Manchester City have announced the first date of their 2011 North American summer tour. The club played several preseason friendlies in the United States last summer, and will be facing teams this summer too. The first date announced on their North America tour is against the Vancouver Whitecaps. Manchester City will play the Vancouver Whitecaps on […]

Last week the nominees for the PFA Young Player of the Year were announced. That list includes such names as Jack Wilshere, Seamus Coleman, Joe Hart, and Gareth Bale. This list sparked quite a debate on the EPL Talk website as every fan has an opinion on who should win. But while all those players […]

I first became aware of the Arsenal Review USA Podcast when Arsenal's official website ran a story and video interview with them after they visited the Emirates Stadium. Fast forward a few weeks later and the podcasts hosts (Joel and Kyle) graciously invited me to be a guest on their podcast. As luck would have […]

When it comes to chronicling the history of Manchester City and Manchester United, the number one expert is Gary James, a football historian who is the author of several books regarding Manchester football clubs. In 2009, I interviewed Gary regarding the history of how Manchester City formed (you can listen to the interview in our […]

And then there was one: only United survive in Europe. So the distractions from the league are dwindling. Obviously a humongous match on Sunday for Stoke and Bolton at the Reebok, with one heading to Europe next year and a May 14 final at Wembley. United is not likely to falter in the league at […]

Two photographs of Liverpool's away shirt for the 2011-12 season have been leaked on the Internet. The new away kit is supposed to be launched by Liverpool on April 14. Designed and manufactured by Adidas, the new shirt is dark grey with silver trim and a splash of red around the collar. The picture quality […]

Anyone who visited Lockhart Stadium on Saturday for the debut of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2011 version) will have been impressed by what they saw. Huge lines of hundreds of people queuing up to buy tickets. A wonderful atmosphere around the ground with a record 6,402 in attendance. Tons of soccer fans wearing red and […]

Thierry Henry. His name is one of the biggest names in world football. He became a worldwide icon with Arsenal of the English Premiership, and then he went on to win a plethora of trophies with F.C. Barcelona in Spain's La Liga. After getting the heave-ho from Barcelona, the big moment came to Major League […]

This Saturday marks the FA Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Manchester United at Wembley. So The FA recently sat down with Micah Richards and Chris Smalling to ask them their thoughts about the upcoming semi-final. But they did it in a unique manner by letting the two England under-21 internationals play each other in […]

EA Sports has released the first screenshot of FIFA 12, which features a screenshot of Real Madrid soccer star Kaká. The next installment of FIFA, the video game series, will launch during the autumn of 2011. While it's hard to judge a book by its cover, it's also difficult to ascertain from this screenshot how […]

After 90 minutes of football between Manchester United against Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-final second leg, we're left with so many talking points. First, I thought Chelsea played much better than they have done recently, especially in the first half. But Manchester United took their chances while Chelsea wasted many of theirs. Particularly guilty […]

Now that the English teams have pretty well fleshed themselves out in Europe, as well as the Premier League title race, I think it's time to take a look at some clubs who made personnel moves on the pitch. The January transfer window was as active as ever, and now that mid-April has approached we are […]

For the uninitiated, the Rocky Mountain Cup is a yearly fan rivalry between the only two MLS clubs in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado and Real Salt Lake. The Cup has been awarded since 2005 and the games to decide the Cup have been heated, with Wednesday's match-up expected to be the same. But more than […]

In his short but impressive coaching career, Jason Kreis may be approaching heights unseen by an MLS coach. This weekend he essentially fielded a backup squad that handled an undefeated Revolution squad. RSL is in the CONCACAF Champions League final and is the prohibitive favorite to win a second MLS Cup in three years. Also […]

The convergence of social media, broadband technology and HD transmissions means that soccer, more than any other sport, is perfect for this Internet age. It's a sport that's 24/7, 365 days of the year. It's unlike any other pastime. Due to soccer's popularity worldwide, a day doesn't go by when there isn't a game being […]