The past week has seen some major changes at three clubs involved in the group stage of the Champions League. Rosenborg, Valencia and Sevilla have all lost or fired their managers. Let's start in Norway, where a day after scoring a massive upset over Valencia, Knut Toerum was released from his contract as Rosenborg Trondheim's […]

Fifa Player of the Year? Every year, the infamous Fifa World Player of the Year Award comes out and every year I find myself wondering why I ever paid attention. Yes, if you’ve been living under a rock, or as I have suffering the after effects of jet lag and Barcelona, here’s the list. ‘ll […]

The debut episode of EPL Talk TV has been released featuring 5 minutes of Premier League-related news: In this, the first episode, the news stories are: Juande Ramos gives Spurs a run for their money, Where is Jose heading next? Which club will Mark Hughes go to after Blackburn, and A look ahead at tonight's […]

In today's Guardian newspaper, Daniel Taylor reports that Manchester United is planning on playing a friendly in January as a testimonial. The issue is that the match will be played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and it's a 6,000-mile round trip. To repay Man United for taking this friendly during their regular season, the Red Devils […]

What would you do if a referee does not make a call in your favor? Some would yell and curse at him, others would go crazy and get sent off. Well Antonio Cassano I guess took it to the next level. The Sampdoria forward, after seeing that the referee did not make a call in […]

Courtesy of As.com The balloon burst earlier today as Valencia coach Quique Sánchez Flores was sacked. He was the fourth coach to leave their team. The was under the hot seat after an extremely slow start the past two seasons. The decision was made by the club administrative board that based their decision on the […]

For the third time this season Freddy Adu, Benfica's American super sub scored after the 86th minute and this time he helped lift 10 man Benfica to a league win over Martimo. Adu's fine play recently earned him a place in the squad for Benfica's Champions League victory earlier in the week, a match Adu […]

The EPL Talk Blog will be back to its regularly scheduled posting tomorrow (Tuesday), but in the meantime, be sure to check out the latest episode of the Championship Talk Podcast, the sister site/podcast to EPL Talk. Alex Rice of BBC and The Beautiful Game fame joins host Brian Koski to revel in QPR's escalation […]

Dario Sala is a fan favorite in Dallas, and despite a rocky season he was given the nod in goal for the playoff opener by Manager Steve Morrow over the very steady Ray Burse Jr. The move paid dividends as the Dallas Morning News reports in its Sunday edition. An outstanding read!

Dario Sala is a fan favorite in Dallas, and despite a rocky season he was given the nod in goal for the playoff opener by Manager Steve Morrow over the very steady Ray Burse Jr. The move paid dividends as the Dallas Morning News reports in its Sunday edition. An outstanding read!

The inaugural Major League Soccer Talk Best XI as voted on by you, our listeners and readers. GOALKEEPER: BRAD GUZAN, CHIVAS USA Others Receiving Votes: Matt Reis (New England), Pat Onstad ( Houston), Troy Perkins (DC United) DEFENDERS: MICHAEL PARKHURST, NEW ENGLAND * UNANIMOUS SELECTION*JIMMY CONRAD, KANSAS CITYCLAUDIO SUAREZ, CHIVAS USA Others Receiving Votes: Jonathan […]

In front of sparse crowds on a night of World Series and College Football action, FC Dallas and Kansas City won the first legs of their MLS home and home playoff series with Houston and Chivas USA respectively tonight. Here is the FCD-Houston match recap from MLSNET. Here is the 90 minute live blog by […]

Poor Crowds on a night where MLS competed and lost with the World Series and College Football saw FC Dallas and Kansas City won the first legs of their MLS home and home playoff series with Houston and Chivas USA respectively tonight. Here is the FCD-Houston match recap from MLSNET. Here is the 90 minute […]

Is he a savior? Who knows. Is he the answer? Other than José Mourinho being sacked well over a month ago, Spurs hiring of Juande Ramos from Sevilla is the number two story on the coaching end this season. When news of his hiring broke, everyone at White Hart Lane cheered. Well everyone except Paul […]

I apologize but because I am away at a convention this weekend, Episode 30 of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast will not be released until early next week.