For most Sunderland fans, there is nothing finer than taking a player from Newcastle and making him one of your own. When the Mackems broke the transfer record in 1948 by paying £20,500 to bring Shackleton to Roker Park, they captured one of English football's most mercurial talents. Shackleton was a mould breaker, a player who […]

Fox Soccer Channel announced today that it'll be broadcasting three of the upcoming friendlies involving Liverpool this summer. The U.S. TV network will be showing the following games live: Thai national team v Liverpool, July 22, 9am ET Singapore national team v Liverpool, July 26, 8am ET FC Lyn v Liverpool, August 5, 1pm ET. […]

Grant Wahl's book The Beckham Experiment which is a masterpiece of sports writing also brings up the troubling subject of Landon Donovan and his continued lack of maturity. Wahl doesn't characterize it as such, but I have no choice but to see it as such. As our readers know, I love Landon Donovan as a […]

After that surprising run in this past Confederations Cup from the Egypt Match all the way to the final, we all saw what happens when you face a top side like Brazil that has depth from the top players in Europe all the way back home to their parents house kicking the ball around once […]

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In Parts 1 & 2 I nominated Manchester City 2-3 Liverpool and Portsmouth 2-3 Liverpool for Classic Match consideration. These nominees come from a supporter's perspective. I invite others to say what they deem a potential classic from their own perspectives in the comment section. I'll cover one more match tomorrow... 3.) Liverpool 2-1 Manchester […]

Breaking news. Setanta Sports has won the last remaining package of TV rights to show the Premier League in the Republic of Ireland. The company, whose U.K. unit shut down after losing rights to show EPL matches in England, Scotland and Wales, will show 33 games on Saturday afternoons, the league said today in an […]

Jason Davis of Match Fit USA is leading a collective effort of those of us in the blogosphere who cover and support the USMNT to take action to help ensure maximum exposure for the US-Mexico qualifying match at Azteca on August 12th. As our readers are by now well aware, NBC/Universal through an agreement with […]

Since we are approaching the end of a decade, and since it's summer,I thought I would offer up my La Liga Team of the decade. I set my team based on the best actual season had by a player in each position. It is not an aggregative list. It is not based on contributions over […]

Beginning in December of 2008, rumors filled the web with information on Manchester City’s supposed done deal in signing Kaka from AC Milan, which at that time (before CR9’s transfer) would have made him the most expensive player ever with City offering 100 million pounds. AC Milan and their executives were sold. It was all […]

This Saturday, Chelsea kicks off its preseason tour of the United States with a friendly against Seattle Sounders. Its the first of four matches the Blues will play across America this July. But before the first game kicks off in a front of a Seattle crowd that's expected to exceed 60,000, EPL Talk is proud […]

He's the best manager this nation has ever produced. Not only is he the best, but the gap between Bruce Arena and the second best American manager ever (Bob Bradley, Dom Kinnear, Mooch Myernick, etc?) is so wide it's not even worth debating. Bruce Arena has done what no US manager has ever done and […]

Yesterday, we learned the First XI for the MLS All Star Game versus Everton on July 29th. Everton has lost its two most recent matches against MLS sides in Chicago last year and Salt Lake the year before. (I bet you never read that in the British press). David Moyes team features American keeper Tim […]

There have been plenty of unofficial leaks of Manchester City's new home jersey for the 2009-2010 season. And there have been glimpses of the shirt unveiled through official channels too. But with the transfer signing of Carlos Tevez, who was unveiled to the media and public today, we can now officially reveal the Manchester City […]

Yesterday I covered the Perfect Drama Classic. Today, I'll look at the You Were Right I Was Wrong Classic... 2.) Portsmouth v. Liverpool – 7 Feb 2009 I try to be the biggest proponent of Rafa Knows Best whenever I can. Though I am at times puzzled by some of his decisions and have my own staunch opinion […]