[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4nSce1Z8U0&feature=player_embedded] It's actually quite often that there are revolutions in football, it's partly a biproduct or intentional outcome of the league system. If you look at the wider idea of competition it has both a destructive and constructive use: Breakdown is Breakthrough. So when one league progresses it is only natural that others will look […]

Watching Brazil steamroll over Great Britain on ESPN3 Friday afternoon, it was not only all too apparent how quiet Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium was, but how detached the crowd – and probably TV viewers – were from this Team GB. ESPN co/commentator Tommy Smyth was so bored by Britain's lack of effort (I don't think they […]

Liverpool officially kicks off their 2012 US summer tour with their friendly today against Toronto FC at Rogers Centre. The match kicks off at 4pm ET and will be televised live on FOX Soccer for viewers in the United States. Today's match will be eagerly watched by Liverpool and neutral fans across the globe. It'll […]

Liverpool midfielder Jay Spearing says that Liverpool footballers have to adapt to playing a 4-3-3 system for the upcoming season. “Every manager is going to have their different ways of playing, and he has brought in the 4-3-3,” Spearing told EPL Talk, in an exclusive interview. “We’ve all got to adapt to it. He’ll know […]

Liverpool footballers have been training hard all week at Harvard University, in the middle of a summer heatwave. Here are a selection of photographs from Liverpool's Harvard University training sessions courtesy of photographer Mark Fairchild. (Above, Jamie Carragher sits down for an interview with journalists, including EPL Talk blogger Alex Fairchild). Joe Cole (above) prepares […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has come out strong in the press with his line that the club will fight to keep Robin van Persie. It's a losing battle, though. The player hasn't been included in the tour of the Far East, and if the right offer comes along, I'm sure Arsenal will take the cash […]

The summer games in London are right around the corner, but for the U.S. women's national team the tournament is about more than a gold medal. It is a chance to put behind them the disappointing loss in last year's Women's World Cup and try to reclaim the mantle of the best team in the […]

Just 12 hours after publishing an article about what's next for Robin van Persie, we've learned this morning that Manchester United has opened the bidding for Robin van Persie, but the Gunners have rejected the initial bid. Arsenal want at least £20m for striker, so I wouldn't be surprised if United comes back with another […]

"I am looking forward to helping the club to challenge for more honors. The squad is full of players at the top of their game, which they have proved by winning the Premier League" – Robin Van Persie (April, 2004) These were the words spoken by Robin van Persie as he sat beside manager Arsene […]

The number one Premier League game is open for the 2012-13 season. Fantasy Premier League, the official fantasy game from the Barclays Premier League, has opened its doors for the new season. And you can now join the EPL Talk private league with thousands of soccer fans from around the world. By playing the free […]

EPL Talk has two tickets to give away to Sunday's friendly between Chelsea and Paris Saint Germain, which will be played at Yankee Stadium in New York City (kick-off time 7pm ET). Act fast. The deadline to submit the answer to the following trivia question is 4:30pm ET today. At that time, the winner will […]

One of the world’s most historic football clubs has been training at the United States’ eldest university. On Harvard’s Ohiri Field, Brendan Rodgers has put a young squad through a grueling 48 hours in Boston. Using an American football-esque two-a-days routine, the Reds have practiced in temperatures at upwards of 97 degrees Fahrenheit, with humidity […]

The first friendly of Aston Villa's US tour was a success for newly appointed manager Paul Lambert, as they opened a 3 game preseason set in the United States. Their first stop was PPL Park in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An accurate Nathan Delfouneso strike settled the scoreline 1-0 in favor of the visitors. Villa arrived […]

Tottenham Hotspur legend Ledley King today announced his retirement from football. The incredibly gifted defender with a long history of knee injuries has decided to hang up his boots and will now become a club ambassador. There's no doubting how skilled Ledley King was, and how much of an impact he had on the team. […]

Last night's games certainly did not lack offense. Excluding the Seattle friendly, eighteen goals were scored in the seven MLS games and only two teams (not coincidentally, both playing midday) failed to score a goal on Wednesday. And anytime you have close, exciting games with a number of goals, there are inevitably some goal of […]