Last night the Vancouver Whitecaps captured their second USL-1 title in three years defeating the tired and road weary Puerto Rico Islanders 2-1. Englishman, Jonathan Steele, the league's MVP and arguably one of the best footballers that plays on American soil had a subpar match for the Islanders, as did Peter Villegas. Charles Gbeke who […]

What would you do if you were in charge of Fox Soccer Channel's TV coverage? The dilemma is that you're trying to establish your own brand and to build an audience with your own personnel, but soccer fans — as you'll probably agree — are difficult people to please. We always want perfection. A perfect […]

Johnathan Starling and the rest of the gang at the all of the Talk sites discuss the latest in the football world. So take a listen and show us some love. The late week edition of The Third Half with Johnathan Starling starts with Double Pivot aka Christopher Murphy from Bundesliga Talk as we have […]

The recent match between the U.S. and Cuba battling for a spot to the 2010 World Cup was a prime example of why soccer must revise its rule involving red-cards. Expulsion from the game for a heinous foul is not the problem. If the foul warrants expulsion, the referee should make the call. What happens after […]

Goalkeepers: Troy Perkins, Brad Guzan. Defenders: Jonathan Bornstein, Danny Califf, Frankie Hejduk, Michael Orozco, Heath Pearce, Marvell Wynne. Midfielders: Freddy Adu, DaMarcus Beasley, Maurice Edu, Sacha Kljestan, Pablo Mastroeni, Danny Szetela, Robbie Rogers, Jose Francisco Torres. Forwards: Jozy Altidore, Charlie Davies I'd expect to see this starting lineup or something similar. ——————————————Guzan———————————————— Hejduk—————–Califf—————————–Orozco—————Bornstein——- ——————————————Mastroeni——————————————— –Kljestan——————————–Torres——————————Beasley———— […]

Despite the recent strides made by club football in Canada: the admission of Toronto FC to MLS, the sharp play of the Montreal Impact in the CONCACAF Champions League and the Vancouver Whitecaps continued semi-domination of USL-1, Canada’s national team continues to be hopeless. Why is this? From a pure talent standpoint, looking at the […]

Despite the recent strides made by club football in Canada: the admission of Toronto FC to MLS, the sharp play of the Montreal Impact in the CONCACAF Champions League and the Vancouver Whitecaps continued semi-domination of USL-1, Canada's national team continues to be hopeless. Why is this? From a pure talent standpoint, looking at the […]

FIFA 09 will be released in North America this Tuesday. To coincide with the launch, EPL Talk's Johnathan Starling will interview EA Sports Gameplay Producer Aaron McHardy. If you have any questions about the new game, what it's like behind the scenes at EA or anything else FIFA 09-related, please post your questions here before […]

Firstly I want to make it clear that I am not an English fan, I am from Ireland, but what I heard whenever I was watching the England game on Saturday on TV was one of the worse things that I have ever heard at a football match. So Ashley Cole makes a mistake and […]

With Mexico’s loss in Kingston tonight, The United States has a clear claim as the best team in CONCACAF in this moment in time. A resounding 6-1 victory over Cuba was the right tonic for a team that seemed to be underperforming against inferior competition in CONCACAF. Bob Bradley did everything right tonight. Starting his […]

With Mexico's loss in Kingston tonight, The United States has a clear claim as the best team in CONCACAF in this moment in time. A resounding 6-1 victory over Cuba was the right tonic for a team that seemed to be underperforming against inferior competition in CONCACAF. Bob Bradley did everything right tonight. Starting his […]

Coming in to this match against Estonia, those that believed that the eastern Europeans had a shot against the reigning champs were not even found in Le Coq Arena. Spain La Furia's offensive firepower was on cruise control and there was not much going when the ball was in movement. Also to see the two […]

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Estonia: Londak; Barengrub, Jaager, Piiroja, Klavan, Kruglov, Rahn, Lindpere, Dmitrijev, Vunk, Oper 4-4-2 ———————————————Londak——————————————- Barengrub Jaager Piiroja […]

Vancouver has been here before and has won before. The Whitecaps have been one of the elite teams in the A League/USL-1 now for many season. But while Martin Nash is still a key ingredient, the team has changed dramatically since the 2006 title. Eduardo Sebrango has been a revelation up front while Nicolas Addlery […]