Like many other Americans who follow the Premier League closely, I've been reading the news about NBC's plans for their coverage next season with great interest. For the most part, it sounds like a great improvement over what FOX Soccer has been bringing us. But there's one aspect from their recent press releases I want […]

Manchester United veteran defender Rio Ferdinand has resisted offers from the US and China to sign a new one-year contract at Old Trafford. The Guardian newspaper reports that Ferdinand received serious offers from the US and China, but decided to stay with United because of his young family as well as extending his career with the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Andres Cantor, one of the most recognizable soccer commentators on US television, will be the lead commentator for Telemundo's coverage of the English Premier League beginning with the 2013-14 season. Cantor is best known for his signature "GOOOOLLLLLLLL" call. The commentator, who began his career in 1979, will commentate many of the top Premier […]

Watch match highlights of Bayern Munich against Barcelona from the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final between the champions of Germany against the current leaders in Spain. The first leg was played in Munich with goals-a-plenty scored. One leg down, one to go in order to decide who will play in the UEFA […]

As the sun sets on another enthralling Premier League season, Arsenal are once again vying for Champions League football. Is this a surprise? No. Is this unacceptable? Yes. Clearly, investment is a word often associated with Arsenal, but for many wrong reasons. Losing their best and only world class player to the eventual champions was […]

Today kicks off the first semi-final in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League season with a classic match-up between Bayern Munich and Barcelona, scheduled to kick off at 2:45pm ET, live from Munich. For viewers in the United States, the match will be shown live on FOX Soccer (with pre-game coverage beginning at 2pm ET). With […]

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has accepted The FA's charge of violent conduct after Luis Suarez bit Branislav Ivanovic in a game at Anfield this past Sunday. According to a statement by The FA, Suarez accepted the charge but "Suarez has denied The FA’s claim that the standard punishment of three matches is clearly insufficient for […]

Individual tickets for Chelsea's friendly against Manchester City at Yankee Stadium, scheduled for May 25, will go on sale beginning this Thursday (April 25, 2013). Previously, tickets were available as a package along with tickets to the Spain-Ireland friendly. But now, according to the Chelsea club website, "Tickets for the match will now be sold […]

In the past several months, many of the readers to EPL Talk have posted many detailed questions about all of the ins- and -outs of NBC's coverage plans for the Premier League, which will begin on August 17, 2013 when the new Premier League season begins. I've answered all of your questions below (plus many […]

In order to make sure that you have access to 100% of the live Premier League matches that NBC Sports will show next season, it's time to take action right now! The days of soccer fans having to pay for online streaming products such as FOX Soccer 2Go are almost over. Beginning this August, soccer fans […]

The vast majority of soccer fans in the United States are excited about NBC Sports taking over the US media rights to the Premier League beginning this summer, but there are several misconceptions that are being bandied around on the Internet that I want to address, so that everyone has the information they need to […]

Mark Clattenburg will referee Chelsea against Swansea this Sunday. Despite Clattenburg’s magnanimous efforts to put the recent racial accusations against him to bed, we can learn some lessons, lest another hapless victim falls foul to indiscriminate accusations of racism. Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and Chelsea’s John Terry are two high-profile players who’ve been punished for racial […]

Four of the top teams in Europe are preparing to lock horns to fight for the most coveted trophy on the continent – and perhaps even the world – the UEFA Champions League. In the first semfinal, new champions of Germany, Bayern Munich will face the champions-to-be of Spain, Barcelona. The second semifinal of the […]

John Terry says he'll begin talks over a new deal in the summer. The former England captain hopes to get a 12-month extension to his contract. Here's what the 32-year-old defender said: “People have to realise that I’ve got a year left at Chelsea after this. People have spoken about no new contract and this […]

It was a match that both teams desperately wanted to win for completely different reasons, but there was only winner. And that person was Robin van Persie who stole the show and scored three well-taken chances — one of which will go down as a contender for goal of the season. If you missed any of […]