Of course over the next few days we will be wrapping up the team previews, with the San Jose 'Quakes on today's schedule. If you have not read your favorite team's preview yet, I highly recommend you take a look and share anything we overlooked or you think we got wrong. Of course the MLS […]

Team Name: Portland Timbers Stadium and Location: PGE Park, Portland Oregon Coach (with record as MLS coach): John Spencer (First season as Head Coach) 2010 LEAGUE RESULTS: 3rd in the USL Conference table . (4th Overall) 2010 REVIEW: A 3rd place finish in the USL Conference and 4th overall saw the Timbers round off their time in the USL with […]

Some clubs have reputations as being the dirtiest teams in the Premier League. Derby County, Stoke City and Hull are some of the most penalized in history. On an average weekend in the Premier League, we see a host of yellow cards being pulled out of the pockets of referees. And sometimes we see the […]

Was Thierry Henry lazy? Is Florent Malouda the most valuable player in the English Premier League? Are NBA analytical models being used in the EPL? All were questions and discussion points during the “Soccer Analytics” panel held Saturday at the 5th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston. The conference, which has grown rapidly over […]

Team: Real Salt Lake Coach: Jason Kreis Last Year's Finish: 15-11-4, 56 points. Western Conference: 2nd In a sense, RSL's season has already begun with a 4-1 aggregate victory over Columbus in the CONCACAF Champions League. In the second of those two matches, we've seen a team that looks like it's picking up where it […]

Allow me start with some nuts and bolts. When I first embarked on writing tactics-flavored match reports, I planned to focus on mid-to-lower table clubs, like my initial report on Wigan v. WBA. This was because Michael Cox of Zonal Marking (a participant in a tactics interview accessed with a subscription to EPL Talk Pro) already […]

Liverpool has snapped a three derby losing streak to Manchester United, with strong performances from Dirk Kuyt, Luis Suárez and Raúl Meireles leading the Reds to a 3-1 victory over their rivals. On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna talk about the Red Devils disappointing performance, what it […]

The moment Obafemi Martins tapped home Birmingham's League Cup winner last Sunday, something strange and mysterious happened. Down at City rivals Aston Villa, it triggered the start of a horrific week. First Villa revealed losses of up to £37 million. Then Gerard Houllier took the first team to Eastlands (well half of the first team. No, two […]

In Sunday's massive match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield, Jamie Carragher committed a high tackle against Nani in the 44th minute that resulted in the Portugese player going to ground and Carragher being awarded a yellow card. But in images published in the last hour, we can now take a closer look at […]

Manchester United has their first losing streak of the year, failing to show against Liverpool after their mid-week loss to Chelsea. But don't disparage the Reds' performances, particularly those of Luis Suárez, Raul Meireles, and hat-trick hero Dirk Kuyt. Liverpool snaps a three-match losing streak to United, beating the Red Devils 3-1. At 10 p.m. […]

Sunday's match between Liverpool and Manchester United was a perfect example of why the Premier League is the most exciting league in the world. You had everything from an incredible dribble by Luis Suarez to beat four players and help create the first goal to the surreal antics of Nani. But most importantly, the action-packed […]

PL Player Bite: Kuyt's Hat-Trick Luis Suarez twisted and turned past four Manchester United defenders Sunday and then nutmegged Edwin van der Sar, which led to Dirk Kuyt tapping the ball into the net for an incredible opening goal for Liverpool. The goal will be long remembered by Liverpool supporters as one of the best […]

Don't listen to the others, but today there are actually two massive Premier League matches that will be played before our eyes. The first one, of course, is the battle between Liverpool and Manchester United from Anfield (8:30am ET, Fox Soccer Channel). This is a crucial match for so many different reasons. Most of all […]

ESPN's feature match in America looked wearisome and sloppy after 45 minutes. West Bromwich responded though, by wresting the match away from a Birmingham City side that looked wistful at times. There were several changes for the Blues from the Carling Cup winning eleven. McLeish did lead off with the 4-4-2 formation that yielded the […]

Fifteen years ago, MLS launched with teams in downright psychedelic uniforms playing on football fields; some of MLS's earliest highlights look like the two teams are playing on a lacrosse field. In 2011, the situation has vastly changed, as most MLS franchises have their own soccer specific fields or compounds with only a few still […]