Southampton Football Club has unveiled their new home and away shirts for the 2012-13 season, in a season where we'll see the Saints back in the top flight. Unfortunately, I hate Southampton's new home shirt with a passion. Reason being is that Southampton (and shirt makers Umbro) have completely changed the home shirt design, so […]

During this brief respite before the final match of Euro 2012 that kicks off on Sunday, it's perfect timing to watch all 84 goals scored so far from Euro 2012. Seventy two of them have been scored during regulation time, while there are 12 from penalty kick shootouts. There have been some wonderful goals scored […]

The Montreal Impact are cruising along in their first season. They were buoyed by a few positive early results and a couple of huge crowds at their temporary home, Olympic Stadium. Now that revamped Saputo Stadium is open and an exciting European striker has signed, the team looks to captivate the hearts of Southern Quebec. […]

West Ham United has unveiled their home shirt for the 2012-13 season. Just like Aston Villa, West Ham United's shirt is designed and manufactured by Italian kit designer Macron. In the case of West Ham United's home shirt, I think it looks classy. I especially like the new collar design, which looks very trendy. According […]

What a match yesterday between Italy and Germany, and what a performance by the Italian team — especially Mario Balotelli. Not surprisingly, Super Mario is the center of attention today in some of the Euro 2012 news headlines: Mario Balotelli dedicates Italy v Germany goals to mother — The Guardian Now Spain have entered the […]

When US Soccer made these wonderful changes to the structure of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, most of us who follow the tournament were thinking, "Thank goodness," to a new respect of this domestic cup competition. Surely it was a positive step when they eliminated most of the qualifying rounds for MLS & the […]

Earlier this week, Apple launched a free app which promises to be a big hit among Apple iPhone and Apple iPad users who are soccer fans. The Podcasts app for iPhone and iPad devices automatically grabs your podcast subscriptions and makes them available on your portable devices. But best yet, you can subscribe to and […]

Germany vs Italy 2:45pm ET TV schedule Buy Germany and Italy shirts Germany plays Italy today in the Euro 2012 semi-final, in a very highly anticipated game that will hopefully be much more exciting than yesterday's snoozefest (apart from the exciting penalty kick shootout). Good news for Italy. Chiellini is back, and will be playing as a left back for […]

It was the 1970 World Cup semi-final. Now Italian manager Cesare Prandelli recalls where he was that day. “I watched it at home on TV with my father and it was the greatest emotion I'd got from football." They’d defeated the Germans to face Brazil in the final. And it didn’t end there. Fast forward […]

There's a ton of Euro 2012 news today. Each of the following news headlines could be its own story on EPL Talk, so let's jump right into the day's news: Cristiano Ronaldo says coach told him to take fifth penalty — The Guardian Italy ready to gamble on former West Ham striker Alessandro Diamanti in […]

There is little doubt that both Ronaldo and Messi have been the best two footballers on the planet the last five years. So, why do many followers of the beautiful game, especially those over the age of 30, myself included, bristle at the "he may be the greatest ever player" comments periodically laid, particularly at […]

The 99th edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup has become one of the best seasons that anyone can remember. Drama, excitement, tons of action and so many upsets you might have lost track of some. While the Semi-finals will have all four MLS sides trying to get into the final, give a hand […]

Portugal vs Spain 2:45pm ET TV schedule Buy Portugal and Spain shirts Iberian bragging rights are up for grabs today as Spain takes on Portugal in the Euro 2012 semi-final. The winner will play in Sunday's final. The loser will go home. There's so much on the line in this one. Will Spain move a step closer to winning a […]

Looking ahead to the near future, I'm already agonizing over whether to get FIFA 13 or PES 2013. Most of my friends and I play the FIFA series because of all the licensed leagues it has. However, the PES Series is very mod friendly and you get a lot of options out of the box without having […]

He'd been linked to Bayern Munich, the Champions League Finalists twice over the last three years, over the last few months. Instead he’s found himself at the Emirates. Last season's Ligue 1 top goal scorer, with a Ligue 1 championship medal around his neck, Oliver Giroud has left the sunny city of Montpellier for the […]