Karl Sears

Chelsea's 8-0 victory over Wigan put an exclamation point of their title winning statement, taking the English Premier League's championship back from Manchester United after its three year sojourn at Old Trafford. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, myself, Laurance McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer discuss the result a Stamford Bridge but quickly shift […]

Adrian Hanauer has essentially offered Seattle Sounders FC season ticket holders their money back. In the wake of the worst loss in franchise history – a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of league-leading Los Angeles Galaxy – the Sounders general manager has quickly and publically made it clear that the performance is not indicative of […]

Dueling 4-0 results for the MLS conference leaders saw the Los Angeles Galaxy continue to distance themselves from the league while the short-handed New York Red Bulls suffered one of the season. On this edition of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast, Inside the Six host Kevin McCauley joins me for the weekly review show, […]

We have one more podcast left in the Premier League season, and Kartik Krishnaiyer, Laurence McKenna, the Gaffer and myself need your help, as we make Monday morning's podcast our Year in Review show. As we talk about whether Chelsea got their title or Spurs were able to pass Arsenal, we will be looking back […]

Chelsea is a win away from unseating Manchester United as Premier League champions, but on this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, the panel spends most of their time looking at the past. Myself, Laurence McKenna, and Kartik Krishnaiyer start this edition of the Weekend Preview Show by talking about the Premier League's brave new […]

As we approach the end of the Premier League season, we continue to take inventory of the season and the site. There is no better person to do that with than our own icon, The Gaffer. On today's edition of the EPL Talk podcast, I talk to Christopher Harris about his view of the Premier […]

Jesse Chula is one of the best and most prolific authors at EPL Talk, but to this point, his work for the site has been confined to the written word. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, Chula transcends screen and commits to the track to talk to me about his history with the […]

Los Angeles and New York maintained their large leads in the Western and Eastern Conferences with wins over Kansas City and DC United, while Seattle and Columbus played to a draw in the weekend's marque matchup. On this edition of the Major League Soccer talk podcast, I am joined by Christopher Riordan to talk each […]

Chelsea overcame their largest remaining title obstacle on Sunday, a comfortable 2-0 win at Anfield where an unfortunate assist from Steven Gerrard helped officially eliminate Liverpool's chances of returning to Champions League. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, myself, Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer review the weekend that was in the Premiership, a […]

Grant Best's long career at Sky Sports eventually enabled him to join ESPN, where he is one of the network's main directors for soccer coverage. On this edition of the MLS Talk podcast, the man who was responsible for the coverage of this fall's United States-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier joins us to share the […]

Chelsea's last stern test of the season is Sunday at Anfield, where a Liverpool side stunned by Diego Forlán's stoppage time goal will try to rebound from Europe League disappointment. Draw or tie, and the Blues likely fall behind Manchester United before the season's last weekend. To discuss that match as well as a critical […]

Billy Beane may be the general manager of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics, but as my discussion with the former major leaguer shows, a large part of his sporting heart lies in the footballing world. On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, Beane joins me to talk about his favorite club, Tottenham Hotspur, his […]

Mike Forde is the Performance Director at Chelsea Football Club. He joined me last week to talk about the direction of performance analysis in football; specifically, in the wake of this mention in Simon Kuper and Stefan Symanski's book Soccernomics (or, How England Lose, as distributed in England), what football can take from the type […]

Dominic Fifield is the London football correspondent for the Guardian. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, Dominic and I talk about the five London-based clubs in the Premiership, putting their season's performance in the context of how their managers have performed. Along the way, Dominic gives his view on Gianfranco Zola, Roy Hodgson, […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy are no longer perfect, but they still lead the West after surviving Kansas City, who are now five points behind New York in the East. On this edition of the MLS Talk Review Show podcast, I am joined by Robert Jonas to talk about that, the Earthequakes' up-and-down start to the […]