In the past week, The Blame Game has been at full force to explain why England didn't qualify for Euro 2008 and why the future looks bleak. Robert Green blames Playstations. Alan Hansen blames the kids. David Pleat blamed the tactics. And so on and so forth (including many reporters blaming the amount of foreigners […]

We'll look over the results of Tuesday's matches along with Wednesday's matches in one big wrap-up article on Thursday. For now, we're going to preview matches in Groups A through D. We start with Liverpool where coach Rafa Benitez has been pestering club owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett about sanctioning more transfer activity in […]

Freddy Adu's rocky career in Major League Soccer ended with hardly a notice. Lost in the hype over David Beckham's arrival stateside and the summer tournaments for the US National Team, Adu once MLS' most marketable and brightest star was suffering through a miserable year in MLS purgatory: Salt Lake City. When Benfica came calling […]

Birmingham City looks set to name Alex McLeish as their new manager in the morning. While this is a huge coup for the brummies, it give us a good indication of the money and allure that the Premier League has over international football. After all, and no offense to Birmingham City, but McLeish did give […]

Ever since I arrived in the States in 1984, I've been dreaming of a day when I can watch shows from the British TV networks. That day is coming, and hopefully it'll mean more soccer coverage. BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have announced an on-demand service which will debut in 2008 and will provide free […]

In a recent poll of EPL Talk readers, 46% of those who responded think Harry Redknapp should be the next manager of England. The Portsmouth manager is way ahead of the pack. With the way he's been able to turn around Portsmouth and his proven experience at West Ham United, Redknapp remains a favorite with […]

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Rumors have been hot and heavy the past few days that Jozy Altiodre, the first American teen strike rto ever elicit serious interest from top European clubs is being heavily scouted by Real Madrid. Altidore, whose development has been remarkable to this point in his career could throw it all away by going to a […]

Image from MLSNET.com Rumors have been hot and heavy the past few days that Jozy Altiodre, the first American teen strikerto ever elicit serious interest from top European clubs is being heavily scouted by Real Madrid. Altidore, whose development has been remarkable to this point in his career could throw it all away by going […]

With Euro 2008 qualifying put to rest and a round of domestic games under their belts, Europe's top clubs return their focus to the Champions League for Matchday 5. This round of games should clarify which teams will progress though who will finish first or second will come down to the last Matchday for most […]

Derby County has announced that Billy Davies has left by "mutual consent" (the most over-used and illogical phrase since "weapons of mass destruction.") In other words, Derby sacked Davies due to the club's poor run of form this season (with just one win and that was at home against Newcastle). After Saturday's loss to Chelsea, […]

Good news for web surfers who are soccer fans. Next summer's Euro 2008 will be the first major international tournament to be broadcast in its entirety over the Internet. UEFA has developed a platform to show matches via pay-per-view according to computing.co.uk. For web surfers in the UK, the cost will be 1.50 GBP per […]

The reaction to Jack Bell's column and the lively debate this past weekend in the comments section got me thinking. A lot of the debate is whether Fox Soccer Channel should target the die-hard soccer fan as a viewer or the mainstream American who may only have a passing interest in the sport. My answer […]

The draw for the 2010 World Cup qualifying has been made, and we have all of the European groups listed over at our new sister site, World Cup Buzz (www.worldcupbuzz.com), which aims to keep fans updated on everything World Cup between now and the summer of 2010.

Today's World Cup Qualifying draw wasn't the best news for the US National Team. Let me preface my remarks by stating that the US is the best team in its group and should advance to the hexagonal. That having been said, the grouping could have been a whole lot more favorable.Assuming each of the favorites […]