Ben Olsen has been over the past twelve seasons one of the best American footballers plying his trade in MLS. After several injury plagued seasons and speculation that he'd retire last year, Olsen scored a dramatic stoppage time tying goal tonight to give DC United a critical home draw with New England. Olsen slotted home […]

I never thought I would say this, but I miss Ruud van Nistelrooy. I know he had his critics, but he was the right fit for United. It’s unfortunate that not playing him in the 2006 Carling Cup final in favor of Saha was the final straw. This was one of Fergusons not so bright […]

On paper, FC Barcelona could be the world's most formidable attacking side. Messi, Henry, Eto'o, Xavi, Alves, Iniesta, Abidal. Some of the most prestigious names in world football and are among the great wealth of talent in Barcelona's ranks. They have been a dominating force this season with 24 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, […]

Guest editorial by Tom Mallows Don’t let David Moyes’ conspiracy theories fool you – his side are ready for Manchester United. It has made an amusing sub-plot in the build up to this weekend’s FA Cup semi-final between Everton and Manchester United. Steve Bennett, the official originally chosen to take charge of the match, had […]

It's quite rare to find myself defending Rafa Benitez in any respect, but I think the recent comments by Sam Allardyce are more than ridiculous. After Liverpool's 4-0 romp of his team, the Blackburn manager claims Benitez showed a "lack of respect" for failing to meet for the traditional post-game drink. In addition, he claims: […]

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As part of our continuing commitment to bring you the best interviews on the internet related to American footy, MLS Talk will be interviewing Steven Cohen of World Soccer Daily and Fox Football Fone In next week for release the following week. It goes without saying that the opinions of your host and that of […]

It's a busy part of the calendar for some squads, but the chance for FA Cup glory presents itself this weekend at Wembley in a pair of semifinal games. Arsenal and Chelsea won't have much time to celebrate mid-week successes in the Champions League when they square off on Saturday while Manchester United and Everton […]

As each day passes, more and more details are unveiled about Fox Soccer Channel televising the Champions League, which begins this summer. The latest revelations come from an interview with an interview in The New York Times with the executive vice president and general manager of Fox Sports International. Here's what can be revealed: Champions […]

' Everton's new football kits to released this summer will be from Le Coq Sportif, as we revealed in March. But now two new images have been unveiled which adds more evidence to what the home shirt and goalkeeper jersey will look like. The new images (pictured above) feature a training jacket — which gives […]

As the season comes to a close the top of the Serie A table makes for sobering reading for those behind Inter Milan. The Nerazzurri have won the league at a canter this season and in truth it never looked as if anyone was going to catch Mourinho’s men. AC Milan may occupy third spot […]

We comb the Internet for the soccer news so you don't have to. Here are several intriguing stories that caught our eye that we believe you'll be interested in reading: BBC News Presenter Revisits Hillsborough (BBC News). Mark Edwardson hadn't been back to Hillsborough since the first time he had seen the crush in 1989. […]

In 2004 Pele named the FIFA 125 greatest living footballers as part of the celebration of FIFA's 100th Anniversary. If you were to believe everything you read in the European press about football in this corner of the globe you'd believe we'd never seen good football or world class footballers before David Beckham touched down […]

It is around 3.45pm on April 13th 1996 on the South Coast at the Dell. Southampton are hosting Manchester United, the hosts are 3-0 up. The Man Utd squad clad in grey enter the changing room to an apparent furious Alex Ferguson. The fiery Scot is annoyed and in one of his more bizarre moves […]

If today's PFA Player of the Year shortlist shows us anything, announcing the player of the year with almost 6 weeks of the season left looks a stupid decision. With only Steven Gerrard not from Manchester United on the six player shortlist, it just shows how quickly things in football can change. What if Frank […]