Two months ago rumors were abound that the Colorado Rapids were about to change their name to Arsenal Colorado or Arsenal USA. Instead the Rapids simply changed their logo and color scheme to match that of Aston Villa or West Ham not Arsenal. Today as I walked into Dick's Sporting Goods Park I was greeted […]

Kasey Keller's Borussia Mönchengladbach fell deeper into the relegation zone with a loss yesterday to fellow Bundesliga strugglers Hamburg SV. If Keller's team fails to avoid the drop it will be interesting to see if Major League Soccer will make a serious attempt to bring the near legendary American keeper home to finish his career. […]

EPL Talk correspondent Kevin Jones, who lives in London, will return to the EPL Talk Podcast on Sunday, April 22nd for the first in a series of exposes about the impact that the Premiership is having on the Far East. Jones just returned from a trip that included Beijing, Shanghai and other cities throughout China. […]

By John Nicholson For many football fans, the phrase "he's the new George Best" will be a familiar one. Over the last 35 years barely a season has passed without someone being hailed as the new George Best. I remember a lad from Hibernian called Peter Marinello was hailed in 1971 as the new Bestie […]

Paul Wilson in The Observer today writes an absorbing article about how England means the best of Europe, and how the domination of the Premiership clubs could accelerate the formation of a European Super League (albeit without the English teams). It's a must-read article. Wilson concludes with an interesting question and that's whether Jose Mourinho […]

Yesterday, I snuck this picture of the outside of Dick's Sporting Goods Park, the new home of the Colorado Rapids. The Stadium sits on 380 undeveloped acres of land, with several practice fields and a soccer academy already set up. The Stadium is just up Quebec Street from the nation's largest "new urbanism" development Stapleton […]

This past week, many of you responded to a poll about whether Manchester United and Tottenham fans were unfairly victimized by the Italian and Spanish authorities in their matches away to Roma and Sevilla respectively. Your answers were a little surprising: What's surprising to me is that 59% of you thought that yes, the fans […]

If you have 10-15 minutes, listen to today's Inside Soccer radio show where I'll be a guest starting at approximately 3:40pm PT/6:40pm ET/11:40pm GMT on Saturday, April 14th, 2007. You can listen live from the Inside Soccer web site here.Or if you miss the episode, you can subscribe to the Inside Soccer podcast via iTunes.

We're living in a time where the guidelines of what's legal and not regarding football coverage is blurred. Let me explain. If you live outside the UK, you've undoubtedly experienced the frustration of being unable to listen or watch certain matches due to rights restrictions. The example we're most familiar with is the radio commentary […]

It's always nice when Major League Soccer signs a foreign player whose name I recognize. Argentine Carlos Marinelli is a pure #10, whose four years at Middlesbrough were troubled, and Marinelli only started 43 games for the Boro despite being annoited as the clubs next great player. Since leaving the Riverside in 2004, Marinelli has […]

Correction: In today's EPL Talk Email Newsletter, I incorrectly stated that the Chelsea v Blackburn FA Cup semi-final match this Sunday is on pay-per-view. In fact, Fox Soccer Channel will be showing it live instead.

If you're searching for a way to experience Sunday's FA Cup semi-final match between Chelsea and Blackburn online, join the EPL Talk Chat hosted by bcjohn. We'll have Chelsea, Blackburn and neutral fans from around the world chatting in real-time about the big FA Cup semi-final battle. We'll also be able to tip you off […]

Cristiano Ronaldo's decision to sign a five year extension to his contract at Manchester United is a sign of how England is becoming, as EPL Talk blogger Kartik calls it, the "epicenter of world football." Many pundits, myself included, expected Ronaldo to sign with Real Madrid or Barcelona this summer. But in a year when […]

Kicking off the weekend action on Friday is West Brom v Sheffield Wednesday. I hope for EPL Talk Community member fsquid's sake that Wednesday pull a result 🙂 West Brom will want all three points to keep themselves in the thick of the playoff race. On Saturday Birmingham host Southampton, whose play-off hopes have been […]