The complete TV schedule for EPL matches during the first few weeks of the 2007/2008 season is now finalized, EPL Talk can reveal. Here's what we know so far (the newly discovered listings are highlighted in bold): Saturday, August 11 Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur, 7:45am ET, Setanta Sports West Ham United v Manchester City, 10am […]

I am a big fan of the football section of your newspaper and find the online section indispensable during the EPL campaign. Both your newspaper and podcast represent the best coverage of English Football available on the Internet. However, I must take your paper to task for your recent statements about Major League Soccer here […]

With arrival of David Beckham, MLS has taken on a higher profile in world football. However in many ways this season has been one to forget thus far for the league as it tries to find its niche within the American sports landscape, and its place in world football. MLS had counted on a competitive […]

I'll have a full midseason wrap of MLS on the site late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

Per an article on SI.com, MLS has given Lew Wolff the owner of the Oakland A's the green light to restart perhaps the proudest franchsise in the history of American Soccer: The San Jose Earthquakes. From the early 1970s onward the San Jose Earthquakes were a bay area attraction. The Earthquakes along with the equally […]

Per an article on SI.com, MLS has given Lew Wolff the owner of the Oakland A's the green light to restart perhaps the proudest franchsise in the history of American Soccer: The San Jose Earthquakes. From the early 1970s onward the San Jose Earthquakes were a bay area attraction. The Earthquakes along with the equally […]

Ludovic Giuly has completed his move from Barcelona to AS Roma. Barca accepted an offer of between 3.2 and 4.4 million euros over the weekend and Giuly travelled to Italy on Monday to finalise the transfer. He passed a medical and agreed terms on a three-year deal. Giuly had been linked with a return to […]

Podcast Nine featuring an interview with Phil McThomas of Soccer Shout and Clever Football.com as well as full preview of Superliga is now online and ready for download at http://majorleaguesoccertalk.libsyn.com/.

Episode Nine of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast has been released. The show features an interview with Phil McThomas of Soccer Shout and Clever Football.com as well as a full preview of Superliga which kicks off next week. The podcast can be found here: http://majorleaguesoccertalk.libsyn.com/

Heath Pearce has signed with Bundesliga club Hansa Rostock on a two year contract. Pearce who as a left sided player appears to be surplus to the US National Team requirements (Where the US has an overabundance of players) for now, will certainly be trying to rebuild his reputation with Bob Bradley so he can […]

Courtesy of EPL Talk reader Peter Pelham, here's his account of the Chelsea 2-1 Club America friendly including images. Thanks Peter! "A great new stadium (incidentally, demolition and rebuild done in 9 months!) on the Stanford University campus. Approx 47,000 attendance in a 55,000 capacity stadium. The Mexican fans were partying throughout the game whereas […]

I'm on vacation this week in North Carolina, so the quantity of blog postings will dwindle, but I'll try and write when I get the opportunity. It's actually a great week to visit the EPL Talk Community where you can read blogs from six EPL Talk readers and participate in the message boards. While in […]

Juan Toja/ MLSNET.com With all the hype about David Beckham coming to MLS, the media seems to have missed perhaps the biggest impact foreigner to sign with MLS in past several seasons. I am of course speaking of Juan Toja, the 22 year old midfield dynamo for the Hoops. Toja is probably the most skilled […]

Juan Toja/ MLSnet.com With all the hype about David Beckham coming to MLS, the media seems to have missed perhaps the biggest impact foreigner to sign with MLS in past several seasons. I am of course speaking of Juan Toja, the 22 year old midfield dynamo for the Hoops. Toja is probably the most skilled […]

Great read by our friend Bill E Shears. (Not the one of Sgt Pepper fame!) http://epltalk.communityserver.com/blogs/billeshears/archive/2007/07/13/Fulfilling-It_2700_s-Own-Prophecy_3A00_-How-the-American-Media-is-Setting-Up-Beckham-for-Failure.aspx