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Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur: Open Thread

Today's Manchester City against Tottenham Hotspur match has a cup final feel about it. Even people who are Manchester United and Chelsea supporters have expressed to me how excited they are about watching this match. On paper, both teams are pretty equal so let's hope we see an attacking, free-flowing game with plenty of goals. […]

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Wednesday's MLS Schedule

In the midst of the build up to the 2010 World Cup, it's worth pointing out that there are four MLS games tonight – and eight more slated for Saturday. Included in this Wednesday four-pack is a clash between the Kansas City Wizards and D.C. United on ESPN 2 tonight at 7. This quote from the […]

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The Premiership Beckons For Four Playoff Hopefuls

After Sunday's playoff drama which saw Blackpool just edge their way onto the right side of the line, we now get to one of the most exciting times in English football, as four teams attempt to realise their dream of playing in the top flight of English football. Nottingham Forest V Blackpool and Cardiff V […]

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Shocking Display of Support from Football Fans Across Europe Blight End to Domestic Seasons

Call me a naive American, call me a football purest, or call me a relatively young football supporter, but some of the scenes emanating across Europe this past weekend, more specifically England's Premier League and Italy's Serie A, have caused football to take a minor step back as our community prepares to plunge itself upon the world's stage […]

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Jesse Chula Interview: EPL Talk Podcast

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 […]

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Fox Gets Chelsea and Man Utd Season Finales

Fox has just revealed the Premier League season finale matches it'll be showing on its soccer networks Sunday. They'll be showing the two most important games. Chelsea against Wigan Athletic (11am ET) will air on Fox Soccer Channel, while Fox Soccer Plus will televise Manchester United versus Stoke City (also 11am ET). The United game […]

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World Cup Legends #1: Just Fontaine

Despite the superstars that have graced the World Cup over the decades, there is one record that may never be beaten by any player ever again. Only 3 times has a player scored double figures in a World Cup tournament, once in 1954, Sandor Kocsis scored 11, in 1970 the legendary Gerd Muller scored 10 […]

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Do Liverpool Football Club A Favour Rafa: QUIT

All great relationships come to an end, the natural course having run as far as it can. Sometimes they start passionately and brightly and quickly burn away to nothingness. Sometimes, they are a slowly burning and taut affair that consumes all within them in a supernova of passion oblivious to all around them. Occasionally, despite […]

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Daily Ticker: Coventry Sacks Coleman, Wigan Promise To Fight Chelsea, More

Coventry City fires Chris Coleman Coventry City have fired manager Chris Coleman following City's disapointing 19th place finish in the Championship. The move came following a 4-0 thrashing at home courtesy of Watford that ensured a 19th place finish for The Sky Blues. The former Fulham manager took over for Ian Dowie when City sat […]

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Club: Charlie Davies's World Cup Dream is Over

It was a remarkable attempt for Charlie Davies to come back from a litany of injuries suffered in an October car accident. He's rehabbed, training and done everything humanly possible to get back on the field in time for June's World Cup, but according to his club team, he's set to miss out on the […]

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Sky Again Wins Premier League Rights for Football First Highlights

Yeah, It's a lot of money again for the Premier League Having reported last week that Yahoo won the exclusive UK online highlights rights, it's also been confirmed that the only other outstanding contract for the 2010 to 2013 round, the "long form" highlights package, has again been won by Sky. Sky will utilize these rights again for […]

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Should Juventus Hire Benitez?

The Rafa Benitez saga continued yesterday, as he demanded answers from Liverpool's ownership about his status for next season. The speculation this weekend was that he had a secret deal in place to take over at Juventus and give the Italian club the high profile manager they were seeking, but so far that rumor has yet to […]

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Manchester United to Play Friendly in Kansas City

Manchester United is reportedly scheduled to play a friendly against the Kansas City Wizards on July 25, most probably at Arrowhead Stadium, as part of the Red Devils' summer tour of the United States. The news of Manchester United's friendly in Kansas City comes from a tweet (pictured above) posted on Twitter by a communications […]

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One Goal: Part 3 – Road To South Africa

In part three of the video series, follow the United States players and fans as they countdown to the World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador.

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Poll: Will Man City or Tottenham Hotspur Win?

[polldaddy poll=3149731] Wednesday's match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur (2:55pm ET, ESPN2) is enormous not only because it'll help decide which club will qualify for the Champions League, but it's also an important crossroads in the history of these two important English clubs. The victor in the race for fourth may decide who will […]