FOX's decision to throw Gus Johnson into the deep end next week with the Champions League match between Real Madrid and Manchester United sends a strong message to its hardcore soccer base who have been watching the Premier League on FOX Soccer for 15 consecutive years — we don't care about you anymore. We've lost […]

Newcastle United are still interested in bringing Andy Carroll back to Tyneside, so in order for the deal to go through, Liverpool are interested in getting Hatem Ben Arfa heading to Anfield as part of the deal, according to The Guardian. It sounds like a brilliant deal to me, but I can't see it happening. Newcastle […]

Stefan Szymanski, the co-author of Soccernomics, is online and ready to answer your questions about the second edition of the book as well as related topics. This is your chance to ask the expert your questions. The live chat will begin at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT tonight (Tuesday, February 5, 2013). The second edition of Soccernomics […]

Don't forget that Soccernomics co-author Stefan Szymanski will be joining us tonight on EPL Talk at 8:30pm ET to participate in a live Q&A to answer questions about the second edition of the critically-acclaimed book. Think up some great questions, and we look forward to seeing you online at http://www.epltalk.com/2013/02/05/stefan-szymanski-interview

FOX Soccer today announced that basketball announcer Gus Johnson will be the lead commentator for several high profile Premier League and Champions League matches over the next few months. Plus, Sports Illustrated have revealed that Johnson is being groomed by FOX to be the voice of FOX's World Cup coverage for 2018 and 2022. The […]

Photos of the new US men's national team (USMNT) home shirt for 2013 have been leaked on the Internet. The centenary shirt, to mark 100 years of US soccer, features the new centenary crest on the front of the shirt as the main focal point. The rest of the shirt features the navy blue trim, […]

Is it any surprise that match fixing occurs? Every year countless billions are wagered on sports around the world. In 2011, $3.2 billion was wagered on sports... in Nevada casinos alone! Just online sports gambling in England, France, Italy and Spain equals about $15 billion. Between legal and illegal (or casual) gambling, we are talking […]

It's just one match, so it's a little early to be waxing poetically in my opinion, but there's no doubting that Newcastle United's new Ligue Un signings — particularly Moussa Sissoko — are made for the Premier League. They've got the pace, the skill and the power to completely turn around Newcastle United's season. Having said that, […]

Soccer is a simple game with very few rules, which is one of the reasons we love it so. But bring up the topic of offside and whether a footballer is interfering with play or not, and it gets complicated. Thankfully, next month, soccer's ruling body plans on making a change to simplify the rules. […]

If there was any team whose season so far was the hardest to define, it would be Norwich City. Speaking as a fan, the mixture of emotions I’ve experienced from the opening disaster at Fulham to their ten game unbeaten run to their crushing defeat recently at Liverpool has been astonishing. From anticipation to dread, […]

Last year it was the most unlikeliest of scenarios that would rob Tottenham Hotspur of Champions League football — blowing an 11 point lead in fourth place and then Chelsea winning the Champions League bumping Spurs out of their Champions League position.. When Spurs dropped to the Europa League last year, they also lost the […]

After having a fairly rocky start to the season, it seems like AC Milan are finally getting back on track to contend amongst the top of the Serie A. The Rossoneri's latest signing, Mario Balotelli managed to drag the team to a very lucky 2-1 victory over Udinese at the San Siro. With these three […]

Brek Shea was the face of FC Dallas the past two seasons, but now — pending international clearance — he will play for Stoke City. I’m glad for Shea. It’s always good to see American players get a shot in the world’s top league. But since I just bought an FC Dallas season ticket a […]

The amount of hostility that David De Gea receives each week is somewhat bemusing to me. I know he’s made mistakes, but so have many other world class goalkeepers. In a way, it is part of the job, and especially so in the EPL where punishing mistakes is a big part of the game. The […]

How many times have we heard about betting scandals in European soccer but nothing is ever done about it? Today, it's revealed that Europol has pinpointed one UEFA Champions League match that was played in England that was allegedly fixed. The specific teams that played the game were not revealed. But it's part of a […]