Due to my busy work schedule I have not been able to finish our initial "issue of the week" article. Look for it on October 22nd. Until then we will continue to have news stories and other blurbs about the happenings in the Soccer world.

EPL Talk just launched two major new areas of the site today: the EPL Talk Community, and an online store. Both can now be accessed from the navigation bar at http://epltalk.com The EPL Talk Community features an online discussion forum, photos, downloads, RSS feeds and much more. The online store, meanwhile, features a large array […]

While the resurgence of soccer in America continues to ramp up, there are always a few bumps along the way. For example, FoxSoccer.com blogs have been down for the past 24 hours and Setanta Sports was experiencing some technical difficulties with their broadcast this evening. Watching the Leeds against Chelsea match on Setanta Sports tonight, […]

Let's hope that Glenn "Mooch" Myernick is on the road to recovery soon after he just had a major heart attack and is currently in a coma. The assistant US coach, who coached the Colorado Rapids (and has been a fixture of Major League Soccer for years), is currently in a Colorado area hospital in […]

Convey, Hannehman and Howard all crack the top 50 of the latest edition. Check it out here.

I was wondering who would be this year's U.S. Player of the Year. It certainly wasn't going to be Landon Donovan or Kasey Keller. Somehow, Keller finished the voting in 2nd place. Clint Demsey is deserving, maybe Arena should've played him some more.

If you're the type of football fan that loves the game and the stories that goes on within it, you'll undoubtedly enjoy these two articles. The Independent reports about an intriguing match-up this weekend against two fierce rivals who are steeped in history. But it's definitely not the clubs you'd expect to read about it. […]

Some interesting news of note: The Sun newspaper has the exclusive story and pictures of Chelsea dumping sand on their Stamford Bridge pitch 12 days before their important home leg against Barcelona in the Champions League. The move is bound to cause controversy and will add to the tense nature of the Barca-Chelsea matches of […]

While the football world has been quiet this week, EPL Talk has been "under the cosh" as the Brits would say (i.e. insanely busy). First, congratulations to Aaron Fennimore for being the lucky recipient of the World Soccer Shop T-shirt for correctly answering the question posed on the EPL Talk Podcast. Keep on reading this […]

The qualifying matches for Euro 2008 will continue this weekend. For many of us – whether we're European or not – it doesn't conjure up much excitement, but why? Growing up as a kid in Britain in the 70's and early 80's, I was accustomed to placing international teams as the pinnacle of the sport. […]

Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1 Wigan Athletic Brad Friedel played the first half for Rovers, but a groin injury forced him to sit out the second half. With the international break looming, Blackburn is hopeful that Friedel will not miss any additional time with the injury. West Ham United 0 – 1 Reading Jonathan Spector […]

During the EPL drought for the next 10 days, I thoroughly recommend you watch a new program to American airwaves entitled "Soccer Academy," which airs on GolTV. The program is a fascinating glimpse inside the real-world of a football academy and what the teenagers have to go through to realize their dream of playing professional […]

Unfortunately this was not a good weekend for referees in the Premiership. In the Bolton against Liverpool match, the free kick that led to Bolton's first goal should never have counted when Jose Pepe Reina came nowhere close to handling the ball outside of the penalty area while he was booting it upfield. How the […]

By Mark Fishburn, EPL Talk Correspondent (who was at Stamford Bridge yesterday and filed this report from London) I should have known when I was woken up at 5.30 am by the loudest clap of thunder, that the gods were in disharmony. Later this was evident on the field at Stamford Bridge. I’m not sure […]

After this Monday's Premiership weekend ends, we'll have no more Premiership matches for almost two weeks. During that time, we'll get to see several Euro 2008 qualifiers. The England matches are only available on pay-per-view through commercial establishments. Scotland versus France will be shown on Setanta (in addition to many other matches), while Fox Soccer […]