Two thousand and seven has been a very eventful year for the Premier League and its clubs. Foreign takeovers, a high profile manager arrested, plenty of sackings, sublime goals and the closest title race in recent memory. Plus, most importantly of all, the amount of TV coverage of the league has increased for many of […]

Setanta Sports will debut Setanta Sports News in North America on January 1, 2008. The news program will be aired at 5pm, 10pm and 1am eastern time. The news program is the same Setanta Sports News that launched in the UK on November 29, 2007. The 24/7 rolling news channel is a joint venture between […]

Forget Man United and Arsenal. The biggest hit this holiday season is Setanta Sports and their hilarious Jose Mourinho parody. View the Jose Mourinho parody video: If you enjoyed the parody, the good news is that Setanta will be producing more episodes. Read the full scoop on the mCalcio blog.

The 2007 season for MLS was its most visible on both the American sports scene and on the international football scene. For first time since the early days of the league, MLS was scouting Latin America for talent and playing in the international transfer market. But it seems the never ending conflict within MLS to […]

The continued constant realignment and tinkering with USL makes it difficult to keep track of USL-1 especially when so many former USL-1 teams are in USL-2 and expansion teams come and go as the California Victory did this season. In the upcoming seasons USL-1 is likely to expand to and may simply put teams where […]

The EPL Talk Chat has returned and will be available each matchday so you can chat in real-time with fellow football fans from around the world. It'll be available 24/7 throughout the week so whenever you're interested in having a chat about the Premier League, it'll be open. I'll also be making occasional appearances throughout the week, […]

Take a look at this article that came out today on ESPNsoccernet about Manchester City striker Rolando Bianchi:ROME, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Italian striker Rolando Bianchi aims to reach double figures at Manchester City this season but does not plan staying in the Premier League in the long term.'I hope to score at least 10 […]

Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton will spend New Year in jail after being arrested on charges of common assault and affray (similar to disturbing the peace). Barton appeared at Liverpool Magistrates' Court where it was disclosed that he and a group of friends were allegedly involved in two separate incidents following a dispute with another group […]

2007 was an interesting year for the US National Team. A transition year to say the least, at times the US looked worse than any point since prior to hosting the 1994 World Cup. The American performances in the Gold Cup and Copa America were un-inspirational to say the least. Despite winning the Gold Cup […]

Destiny entwined Two hundred thousand a week Major malfunction Liverpool beat Derby 2-1 on a late winner by Steven Gerrard. It was another unfortunate result for Derby who should have earned at least a draw for dominating Liverpool in the second half. The Reds were once again plagued by their inconsistency, with only the individual […]

Best Performance: The US' 2-1 victory over the Pato led Brazil squad at the U-20 World Cup in Canada Biggest Revelation: Sal Zizzo. The UCLA product playing out wide in the US midfield for the U-20s got himself a contract in the Bundesliga with his outstanding World Cup. Worst Performance: John Hackworth's U-17 team imploding […]

Yes, Arsenal is hitting a sticky patch right now and are not playing the type of fluid football they're renowned for especially in their away match against Portsmouth at Fratton Park. Watching the match, I kept on asking myself the question in my head, "Are they playing like Premier League title contenders?" The simple answer […]

Here's my "Best Of" list for the year 2007 in the Premiership.Best Game: Tottenham-4, West Ham-3 (03/04/07)Most Improved Team: PortsmouthBest Uniform: Manchester United-Away (Black)Best Manager: Arsene WengerMost Passionate Fans: LiverpoolBest Stadium: Fratton Park and Craven Cottage (tie)Most Outstanding Striker: Didier Drogba (Chelsea)Most Outstanding Midfielder: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)Most Outstanding Center Back: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) […]

This is traditionally the busiest time of year in the English Football season with the Boxing Day matches on the horizon and the January transfer window about to open. But here in the United States we are consumed by meaningless college bowl games between sixth place finishers in their conference. Can you imagine if we […]

Robbie Keane bitches He whines he wanks he whinges Bottles when it counts Arsenal squeaked out a 2-1 win over Tottenham in the North London Derby. They were not very convincing, but, unlike last season, it was an unconvincing win. The match began rather creepily with a friendly handshake between Ramos and Wenger. Gunners fans […]