Published reports indicate out of favor Chelsea midfielder Claude Makelele is pondering a move to the MLS. Makelele had retired from the France National Team but then unretired for a Euro qualifier which set off a firestorm in Stamford Bridge. Makelele stated he feels he can continue to play for France if he moves stateside.

Published reports indicate out of favor Chelsea midfielder Claude Makelele is pondering a move to the MLS. Makelele had retired from the France National Team but then unretired for a Euro qualifier which set off a firestorm in Stamford Bridge. Makelele stated he feels he can continue to play for France if he moves stateside.

Setanta's team of pundits for the 2007/2008 season is continuing to grow. In the past few months, they announced that Steve McClaren McManaman, Angus Young and Steve Bower will join the Irish company. Setanta has added Les Ferdinand to their ranks and The Guardian is reporting that Emmanuel Petit is in talks with Setanta. At […]

Here are some of the stories from around the world about the Premier League that you may have missed: Man United's match in Seoul, Korea on July 20 quickly sold out all 65,000 tickets. Demand was so high that the tickets sold in a matter of hours. Sky has been presenting news in the virtual […]

CANADA Greg Sutton (Toronto FC), DF: Adam Braz (Toronto FC), Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact), Chris Pozniak (Toronto FC), Marco Reda (Toronto FC), Kevin Harmse (Los Angeles Galaxy/USA), Ante Jazic (Los Angeles Galaxy/USA, Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps), Antonio Ribeiro (Montreal Impact), Dwayne DeRosario (Houston Dynamo/USA), GUATEMALA Carlos Ruiz (FC Dallas/USA), HAITI Gabart Fenelon (Miami FC/USA), Stephane […]

Just watched the game; China looked awful Howard: 5.5; couldn’t do anything about the goal; made a nice save from a free-kick, but I didn’t feel he set up the wall too well with Beasley on the end instead of a bigger player like Razov or DempseySpector: 5; solid tackling; got burned once in the […]

CANADA GK: Robert Giacomi (Beveren FC/BEL), Greg Sutton (Toronto FC), Joshua Wagenaar (ADO Den Haag/NED);DF: Adam Braz (Toronto FC), Ali Gerba (FC Gothenborg/SWE), Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact), Andrew Hainault (Said Most FC/CZE), Chris Pozniak (Toronto FC), Marco Reda (Toronto FC);MD: Patrice Bernier (Tromso FC/SWE), Julian DeGuzman (Deportivo La Coruna/ESP), Richard Hastings (Inverness CT/SCO), Kevin Harmse […]

Not sure if you caught Alan Mullery on Sky Sports last week, but he called Major League Soccer a "mickey mouse league." While it's far from that, I am in the land of the Mickey Mouse this week, that is Orlando, Florida. I'll be reporting throughout the week. For those of you looking for the […]

Another thrilling game where the Wizards outscored their opponents.

In the forthcoming second episode of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast, I interview actor/producer Andrew Shue, who is a former professional soccer player of some note about his new movie "Gracie." The movie opened nationally on Friday and is a must see if you are a Soccer fan. Not only does the movie combine […]

The final results have been tabulated for the latest EPL Talk poll and one of the answers is quite surprising. When asked "where do you primarily watch Premiership matches," 80% of the respondents answered "at home," but surprisingly, 10% voted "online via P2P." This may not be surprising to many of you. P2P (peer to […]

Is it a coincidence that the Premier League was scheduled to announce the fixtures for the 2007/2008 season on June 21st, but has now moved the date back to June 14th? Could it be because the arbitration hearing between Sheffield United and the Premier League is scheduled for June 18 and 19? The arbitration hearing […]

Bradley's Style is Different Than Arena's in use of Flank Play With the United States fielding a virtual "B" team for yesterday's full international versus China it was imperative for the two most experienced American attackers in the side to step up. Both DeMarcus Beasley and Clint Dempsey answered the call. Operating with more confidence […]

With the United States fielding a virtual "B" team for yesterday's full international versus China it was imperative for the two most experienced American attackers in the side to step up. Both DeMarcus Beasley and Clint Dempsey answered the call. Operating with more confidence in Bob Bradley's 4-3-3 formation than in Bruce Arena's 4-5-1 formation […]

Eddie Johnson is in rare form for Kansas City. Today he netted his seventh, eight and ninth goals of the season as the Wizards moved into the top overall spot in Major League Soccer with a 3-2 win over Red Bull New York. EJ will try and keep his streak going for the US National […]