A great weekend of football in the Championship including a stunning 6-0 Southampton win over promotion rivals Wolverhampton. The Saints had eight first-team regular players out (Gareth Bale, Chris Baird, Claus Lundekvam, Grzegorz Rasiak, Kenwyne Jones, Djamel Belmadi, Jhon Viafara and their first-choice goalkeeper Kelvin Davis) but saw on-loan Marek Saganowski bag a hat-trick. Saganowski, […]

If you have little admiration for the defensive-minded PSV Eindhoven, or if you're a soccer aficionado who wants to learn more about the history of the game, read this intriguing article by Simon Kuper in The Financial Times regarding PSV and their unique history.

It's been a busy 24 hours in the world of football with some very revealing stories that are unfolding. Take a peek at these for today's recommended reading: Chelsea Ready for Hiddink to Run Radical New Set-Up (The Independent) Top Clubs In Secret Talks Over European Super League (The Guardian) US Investor Takes a Punt […]

If you're a soccer fan in the United States, you're familiar with the three most accessible 24/7 soccer networks, Fox Soccer Channel, GolTV and Setanta Sports. But you may be very surprised at the latest EPL Talk study where we closely examined a typical week for all three networks and calculated how often they broadcast […]

Cuauhtemoc Blanco one of Mexico's best all time players, but also a temperamental superstar who was controversially left off the 2006 World Cup team, will sign early this week with the Chicago Fire according to the Chicago Tribune. Blanco will be the 2nd foriegn superstar signed under the so-called "Beckham Rule," and the third player […]

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It's been a week of highs and lows for the English Football Association. Mostly lows. Deep, dark lows with the demoralizing and embarrassing nil-nil draw for England against Israel, and the unconvincing 3-0 away win versus Andorra. But there has been one high and that's the TV contract that the FA signed with ITV and […]

After a Saturday like this, I now know why I'm not too fond of international matches anymore. They're bloody boring in comparison! Growing up in Wales, I remember the thrill of watching the British Home Championships on Saturdays when England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would play each other to see who would be deemed […]

As mentioend here first on Saturday...former French international and Real Madrid superstar Zinedine Zidane might reunite with David Beckham at the Home Depot Center this upcoming MLS season. Germany sports daily Bild has reported that the retired superstar wants to return to the pitch. The FIFA World Player of the Year will supposedly sign a […]

Don't laugh, but ABC's coverage of the 2006 World Cup has been nominated for an Emmy. No, I'm not making this up. While many of us, myself included, thought that ABC's coverage was an embarrassment, especially the ineptitude displayed by baseball-come-soccer commentator Dave O'Brien, the clueless powers that be at the Emmy's obviously thought different. […]

Sky has quietly launched a beta version its own You-Tube style video user-generated site ths week named SkyCast. Right now, there isn't a whole lot to choose from except a couple of hysteric FanZone clips. But the hope from Sky is that fans will upload enough interesting videos that some of them may be incorporated […]

Not sure if you've noticed, but GolTV has completely changed its look and feel. If you've haven't been watching the channel recently, you'll see cleaner looking title graphics, and a sharper logo. Without a doubt, it makes the channel look more modern and futuristic and on a par with Fox Soccer Channel's graphics, which I […]

A major blow for Preston's play-off hopes as they dropped three points to struggling Leeds on Friday. Northern Ireland's mid-week hero David Healy scored in the 90th minute to steal three valuable points and pull Leeds off the bottom of the table. Preston boss Paul Simpson was livid after the match and described his side's […]

During Sunday's telecast of US-Ecuador ESPN's Eric Wynalda made the statement that he felt Landon Donovan was shirking his responsibility to the national team by stating he would skip one of the major tournaments the US is playing this summer. Donovan was asked about Wynalda's comments on Tuesday by a local reporter in Dallas, and […]

I must admit, I never saw this coming. It seemed perennial bad boy Clint Mathis had found a home in Colorado where Fernando Clavijo seemed more capable of controlling him than his previous coaches. Now Colorado has traded Mathis to Red Bull New York coached by none other than Bruce Arena, the same Bruce Arena […]