Okay, my head is starting to spin. Not really, but this is going to be another busy and rewarding week for EPL Talk and its readers. First up is tomorrow's international matches. Unfortunately, I'm predicting that England is going to lose to Croatia. Even with McClaren changing the formation to a 3-5-2, I don't see […]

GolTV has announced that it'll be airing a new show on its channel soon entitled "Mourinho's Ultimate +10 Team." This star-studded special brings together some of the world's finest soccer stars to battle it out in a series of fun, physical, strategic challanges designed to test the dexterity and skill of the players. The show […]

Last week I introduced many of you to a fantastic show on GolTV named "Soccer Academy," which traced the steps of young French players from the Nantes academy. The good news is that I just heard from GolTV and their spokesperson said that the third episode will air this Thursday at 7:30pm ET! GolTV has […]

US Soccer lost one of its leading lights today as Glenn "Mooch" Myernick passed away after a heart attack he suffered last week after jogging. Myernick, the former Colorado Rapids coach and Bruce Arena's chief assistant for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups was 51.

Last week The US was officially extended an invitation to Copa America, the football championship for the South American continent. The US last participated in Copa America back in 1995 when the red white and blue reached the semi-finals. Since 1996, the USSF has rejected the invitations to Copa because it falls in the middle […]

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. […]