By John Nicholson There was this woman called Candy. And there was this Motel 6 room on the 101 outside of San Luis Obispo. She suffered from premature ejaculation. Oh yes. And I was thinking this weekend that she was just like so many football fans. Not only did she actually – well, squirt is […]

Freddy Adu entered Benfica's Champions League qualifier versus FC Copenhagen in the 37th minute. Rui Costa scored a goal in minute 86 to give Benfica the 2-1 victory in the first leg.

Goalkeepers: Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, England), Tim Howard (Everton) Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, England), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford, England), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege, Belgium), Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England) Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Michael Bradley (Heerenveen, Netherlands), Bobby Convey (Reading, England), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Benny Feilhaber […]

The latest episodes of the podcasts from the EPL Talk sister sites are now live: Major League Soccer Talk, episode 12. Visit the web site, podcast page or subscribe via iTunes. La Liga Talk, episode 2. Visit the web site, podcast page or subscribe via iTunes. Serie A Talk, episode 2. Visit the web site, […]

Episode 12 of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast featuring a look at former MLS players now plying their trade in Europe is now online. You can download the show via itunes or via direct download at http://majorleaguesoccertalk.libsyn.com/

Now that I'm home recovering, I'm living in a bizarre world of not knowing what any of the scores were from this past weekend's opening season. Reason being is that I don't want to spoil the pleasure of knowing the score as I watch each of the matches that taped via DVR. Unfortunately I haven't […]

The past few weeks for EPL Talk have been extremely hectic (and that was even before the hospital episode). In addition to helping launch two new podcasts (La Liga Talk and Serie A Talk), I've been working on the redesigned web site, launching SoccerOnDish.com, interviewing people for the EPL Talk Podcast and more. What I […]

After much speculation from the pundits (myself included) that Real Madrid would sign Arjen Robben, the club took a sidestep in their pursuit of some Dutch flair. On Monday, the club unveiled Dutch duo Wesley Sneijder and Royston Drenthe as their latest signings. Drenthe was acquired from Feyenoord for a reported fee of 14 million […]

During the past few days, I’ve felt like I’ve been stranded on a deserted island. Instead of being in the Caribbean however, I’ve been stuck in a hospital after being rushed to the hospital on Wednesday night diagnosed with blood clots in my lungs. The good news is that I’m fine and I’m recuperating at […]

A season's worth of doubts and displeasure should come to an end when Villarreal president Fernando Roig announces what is to be done with their disgruntled star Juan Román Riquelme. The Argentine international has been at odds with the coaching staff and administrative brass after returning from the World Cup last season. He paid dearly […]

Freddy Adu has been named a reserve for Benfica in tomorrow's Champions League Qualifier versus FC Copenhagen. "Adu has only had seven days of training, but he has enormous potential and he is available," Benfica coach Fernando Santos said.

A source has indicated to me that the US will play Brazil in Chicago during one of the international friendly dates this year. We'll post an update when an announcement is made. UPDATE 3:15 PM EST : THE WASHINGTON POST IS REPORTING THE MATCH IS ON AND WILL REPLACE THE HASTILY ARRANGED AND EQUALLY HASTILY […]

My excitement about David Beckham signing to play in MLS in January quickly subsided when I realized what club he was going to be playing with. Sadly the fears I had about the LA Galaxy which led me to pen this blog in May have been confirmed. Alexi Lalas' terrible record of club management which […]

My excitement about David Beckham signing to play in MLS in January quickly subsided when I realized what club he was going to be playing with. Sadly the fears I had about the LA Galaxy which led me to pen this blog in May have been confirmed. Alexi Lalas' terrible record of club management which […]

Román Riquelme´s days at Boca are officially over- for now. So several different clubs in Europe have either been rejected or show no interest in the Argentine playmaker. Riquelme will be arriving on Tuesday to join Villarreal in order to ¨finalize his contract¨. As of right now, he is not in coach Manuel Pellegrini´s or […]