Congratulations to Derby County on being promoted to the English Premier League after beating West Bromwich Albion 1-0 today at Wembley. While not a scintillating match, Derby was yet again impressive in the way they defended a lead and prevented West Brom from hitting the back of the net. Their defense should especially be commended. […]

Episode 68 of the EPL Talk Podcast features an exclusive interview with Rodney Marsh, the former England, Tampa Bay Rowdies, QPR, Man City and Fulham wizard (as well as a former pundit for Sky Sports and TalkSport). Subscribe to the EPL Talk Podcast today via iTunes to make sure you don't miss this episode and […]

Liverpool and Adidas have craftly come up with a marketing idea that will get many Reds fans anxious about their new kits this year. They've created a countdown clock showing the amount of time until the new 07/08 Liverpool away and third kits are released. View the countdown clock and glimpses of the shirt here. […]

The seventies are back in style. That's according to Premier League new boys, Birmingham City, who recently unveiled their new home shirt for the 2007/2008 season (pictured). Instead of creating a more modern design (such as Manchester City's new home shirt), they've gone back to the past. Their new 07/08 shirt is very similar to […]

Eddie Johnson scored a hat trick in a thrilling 4-3 Kansas City victory over New England. The Wizards came back from a 2-0 deficit to win the match on the road. The final Johnson goal was scored oof a lovely ball from Carlos Marinelli who I was beginning to be as much of a bust […]

The story was released all thorough out Paraguay as Libertad team doctor Edgar Alcaráz. According to the doctor, Riquelme failed the random drug test after his team moved on to the semifinal round of the Copa Libertadores. According to headlines from Paraguay, Argentine authorities began to show their preoccupation as soon as Riquelme was selected […]

Eddie Johnson/MLSNET.com Eddie Johnson scored a hat trick in a thrilling 4-3 Kansas City victory over New England. The Wizards came back from a 2-0 deficit to win the match on the road. Kansas City has moved to within a point of the overall lead in MLS held by New England and Red Bull NY. […]

DeMarcus Beasley's release by Manchester City two weeks ago made headlines in the soccer media here in the USA. But now I have learned Beasley could very well be back with City next season. Former Manager Stuart Pearce had told Beasley he expected the club to retain him, but then Pearce was fired and Beasley […]

Following a great run of form for Real Madrid, MLS bound David Beckham has been recalled to the England national team for next week's friendly versus Brazil from Wembley. Thanks to the Scout, here is a link to story where Freddy Adu whose profile seems to diminish with every passing game (and every goal by […]

Sunderland has unveiled their new away strip for the 07/08 season. Sponsored by Boylesports, an Irish bookmaker, the new shirt follows the Umbro template design and is quite stylish (pictured). Sunderland fans will be hoping the team can wear the strip for more than one season in the Premiership after their lacklustre performance the last time […]

While the scoreline turned out the way I had predicted, the game itself was quite different than what I had imagined. AC Milan despite winning 2-1, did not look their best last night. Content to sit back and play long balls in the hopes of springing Inzaghi, Milan conceded possession to Liverpool far more than […]

I listened to Bob Bradley's news conference with reporters this morning (the actual event was held yesterday afternoon) and have some thoughts regarding what the US National Team Coach said during the press event.First off having listened to about a dozen of the same types of events when Bruce Arena was the coach, I think […]

I listened to Bob Bradley's news conference with reporters this morning (the actual event was held yesterday afternoon) and have some thoughts regarding what the US National Team Coach said during the press event. First off having listened to about a dozen of the same types of events when Bruce Arena was the coach, I […]

The football season may appear over, but there's still plenty of action within the next two weeks. First is this Monday (Memorial Day) for the Coca-Cola Championship clash between Derby County and West Bromwich Albion (9am ET, Setanta). The match will decide which will be the third team to be promoted to the Premier League. […]

It's something that most Premier League clubs have and it's ruining the game. It's called The Fear. I brought up the topic last night when I interviewed Rodney Marsh for this Monday's EPL Talk Podcast episode. Why is four-five-one more prevalent now than ever before? Why has the standard of football, as a whole, dropped? […]