We're starting a new feature on EPL Talk — a monthly book club selection where you, the reader, get to discuss a chosen book with fellow readers, as well as to increase your knowledge about the beautiful game and, when possible, chat with the author about the book of the month. For the first monthly […]

Luis Suarez has done it again. With the FA Cup match at 1-0 to Liverpool against Mansfield, and the Stags edging closer to causing a shock draw, the Uruguayan and Liverpool striker scored Liverpool's second goal Sunday. However, it was blatantly obvious that Luis Suarez handled the ball by batting it down after the Mansfield goalkeeper […]

After yesterday's shock wins for Macclesfield and Luton Town, there are still a couple of opportunities today for more shocks in the third round of the FA Cup. Swansea City plays Arsenal in the first game of the day (kick-off 8:30am ET on FOX Soccer in the United States) followed by Mansfield Town versus Liverpool […]

Mansfield Town, a club in the fifth tier of English football, displayed a lot of class this weekend when they decided to take 96 seats at their ground in Nottinghamshire and set them aside as a tribute to the 96 people who died as a cause of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster. Mansfield plays Liverpool tomorrow […]

Tomorrow Jurgen Klinsmann will announce the roster invitations for the U.S. national team camp. These players will make up the eligible roster for selection for the January 29 friendly against Canada as well as possibly the February 6 World Cup qualifier in Honduras. Usually, the January camp (loving referred to as "Camp Cupcake") is a […]

Footballers from Manchester United and Liverpool star in a new commercial from Chevrolet, the US car maker who is a sponsor of both American-owned football clubs. In the bizarre video, footballers such as Ryan Giggs, Jordan Henderson, Rio Ferdinand, Joe Allen, Paul Scholes, Jonjo Shelvey, Robin van Persie and Glen Johnson star. I think we […]

FOX today made history by televising the first-ever FA Cup match to be shown live on free-to-air television in the United States. The match between West Ham United and Manchester United lived up to its billing and featured plenty of goals, but how did the people behind the scenes and in front of the cameras […]

FA Cup fever is here. This is the Saturday of the season that, for many, is the one that we look forward to the most. And there are several potential shock results on the cards. For readers in the United States, here's the TV and Internet schedule for today: Saturday, January 5: Brighton vs Newcastle […]

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson came out on the offensive Friday to criticize Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy over the Spurs signing of Zeki Fryers, a former Manchester United youth academy footballer. Ferguson is incensed that Tottenham signed the player from Standard Liege in Belgium. Tottenham tried to sign the 20-year-old footballer in the summer, […]

I've lost count of the number of times that I've heard that the FA Cup deserves more respect from football supporters. In fact, I'd argue the opposite. It doesn't deserve more respect. If anything, it just deserves to be given a fair chance. Let me explain. I've found that a FA Cup weekend often separates soccer […]

Luka Modrić left Tottenham last summer for £33 million to Real Madrid. During the 2011/12 season, most avid Premier League watchers would agree that Modrić was one of the best, if not the best, passers in the game. His ability to spread the ball not only allowed him to pass the ball a total of […]

Pretty much every pundit of the Premier League has bemoaned the lack of defending in the league this season. This may seem like a bad thing for the Premier League, but I’m going to make the case that it doesn’t really matter and, if anything, it's a good thing. Yes, defending is important, but it isn’t […]

To the casual observer, soccer supporters might appear to constitute a kind of undifferentiated mass, a gathering of people (male, by and large) strangely mesmerized by a sport commonly featuring score lines as seemingly absent of drama as 2-1 and 1-0, or a crowd distinguished only by their local, tribal custom of donning jerseys colored […]

Bad news for Manchester United fans this morning, but it's good news for Javier Hernandez. Wayne Rooney has been ruled out of action for a further two weeks, which will mean he'll miss the match against Liverpool on January 13. Rooney injured his knee during training on Christmas Day. Meanwhile, Nani — who has been […]

After Johan Cruyff managed what was probably his last game for Catalonia in a friendly yesterday, the Dutch legend was asked whether former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola could be next in line for the Catalonia job. In a surprising answer, Cruyff revealed, "Pep now looks set to coach in England, so he won’t have the […]