After this week's exciting first round action including Hollywood United's stunning 3-2 victory over the Portland Timbers the US Open Cup is seemingly getting more love than ever from the soccer press and fans of the game in this country. Tomorrow's American Soccer Show will feature a look at the Open Cup with Daniel Feurstein. […]

Group B throws us another tantalising opening game this evening as Croatia entertain Germany. A win for either side will see them join Portugal in the last eight and after the performances on Sunday, Germany will be strong favourites to do so. Yet, Croatia are a team that have shown over the last 12 months […]

With all the Euro 2008 coverage over at our sister site EPL Talk, I've decided to focus on club football though I am still actively watching the tournament games. I decided to watch the matches as a fan and leave the punditry to others for that particular competition. There is an ocean of information and […]

Miami is not known for good road signage. I've lived near the city for 24 years and I still get confused when I go downtown looking for the I-95 on-ramp. It's not that the signage is poor. In some places, it simply doesn't even exist.In Switzerland, it's an entirely different story. From the moment I […]

Tonight on ESPN 2 at 9pm ET the two time defending champion Houston Dynamo will face the three time defending runners-up the New England Revolution. Sounds mouthwatering, right? Wrong! The following key players are missing thanks to World Cup qualifiers: HOUSTON: Brian Ching (USA) Dwayne DeRossario (Canada) Pat Onstad (Canada) NEW ENGLAND: Shalrie Joseph (Greneda) […]

Tonight on ESPN 2 at 9pm ET the two time defending champion Houston Dynamo will face the three time defending runners-up the New England Revolution. Sounds mouthwatering, right? Wrong! The following key players are missing thanks to World Cup qualifiers: HOUSTON: Brian Ching (USA) Dwayne DeRossario (Canada) Pat Onstad (Canada) NEW ENGLAND: Shalrie Joseph (Greneda) […]

Out of the 76 teams playing in EPL Talk's private version of the Euro 2008 Fantasy Football League competition, here are the top 10 managers as of this morning: Riverdale FC, James Dutra, 95 points Rafa's Redmen, David James, 89 points SPAOTP FC, Chris Oakley, 87 points KambeNFC, Blawak Rakus, 86 points Indian Devils, Sujayjumar […]

So, after having over 1 million viewers tune in for the UEFA Champions League Final last month, how is ESPN doing with the early broadcasts for Euro 2008? The answer is not as well as the final, but fairly decent overall. According to the Associated Press, these were the numbers for each game broadcast over […]

Before I get to Scolari's appointment as Chelsea manager, I just want to announce that there will no Euro 2008 daily recaps from me for today's and tomorrow's action. I'm taking a five-week summer school class right now and had to record both games today and will do the same tomorrow because of my class schedule […]

Chelsea have just announced the Luis Felipe Scolari has been named as the new Chelsea manager as of July 1st. Scolari will be out of contract with the Portuguese FA on June 30th.Speculation had been rife that Scolari would take over for the last 3 weeks and this announcement doesn't come as too much of […]

With DC United and Houston receiving byes directly to group play in the CONCACAF Champions League, the other three representatives from the United States found out their draws today. Chivas USA (MLS Supporters Shield runners up) vs Tauro FC (Panama) Puerto Rico Islanders (Carribean area qualifiers) vs LD Alaujenlese (Costa Rica) NE Revs (US Open […]

After one set of games, we now have the groups beginning to take shape and we move into the second phase of matches. Everyone who wins in this particular round knows that they still have a chance of qualifying or indeed making sure that they have qualified for the Quarter Finals. The first of tonight's matches […]

The football fever that was absent in Zurich was well and truly present in Bern from the moment when I arrived at the train station of the Swiss capital.Before we even arrived in Bern, I was prepared for the crazy Dutch fans. Back in the summer of 1994, I was introduced to the Clockwork Orange […]

Beginning with the first Barbados match we'll keep a running average of performances during qualifying. PLAYER Vs England Vs Spain Vs Argentina AVERAGE Tim Howard 6 6 9 7.0 Brad Guzan 6 6 X 6.0 Steve Cherdundolo 2 5 4 3.7 Oguchi Onyewu 5 5 6 5.3 Carlos Bocanegra 2 5 x 3.5 Heath Pearce […]

Here are just some of the 57 photos that are in the Euro 2008 photo set from EPL Talk. Be sure to view the slideshow or view all of the images separately to read the descriptions. Enjoy.The above picture was taken at Zurich's train station. Picture of Julius Caesar look-a-like above was taken outside Bern's […]