Earl Reed

Less than a year after hosting it's first playoff game, PPL Park will be showcased on July 25th as the venue for the 2012 MLS All Star Game. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber officially announced the event at City Hall, alongside Mayor Michael Nutter and Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz. The format will not […]

If Philadelphia Union fans had expected 2012 to be a simple year of growth, they may have another thing coming. Or a major cog going. Yesterday, Ives Galarcep broke a surprising story about the potential sale of Sebastien Le Toux to a European club. Given that the versatile Frenchman tweeted the night before […]

Over the last month or so a noticeable change has become patently obvious when watching Manchester City play. Ever since their unfortunate defeat to Chelsea, where by all accounts they were terrific in the first half of that game, City to my mind have begun to play with fear, which in turn has culminated in […]

We have a little over a week until the MLS SuperDraft takes place. In this short span, MLS will conduct it's "Scouting Combine" over the next few days. The good news is that a high-speed internet connection will get you access to the round robin matches beginning today at MLSSoccer.com. Let me speak honestly about […]

I spent the last week watching Everton try to squeak out matches by the thinnest of margins. Everton's brand of football has nearly become dire to watch, and the situation brought itself to a head in today's 1-2 home loss against bottom Bolton. These problems have been brewing for the past 12 months, and there […]

In their second surprise result of the campaign, Blackburn Rovers proved opportunistic, spoiling Sir Alex Ferguson's 70th birthday at Old Trafford with a 3-2 shocker over second place Manchester United. The home side started the match with a weakened lineup, not uncommon with the congested holiday fixture list and an opponent as downtrodden as Blackburn. […]

Norwich City grabbed a 1-1 draw in their trip to the northwest to face Everton on Saturday. The home squad lined up in their usual 4-4-1-1 shape, with Louis Saha finding himself up top with Tim Cahill withdrawn in the hole. Magaye Gueye got a start on the left, and Leon Osman took up the […]

We haven't left you there MLS fans. While Daniel has been busy with his podcast keeping things up to date audibly, the rest of us have had various other endeavors to distract us from the relatively quiet start to the MLS offseason. With that being said, there has been some movement here in the last […]

Today, NBC confirmed reports that they have hired Arlo White as their primary play-by-play voice for their brand-new Major League Soccer and U.S. Soccer coverage. As many of you know, White has been the voice of Seattle Sounders FC, and with the new gig will come the end of his affiliation with the Sounders. This […]

In a move that releases a collective, "Hoorah!" from most American soccer fans I know, Grant Wahl reports over at SI.com that ESPN will not bring back John Harkes for color commentary in 2012. Harkes has been a consistent lightning rod for viewer angst during ESPN's coverage of the domestic game, and has learned of his […]

The second try turned out to be the charm for Bruce Arena and his Los Angeles Galaxy. Landon Donovan's outside right-foot finish past Tally Hall in the 72nd minute put the Galaxy on top for good. Keane picked up the ball outside the area, used some slick moves to beat Bobby Boswell, and then slipped […]

It's Thursday, November 17th. In less than four days, we will crown the 2011 Major League Soccer Cup Champions. Here are some topics that have impacted over the last day or three: MLS Cup 2011 As mentioned above, MLS Cup is fast approaching now (November 20, 9:00 PM EST, ESPN in HD and ESPN3). The […]

Here at Major League Soccer Talk, we strive to provide the best services to all of our MLS-loving patrons. As fans ourselves, we know that you're looking at the schedule and saying to yourself, "Do we really need this two week NFL-style break?" The answer is emphatically, "Yes, we do." After those quadriceps-damaging Brad Davis […]

An interesting thing happened in the four Conference Semifinal showdowns: the team winning the first leg fended off their foes' stout challenges and advanced. Additionally, the higher seed went 3 out of 4 in the Semifinal round, leaving the top seeds from each Conference. We can address the efficiency of this generation of the playoff […]

There have been some raised eyebrows across the Major League Soccer punditry about Peter Nowak and his choice of formation to begin the Eastern Conference Semifinal First Leg. The iconic manager of the Philadelphia Union pulled a tactical rabbit out of his hat on Sunday afternoon, playing a 5-deep backline for the entire first half. […]