It over 100 degrees outside, so I had a chance today to catch up on watching preseason friendlies, and here are my thoughts in addition to some Premier League-related news: Bohemians 0-1 Sunderland. Preseason friendlies are rarely exciting and aren't the best reflection on how a team will perform in the approaching season. That's the […]

The latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast has been published, which features an interview with Phil Lines from the Premier League. As Head of International Broadcasting & Media Operations at the Premier League, Lines plays a pivotal role in securing the TV rights deals in 207 countries for the world's most popular sports league. […]

Sigi Schmid's Columbus side is not only the hottest team in MLS, thanks largely to Argentine import Guilermo Barros Schelotto, but has a very good track record against teams from the EPL. Columbus since 1996 has won three lost once and drawn twice EPL opposition, including drawing Everton last season and beating Fulham two years […]

David Beckham will miss tonight's Superliga clash with Chivas of Guadlajara at the L.A. Colusium. The game was moved from the Home Dept Center to accommodate the masses of Chivas fans in the L.A. area and the Beckham mania surrounding the match. Expect an easy Chivas victory. FC Dallas takes on Pachuca in tonight's other […]

David Beckham will miss tonight's Superliga clash with Chivas of Guadlajara at the L.A. Colusium. The game was moved from the Home Dept Center to accommodate the masses of Chivas fans in the L.A. area and the Beckham mania surrounding the match. Expect an easy Chivas victory. FC Dallas takes on Pachuca in tonight's other […]

Wanchope With City/ BBC Sport Former Derby County and Man City attacker Paulo Wanchope who has scored in the past two World Cups for Costa Rica has signed with the Chicago Fire of MLS. Wanchope joins former City First Team Coach Juan Carlos Osorio who now is the Fire's manager at Toyota Park. Wanchope actually […]

The website redesign for EPL Talk is coming along nicely and may be live as early as this weekend or, at the latest, early next week. As soon as it's unveiled, I'll let you know here. I've mentioned it before, but the EPL Talk Blog that you're reading now will be moved to a different […]

By Tokyo Toffeeman Studs! (Ebury Press) is an entertaining retro footie annual using stories, interviews and pictures taken directly from Shoot! Magazine from the 60s, 70s & 80s. Britain's top footballers of the moment, often accompanied by the loving missus, are shown in all their garish glory (kind of living testament to mad and bad […]

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Chicago Fire is closing to signing former Costa Rican International attacker, and Manchester City star Paulo Wanchope. With Chris Rolfe soon coming back from injury and Cuauhtemoc Blanco's recent addition to the squad, the last place hope to make a playoff push. Former Chelsea and Manchester United midfielder […]

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Chicago Fire is closing to signing former Costa Rican International attacker, and Manchester City star Paulo Wanchope. With Chris Rolfe soon coming back from injury and Cuauhtemoc Blanco's recent addition to the squad, the last place hope to make a playoff push. Former Chelsea and Manchester United midfielder […]

Well my predictions about this competition at least to this point look laughable. Pachuca my pick to win the Superliga controlled the match versus L.A. Galaxy but some fantastic individual play by Landon Donovan and Cobi Jones cost them the game. Then last night, DC United the team I picked to face Pachuca in the […]

Well my predictions about this competition at least to this point look laughable. Pachuca my pick to win the Superliga controlled the match versus L.A. Galaxy but some fantastic individual play by Landon Donovan and Cobi Jones cost them the game. Then last night, DC United the team I picked to face Pachuca in the […]

Here are more of the top soccer stories that you may find interesting (see below). I should be able to resume full blogging next week. This week, I'm tackling the finishing touches to the redesigned EPL Talk site, which I'm looking forward to introducing to you either this weekend or next week. Stay tuned. Setanta […]

One of the most Yank friendly club in Europe has struck again as Hannover 96 of Germany's Bundesliga has signed US U-20 star Sal Zizzo. Zizzo currently at UCLA was a revelation during the U-20 World Cup with his crisp strong runs down the right flank. In recent years Hannover 96 has featured American right […]

Well as I start my pre-season training for match reports in the upcoming season, I figured I would start with something I could do live. Reason being was so I could experiment with an idea or two, and since these games were very hard to get a hold of (unless you love little screens on […]