The sprinklers rose up from the pitch and sprayed the Inter Milan players and staff. The Barcelona anthem, "Cant del Barça," blared through the loudspeakers as the Culés did not know whether to clap off their Blaugrana heroes or vehemently whistle at the unwanted visitors from northern Italy. This sense of confusion permeated throughout the […]

While the horses blaze down the track in Kentucky, MLS will contribute to the sporting calendar with eight games on Saturday. Here's a look at the schedule Saturday, May 1 New York Red Bulls at D.C. United, TeleFutura, 4 p.m. FC Dallas at New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m. Kansas City Wizards at Houston Dynamo FSC, 8:30 […]

Dear Special One, Or, is it Mr. Special? Excuse my error in salutation, if in fact I committed one. I wish to take a fleeting moment to put pen to paper and congratulate you on your recent 0-1 loss to current world "dominators" Barcelona FC. I've in fact never seen such an emphatic "jump for joy" […]

A sparse crowd at chilly RFK Stadium (2,804 announced) wednesday evening witnessed the pieces finally fall into place for a struggling DC United. On a night when the cold weather, local playoff hockey and having an Open Cup match midweek brought only the most hardcore of fans out, those who did make the journey were […]

ESPN today will be making a massive announcement regarding the addition of a new commentator to its World Cup broadcasting team. The press conference is scheduled for 2:30pm ET. But the question is, who is it going to be? All ESPN says is that it's going to be a "marquee FIFA World Cup personality." But […]

Football is all about goals. That’s the cliché anyway, and it’s obviously true. Goals win games. But while this remains true, football is also about the art of defending. Defending is the less glamorous brother of attacking; the more dour, less flash relation. Some fans don’t really appreciate defending, but last night, Inter Milan gave […]

The close of the Premier League season is less than two short weeks away. The World Cup, meanwhile, is almost here. Just 43 days away. So I thought it'd be a great time to update you on some exciting developments here at EPL Talk as well as to see if you're interested in participating in […]

After Jose Mourinho's triumphant Champions League semi-final victory against Barcelona over two legs, you have to wonder where he goes from here. If he's able to coach his Internationale team to victory in the final against Bayern Munich, the world is Mourinho's oyster. New manager at Real Madrid? Sure, if the price is right (and […]

Billy Beane may be the general manager of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics, but as my discussion with the former major leaguer shows, a large part of his sporting heart lies in the footballing world. On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, Beane joins me to talk about his favorite club, Tottenham Hotspur, his […]

With his announcement this week that David Beckham will not recover from his ruptured Achilles heel in time to play for the Galaxy this season, both Beckham and the Galaxy find themselves at a crossroads. For Beckham, it is a series of dour options, but for the Galaxy, the opportunities are decidedly more intriguing. With […]

In a massive show of power and future earnings, Yahoo has won the UK rights to show online highlights of the Premier League for the next three seasons. Virgin Media, the former online rights holders, will end their three year partnership with the Premier League when Yahoo takes over. The 5-minute highlights of matches will be available […]

For those who haven't heard, starting this May-June, readers of The Times and The Sunday Times online will be forced to pay a fee or subscription in order to read news from one of Britain's biggest and most trusted news sources. Some 20 million monthly readers of the two sites will be effected by a change […]

The Inbetweeners. Red Dwarf. Doctor Who. Life On Mars. Are You Being Served? Top Gear. Car Pool. Radio 6. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. The IT Crowd. Peep Show. Gavin and Stacey. Little Britain. The Cult. Skins. Wire In The Blood. Just to name a few. While you're obviously a massive soccer fan, I wanted […]

It was a coolish night at Red Bull Arena with a bit of a wind, but somehow the reserves for the New York Red Bulls got hot from the start of the match till deep into the second half. As soon as Referee Andrew Chapman blew his whistle to start the US Open Cup Qualifier, […]

Mike Forde is the Performance Director at Chelsea Football Club. He joined me last week to talk about the direction of performance analysis in football; specifically, in the wake of this mention in Simon Kuper and Stefan Symanski's book Soccernomics (or, How England Lose, as distributed in England), what football can take from the type […]