According to the Fox Soccer Channel web site, we can reveal that the channel is planning on showing the Community Shield match on Sunday, August 13th at 10am ET. The match, which is played between the Premiership champion and FA Cup winner, will be shown live. In previous years, it has been shown on pay-per-view […]

The Daily Mail is reporting that it has deciphered what was said by Matterazzi to Zidane in yesterday's final that resulted in the Frenchman headbutting the Italian. The newspaper hired a lip reader. Read the article here.

ABC and ESPN have covered each of the last four World Cups, but due to a surge in soccer popularity here in the USA and the increased ratings ESPN has enjoyed for European Champions League matches the last few years, the Disney Networks put more time and resources into covering Germany 2006 than any previous […]

Well, since I follow France and am a France supporter, I will a report card on my favorite team and their players. So, here I go.... Overall Preformance: B+ – Yeah, the team did great overall. Many people would give them an A. But they did look weak in the first stages. They also should […]

Although the Premiership TV schedules for Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports haven't been released yet, EPL Talk has put on its thinking cap and can deduce that the following matches will be shown in North America. Saturday, August 19th, 7:45am ET Sheffield United v Liverpool (TBD) Saturday, August 19th, 10am ET To be determined […]

Here's the press release that was distributed this morning, announcing all of the developments on the site between now and the August 19th Premiership kick-off.

The latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast is now available featuring an interview with Jeremy St. Louis, an anchor from the Fox Sports World Report show available on Fox Soccer Channel. During the episode, Jeremy discusses how the Fox Sports World Report show began, what the reaction has been in Canada to Owen Hargreaves […]

Photos from today's EPL Talk tour for the 2006 World Cup Final: Queen Mary British Pub, Jupiter Farms, Florida. I've also posted a video on YouTube. It's from inside the pub of the fans watching the final two penalties as Italy wins the 2006 World Cup.

What a final! Two evenly matched teams gave the world a show, and perhaps the better team didn’t win (after all I am partial to France, my pre-World Cup pick to win the title) but the real winner was the game of Soccer/Football. After three consecutive sub par World Cup finals, this game lived up […]

Today's Italy against France World Cup Final is a true clash of titans. Both teams are overflowing with class players, but who will prevail? Here are some of the key matchups: Cannavaro and Henry. If Fabio Cannavaro can stop Henry from getting into scoring positions, France has little chance of getting a goal in this […]

One of the advantages of reading this blog is that you get to find out about all of the EPL Talk developments first-hand. Here's the latest news for you to enjoy: Starting tomorrow, EPL Talk will be having a daily countdown to the start of the Premiership kick-off. Every day, we'll be posting Premiership news […]

In the final match of the EPL Talk tour of South Florida pubs and restaurants, I'll be making the trek to the Queen Mary British Pub in Jupiter to capture the excitement of the Italy against France final. I spent a lot of yesterday trying to find a perfect Italian cafe or restaurant that would […]

If Jurgen Klinsmann turns down the expected offer of becoming the next US national team manager, what would you think about Sven-Goran Erikkson taking the reigns of managing the US instead? It's not entirely an insane idea. The reason I mention the topic is because today the BBC is reporting that Erikkson has just turned […]

Several American TV broadcasts have labeled the French run to the World Cup Final as a major "surprise," and analysts such as Nick Webster (who picked the mighty three lions of England to win the World Cup), Julie Foudy and Alexi Lalas have expressed shock over the past two weeks that France has been able […]

Two greats of the game, Portugal's Luis Figo and Germany's Oliver Kahn who was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2002 World Cup announced their retirment from International Soccer following Germany's 3-1 victory over Portugal in the third place match.