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Quarter-final matchups set

The drawing for the quarter-finals was held this morning in Milan and here are the matchups:1: Milan v Bayern Munich2: PSV v Liverpool3: Roma v Manchester United4: Chelsea v Valencia The first legs are to be played on 03 & 04 April with the return legs held a week later on 10 & 11 April. […]

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Premiership Clubs Avoid Each Other in Champions League Quarter-Finals

The draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League has been announced, and the likelihood of an English team being in the final looks extremely good. In the most attractive ties of the round, Roma will play Manchester United and Chelsea will play Valencia. In the other matches, Liverpool will play PSV Eindhoven (in a […]

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Beckham Debut Set for LA Galaxy v Chelsea

The LA Galaxy is today expected announce the worst kept secret in soccer — that they'll play Chelsea in a friendly on July 21st (reported by EPL Talk on February 13th) as part of a four-team tournament. The other participating clubs are UANL Tigres (Mexico) and Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Korea). The LA Galaxy v Chelsea […]

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A Long Difficult Summer Ahead for Nats

The draws for both Copa America and the CONCACAF Gold Cup have both been made and neither is particularly favorable to the United States. The same can be said for US U-20 team in the U-20 World Cup, where the American kids have been grouped with Brazil and South Korea. While The US should advance […]

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Chelsea v Spurs Live and Online: FA Cup

If you're searching for a way to experience Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final between Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur online, join the EPL Talk Chat hosted by bcjohn. We'll have Spurs, Chelsea and neutral fans from around the world chatting in real-time about the crucial quarter-final (and derby). We'll also be able to tip you off regarding […]

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EPL Fans May Lose Saturday Afternoon Match

Fox Soccer Channel's acquisition of the TV rights to Serie A starting in August may mean the end of the tape-delayed 2:15pm ET Saturday EPL match on Fox Soccer Channel. According to Fox Soccer Channel Executive Vice President David Sternberg, he's quoted in USA Today saying that the network may use the 2:30-4:30pm ET Saturday […]

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Exit Looms for Capello, Rijkaard and Mancini

So exit Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan and others from the 2006/2007 Champions League. Such is the impact of getting knocked out that you can expect Fabio Capello, Frank Rijkaard and Roberto Mancini to all lose their jobs within the coming days, weeks or months. After all, the Champions League is what separates the best […]

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RTE Analysts Dunphy & Brady Criticize Liverpool

Irish channel RTE's football analysts are legendary: Former Arsenal player Liam Brady, Leeds legend Johnny Giles, and author and former footballer Eamon Dunphy. Put them all together and you have one of the best football shows on television. Why? Because they tell you how they really feel about topics. For a glimpse of how they […]

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Best Chance Ever for an English Club to Win Champions League

We were treated to another fabulous week of Champions League matches this week. And out of all of the European club teams that qualified for the quarter-finals, guess which country has the most representation in the next round? England: 3 teams (Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United) Italy: 2 teams (AC Milan and Roma) Germany: 1 […]

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DC United Tops FIU in "Bobby Boswell Classic"

DC United topped Florida International University 5-3 yesterday here in Fort Lauderdale in what was dubbed the "Bobby Boswell Classic" in honor of the DC United and US National Team defender who of course played his college soccer at F.I.U. DC United is in Fort Lauderdale all week preparing for the trip to Guadlajara and […]

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Excellent Jay DeMerit Interview on EPL Talk

Check out the interview with this budding American star: http://epltalk.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=189054

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U.S. Reaping Benefits of Exodus to Premiership

By John Nicholson When the obituaries are written about the 2006/07 Premiership, aside from containing lots of jokes about West Ham United, they should reflect that this was the season when American footballers started to become regular, valuable and respected members of top flight squads. It's a quiet revolution, which is all the more ironic […]

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Fox Soccer Channel Acquires Serie A TV Rights

Fox Soccer Channel has achieved quite a coup by acquiring the exclusive TV rights to Serie A for the 2007-2008 through the 2009-2010 seasons right from under the noses of GolTV, who are in the midst of a takeover from SPC Worldwide. Previously, GolTV held the TV rights in the US to the Italian league […]

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Interview with Jay DeMerit

The career thus far of Jay DeMerit, the American central defender who plays for Watford, is a remarkable story of determination. Many players would have given up after not being picked to play for a Major League Soccer team. Not DeMerit, though, who traveled to Europe in search of a professional soccer contract. Learn more […]

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Live Champions League Matches from ESPN360

I was fortunate to watch the Liverpool against Barcelona match live on ESPN360 today, the broadband service from ESPN that provides streaming video broadcasts. ESPN360 is offering free access between now and March 15, which means that tomorrow's Man United against Lille match will be available online. Overall, I was impressed with the ESPN360 service. […]