Photos of the new US men's national team (USMNT) home shirt for 2013 have been leaked on the Internet. The centenary shirt, to mark 100 years of US soccer, features the new centenary crest on the front of the shirt as the main focal point. The rest of the shirt features the navy blue trim, […]

Is it any surprise that match fixing occurs? Every year countless billions are wagered on sports around the world. In 2011, $3.2 billion was wagered on sports... in Nevada casinos alone! Just online sports gambling in England, France, Italy and Spain equals about $15 billion. Between legal and illegal (or casual) gambling, we are talking […]

It's just one match, so it's a little early to be waxing poetically in my opinion, but there's no doubting that Newcastle United's new Ligue Un signings — particularly Moussa Sissoko — are made for the Premier League. They've got the pace, the skill and the power to completely turn around Newcastle United's season. Having said that, […]

Soccer is a simple game with very few rules, which is one of the reasons we love it so. But bring up the topic of offside and whether a footballer is interfering with play or not, and it gets complicated. Thankfully, next month, soccer's ruling body plans on making a change to simplify the rules. […]

If there was any team whose season so far was the hardest to define, it would be Norwich City. Speaking as a fan, the mixture of emotions I’ve experienced from the opening disaster at Fulham to their ten game unbeaten run to their crushing defeat recently at Liverpool has been astonishing. From anticipation to dread, […]

Last year it was the most unlikeliest of scenarios that would rob Tottenham Hotspur of Champions League football — blowing an 11 point lead in fourth place and then Chelsea winning the Champions League bumping Spurs out of their Champions League position.. When Spurs dropped to the Europa League last year, they also lost the […]

After having a fairly rocky start to the season, it seems like AC Milan are finally getting back on track to contend amongst the top of the Serie A. The Rossoneri's latest signing, Mario Balotelli managed to drag the team to a very lucky 2-1 victory over Udinese at the San Siro. With these three […]

Brek Shea was the face of FC Dallas the past two seasons, but now — pending international clearance — he will play for Stoke City. I’m glad for Shea. It’s always good to see American players get a shot in the world’s top league. But since I just bought an FC Dallas season ticket a […]

The amount of hostility that David De Gea receives each week is somewhat bemusing to me. I know he’s made mistakes, but so have many other world class goalkeepers. In a way, it is part of the job, and especially so in the EPL where punishing mistakes is a big part of the game. The […]

How many times have we heard about betting scandals in European soccer but nothing is ever done about it? Today, it's revealed that Europol has pinpointed one UEFA Champions League match that was played in England that was allegedly fixed. The specific teams that played the game were not revealed. But it's part of a […]

Feuerstein's Fire #135 Tuesday, February 5th 8PM EST – 5PM PST Guests Michael Lewis (Big Apple Soccer) & John Jagou (Big Soccer) – 2014 CONCACAF WCQ Final Round Preview James Hope (The Crocketteers) – San Antonio Scorpions First Season in the NASL Alfredo Centola (NYC Park Advocates) – Against the MLS Flushing Meadows Stadium Project […]

It was one of the best Premier League weekends this season full of sensational goals, amazing comebacks and plenty of talking points. In case you missed any, or if you want to watch them again, here are the highlights from gameweek 25 of the Premier League: Queens Park Rangers vs Norwich City Video: QPR v […]

The protest by football supporters throughout the Premier League is beginning to spread. After Manchester City and Liverpool fans protested at their separate away matches versus Arsenal in recent weeks, today City and Liverpool supporters continued their protest by joining together to hoist an "£nough is £nough' banner. The solidarity among the supporters is so […]

EPL Talk's selection for February's book discussion is The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw written by Paul McGuigan (a founding member of the British rock band Oasis) and Paolo Hewitt (an accomplished author and former journalist for NME). The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw tells the true story of Robin Friday, a superbly gifted footballer who was […]

Stefan Szymanski, the co-author of Soccernomics, will answer your questions this Tuesday in a live online chat that's open to readers of EPL Talk. As part of EPL Talk's January book discussion group, the co-author has agreed to come on to EPL Talk to join in the discussion and answer any questions you may have. […]