Queens Park Rangers has announced that Mauricio Isla has completed his medical at Loftus Road, received his work permit/governing body endorsement from the Football Association and will be joining the newly-promoted Premier League side on a season-long loan from Italian champions, Juventus. The defender is now back in Italy finalizing his work visa. Isla will […]

MLS’ big night is here: The 2014 All-Star game from Providence Park in Portland, which will see the league’s best, made up of a quasi-US national team core, take on European superpower Bayern Munich. ESPN2, which will broadcast the All-Star game and has just signed a new deal with MLS and US Soccer to carry […]

People like Portland. You see that when you go out of town, and tell people where you're from. More often than not, you'll see faces light up. "Oh, I love Portland!" Or, "I've heard Portland is amazing, I've always wanted to go." People like Portland. People who live in Portland, and people who don't. This is […]

Real Madrid has announced that striker Karim Benzema has agreed to extend his contract with the European champions until June 2019. The 26-year-old has been with the La Liga giants since 2009, making 159 appearances and scoring 72 goals over the course of his career in Spain. Last season, Benzema appeared in 35 matches, scoring […]

Southampton FC has announced the signing of Algerian midfielder Saphir Taider from the Serie A club Inter Milan. The 22-year-old will join the St. Mary's club on a season-long loan from the Italian side, with striker Dani Osvaldo moving in the opposite direction on the same basis. According to Southampton's website, the players are not […]

Liverpool have announced the signing of Atletico Madrid right-back Javier Manquillo on a two-season loan. The 20-year-old defender will be Brendan Rodgers' seventh signing of the summer after Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana, Emre Can, Lazar Markovic, Dejan Lovren and Divock Origi (who was immediately loaned back out to Lille). Manquillo underwent a medical on Merseyside […]

Manchester City have confirmed the arrival of Frank Lampard today. The former Chelsea midfielder has signed a full-time contract with New York City FC, but will be available for Manuel Pellegrini's side on loan for the next six months. Chelsea's all time top scorer reached an agreement with the Premier League club where he will […]

I know that new things are shiny and hard to resist. I mean, it’s been a whole week since Tottenham has signed someone. And we haven’t had a real transfer saga the entire summer, as much as we tried to create one with Ben Davies. So the time is right, I suppose, to get back […]

The transfer window still has nearly a month to go before it shuts, but there’s never a bad time to look back and the good, bad and ugly of clubs spending money for the sake of it. So it’s time now to look at the Top 5 best and worst transfers in Europe this summer […]

PORTLAND, Ore. – Red bricks rise toward the sun at dusk, the steps at Pioneer Square's south and west becoming amphitheater benches when movies play across from the courthouse. When the farmers' market or weekday lunch crowds relinquish control, the 40,000 square foot block between Morrison and Yamhill is split up among skateboarders and chess […]

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina is on his way to the Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, according to the English newspaper, The Times. The German giants have had a bid of approximately £2million accepted for the 31-year-old player, who spent last season on loan with Napoli. It was believed that Rafa Benitez wanted to keep Reina on a permanent […]

As thunderstorms moved in to the South Florida on Monday due to Hurricane Bertha, which was offshore in the Bahamas, some soccer fans were questioning whether the game would be played. And if so, whether fans would be able to make the difficult trek through flooded roads and torrential rain to the Sun Life Stadium. […]

As teams around Europe are preparing for the upcoming season to begin in a couple of weeks, Barcelona are still looking quality players that will fit new manager Luis Enrique's preferred system. Fiorentina's utility man Juan Cuadrado has been heavily linked with the Catalan-based club all summer and as the transfer deadline draws closer, the […]

Louis Van Gaal’s 3-5-2 has been the flavor of the month among pundits and fans. The Dutch manager is using the formation to transform Manchester United’s midfield and accommodate the talents of new signing Ander Herrera. Van Gaal historically has mixed formations, using the 4-3-3 at Barcelona and Bayern but also the 4-4-2 at AZ […]

With the 2014 edition of the Guinness International Champions Cup now completed, it’s time to look at what FOX Sports' coverage was like during the tournament. Certainly, there were some good points but not surprisingly, given FOX's track record of late, there were plenty of low points. As ridiculous as it sounds, FOX Sports's soccer […]