]

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet faces a stern test today to convince the club's supporters that he has the future of his team in his destiny after a series of poor results. Crystal Palace, meanwhile, will hope to continue their good form under manager Neil Warnock. Here’s today’s TV schedule for viewers/readers in the United States: Crystal […]

Starting with the 2006-07 competition, there was a stretch of three successive Champions League campaigns where it could be argued that English clubs dominated the European tournament. Although a Premier League club only took the title once during that three-year span (Manchester United – 2008), English sides made up three of the four Champions League semi-finalists in successive […]

Yesterday afternoon, as the sky darkened an hour early, and as the cold November wind blew around the arena, the New York Red Bulls kept a clean sheet against a DC United team and had Thanksgiving coming a few weeks early for their fans. Coach Mike Petke had talked about the importance of away goals […]

In a slap in the face to Nike, Puma has released a brand-new video that discusses how the German manufacturer has designed a jacket for manager Arsene Wenger that won't suffer the multitude of jacket malfunctions that the Arsenal manager had when his Gunners wore Nike apparel. As you can see from the video below, […]

The January transfer window is only a couple of months away and no doubt clubs are already plotting potential moves. There are some high profile players whose contracts will be up at the end of the season, most notably Sami Khedira, Dani Alves, Giorgio Chiellini and James Milner, to name but a few. However if […]

Manchester City ran out 1-0 winners in the first Manchester derby of the campaign after Sergio Aguero capitalized on the visitors going down to ten men by scoring a second-half goal. United were spirited in their play but following Chris Smalling's dismissal, City were in the ascendency. Manchester City Joe Hart- 7 The England goalkeeper […]

After a thrilling Manchester derby with plenty of talking points and controversy, the second and final Premier League match of the day pits Aston Villa against Tottenham with both clubs desperate for a win in the league. Here’s today’s TV schedule for viewers/readers in the United States: Aston Villa vs Spurs, 11am, NBCSN and NBC Sports Live […]

The tables have turned in Manchester. There's no doubt any longer that Manchester City is the most powerful team in the city with a better team and more silverware in recent years. But the balance of power can shift, even for a few weeks, if Manchester United is able to get a hard fought victory […]

Read about the growth of the Premier League through the eyes of a Manchester City supporter with Blue With Envy, written by World Soccer Talk Senior Writer Kartik Krishnaiyer. The eBook, which was published earlier this year, features anecdotes and personal stories about how a soccer-crazed American fell in love with Manchester City in the […]

Today's episode of The 2 Robbies Football Show features a legendary guest — Tim Cahill of the New York Red Bulls, previously Everton and the scorer of THAT incredible goal for Australia. Listen live to The 2 Robbies Football Show beginning at 5pm ET on www.NBCSportsRadio.com (or via the player below). Both Robbie Earle and Robbie […]

As an American soccer fan, I admit that at times I can get too caught up in what MLS is doing to develop American soccer players for the U.S. Men’s National Team. I can get overly worked up when USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann takes a dig at MLS, wanting to quickly defend the league […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger announced during his customary Friday news conference that striker Olivier Giroud is actually ahead of schedule in his recovery from an ankle fracture. Wenger told reporters, “(He is doing) very well. He's three weeks ahead of schedule and I think he will join in normal training after the international break.” The […]