A couple months ago, you might have circled a Columbus Crew match on your schedule as one that you might want to avoid. Jairo Arrieta and Federico Higuain should make you think otherwise. Each of these two recent acquisitions for the Crew scored two goals, with Arrieta's 86th minute goal breaking a deadlock and earning […]

According to a report in a British tabloid, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will step in to try to broker a deal to bring Clint Dempsey to Anfield. Liverpool is reportedly willing to bid £7.5million to bring the American to Merseyside, with Sunderland and Roma ready to step in if the deal breaks down. Newspaper gossip, […]

The second Saturday in the 2012-13 Premier League has been wrapped up. Twenty goals were scored in seven matches, equaling an average of 2.85 goals per match. As usual, there were a few spectacularly taken goals as well as some woeful goalkeeping and defending. All in all, it was quite enjoyable. Here are the match […]

Queens Park Rangers’ transfer dealings, successful or otherwise, have raised a number of eyebrows. The seemingly short-term policy of bringing in ‘experience’ and bloating their squad looks odd to say the least. QPR can consider themselves fortunate to still be in the Premier League given the events at Stoke versus Bolton on the final day […]

With Steven Fletcher and Adam Johnson arriving at Sunderland, manager Martin O’Neill has given himself room to employ a number of formations, rotate the squad and allow him greater tactical freedom to pick a first eleven to counter his opponents. If, as rumoured, O’Neill can land John Guidetti then he will have a number of […]

We're back for another Saturday of Premier League matches kicking off today. First up is Swansea against West Ham United. The big news out of Wales this morning is that Scott Sinclair is not playing and he's not even on the bench, so a move to Manchester City must be close. After the Swansea-West Ham […]

Liverpool has beaten Arsenal to the signature of loan signing Nuri Sahin from Real Madrid on a season-long deal. Arsenal was expected to announce the deal earlier this week, but Liverpool won the battle. In the meantime, Sunderland against Reading is postponed today. Here are all of the Premier League news headlines: Liverpool agrees season-long […]

From Middlesbrough to Manchester City, and back again to the north east of England. Tricky winger Adam Johnson has been sold to Sunderland in a £10m deal. The transfer should open the door for City to go ahead and sign winger Scott Sinclair from Swansea, but the Swansea chairman says that he's not going to […]

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” -Michael Corleone This has been the endless summer of soccer. The opening rounds of Euro 2012 brought pulse-pounding games almost every day before culminating in Spain’s crowning. Soon after came the men’s and women’s Olympic football tournaments, ending with Mexico’s upset over Brazil […]

Gameweek 2 of the Premier League kicks off tomorrow, so if you haven't entered your picks for EPL Talk's Beat The Manager game yet, today's the day to it for your chance to win one of several Apple iPad 3's that we're giving away during the season. If you haven't started playing Beat The Manager […]

So far, so good. That's the general theme for Major League Soccer squads competing in this incarnation of the CONCACAF Champions League. It's going to have to remain that way if they want to advance to the knockout rounds, given the new Group Stage format. There is little room for error for the teams who […]

In the final days of the transfer season which concludes on August 31, there could be a number of summer sagas and last-minute deals that can be resolved. With Deadline Day fast approaching, let’s take a look at eight potential deals which could be completed in the mad scramble which takes place in the final […]

Last year I ruined the beginning of a perfectly good holiday in the south of France by sitting in my rental car outside an Internet cafe stealing WiFi in order to listen to Everton against Queens Park Rangers. Full of expectation and excitement, about Everton's season starting with a bang and Ross Barkley banging in […]

In the 1950s, Sheffield Wednesday were known as the ‘yo-yo club’, oscillating between the old Division One and Division Two seven times during the decade. With 2006/07’s ninth-place Championship finish being the pinnacle of a meagre three successful seasons since their Premier League relegation in 2000, many Owls fans might settle for a similar period […]

Expect a very busy day in the transfer market as Premier League clubs try to wrap up deals after a long week of negotiations. First up this morning is Cesar Azpilicueta who has signed for Chelsea from Marseille. The young right back will be fighting for the full back position with Branislav Ivanovic. Meanwhile, here […]