This week's episode of the EPL Talk Podcast features an exclusive interview with former Premier League and England referee Graham Poll, author of a new autobiography entitled "Seeing Red." In the lengthy interview, Poll answers a lot of questions about the proposed rule changes to the sport, his memories from that historic day at the […]

Here are more details about Liverpool's new TV channel, LFC.tv, which is scheduled to go live on September 20. It's frustrating for Liverpool fans in the United States because no one will be carrying the channel over here. GolTV dropped its coverage of Liverpool TV at the end of last season. LFC.tv is produced by […]

If you live in the United States and you can't decide whether to choose DirecTV, DISH Network, your local cable company or ITVN to watch as many soccer matches as possible, the next Premier League weekend will help answer that question for you. When the English Premier League returns from the international break on Saturday, […]

During an international break, it's an unusual experience watching Euro 2008 qualifiers in the United States. The most talked about match, England against Israel, isn't even on U.S. television (it's only available via pay-per-view, so you have a choice between paying $30 to watch it at home, or pay $20 at the pub). So, if […]

UEFA has fined the clubs that had crowd trouble during the final qualifying round for the Champions League. Belgium's Anderlecht were hardest hit as UEFA fined them 20,000 Swiss francs after fans threw missiles and attempted to invade the pitch during their second-leg defeat against Turkish side Fenerbahce in Brussels on Aug. 29. Fenerbahce, who […]

Pablo Mastroeni has been replaced by Kerry Zavagnin for the US friendly with Brazil, Sunday. Mastroeni has been ill since Colorado's 1-1 draw with Columbus Sunday. Zavagnin, 33 was used often by Bruce Arena as a holding midfielder during qualifying for World Cup 2006, but was cut from the team before Germany 2006.

Jose Antonio Reyes has said, since his transfer from Real Madrid (not wanted really by new coach Schuster) and not wanting to return to London with Arsenal, that with his move across town to Atletico, "I had hoped to play more, I am not going to lie to you, but these are decisions for the […]

Week Two has come and gone, and while I've been busily working on the podcast, I've skimped badly for the last few months on my day job which is as yeoman blogger. So, after interviewing last week a few notables like Paddy Agnew (author of Forza Italia) and Sheridan Bird (of football 365.com), I've been […]

The Canada Squad: Goalkeepers: Lars Hirschfeld (Rosenborg, Denmark), Kenny Stamatopoulos (Toronto FC). Defenders: Daniel Imhof (VfL Bochum, Germany), Ante Jazic (Los Angeles, United States), Adrian Serioux (FC Dallas, United States), Andre Hainault (FK SAID Most, Czech Republic), Jim Brennan (FC Toronto), Atiba Hutchinson (FC Copenhagen, Denmark), Chris Pozniak (Toronto FC). Midfielders: Julian De Guzman (Deportivo […]

On the other side of the pond England currently has a golden generation of footballers who are perceived to have underachieved on the international stage by some. (I am not included in this group: I think England has gotten about as far as they should in European and World Cup Championships) Currently, the United States […]

Weekly highlights from Fox Soccer Channel are now available on TivoCast, a relatively new service for Tivo customers. Irish musician Sinead O'Connor, of all people, is the latest music artist to record a song for Fox Soccer Channel, which is now being aired on the channel. The Rising Sound's "Get In The Game" has been […]

Fans and supporter groups outraged that there'll only be one 3pm GMT kickoff on Saturday, October 6th should calm down. What alternative would they prefer? That most of the matches be played on the Saturday? Then they'll complain that the clubs competing in the UEFA Cup will be too tired to play. You can't have […]

FC Dallas of MLS defeated Seattle 4-3 on pks after a 2-2 deadlock at the end of extra time. Seattle now will host New England in the open cup final at Pizza Hut Park.

FC Dallas of MLS defeated Seattle 4-3 on pks after a 2-2 deadlock at the end of extra time. Seattle now will host New England in the open cup final at Pizza Hut Park.

As I mentioned last week, we're going to take a look at the UEFA Cup, this companion competition to the Champions League. The UEFA Cup evolved from the old Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was founded in 1955, two weeks after the founding of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup. The original tournament lasted three years, with […]