It's a quieter news day in the soccer world today, but the major story is that former Southampton manager Nigel Adkins may become the next manager of Reading Football Club. This one seems like a desperate move to me after Gus Poyet turned down the opportunity to manage Reading. Adkins is a qualified manager, but […]

In a different year, a different city, a different era, a 1-0 United States Men's National Team home victory over Costa Rica may have been a ho-hum, run-of-the-mill result ground out in front of a sellout crowd. But this was Denver, Colorado. It was 2013, and that year's month of March was particularly intense as […]

England manager Roy Hodgson took the high road yesterday after being asked what his opinion was regarding England fans singing abusive songs against Rio Ferdinand during the country's 8-0 victory against San Marino. Hodgson shrugged off the comments, saying that he heard them but "I've absolutely no comment to make on it." Ferdinand, meanwhile, took […]

The US men's national team faces a must-win match tonight against Costa Rica in their path to try to qualify for the 2014 World Cup. After losing 2-1 to Honduras in February, it's imperative that the USA team gets three points tonight in Denver (live on ESPN at 9:45pm ET) especially given the USA's next […]

While the US men's national team has the tricky match against Costa Rica later today (watch for the open thread on EPL Talk for that one), England faces a far easier opposition against European minnows San Marino. San Marino has never won a competitive match. They're comprised mostly of amateurs, have the smallest population among […]

With Uncle Roy Hodgson doing battle with the mighty San Marino, this week's FFS take a look at the international games ahead. Here's a quick preview of the Scotland and Wales game: Gareth Bale might start, as will 21 other players. Presenter Barry reviews the week's footballing news, we see a Ray Winstone "in-play" betting […]

Today's news that West Ham United have signed a deal with the City of London to move into the Olympic Stadium in 2016 on a 99-year lease is a mammoth day in the history of the Premier League. The last time a current Premier League side switched stadium was in 2006 when Arsenal moved from […]

West Ham United have finally ironed out a deal to move into London's Olympic Stadium come the 2016-2017 season. The deal puts an end to a stop-start struggle that has lasted almost as long as construction on the Stratford ground itself. West Ham’s East End neighbour, League One’s Leyton Orient, vigorously fought the move. Its […]

Before we dive into all of the international matches tomorrow, here are my adventures in Fantasy Premier League, gameweek 30 from last weekend. Fat but effective: Despite the post-Real Madrid transfer rumors, despite Robin van Persie’s (13.7) arrival from Arsenal, and despite Gus Johnson’s harebrained insistence that Danny Welbeck (7.8) is “really good in the […]

In the two decades of the Premier League, there have been some cracking attempts at football kit designs. And also some shocking attempts. It's all a matter of opinion as to what kits you prefer and what kits you despise. Here are my top 10 favouite soccer shirts from the last 20 years; bearing in […]

New close-ups of England's new home kit for 2013 designed by Nike have been leaked on the Internet. The new photos show more of the detail regarding the shirt and the Football Association's 150th year anniversary crest. The rounded collar makes the shirt look a little ordinary in my opinion. While clean and simple, it […]

It will be unlikely that Team GB's soccer team will compete in the 2016 Olympic Games, according to FA secretary Alex Horne. Due to the popularity of the 2012 Olympic Games, people are now starting to look forward to the 2016 Rio Games in Brazil, a future which doesn’t look bright for British soccer. Alex […]

Despite Rio "in again, out again" Ferdinand pulling himself out of the England squad for the two key World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro due to fitness concerns, the Manchester United defender has decided to take a lucrative TV deal to commentate tomorrow's England match. Problem is that the TV studio is in […]

Reading are poised to announce Gus Poyet as their new manager to replace Brian McDermott who was sacked nine days ago. The Brighton and Hove Albion manager has steered the south coast club to seventh place in the Championship, just one spot behind a play-off position. Poyet, who has been in charge at Brighton since […]

2014 World Cup Qualifying USA Vs Costa Rica Friday, March 22nd Guests: Earl Reed, Chris Webb, Robert Hay 9:30 PM EDT – 6:30PM PDT Pre Game 30 Minutes Midnight EDT(WED) – 9:00PM EDT Post Game 1 Hour Saturday, March 23rd Special Red Bull Review At Montreal 8PM EDT – 5PM PDT 2014 World Cup Qualifying […]