One wonders what the fallout will be from the disconcerting television ratings of MLS Cup, especially considering the LA Galaxy have possibly the greatest tandem of professional soccer players to ever play together on the same U.S. club team, ever. Speculating, who knows, this potential greatest tandem hyperbole could stick for the next 50 years. Add to the […]

Well, you wonder if sanity has left the South Coast this summer at Portsmouth, with weird takeovers, scraping around for signings, the chief executive being charged with tax evasion, another takeover, being banned from signing due to unpaid debts and now Paul Hart being moved out of the managers seat. What have the Pompey faithful […]

MLS Talk's Chris Riordan will be speaking with the DC United man. Leave your questions here.

Oh, Martin Skrtel. Since Sami Hyypia left, I've been cheering for Srktel to score from a corner or free kick. I've seen some sweet goals from Agger. I've even seen Carragher score (and he's only scored 5 in 594 matches). In the pub, we used to yell for Sami Hyypia to put one back whenever […]

Totti was a star in the 3-1 win over Bari For Italian soccer fans, the international break was excruciating. The national team had two friendlies (which Arsenal fans would not consider too friendly) and watched to see who else would qualify from Europe. Thankfully, the action from this weekend was exciting enough to make up […]

For the last week we heard about the great 2009 for Major League Soccer. Please pardon me, while I take a step back from Don Garber’s rhetoric and raise the ugly side of 2009 in American soccer. I will not dispute that this summer appeared to be the tipping point for the sport in the […]

In the clash between old media and new media, I find it comical to see traditional old media establishments floundering to survive and concocting irrational business plans to hold on to the very little power they still have. The best example is Rupert Murdoch's recent attempt to remove the websites he owns from the Google […]

Ireland's loss may be football's gain. Fifa may fast-track the approval of an additional assistant referee on each goal line in time for next summer's World Cup in South Africa. This system is currently being tested in the Europa League. As we well know, on-the-spot human judgment is not perfect, but an additional referee positioned by […]

Frequent guest Chris Oakley of Some People on the Pitch, the Sound of Football and the Onion Bag joins us to discuss International Football, West Ham United, and the World Cup Draw. Be sure not to miss a single episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, the only Premier League interview show on the Internet. We […]

(Seattle, WA) — Would the big local crowds that have filled Qwest Field to watch their Sounders play all season long come out to watch the MLS Cup Final? Would supporters from Los Angeles and Salt Lake City make the trek to the Pacific Northwest to watch their clubs compete for the Championship. Would the […]

Jermain Defoe hit five goals yesterday in Spurs' demolition – the word doesn't seem strong enough, at times – of Wigan Athletic, but has he done enough to merit a place in Fabio Capello's World Cup squad next summer? Many pundits and people in the game, including 'Arry (who would of course be a neutral observer […]

The rumors were true (another one), the North American Soccer League is back...kinda. I know some of you are putting your faces in your hands and groaning, and if you follow basketball you have a good reason to. The second coming of the once celebrated American Basketball Association has been nothing short of a complete […]

I have to admit if there is one name in the bottom six that surprises me by being there this season, then it has to be Wolves. Arriving back to the Premiership as Championship winners, they currently stare upward towards Birmingham City and Burnley. West Ham and Portsmouth have struggled with financial issues, Bolton Wanderers […]

Things are very rarely simple at the K.C. Stadium, not while Phil Brown is there. Back in January, he raised eyebrows when he paid £5 million for the effervescent Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard. Not that there is any doubting the quality that Bullard offers, but that a player who had suffered so much from a […]

In the wake of the on-going USL soap opera that has been unfolding since summer, the Charleston Battery announced their intentions to relegate themselves to the USL Second Division for the upcoming 2010 season. The Battery was never a member of the Team Owners Association, and in fact at one point was the only member […]