Earl Reed

Finances are always a hot button in any sport, and American soccer is no different. With a sometimes controversial system that is quite unique in an international world of football, Major League Soccer continues to do business with a salary cap that helps to keep teams from getting caught in a spiral of overspending. Previous […]

When Robert Hay and I were tossing around the idea of a Season Preview series, the team-by-team thing seemed a little tedious. I asked him to start throwing out some general ideas, and I tossed in a few of my own. This was one of them, and I’m not sure this is an easy one […]

After watching Monday night’s somewhat fortunate victory over Reading, I was left with a keen sense of frustration at the inconsistent nature of the Manchester United wide men currently at the club. Obviously the performance of Nani exuded attacking flair and skill that was a delight to witness, but unfortunately as is the case with […]

Eighteen football stadiums have lain dormant for long enough. We begin the march towards Season Eighteen of the United States' and Canada's top division, Major League Soccer! We here at MajorLeagueSoccerTalk.com cannot wait for the commencement of the next chapter of this great league. We want to bring forth a quality prologue to the drama […]

There are those times when it seems everything possible can work against you to turn the average day into a complete and utter failure. The circumstances surrounding the United States' opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final Round of Qualifying campaign fit that bill completely. They had to start out on the road, […]

It's been nearly two months since MLS Cup, and even longer since most fans' teams cleared out their lockers and headed home for the winter. The holidays came and passed, as did the doom scenarios (whether you feared the Mayan route or lost sleep over the ominous fiscal cliff, you're reading this). In soccer, the […]

Challenging on three fronts coming into February, Manchester United are beginning to draw comparisons with their 1999 treble winning team particularly in terms of their forward department. However, something is amiss. The continued presence of Danny Welbeck is baffling and something that has not been questioned enough as the season has evolved. Clearly talented, Welbeck […]

I will admit, I'm not a big fan of the MLS SuperDraft. I'm realizing though that it's not so much the draft that sours me, it's the hype. Part of my dislike is that Major League Soccer tends to drive their draft process in a way that is reminiscent of National Football League. When you […]

It's the elephant in the room. It's the uncle that comes to every family function drunk as a skunk – the one that everyone feigns disgust about when the rest of the family is around, but secretly loves – he's the life of the party, the source of much excitement and fun but also heartache […]

Major League Soccer fans received that welcome first bit of news for the 2013 season today: the first home match for their favorite team. As in past years, MLS has released the first few weeks of the season ahead of the full schedule, to give fans a taste of how things will open up. They […]

"Who says you can't go home?" Those are the words of a popular song by rocker and former Philadelphia Soul owner Jon Bon Jovi. They may also be the words of Sebastien Le Toux, another adopted son of a city where work and results will earn you the key to the city. 2012 was supposed […]

We're nearly through MLS Cup Week (though it's two weeks really, something that seems overkill after banging out two-pers for the early rounds). It's a deja vu kind of MLS Cup: the same combatants as 2011. Los Angeles and Houston, and the same venue, the Home Depot Center. It's a dream matchup for Major League […]

MLS Cup Final Preview Show Guests: Warren Jones Houston Dynamo Supporter Adam Serrano LA Galaxy Insider writter Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer on the new Owner of the Minnesota Stars Other Red Bull discussions and tidbits. Listen to internet radio with Feuersteins Fire on Blog Talk Radio

I thought I'd start an open thread this evening, as we are about to encounter three second leg matches in the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs: 8 PM – NBC Sports Network – New York vs. D.C. United (tied 1-1) 9 PM – MLS Live/Direct Kick – Sporting KC vs Houston (Houston leads 2-0) 11 PM […]

On this week's MLSTalk podcast, we spoke of NBC Universal acquiring the US broadcast and digital rights for the English Premier League. For those of you who would like an excellent primer on what NBC envisions for this deal, Jonathan Tannenwald has published an interview with NBC Sports President Jon Miller that sheds some light. While I […]