Liverpool have been given a boost ahead of their crucial Champions League tie with Debrecen by the news that captain Steven Gerrard should be back for the game. The club currently sit in third place in Group E on four points and are five behind Fiorentina in second place with only two games remaining. Liverpool […]

As a child, I could never sleep on Christmas Eve. There was a greedy little materialist in me who sneaked into the living room in the dark to count, shake and feel up all the presents under the tree with my name on them and then stayed up all night trying to imagine what the […]

Rafa Benitez gave a bizarre interview to the Times yesterday, and Liverpool fans should be worried that the pressure may be getting the better of their leader. When a manager spends time talking about the support he is getting from the management, threatening to quit, and talking about the legacy he wants to leave behind, […]

For many in England, last week’s news that the Premier League would not be inviting Rangers or Celtic to join anytime soon was a welcome relief. After all, the Premier League has already done enough damage in some eyes to the traditional feel of English football, despite unquestionably expanding the international reach of the English […]

Livorno midfielder Antonio Candreva made his debut for Italy at the weekend in a 0-0 friendly with the Netherlands with the versatile midfielder attracting a lot of interest from the likes of Inter Milan and Juventus . Candreva's club form has not gone unnoticed with teams said to be circling for the players signature. the […]

This weekend saw another round of international games, some important like the playoffs for the final positions at the World Cup, but all too many were unimportant games that counted for absolutely nothing t should the top players be excluded form playing in them to avoid injury? I know that this brings up loads of […]

The above image is the rumored jersey that the United States team will be wearing in the 2010 World Cup. The red, white and blue shirt features a Nike logo and US soccer crest, but is it real or not? We'll find out soon when Nike and the USSF officially unveils the jersey. If this […]

Many of the regular readers of EPL Talk will know that I'm a massive fan of retro football computer games, so I was pleased to come across a video showing what the original Football Manager game, made in 1982, looked like when played on a Sinclair Spectrum computer. The video painstakingly goes through step-by-step of […]

Will football come home to England for the 2018 World Cup? We explore this topic as well as look back at the weekend's UEFA World Cup Qualifying playoffs and discuss the potential impact of Ireland's elimination on US/UK TV viewership and traveling supporter attendance to South Africa with Soccerex Business Development Director, Misha Sher.

Every fan of the US team has been hoping that the stars could align, the flipped coin could land on its edge and that somehow the US could be seeded in the World Cup draw. Being among those top eight seeds would make a huge difference and the path to the final 16 would be […]

No, there isn't thing officially saying that MLS is coming to Detroit, and I'm not insinuating that it is. Today the Pontiac Silverdome was sold for peanuts, really. $583,000 for an 80,000-seat stadium. The Silverdome certainly has aged, and it hasn't aged well, but it could always be upgraded and when it's all said and […]

My co-worker Doug has become Football-Curious. Between me talking about Liverpool every week (lately: moaning about Liverpool most every week) and an article he read about Clive Owen talking about being a Liverpool supporter, he has taken an interest in the Reds. He asks me tons of questions whenever we work together, everything from "What's […]

Just how serious is this mini-crisis at United? Manchester United currently sit third in the Barclays Premier League table level on points with Arsenal (who have a game in hand) and 5 points behind league leaders Chelsea. But how much is Sir Alex relishing this most recent International break? Will the time off give him […]

The Galaxy’s win over the Dynamo was dramatic but in many ways tainted. A strange call when against Houston, and the rolling power outages that swept Southern California seemed to unfortunately coincide with upsurges in Houston play. Chicago vs Real Salt Lake was a better match than the Galaxy-Houston game. A better atmosphere and more […]

In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the fourteenth episode of RFN’s podcast. Russia has pulled ahead of Slovenia after leg one, but thanks to a late goal from the Slovenes, the favorites are in a precarious place ahead of Wednesday's second leg. A goal from Slovenia and Russia could miss out on […]