Fresh off the news that JP Dellacamera is making the move from ESPN to Fox Soccer, the network announced its pairings for the upcoming MLS season. Not surprisingly, Dellacamera is the Friday night play-by-play man, and in my opinion Fox has surrounded him with some quality talent. Your game day host for MLS will be […]

Only 8 matches this week, and the teams from Manchester feature in four of them. While the derbies were not as exciting this year as last, are we heading for an FA Cup showdown? United and Chelsea should advance to the Champions League quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Saturday is not the May Day showdown we are all […]

Today, EPL Talk Pro released part one of a three part audio series entitled "Detailing The Pyramid: Looking at the Current Role of Tactical Analysis in Football Coverage." The audio series features discussions with: Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian), Michael Cox (Zonal Marking), Bobby McMahon (Fox Soccer Report), Grant Wahl (Sports Illustrated), Richard Whittall (A More […]

My obsession with football started as a young boy when I began to collect football stickers. Through the collection of these stickers I formulated the kind of professional player I would be when the time came. I didn't support a football team at the time (stickers also determined this) but I supported players. John Barnes […]

Team Name Seattle Sounders FC Stadium and Location Qwest Field, Seattle, Washington. Coach (with record as MLS coach) Sigi Schmidt (GER) (14-10-6) 2010 LEAGUE RESULTS: 4th in Western Conference, 6th Overall. 2010 REVIEW: A solid season for the Sounders saw them finish well in their conference before a strong Galaxy side ended their time in the play-offs. A […]

How times have changed at Tottenham Hotspur. After Tottenham Hotspur showed Sunday how leaky their defense could be as Wolverhampton Wanderers ran riot, It was refreshing to see the Lilywhites give a defensively sound performance Wednesday night against AC Milan. It was the type of display that Tottenham may need to rely on again in the […]

In part two of our season preview, Christopher Riordan and myself take a few minutes to focus on the play-in, wild-card, preliminary, extra, new, another tier of playoffs – why not? – round of Major League Soccer's postseason cup tournament. Which teams do we see playing those final matches to make it into the eight-team, […]

In part two of our season preview, Christopher Riordan and myself take a few minutes to focus on the play-in, wild-card, preliminary, extra, new, another tier of playoffs – why not? – round of Major League Soccer's postseason cup tournament. Which teams do we see playing those final matches to make it into the eight-team, […]

There were two English Premier League matches mid-week, but our main focus of attention was Champions League, where one North London club qualified for the quarterfinals while their rivals were sent home empty handed, jaw slacken. For the second year in a row, Arsenal's Champions League met its end in Barcelona, but whereas it was […]

Club: San Jose Earthquakes Head Coach: Frank Yallop Last Year's Finish: 12-8-10 6th Place in the West/8th Overall It was a rocky season with the Earthquakes last year but it did end in a positive way. After being down a goal on aggregate against the Red Bulls, they surprised many by scoring two to lead […]

There's something magical about a Cup Final. On any given day, any team can win even if it's a David against Goliath. The nerves are tensing, the butterflies are racing and the sweaty palms are in full bloom. Then you have the atmosphere at the stadium, the team colors flying and waving in the ground […]

Champions League matches often create fascinating moments in games, especially in the second leg when two teams are going down to the wire to determine who will be victors. In Tuesday night's match between Barcelona and Arsenal, with Barcelona in the ascendency with a 3-1 lead late in the game, it looked more likely that […]

New photos of what appears to be Liverpool's away shirt for the 2011-2012 season have been leaked. The photos of Liverpool's new away shirt reveal a return to the club's famous yellow shirt with red trim. Designed and manufactured by Adidas, Liverpool's new away shirt features red pinstripes on the front as well as the […]

Subbuteopia – trailer from L@SocietàSintetica on Vimeo. A documentary about Subbuteo, the legendary table soccer game, is in the works and scheduled for release this year. The film includes the story of the Parodi brothers, one of the main distributors of Subbuteo in Europe since 1971. When they could no longer obtain new Subbuteo items […]

The masterminds at EA have taken their FIFA 11 game simulation machine and predicted the result of tonight's Barcelona against Arsenal match. After Arsenal's historic 2-1 win against Barcelona at the Emirates, will the Gunners be able to overcome the best team in the world at Camp Nou? Or will Barcelona's away goal make the […]