Noel S. Williams

Ryan Shawcross had no intention of turning Aaron Ramsey‘s leg into putty when he went into his tackle yesterday. Martin Taylor had no interest in seeing Eduardo’s leg shattered in two when he went studs up against him two years ago. Dan Smith took no delight in the crunching sound of Abou Diaby’s ankle being […]

As the Setanta era of soccer broadcasting in America comes to a close, and Fox Soccer Plus looks to fill in its spot, the good people at Newscorp will have to wrestle with one important difference between Setanta and Fox Soccer – the Fox brand. Will consumers spend money for a stand-alone Fox channel that […]

Since 1996, every Championship Trophy and FA Cup has rested in the trophy case of either Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool with one singular exception. All 30 of those pieces of silverware have gone to the Big Four except for the 2008 FA Cup, which has been ensconced in a sacred place at […]

If he is on the plane to South Africa this summer, Charlie Davies will be the story of the tournament. It was only four months ago that Davies was in a horrific car accident that killed one passenger and savaged Davies’ body. His face was smashed, leg and arm broken, and bladder lacerated. There […]

Porto’s second goal against Arsenal in today’s Champion’s League game is destined to live forever on any number of football blooper DVDs. It was a comedy of errors that resulted in a goal that any 7 year old could score. In order, these were the errors that occurred: Sol Campbell sent a backpass to Lukacz […]

To call Landon Donovan’s loan to Everton a success is to call the Grand Canyon a decent-sized hole. Tthe loan has exceeded everyone’s expectations. Beyond fitting in well from the start, starting every game, scoring one and creating a good handful, winning over the Goodison crowd and being several commentators’ Man of the Match in […]

On Saturday morning, Landon Donovan will board a bus at Goodison Park, the stadium at the top of the photo amid all the working class houses, and travel about a mile to Anfield, the stadium at the bottom of the photo amid all the working class houses. Escorted by a phalanx of security, Donovan and […]

As Landon Donovan settles into the Everton, Michael Bradley becomes even more a fixture at the Bundesliga, and Stuart Holden and Ricardo Clark leave the US and take big career risks to fight for a position on European teams, many American fans are bemoaning the fate of the MLS. What if all our stars go […]

Landon Donovan gets to put a check mark next to “Score a Goal” on his loan to-do list as he neatly put one in the net and almost had a second in Everton’s comfortable 2-0 win over Sunderland. After Tim Cahill put Everton up 1-0 in the 7th minute, Donovan doubled the lead with a […]

As the US took the field to play Honduras Saturday night at the Home Depot Center, nobody was any under illusions about the nature of the game. It was a friendly in the friendliest sense. The pregame party in the parking lot was full of good cheer. The Honduras fans, which outnumbered the US fans […]

Here at MLStalk.com and EPLtalk.com, we are working on a soccer-centric way to help the youth of Haiti that we will be announcing next week. In the meantime, if you want to make a major contribution to the Red Cross relief effort and grab a super-cool piece of US Soccer history, Jonathan Bornstein is auctioning […]

Having crashed out of the Champions League in the group stages, the FA Cup in the third round, and hanging out in 7th place on the table with their three best players out of action, Liverpool are staring straight at catastrophe. Without the revenues available to buy their way out of this mess, and with […]

Jesse Chula is not alone in thinking that the Glazers are a blight on Manchester United’s proud history. It is almost conventional wisdom that the Glazers represent an uncomfortable trend – wealthy foreign interlopers with more money than passion buying English clubs and, through a combination of debt and unfamiliarity with the culture of English […]

In a FIFA sanctioned event of great importance to the football world, the African Cup of Nations, the Togolese team is attacked by a bunch of machine gun wielding whackos. Three people are killed and two players are shot and in serious condition. The rest of the players feel fortunate to have escaped with their […]

Landon Donovan may not have put all the doubts to rest, but on a frigid day in North London, he clearly showed that he has the skills to play against a top team in a top league. Everton should have strolled out of the Emirates with all three points against Arsenal, but a few lucky […]