In interesting news, Graham Bell and Gazza Richards from The 2 G's have launched their own new soccer radio channel entitled Champions Soccer Radio Network. The 24/7 station is available as a streaming broadcast over the Internet at http://www.the2gs.com The network is currently airing The 2 G's, The Treble and select EPL Talk podcasts. […]

France has experienced opposite extremes in the past two World Cup finals. In 1998 the French did double, both hosting the event and winning it. Two years later this the greatest generation of French Soccer won the European Championships. France entered the 2002 finals as a co-favorite but instead provided no offensive punch and embarrassing […]

If you blinked, you may have missed it, but this past weekend ABC showed two World Cup shows to get Americans excited about the World Cup. The first, "American Soccer's Ten Greatest Moments," might sound like a joke to most readers outside the US, but much of the content was focused on the US women's […]

The tenth episode of the EPL Talk Podcast is now live featuring an interesting interview with soccer podcast-aficionado Phil McThomas from Soccer Shout. Phil, and his co-host Tony, have been making a lot of progress recently and have even been featured in the Sunday Times of London and on BBC Radio's Five Live. Interestingly, Phil […]

Brazil is the only South American nation to have won a World Cup outside of the Americas with wins in 1958 and 2002. With World Champion coach Carlos Alberto Parreira back at the helm after stints in Major League Soccer and Saudi Arabia, the Selecao look set to go the distance yet again. But the […]

If you're visiting this blog from the link at the BBC's web site (so far, that's 36% of you), welcome aboard. While the focus of the EPL Talk blog is on the English Premiership League, we'll also be covering the World Cup this summer. Let me take this opportunity to also introduce you to the […]

Will the USA advance or will we take a step back to our 1998 World Cup form? This question has troubled all of us since the draw was announced in December 2005, and we realized that the USA were to be placed in a group with two of the top squads in the world as […]

Portugal were among the biggest disappointments at Korea/Japan 2002. From John O'Brien's goal that put USA in the lead early in the opening match until the final whistle in a hard fought loss to South Korea, it seemed Portugal's vast talent was being wasted in desperation comeback mode. This time will be different for passionate […]

When the Premiership season concluded on May 7, many people (myself included) were commenting how next season will be a four horse race instead of two. Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United are worthy contenders for the 2006/2007 title. How quickly things change. With Chelsea's acquisition of Shevchenko and Ballack, the west London outfit has […]

Group C is without question the group of death at Germany 2006. In fact, this group may be one of the all time toughest with four squads that in my estimation could win the group and could win just about any other group in the competition. However, Argentina and Ivory Coast appear to be slightly […]

We're now less than eight days away from the opening match of the World Cup. If you haven't had a chance to buy the World Cup jersey of your team yet, there's still time. Visit the World Cup Shirts site, which features the official 2006 jerseys from most of the countries participating. In addition to […]

The BBC is doing a fantastic job at opening up its lines of communication and giving visitors an inside look at how their Sport web site delivers news. Ian Westbrook from the BBC was kind enough to explain how their Sport department puts together the news. Read the fascinating description from Westbrook here. Speaking of […]

Group B originally looked like one of the toughest in the World Cup Draw. However in the past few weeks, arguably the most important player for each of the three serious contenders from this group has fallen with a serious injury. This makes prognostication of this group particularly risky, but certain variables will remain the […]

To me, one of the most exciting things about the summer is waiting for the new Premiership kits to be unveiled. These days, the kit launches are a big marketing campaign with press conferences and photographers. But the most interesting story is that of Manchester United. The team has already announced that they're changing the […]

According to Fox Sports Net – Fox Soccer Report, Brazilian striker Ranaldo was offered $120 million over ten years to come play for the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. Ronaldo has expressed interest in playing in the U.S. later in his career but further stated that he is very happy where he […]