ABC/ESPN's coverage was better today, probably because Dave O'Brien and Marcelo Balboa took the day off. JP Dellacamera did a fine job, as did the team of Adrian Healey and Tommy Smyth. Some points regarding today's coverage: ESPN's World Cup Live was better today partly because Landon Donovan fan club president Alexi Lalas was absent. […]

By The Scout France – Franck Ribéry In the 23 year-old, we are featuring another attacking midfielder player. My next profile will be a defender, I havent forgotten about that side of the game, I promise! 🙂 Ribery currently plays for Olympique Marseille but is being pursued by some of the top European clubs including […]

This World Cup is exposing two different camps in the US. On one side, you have the those broadcasters and media who are "in bed" with US Soccer, such as ABC, ESPN and Soccer America. On the other side, you have those who are willing to say it like it is such as GolTV, EPL […]

There was one aspect of yesterdays game versus the Czech Republic that I didn't see, and that was passion. The players didn't seem to have a passion to play today. As Americans, we are a very proud country. Remember Lake Placid...1980, U.S. v. Soviet Union. The Miracle. Of course. American teams (expect basketball) seem to […]

I consider myself an avid follower of the US Men's National Team. No, I don't follow the team around like Sams Army, but I have watched just about every meaningful game for our national team since we qualified for the 1990 World Cup, the first of five consecutive qualifications. In 1990 we were rightly considered […]

If you've caught the World Cup fever and want to take up a few more notches, be sure to download issue two of the EPL Talk Magazine, the free soccer magazine that's available for you. Read interesting articles about experiencing the World Cup in the United States, collecting Panini football stickers, saying farewell to Highbury, […]

The new episode of the EPL Talk Podcast is out, and it features a great interview with Max Bretos, the lead play-by-play commentator at Fox Soccer Channel. During the interview, Bretos discusses his first memory of a World Cup, what advice he has for the ABC/ESPN commentators, Fox Soccer Channel's new show Ticket to Germany, […]

If you're sick of the sugar-coated World Cup Live show by ESPN and want some real analysis by soccer experts, give GolTV from Germany 2006 a try — every night at 8pm ET on GolTV. The show features honest analysis and feedback from hosts Ray Hudson, Lindsey Dean and Phil Schoen. These are experts who […]

This will be the starting eleven for France's match tomorrow against Switzerland. They will more than likely play a 4-2-3-1 formation, which will look like this: Fabien Barthez William Gallas, Lilian Thuram, Willy Sagnol, Eric Abidal Claude Makelele, Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane, Sylvain Wiltord, Franck Ribery Thierry Henry

I have decided to watch the game which I taped a second time before commenting on individual player performances and coaching. Today was a very frustrating, humiliating and disappointing day for all of us who have watched the positive growth of US Soccer over the past 20 years, like it was a child of our […]

It hasn't been a good few days for the United States. While many die-hard soccer fans have had to wince at the weekend's World Cup coverage from ABC, the situation was made worse today by ESPN's sycophant World Cup Live pre-show and a heavy 3-0 loss against the Czech Republic. Before the Czech game, ESPN's […]

By The Scout Portugal – Cristiano Ronaldo I've had the opportunity to watch this player in action quite a lot over the last couple of season, both with his club Manchester United and for country as they made it to the finals of the Euro 2004 tournament. Blessed with incredible speed and agility, the 21 […]

Keller Onyewu Pope Cherundolo Lewis Mastroeni Dempsey Reyna Beasley Donovan McBride First subs of the bench: Convey Johnson O'BrienI would employ a 4-5-1 or more truly a 4-4-1-1 formation that utilizes Landon Donovan's playmaking by using him as a withdrawn striker/attacking midfielder. I have doubts about John O'Brien's fitness and believe that Clint Dempsey is […]

The offficial FIFA World Cup site has this excellent article on Leo Beenhakker, whose Trinidad and Tobago side surprised just about every observer with an excellent performance in a draw with Sweden yesterday. The Dutch born Beenhakker who has coached Real Madrid, Ajax, the Dutch National Team and several other top club and national sides […]

On of the first 'blood matches' of the World Cup. Will former colony Angola beat their former occupiers Portugal? Put your remarks on the match here.