Manchester City have a mountain to climb in the second leg of its UEFA Champions League match after Barcelona took a commanding 2-0 win at the Etihad Stadium to damage City's chances of making it to the quarter-finals. The turning point in the match was when Manchester City defender Martin Dimichelis fouled Leo Messi, resulting […]

Welcome back UEFA Champions League. We've missed you. Today marks the first matches in the Round of 16 with two mouthwatering games in store featuring Manchester City against Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen versus Paris Saint-Germain. Here’s today’s TV schedule for soccer fans in the United States: Manchester City vs Barcelona, 2:45pm, FOX Sports 1, FOX […]

To celebrate Heineken’s UEFA Champions League sponsorship, World Soccer Talk would like to offer 4 lucky readers the chance to win a UEFA Champions league match ball signed by former Barcelona and Newcastle striker Patrick Kluivert. During each UEFA Champions League match week, Heineken invites soccer fans from all over the world to ‘share the […]

The resumption of the UEFA Champions League knockout phase is the prime indicator that the serious business is about to kick off in European soccer. It's crunch time, in short, and teams will resume their respective European commitments with dreams of glory and hopes of parading the trophy around the Estadio Da Luz, Lisbon come […]

adidas presents the official away kit of the Mexican national football team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The new away kit of the Mexican team stands out through an innovative combination of red and black, reinterpreting classic jerseys of the national team worn in previous World Cups. This color combination was first […]

Lionel Messi broke one record and moved closer towards another as Barcelona defeated Rayo Vallecano with ease. Real Madrid won 3-0 at Getafe and Atletico Madrid beat Real Valladolid by the same score as the three title contenders remain separated only by goal difference. Lionel Messi rewrote the record books as Barcelona completed a 6-0 […]

Spain's change shirt for the 2014 FIFA World Cup is black and neon. adidas, in collaboration with the Spanish National Football Team, introduces the away jersey that will accompany their reconquering adventure at 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. The black and neon gear has been inspired by meaningful features of the cheerful, alive, bustling, social […]

Reminder: The registration deadline for the World Soccer Talk European Experience closes today. Just 10 days ago, we launched the World Soccer Talk European Experience where we offered you a chance to go see Chelsea-Arsenal, Real Madrid-Barcelona and Manchester United-Manchester City. The packages to the Chelsea versus Arsenal game have already sold out, so if you're interested […]

Brighton and Hove Albion head coach Oscar Garcia leads out his south coast team against Hull City in the FA Cup 5th Round today, in the last match of this stage of the FA Cup tournament. The winner will play at home against Sunderland in the quarter-finals of the oldest club cup competition in the […]

Many were surprised when Chelsea announced the signing of FC Basel winger Mohamed Salah, late in the January transfer window. The young wideman, who started his career at Egyptian Premier League side El Mokawloon, joined the Blues for £11million, and will wear the number 15 shirt, after being heavily linked to Chelsea's Premier League rivals […]

Ten years after bursting on to the scene in Major League Soccer, Freddy Adu is now training and on trial with Blackpool in the Skybet Championship. "I love football in England. In America, all we watch is football in England. It'd be a dream come true to play here some day. I don't know when […]

On Friday, Jose Mourinho called Arsene Wenger a specialist in failure. This is definitely not the first time the Portuguese manager has said something controversial about the three-time Premier League winner. Who could forget the “voyeur” comment from 2005? The two-time Champions League winner came back to England very respectful and appreciative of Wenger and […]

Any passionate soccer fan looks forward to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League and undoubtedly the tie of the round (sorry Arsenal fans) is the heavyweight clash between Manchester City and Barcelona. Here I look at five reasons why I think the tiki-taka wizardry of the Spanish side will overcome the goal scoring […]

Sunday's FA Cup match between Arsenal against Liverpool was superb. A classic cup tie with end-to-end goalmouth action resulted in a 2-1 victory for the Gunners, against an in-form Liverpool looking to build on a 5-1 demolition of Arsenal, only a week ago. However, this game was packed with controversial decisions. From penalty appeals to […]

On Saturday, needing a victory against Chelsea for psychological reasons, Manuel Pellegrini made three courageous decisions in the FA Cup 5th Round. Jose Mourinho’s mastery of Pellegrini required the Chilean to get one over on his Portuguese rival on this occasion. City won 2-0 on Saturday but only after the manager shook up his side with […]