Soccer/Futbol

Cardiff City went up to the Premier League by winning the Championship last season. But like their Welsh rivals, Swansea, can The Bluebirds (ignore their red uniforms) also stay up? (Photo: PA) The Commoners:   Aston Villa Paul Lambert, another bright, young coach in the Premier League, found the going

Can Suarez (r.) leave his penchant for troublemaking in the past to create a bright future for Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool? (Scott Barbour/Getty Images) The Clergy (continued):   Liverpool The post-Rafa Benitez years have not been too kind to the Reds, but Brendan Rodgers now is finally getting Liverpool to

The United States Men's National Team is playing its best soccer under head coach Jürgen Klinsmann, leading "The Hex" and well on its way to qualifying for its seventh consecutive World Cup.  Arif Ahmed, one of our soccer experts on A Lot Of Sports Talk, joins us to talk about

Dial D for Death- as in Group of Death. ALotOfSportsTalk.com takes a look at the most highly-anticipated group in this season’s Champions League, Group D. All four teams were championships domestically last season; Real Madrid, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Ajax. Soccer writer and University of Pennsylvania student Shaj Matthew

Italian soccer savant Samantha Savarino stops by ALotOfSportsTalk.com to take a look at a group that might have as much excitement as any in this year’s group stage, in Group D. This group should be straightforward. Defending champions Chelsea and Juventus are the two clear favorites, even with Shakhtar Donetsk

ALotOfSportsTalk.com's preview of the Champions League continues with a look at Group B, which includes Arsenal, Schalke, Olympiacos and Montpellier. Nishant Parekh, neuroradiologist and soccer fan extraordinaire, stops by to break it down for us, and one of his prognostications as to which teams will advance from this quartet may