It's time to stop with the finger pointing. It's time to stop with the name calling and we have to stop bickering with each other. And you know what this message also goes out to both Commissioners of our professional leagues in Don Garber of MLS & Francisco Marcos of USL. It's way too late […]

This has to be one of the best weeks in Liverpool's history under Rafa Benitez. After beating Real Madrid so convincingly during mid-week in the Champions League, the Reds did the unthinkable today by thrashing Manchester United 4-1 at Old Trafford. The Premier League title race is back on. Liverpool's win takes Benitez's side to […]

This may seem like a stark statement but in these tough economic times this is exactly what investors and football lovers must confront this reality. We've discussed in recent weeks the poor television ratings MLS has been receiving and the general lack of interest even among the football supporting public in the United States. The […]

Is the World Baseball Classic, www.worldbaseballclassic.com , gaining on Soccer's World Cup? Probably not too much, considering baseball is not played in nearly as many countries. But, this Classic is a thorn in the side of MLS. As the opening week of the new MLS season approaches, the Classic will be entering its final days. Who do you […]

The 19th FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. It will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by a nation in the Confederation of African Football. The USA have a somewhat checkered record in the World Cup, but have reached […]

MLS has an odd salary structure. Nobody who is objective can claim otherwise. While some players are fairly compensated most quite frankly are not. The following list provides us with a player per team that is likely to contribute more to the league this season than their salary would indicate. This list is a hodgepodge […]

74th Rhein Derby this Saturday in the Bundesliga: 1. FC Köln against Borussia Mönchengladbach. A Derby with great history and even better stories, most of the time Borussia came out ahead. 19 times Mönchengladbach has been able to win in Köln, more than against any other Club they have visited in the Bundesliga. Bundesliga.de conducted […]

On Tuesday, EPL Talk will be hitting the road to Miami to attend the SportelAmerica Conference. It's the event of the year where the major sports leagues and TV networks meet to negotiate the rights to TV and new media. The Premier League will be there. So too will the Bundesliga and Major League Soccer. […]

Both Manchester United and Liverpool managed to exorcise some demons this midweek, which leads up to a mouth-watering clash at Old Trafford on Saturday (8:45am ET, Setanta Sports USA). For Sir Alex, he took on the greatest nemesis of his 35-year managerial career and sent him home empty handed. It was a controversial win against […]

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Chelsea will play a friendly against Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan this summer in San Francisco, according to The New York Times Goal Blog. The friendly is scheduled for July 21. Three days earlier, on July 18, Chelsea will play Seattle Sounders in a friendly (kick off time Noon PT). So far, Chelsea is the only […]

Gavin & Stacey TV star James Corden has taped a hilarious sketch with the England football team to raise money for the British version of Comic Relief. Featured in the video are David Beckham, Peter Crouch, David James, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick, Shawn Wright-Philips, Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand. The story line is […]

The European Champion Clubs' Cup or, more commonly, European Cup, was inaugurated in 1955 for winners of European domestic leagues. The format was straightforward knockout over two legs, home and away, with the team with the highest aggregate score qualifying for the next round. For the 1992-93 season, the tournament was renamed the UEFA Champions […]

Obviously the United States has hosted the Gold Cup regularly but never have more than six venues in the nation hosted Gold Cup matches in the same tournament. For 2009 however, the US will have 13 different venues hosting matches in the championship of the CONCACAF region. Jack Warner, the ethically challenged President of CONCACAF […]

Admit it. It's something that's happened to you, too. You get psyched about a specific game, maybe it's a Champions League match. You set the DVR or VCR to record it. You get home and it didn't record. Or if it did tape, it gets cut off when the match goes to penalties. We've all […]