Edin Dzeko believes he can rise to the big occasion when Manchester City's immediate Champions League fate is determined in Rome. City face Roma at a fevered Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday hoping for the result that can prolong their latest campaign in Europe's elite competition. Their task is made all the harder by the absence […]

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez believes that he should have been included in the Ballon d'Or shortlist. But the Uruguay international confessed that his actions during this summer's World Cup merited an omission from the player of the year ballot. In an interview with the Spanish publication SPORT, Suarez gave his thoughts on who should be the favorite for this year's […]

The number of people who watched the 2014 MLS Cup on ESPN increased by 91% compared to last year's MLS Cup. An average viewing audience of 964,000 tuned in to watch LA Galaxy defeat New England Revolution 2-1 in the 120 minute match. The average viewing audience for the 2013 MLS Cup was 505,000. While the […]

A brutally honest captain Steven Gerrard admitted Liverpool could have no complaints over their Champions League elimination. The Reds crashed out of the competition as they could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Basle in their final Group B clash. Gerrard's late free-kick had given the 10-man Reds hope, canceling out Fabian Frei's […]

For viewers in the United States, today’s UEFA Champions League games will be shown across several channels. Don’t forget, you can also see live highlights of the matches on FOX Soccer Plus’s MultiMatch 90 service. Here's the TV/Internet schedule for soccer fans in the United States: Liverpool vs Basel, 2:45pm, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports GO & FOX Soccer […]

On this week's episode of Monday Night Football on Sky Sports, pundit Jamie Carragher blasted Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker for his poor performance against Stoke City. Carragher slated Mertesacker for the German's performance against Stoke City. As Arsenal captain for the day, Mertesacker repeatedly struggled against Stoke and played well below his level. Gary Neville […]

It's been an eventful 24 hours for Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville who said that Manchester United got away with murder in their performance against Southampton. Plus he compared Manchester United and Liverpool to being pub teams (both clubs play each other on Sunday). Louis van Gaal was asked what he thought of Neville's comments, […]

Everton have announced a new partnership with Global Football America, the company that runs the Toffees' official supporters' club—Everton USA—in the United States. The agreement, which is the first of it’s kind in European football, will see the Toffees provide various offers to their supporters from the USA via new website, evertonusa.net. According to Everton’s official […]

Eighteen matches, 18 wins, 67 goals scored, nine goals conceded, is there really any team that can stop Real Madrid at the moment? The safe bet would be ‘no’. But soccer is a particularly difficult game where one challenger might not drop you but the accumulation of challengers will. Real Madrid have gone 18 consecutive matches without dropping […]

NBCSN scored its best-ever TV audience for an early Saturday morning broadcast of a Premier League match last weekend when an average viewing audience of 535,000 tuned in to watch Newcastle United against Chelsea. The number is even more impressive when you consider that the match was televised beginning at 7am ET/4am PT. The news […]

During his pre-match press conference on Monday, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti spoke publicly of his club's interest in Cruzeiro midfielder Lucas Silva. The Madrid boss attempted to bring calm to the media storm surrounding the imminent transfer of the Brazilian starlet to the Spanish capital by stating Real Madrid would decide of the 21-year-old's future […]

Alberto Zaccheroni is perhaps best known for winning the Scudetto with AC Milan in 1999 and for the use of his unconventional 3-4-3 formation. The 61-year-old manager recently resigned from his position as Japan's national team coach and spent the majority of his 30-year managerial career working in Italian football. During an interview with the Italian […]

During an interview with the Spanish publication AS, Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas said he feels his side's main rivals in the Champions League are Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid. Los Blancos head into Tuesday night's encounter with Ludogorets at the Santiago Bernabeu as group winners and are in the midst of an 18-match winning streak in […]

The LA Galaxy defeated the New England Revolution 2-1 in extra time at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on Sunday afternoon, following an all-too-familiar script to win their fifth championship and deny the Revolution in the final for the fifth time. Here are five thoughts. 1. Landon Donovan Retires A Champion – Said the […]

In a match between two teams managed by Dutchmen, Manchester United took the spoils as Robin van Persie's brace took United to a rather fortuitous win in a match littered with errors from both sides. Southampton Fraser Forster – 4 The summer signing had little to do all evening but was at fault for both […]