The National Women’s Soccer League announced the hiring of Jeff Plush as the league’s new commissioner Tuesday afternoon. The hiring comes three month after the league’s inaugural commissioner Cheryl Baily, announced she would step down once her replacement was found. Plush brings considerable experience from the men’s side of the game having held several administrative […]

While other Arsenal prospects such as Chuba Akpom, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, and Gedion Zelalem are beginning to receive playing time with the senior Gunners side, 17-year-old Dan Crowley could very well be the brightest young star out of the whole bunch. The teenage midfielder has drawn comparisons with fellow teammate Jack Wilshere and former Gunner Cesc […]

Despite a laboured performance in parts, Manchester United will come away from the trip to Huish Park on Sunday buoyed not just by the result but also the return of the club's superstar, club record signing Angel Di Maria who marked his return to the first-team with a well taken goal in injury time. Di […]

Leicester have announced the signing of veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer from Chelsea on a free transfer. The 42-year-old has joined on a one and a half year deal and is likely to go straight into the team with regular number one with Kasper Schmeichel absent with a foot injury. Schwarzer was third choice at the […]

Manchester City have contacted Swansea about striker Wilfried Bony, Press Association Sport understands. But it is also understood that City's initial approach – made since the weekend – has not included them tabling an offer for the Ivory Coast international. The Welsh club's record signing joined Swansea from Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem in 2013 for […]

Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone informed the media that he will start on-loan striker Fernando Torres against Real Madrid in Wednesday's Copa del Rey Round of 16 first leg at the Vicente Calderon. While Simeone has stated that the 30-year-old forward is not in the kind of shape that […]

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits had the club offered him a new contract last summer he would not be bringing an end to his long association with the Reds at the end of this season. However, the midfielder insists he does not want to "point the finger" at anyone for his impending departure. A contract […]

Everton striker Romelu Lukaku's added-time equalizer in the FA Cup tie against West Ham eased some of the mounting pressure on his manager Roberto Martinez. The Belgium striker's smart turn and finish – his fourth goal in as many matches for the Toffees against the Hammers – earned a 1-1 draw and at the very […]

Shudder the thought, but imagine what the crest of your favorite Premier League club would look like if it featured the colors of your team's closest rival. Reddit user TheTruth1777 has gone ahead and recolored the crests of 19 Premier League clubs (except for Burnley; sorry Clarets) in the colors of the team's host hated rival. Some […]

Here’s today’s TV schedule for viewers/readers in the United States: Everton vs West Ham (FA Cup), 2:45pm, FOX Sports 1 and FOX Soccer 2Go One game today is not being televised in the US, but where the action can be followed via online radio: Scunthorpe United VS Chesterfield, 2:45pm ET Before, during or after today’s matches, join […]

Depending on which way you look at the numbers, the soccer cult TV show Men In Blazers is either a ratings disaster or a boost to NBCSN's late night and early morning programming. The truth probably lies somewhere in between. After launching in September, the show averaged just 30,000 viewers for its first 3 episodes with […]

Stromsgodset midfielder Martin Odegaard is the currently most sought-after talent in football. For the past few weeks, the 16-year-old has been a guest of some of Europe's biggest clubs as they attempt sell the teenager on the benefits of signing with their side. Barcelona, Arsenal, Liverpool and both Manchester clubs have shown the attacking midfielder their facilities and […]

Spanish radio station Cadena Cope is reporting that Barcelona have handed manager Luis Enrique an ultimatum following the firing of the club's director of football, Andoni Zubizarreta. This news comes on the heels of long-time servant Carles Puyol's resignation from his role with the club, as well as Barcelona's 1-0 defeat by Real Sociedad on Sunday night. […]

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny could be fined by the club following reports he smoked in the showers after the 2-0 Barclays Premier League defeat at Southampton on New Year's Day. Former Gunners midfielder John Jensen, a close friend of current assistant boss Steve Bould, alleged during comments made as a media pundit for Danish TV […]

FC Barcelona has begun this new calendar year in the same way that they ended the previous one: with a large number of questionable tactics and horrendous mistakes. But like many of us, they’re doing their best to remedy the errors of the past. Andoni Zubizarreta started the first full week of the new year […]