Misha Sher of Soccerex joined me last month to talk about the financial state of a number of clubs in the Premier League. It was only toward the end of that discussion that we started to explore issues on the pitch, and that's where we pick-up in this Tuesday edition of the EPL Talk podcast, […]

With El Clásico in the rear-view mirror, La Liga continues forward with a mid-week round that will help shape the European and relegation battles. For Real Madrid, a mid-week match should be good for them so that they can move on quickly from a mentally and physically draining edition of El Clásico. With Barcelona holding […]

The simple answer is no. This confusing, eyesore of a site is difficult to navigate and manage, but that is the least of it. What is simply unforgiveable is that the information is delayed, unavailable, or simply wrong. For example, in this chart, how can Real Salt Lake have played two games, and have a […]

Feuerstein’s Fire Radio Show Tuesday, April 13th 2:00pm EDT Guests: Martin Rogers of Yahoo Sports Premier Soccer Shop of Hoboken, NJ Owner Marco Meneses Re-Capping NASL first weekend action Re-Capping RBNY first loss of the season and Sports Illustrated's Luis Bueno joins the discussion on his views of Chivas-USA

After nearly two years of shadow boxing, the camps of Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov are about to start to the real battle for control of the Gunners. Arsenal's 4th largest shareholder, Lady Bracewell-Smith is looking to sell her 15.9% share and his retained the U.S. based brokers Blackstones to find a buyer. With both […]

The powers that be in the Premier League tend to get all uptight when a club manager suggests that he's going to rest his starters for whatever reason. This is somehow an affront to the integrity of the competition and unfair to the other clubs fighting to avoid relegation or to get into Europe. Plus, […]

Fox Sports International sent me a package last week to promote Fox Soccer Plus. You can watch me open the package to reveal what's inside. It definitely took me by surprise. The package is part of a marketing campaign called Fox Soccer Plus Rowdies. The aim seems to be to inform potential advertisers about the […]

Another weekend of MLS action is in the books, so let's take a look back: Saturday, April 10 Chivas USA 2, New York Red Bulls 0 FC Dallas 2, Columbus 2 Philadelphia Union 3, D.C. United 2 Los Angeles 2, Houston 0 New England 4, Toronto FC 1 Kansas City 1, Colorado 0 San Jose […]

I was lucky enough this weekend to be able to watch both FA Cup semi finals that took place at Wembley stadium in London from the comfort of my own home. As we know, Chelsea got the better of Aston Villa while Portsmouth went through against Tottenham in a fantastically entertaining and dramatic game. The final, which takes […]

Watch the short trailer for EPL Talk's upcoming interview with Patrick Barclay, one of the top soccer authors and journalists in the United Kingdom. The complete interview — conducted by EPL Talk's Laurence McKenna — will be released in its entirety in the near future. During the interview, Barclay covers several fascinating topics from the […]

It's quite rare for Manchester United supporters to look as glum as they did on Sunday. Dimitar Berbatov missed several half chances. Antonio Valencia came close in the first half when his shot was saved by Paul Robinson. But, other than that, it was an uncharacteristic static performance from Manchester United during eight days that […]

Throughout Barcelona's two-year run of groundbreaking excellence, Josep Guardiola i Sala role as a tactician tended to be undervalued. He reinstituted the "Total Football" concept that Johan Cruyff, Guardiola's former manager at FC Barcelona, instilled when he was a player and a manager at the club, and he changed the culture inside the dressing room. […]

Portsmouth's cinderella run through the FA Cup continued on Sunday at Tottenham's expense. They are joined in the competition's final by Chelsea, whose run toward a domestic double was bolstered by the result at Ewood Park, with Blackburn holding Manchester United to a nil-nil. To talk about these results and look forward to the mid-week […]

It's an extended edition of the Major League Soccer Talk Weekend Review Show, as we are joined by: Christopher Riordan, who was on hand at Lincoln Financial Field to witness the Union's first home game, Dave Clark from Sounder at Heart to talk about an exciting RSL-Sounders match-up at Rio Tinto, and former MLS Talk […]

The Week 3 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 3 21 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006 15,927 6 18,493 19,073 18 2007 13,848 -13.05% 5 15,493 -16.22% 16,253 -14.79% 18 2008 13,091 -5.46% 8 15,037 -2.95% 16,581 2.02% 21 2009 13,058 […]