In looking back at the past winners and runners-up in both the Champions League and UEFA Cup, one story jumped out at me more than any other. In what was their greatest season to date, Deportivo Alavés had a magical run all the way to the 2001 UEFA Cup Final. The 2000-01 UEFA Cup was […]

Edin Dzeko Against Cottbus 1. Bayer Leverkusen The subtitle to their season should be “how we got to the top with a crap defense”. They conceded goals by a misdirect from the wall on a free kick, allowing Tim Sebastian to waltz freely on another and letting 5’9 Iashvilli outjump a defender. If it weren’t […]

After it was confirmed that Dutch international Ruud Van Nistelrooy would be out for the remainder of the season, the Madrid brass began Operation RVN (Replace Van Nistelrooy). It would not be easy to find a player that would fill the shoes of one of the top goalscorers in the world the past decade, but […]

Football Manager ruins lives. It doesn't care whether it's your marriage, your grades, your health or your job. It doesn't care if it's your best friend’s birthday or even your own. It's the cheating girlfriend or the 12-inch meat feast pizza of the computing world, we know it's bad for us but we can't stop […]

After it was confirmed that Dutch international Ruud Van Nistelrooy would be out for the remainder of the season, the Madrid brass began Operation RVN (Replace Van Nistelrooy). It would not be easy to find a player that would fill the shoes of one of the top goalscorers in the world the past decade, but […]

With the upcoming release of Worldwide Soccer Manager/Football Manager 2009, EPL Talk can announce an interview with someone associated with the game. The interview is scheduled to be done Monday November 17th. If you have questions you would like asked, please leave a comment with your questions. If I use your question, your handle will […]

The United Soccer Leagues has been a doormat to the MLS for too long. They have allowed MLS to walk all over them. MLS has taken multiple cities from the USL to put into their league and have not suffered any kind of legal troubles or image issues. This has been a coup for MLS. […]

If Columbus wins tonight, we’ll have our first ever MLS Cup Final that does include DC United, the LA Galaxy, Houston/San Jose or Chicago. MLS can rightly claim it is more competitive than I ridiculed it for not being just a few short months ago. The keys tonight: The Crew backline led by Chad Marshall […]

If Columbus wins tonight, we'll have our first ever MLS Cup Final that does include DC United, the LA Galaxy, Houston/San Jose or Chicago. MLS can rightly claim it is more competitive than I ridiculed it for not being just a few short months ago. The keys tonight: The Crew backline led by Chad Marshall […]

It has been 40 years since a side from outside the top flight of English football has won the League Cup, when Swindon beat Arsenal 3-1 way back in 1969. However the lose of Liverpool and Chelsea last night has opened the way for the clubs from the Championship to claim some major silverware. Lower […]

Imagine for a minute that the Premier League was played in America. Which cities would Premiership clubs play in that best resemble their city in England? Arsenal: With Arsenal's former home at Highbury featuring one of the most unique architectural designs, it's only fitting that Arsenal would reside in Brooklyn. Aston Villa: It's apt that […]

Konami has signed a deal with UEFA that allows the game creator to use all the elements and attributes of the competition to create an exclusive UEFA Champions League mode within the Pro Evolution Soccer game. They are the only game on the market to have an official deal to use the Champions League branding […]

Diego Maradona was appointed as Argentine national team head coach Tuesday evening. That was the best birthday present that he could have received. The obsession with Maradona has reached a new level. From the outside looking in, there is very little logic to it. On the inside with some logic it's senseless. What people don't […]

The writing might be on the wall for Bernd Schuster or it might be the typical Real Madrid hysterics that go on after a big loss like the one they suffered against Real Unión. Right now they are burying Schuster before he dies. According to one of Madrid's "mouthpieces", As, they say stated that club […]

Valladolid 2 -2 Hércules (VLL adv. 7-3 ) Espanyol 3-0 Celta (ESP adv. 5-2) Villarreal 1 -1 Pol. Ejido (POL adv. 6-1) Mallorca 2-0 Málaga […]