Will football come home to England for the 2018 World Cup? We explore this topic as well as look back at the weekend’s UEFA World Cup Qualifying playoffs and discuss the potential impact of Ireland’s elimination on US/UK TV viewership … Continue reading
Will football come home to England for the 2018 World Cup? We explore this topic as well as look back at the weekend’s UEFA World Cup Qualifying playoffs and discuss the potential impact of Ireland’s elimination on US/UK TV viewership … Continue reading
Every fan of the US team has been hoping that the stars could align, the flipped coin could land on its edge and that somehow the US could be seeded in the World Cup draw. Being among those top eight … Continue reading
No, there isn’t thing officially saying that MLS is coming to Detroit, and I’m not insinuating that it is. Today the Pontiac Silverdome was sold for peanuts, really. $583,000 for an 80,000-seat stadium. The Silverdome certainly has aged, and it … Continue reading
My co-worker Doug has become Football-Curious. Between me talking about Liverpool every week (lately: moaning about Liverpool most every week) and an article he read about Clive Owen talking about being a Liverpool supporter, he has taken an interest in … Continue reading
Just how serious is this mini-crisis at United? Manchester United currently sit third in the Barclays Premier League table level on points with Arsenal (who have a game in hand) and 5 points behind league leaders Chelsea. But how much … Continue reading
The Galaxy’s win over the Dynamo was dramatic but in many ways tainted. A strange call when against Houston, and the rolling power outages that swept Southern California seemed to unfortunately coincide with upsurges in Houston play. Chicago vs Real … Continue reading
In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the fourteenth episode of RFN’s podcast. Russia has pulled ahead of Slovenia after leg one, but thanks to a late goal from the Slovenes, the favorites are in a precarious place … Continue reading
The TV ratings are in for the last round of Premier League games on ESPN2 and Fox Soccer Channel. For ESPN2, it’s a tale of two cities as they had an impressive number of viewers for the Tottenham against Sunderland … Continue reading
With the international break nearly over, the excitement of the Premier League will be back with us and Manchester United will be looking to get back to winning ways against Everton at Old Trafford at the weekend. Following the Chelsea … Continue reading
Since Randy Lerner appointed Martin O’Neill as Aston Villa manager, the club’s fortunes seem to have changed. No, Villa haven’t realistically competed for any silverware yet, but there are certainly promising signs at the club. Villa have recently appeared to … Continue reading
The playoff numbers look like this… 5 year comparison Conference Semifinals – 1st Leg Avg +/- Home Teams 2005 12,147 NA Chicago NY Colorado Los Angeles 2006 9,533 -21.52% Chicago NY Colorado Chivas USA 2007 14,245 49.42% Chicago NY … Continue reading
It’s just not right is it? Somehow you look at this situation in the MLS Eastern Conference Final that Real Salt Lake, a club from the West came to Chicago and defeated them in a penalty kick shootout to take … Continue reading
The Western Conference Finals was a long, hard slog between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo. With an 8:30 starting time to accommodate ESPN2’s college football schedule, two blackouts that interrupted play in each half, and a half … Continue reading
I’ll have much more later but today the US showed that we have a lot of depth on the backline, but that the loss of Charlie Davies up front could be a fatal blow to our chances to advance deep … Continue reading
Internazionale boss Jose Mourinho is already plotting his exit from Giuseppe Meazza, after less than two years in the Nerazzurri hotseat. The Portuguese boss is just halfway through his contract with Inter but he is already talking up his plans … Continue reading
Is it me or does Philadelphia Union’s soccer jersey looks very similar to the Shrewsbury Town jersey worn by Derek Smalls in the cult classic movie, This Is Spinal Tap? In the 1984 film, there’s a hysterical scene where Harry … Continue reading
Eric Altshule sits down with a legend of American soccer, Alexi Lalas to discuss a myriad of different subjects. As always Lalas is very compelling and perhaps a tad bit controversial. A must listen for any American soccer fan.
