For the past ten years, Jose Mourinho has been the titan on the world stage of soccer management. Records have been casually swatted aside with contemptuous ease. The force of his personality was simply too powerful to be contained but now that force appears to be slowly ebbing away. Before we look at this slow […]

Robin van Persie’s latest injury has opened the door once again for Manchester United’s prodigal son who could fire his club and England to great heights in the next six months. Following months of injury and inertia, Danny Welbeck’s brace Sunday at Villa Park could be a sign of things to come in 2014. Welbeck is […]

Luis Suarez does things that no other attacking player in the world does. All of the discussion about who is better, Ronaldo or Messi, deserves to have Suarez included in the conversation. But that Suarez plays at a club that hasn’t featured in Champions League since the 2009-10 season and because of his own self-inflicted bad […]

FOX Sports today confirmed that it won the bid to renew the US media rights to the UEFA Champions League for seasons 2015-18. The news regarding the renewal of the rights deal broke on December 6, but today's official announcement from FOX shines more light on the deal. Some of the interesting revelations are: 1. […]

An action packed weekend in the Premier League saw 30 goals and a number of controversial refereeing decisions. Some of the key decisions and my views on them are discussed below. The first game of the weekend was Manchester City vs Arsenal and it certainly lived up to the pre-match hype and expectation. The final […]

Perhaps it was the relationship between the tabloids and his predecessor Harry Redknapp. Maybe it was the fact he never played soccer at a professional level. Or maybe it was his attitude, but for whatever reason the knives were out for Andre Villas-Boas from the very beginning of his Tottenham Hotspur tenure. Tasked with making […]

The draw for the Round of 32 of the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League has been made this morning, with the following matches featured: Dnipro vs Tottenham Hotspur Real Betis vs Rubin Kazan Swansea City vs Napoli Juventus vs Trabzonspor Maribor vs Sevilla Plzen vs Shakhtar Donetsk Chornomorets vs Lyon Lazio vs Ludogorets Esbjerg vs Fiorentina […]

The draw for the Round of 16 in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League tournament has been made, and there are some several mouthwatering matchups. The Round of 16 matches will feature: Manchester City vs Barcelona Olympiacos vs Manchester United AC Milan vs Atletico Madrid Bayer Leverkusen vs Paris Saint-Germain Galatasaray vs Chelsea Schalke vs Real […]

Tottenham Hotspur have sacked manager Andre Villas-Boas with immediate effect. The club reports that: "The Club can announce that agreement has been reached with Head Coach, Andre Villas-Boas, for the termination of his services. The decision was by mutual consent and in the interests of all parties. "We wish Andre well for the future." The […]

A photo has been leaked on the Internet featuring Russia's away/change shirt that they'll be wearing at World Cup 2014 in Brazil. Designed and manufactured by adidas, Russia's away shirt is a uniquely designed white jersey with waves of different shades of blue covering the upper chest and upper sleeves. While it's a one-of-a-kind design, […]

A photograph has been leaked that features the official adidas ball that Major League Soccer will use during the 2014 season. Named "Prime," the official match ball is a cousin to the ball that'll be used in World Cup 2014 (named Brazuca). MLS's ball for 2014 has many of the characteristics that Brazuca has except for a […]

Steve Clarke has been sacked as manager of West Bromwich Albion. The following is the statement from the club with my editorial comments in yellow: "West Bromwich Albion have this evening relieved Head Coach Steve Clarke of his duties and placed him on gardening leave with immediate effect." — And a very Merry Christmas to […]

Manchester City completely blew open the Premier League title race today with an emphatic 6-3 victory against Arsenal at Etihad Stadium. It was a match that had a little bit of everything. There were nine goals. Jack Wilshere made an obscene gesture that could land him in trouble with The FA. Per Mertesacker gave Mesut […]

In a hotly contested match between Newcastle United and Southampton at St James' Park on Saturday, Premier League referee Mike Jones was inadvertently struck in the face by Newcastle's Moussa Sissoko, forcing the ref to get treatment to recover from the blow. Just minutes later, a foul on Newcastle United's Massadio Haïdara by Morgan Schneiderlin resulted in […]

Tonight, Nick Geber and Danny Page chat about this weekend's Premier League matches including Manchester City versus Arsenal, Aston Villa against Manchester United, Tottenham versus Liverpool, and many more matches. Listen/watch tonight at 9PM ET. Chime in via Twitter @worldsocceradio or call in studio 800-878-PLAY. The live broadcast of World Soccer Radio begins at 6pm PT/9pm ET […]