Manchester City won the Community Shield for the first time since 2019 with a 7-6 penalty shootout win over Manchester United following a 1-1 draw at Wembley on Sunday.  Following a slow-burn first half and a host of missed chances after the break — including a big one from Marcus Rashford — substitute Alejandro Garnacho gave United the lead in …

Chelsea are on the verge of completing the high-profile signing of Pedro Neto from Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Portuguese winger has been a key figure at Wolves; now he will join the London club for a reported fee of $65.5 million, including bonuses, as per The Athletic. This move marks another significant addition to Chelsea’s squad as they look to bounce …

Barcelona are working on the signing of Joao Cancelo to reinforce the right-back position this summer, but negotiations with Manchester City over another loan move for the Portuguese are not going well. In case Cancelo does not arrive, the responsibility of manning the right side of the defence will fall on Jules Kounde while Hector Fort and possibly Alex Valle …

Chelsea’s roster is growing as the club continues to buy new players in the summer transfer period. The Blues have made a plethora of deals since co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali entered the fray in 2022. With the Americans in charge, the West London side spent about $688 million on revamping the roster in the first year alone. They …

Manchester City and Pep Guardiola got their campaign off to a winning start by beating rivals Manchester United in the Community Shield. The sunshine was streaking down onto the Wembley pitch on a sunny Saturday afternoon, but it was not a game to remember. There were no shots on target for the first 75 minutes of the game, with the …

The English Football League (EFL) got underway this weekend, with the action in the Championship kickstarting a weekend of action-packed soccer. England’s second tier is one of the most exciting leagues in the world, and the 2024/2025 edition of the Championship features a host of former Premier League teams. Below, World Soccer Talk writer Conor Martin takes us through what …

Newcastle United have followed yesterday’s 4-0 win over Girona with a strong start against Ligue 1 side Stade Brest, with Harvey Barnes on the scoresheet at St James’ Park to hand us a 1-0 lead. As you can see below, the winger was picked out via Lloyd Kelly’s impressive ball from deep before cutting inside, working the space and firing …

Juventus has one of the most productive youth teams in Serie A and continues to develop top talents there. The Bianconeri were the first club to create a B team, which has helped them nurture young players and prepare them for the senior squad. Fabio Miretti and Kenan Yildiz have been promoted to the first team and are expected to …

American midfielder Aidan Morris became the newest face in the English Football League Championship on Saturday, helping Middlesbrough to a first opening day victory since 2014. Morris started and played 90 minutes as Michael Carrick’s men defeated Swansea City 1-0 at the Riverside Stadium. It marked the 22-year-old’s first competitive appearance for the English second-tier squad since moving from the …

Several of the most famous European soccer teams traveled to the United States this summer. Clubs from across the pond now regularly schedule preseason friendlies Stateside to help grow their brands. The move certainly seems to be paying off. Matches involving the big European sides typically draw huge crowds because Americans do not get to see them regularly. This summer …