It's ironic that Peter Crouch and Gareth Bale were two of the many heroes starring for Tottenham Hotspur Wednesday night in their impressive 4-0 win against Young Boys. Both players have received their fair amount of ridicule from not only armchair supporters, who have belittled them during parts of their career, but also managers who […]

As Fall taps on our shoulders and scatters around the corner here in the States, the impending chase to catch it can only mean one thing: College Football. I recently received another story idea from a reader of EPL Talk asking to take a glance at the rituals of college football, more specifically, tailgating in […]

On September 1, Apple will hold an event for the media where they're rumored to relaunch their Apple TV product as Apple iTV (or a similar name). While much of the tech world will be waiting in anticipation to find out if the rumor is true, the ramifications for soccer fans could be massive. If […]

It was a downpour in Mexico City as the rain came down hard and too many puddles were on the field at Estadio Azul. But at the start of the match it looked to be a bright ray of sunshine for the defending MLS Cup Champions in Real Salt Lake, but unfortunately it looked to […]

Three more Premier League clubs were in second-round action in the Carling Cup today. Here's a recap of all of the action. Fulham 6, Port Vale 0 Continuing the trend of 6-0 scorelines, Fulham routed Port Vale to advance to the third-round of the Carling Cup. Zolton Gera and Bobby Zamora scored doubles while Clint […]

Pot 1 Barcelona – Liverpool – Chelsea – Manchester United – Arsenal – AC Milan – Sevilla – Bayern Munich Pot 2 Werder Bremen – Real Madrid – Roma – Shakhtar Donetsk – Benfica – Valencia – Marseille – Panathinaikos Pot 3 Tottenham Hotspur – Rangers – Ajax – Schalke 04 – FC Basel – […]

Argentinian midfielder Jose Sosa has today completed a move away from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich after failing to break into Louis van Gaal's side in recent times. Sosa will play his club football at Serie A side Napoli this season, where he will look to get his career back on track. Jose Sosa joined Bayern […]

I couldn't believe what I was watching on Fox Soccer Channel last night. While doing my live radio Internet show I decided to keep an eye on my TV and see what was happening between Panama's Arabe Unido & Canada's Toronto FC. Watching the match I was in disbelief as once again Arabe Unido was […]

Last season was a special one for the Blucerchiati, as they finished the season in fourth place in Serie A and qualified for the Champions League. The club also unveiled a striker-duo that could not only lead Sampdoria to further success but form the basis of a more potent attack on the Italian national team. […]

Despite being in the last year of his contract and being the only Everton player not to sign a long-term deal in recent weeks, Steven Pienaar will apparently remain at Goodison Park for at least one more season. The club can continue contract talks with Pienaar until January, at which time he will be free […]

Defoe Could Play Against Young Boys But Will Miss Euro Qualifiers Tottenham and England striker Jermain Defoe could play through injury in tonight's Champions League qualifying clash with Young Boys but will miss England's first two Euro 2012 qualifiers with a groin strain. Defoe has been nagged by injury since the World Cup and will […]

Aston Villa's Kevin MacDonald has been given the next two matches to prove whether he's capable of doing the job on a permanent basis. The first match is Thursday night in the Europa League against Rapid Vienna, which is followed by Sunday's game against Everton. While many Villa players and supporters are believed to be […]

To read quotes from some of the experts in England, it's almost as if the thought of Mikel Arteta playing for England would be tantamount to a German player being selected by the Three Lions during the Second World War. Well, perhaps not quite that much, but the negative reaction to the prospect of Arteta […]

Round 2 of the Carling Cup kicked off today and several EPL teams were in action. Blackpool were dumped out courtesy of MK Dons while eight EPL squads advanced to the third round. Here's a recap of Tuesday's Cup action. MK Dons 4, Blackpool 3 A 110th minute goal by Lewis Guy gave League One […]

Today I was a Sampdoria fan, I cheered wildly for them, and I hated Werder Bremen with all my heart. It was partly nationalistic, and mostly due to the fact that I wanted to see Cassano in the Champions League. But Sampdoria didn't make it through, they lost in the most heartbreaking of manners, taking […]