Plans for Aston Villa's North American tour this July may be rescheduled or postponed depending on whether UEFA awards Villa the Fair Play Award and thus entry into next season's UEFA Cup. The Fair Play Award is given to teams who display positive play, crowd behaviour and respect for referees. If awarded to Aston Villa, […]

The push for the Premiership kicks off, as the first legs of the Championship semi-finals take place this weekend. On Saturday, 6th place Southampton host 3rd place Derby County. Southampton will be without skipper Claus Lundekvam, who suffered ankle ligament damage in the win over Southend in the final game of the regular season. Pedro […]

Tomorrow sees the debut of the EPL Talk Show, an interactive football talk-show available live via the Internet. It'll begin precisely at Noon ET (9am PT, 5pm UK time), so be sure to log on when the "doors open" at 11:45am ET on May 12. More details about how to register and the steps you […]

One of the EPL Talk visitors, Charles Kerr, has emailed an excellent question about English Premier League managers. Rather than answer the question myself, I thought I'd let you, the reader, review it and offer your own expertise by answering the question (just click on the 'comments' link below). Here's the email and the question: […]

It's the time of the year when the Premiership clubs begin announcing dates for their preseason friendlies. In the United States, of course, we're keeping our eyes out for matches involving English teams coming here. But, so far, the majority of teams are focusing their efforts on the Far East in lieu of the States. […]

Aston Villa has announced the second match of its North American tour. Villa is scheduled to play against Columbus Crew in a friendly on Saturday, July 28 at the Columbus Crew stadium. Since the match will be on a Saturday night, it's likely that it may be televised. The match may be the closest that […]

Wow that Messi goal seems like a long time ago, and to add the fact that they were virtually assured a spot to play Sevilla in the Copa del Rey final. No one expected this historic turnaround- not here. Not now. Not them. It seemed like so Balboa-esque to see Getafe win, not just win […]

Thanks the players union for releasing these figures. My thoughts are in comments. 1.David Beckham, LA$6,500,0002.Cuauhtemoc Blanco, CHI$2,666,7783.Juan Pablo Angel, NY$1,593,7504.Claudio Reyna, NY$1,250,0085.Landon Donovan, LA$900,0006.Eddie Johnson, KC$875,0007.Freddy Adu, RSL$550,0008.Carlos Ruiz, DAL$435,0009.Clint Mathis, NY$410,00010.Taylor Twellman, NE$350,00811.Carl Robinson, TOR$315,00012.Pablo Mastroeni, COL$298,00013.Luciano Emilio, DC$293,12514.Amado Guevara, None$291,25015.Jaime Moreno, DC$275,00016.Eddie Pope, RSL$265,00017.Ronnie OBrien, TOR$258,75018.Ante Razov, C-USA$248,75019.Greg Vanney, COL$236,66720.R. Mulrooney, HOU$233,20021.Pat […]

If you're searching for a way to experience Sunday's Premiership match between Manchester United and West Ham online, join the EPL Talk Chat hosted by bcjohn. We'll have Man Utd, Hammers and neutral fans from around the world chatting in real-time about the final match of the season. We'll also be able to tip you […]

By John NicholsonPalm Springs, for a pallid white kid from the industrial wastelands of the north east of England is about as close to Eden as I'm likely to get. As I write its 90 degrees in the shade, the pool at the villas I'm staying at is blue and inviting and the beers are […]

Dempsey's first EPL goal after a dissapointing beginning to his EPL career could not have come at a better time. Fulham stays up thanks to this game winning goal.

Lawrie Sanchez's Fulham side will stay in the EPL thanks to Clint Dempsey's first EPL goal.

1. Kansas City (8)2. Red Bull NY (7)3. New England4. Chicago5. Houston (1)6. Dallas7. LA Galaxy8. Colorado9. Chivas USA10. DC United (Thanks, Sams Army.....you're last place for DC moved them down from 7th to 10th.....please don't abuse your voting privilege in the future)11. Columbus12. Real Salt Lake13. Toronto

Today is a convenient time to wrap up my articles about the EPL Talk Tour that I took in November. The tour took me to England for five matches in 10 days, where I reported my experiences via the blog, podcast and Flickr account. The last day of my journey was to Old Trafford to […]

One month of MLS' most important season is in the books and some very disturbing trends are already developing. Goal scoring, attendance and TV ratings are all down from last year at this time. The obvious retort to that statement is that 2006 was a World Cup year where the US team was being unfairly […]