Marseille president Pape Diouf announced today (via the club's official website) that 21-year-old winger Hatem Ben Arfa is set to officially join from Lyon on Wednesday following the completion of a medical. Terms have not been announced but are thought to be in in the region of 15 to 20 million euros. Lyon also admit […]

If a depleted Turkey side manage to beat tournament favourites Germany in tonight’s European Championship semi-final in Basel, they will have pulled off one of the greatest miracles in the history of international football.It is unfortunate that the underdogs, who have previously performed stunning comebacks in this tournament against Switzerland, Czech Republic and Croatia, will […]

This is something I've been meaning to write about for a while. Beyond the UEFA sanctioned Champions League, there are other 'Champions League' competitions in the various FIFA regions. Africa and Asia have a Champions League and South America has its Copa Libertadores. The CONCACAF region (comprised of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean) […]

In the last week speculation has increased that FC Dallas Attacking Midfielder Brek Shea, a standout of recent US Youth National teams and the 2008 MLS Combine has drawn the interest from Alex Ferguson of Manchester United. While this sounds glamorous, Shea would be just the latest youngster plucked from American shores by United in […]

I was at Tropical Park Stadium to watch Miami FC's 1-0 victory over the Atlanta Silverbacks. Miami FC now advances to face FC Dallas at Pizza Hut Park. Elsewhere Cleveland City Stars used extra time to beat the Minnesota Thunder 2-0. Floyd Franks scored both goals. We'll have some post match reaction to this result […]

If you're not reading the other sites in our network, you're missing some great articles. Soccer On Dish writes about how the curse of ITVN has returned to Setanta Sports. La Liga Talk interviews Guillem Balague. Jeff Hash at Major League Soccer Talk writes about the latest results in the U.S. Open Cup (the tournament […]

Growing up in Wales, many of my cold, wet winter nights were spent cowering under a lightbulb studying every word and every page of football programmes. I had my Swansea City programmes that I brought home from matches, but I was deeply indebted to Steve Earl Football Programmes for helping to grow my collection. Goodness […]

Over the next several weeks, EPL Talk will be reviewing all of the websites for the 20 Premier League clubs. The first club website to be reviewed is Portsmouth and for good reason. It's one of the best ones in the Premiership. If you've ever met a Portsmouth fan, you'll know that they're very passionate […]

The 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup played out it's second round last night across the country. The remaining 16 teams from the opening round battled it out for their guranteed chance to face one of the qualifying eight Major League Soccer teams in just a week's time. Among the highlights: *The lone remaining amateur side, Hollywood United, […]

If you had to guess what color Liverpool's new third shirt will be for the 2008/2009 season, you wouldn't expect it to be green but as ridiculous as it sounds, it's true. Last season Liverpool wore black for their European away shirt. This year, the Adidas shirt will be green with a white trim (pictured […]

Beginning this Friday, every week I will answer reader questions about any issue related to the world of soccer. Leave your questions in the comments section of this post and check back each and every Friday afternoon for the answers to your questions.

Wigan's new home shirt for the 2008/2009 season is now available for pre-order from their website. The official launch date for the new Wigan kit is July 15. Pictured above, the new shirt is modeled by Emile Heskey and designed and manufactured by Champion. In the United States, Champion is best known for their bras, […]

I'll be at Tropical Park Stadium for the Miami FC-Atlanta Silverbacks match where I will get my first peek at Mac Kandji the striker that's set USL-1 on fire. Here are the other US Open Cup matches for tonight linked from US Soccer. MLS teams enter the competition in Round Three.

Having watched most of Euro 2008 spread out between the BBC and ITV I have come to the conclusion that both channels need a major shake up in the ways they cover sport. Both sides irritate people with different aspects of their coverage, for example they both need some new pundits and co-commentators in because […]

Liverpool FC has unveiled their new away shirt for the 2008/2009 season. The grey Adidas kit with red trim will conjure up a lot of memories for Liverpool fans. The club used to have a grey shirt with Candy as the sponsor. What are your thoughts about the new Liverpool away shirt? Click the comments […]