This was the game where it all came full circle. When Bruce Arena used one of his two Designated Player spots in the 2007 season he brought over Juan Pablo Angel from Aston Villa of the English Premiership and right away, the Colombian striker paid dividends. On Wednesday, May 23rd Angel came back to the […]

In a match with just about everything, it was the Chicago Fire that eventually benefited from a beautiful goal and a suspect call to overcome a banged-up F.C. Dallas squad, 2-1 at home. Dallas opened the scoring in the 41st minute off of a set piece. Bryan Leyva pumped a corner kick into danger near […]

Last June, I wrote about my coming to grips with the fact that I was just never going to have a team in the Premier League. Not like many of you do. No team ever reached out and grabbed me. No team’s fate made me nervous, joyous or miserable. So neutrality, of a sort, became […]

Chelsea interim manager Roberto Di Matteo, fresh off a club-unprecedented FA Cup and Champions League double, will soon take a well-deserved vacation with his family in the Caribbean. Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has yet to offer the man who has brought him what he most wanted a long-term contract. Di Matteo deserves to bask in […]

If you support Portugal, Denmark or Netherlands, be very afraid of Germany — especially after watching the above video. The Mercedes TV commercial featuring the German national team for Euro 2012 is intense, incredible and — dare I say it — intimidating, especially if your nation is going to be playing Deutschland. The TV commercial makes […]

If you think the U.S. Open Cup couldn’t get any crazier or exciting, you would be very wrong at that. Round 2 proper of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup just raised the level and it was fantastic. Even though there was only one match that went into Extra Time, we’ve had a few winners […]

There's just over two weeks to go before Euro 2012 kicks off, and the number and quality of news items is quickly increasing from a handful to more than 10. As the days go by, I imagine this list will get longer and longer! Here's all of the Euro 2012 news you need to know, […]

In an exclusive interview with Chelsea TV, Didier Drogba has recorded a 90 second message to say goodbye and thank you to Chelsea supporters around the world. "Thank you for giving me the chance to show what I was able to do," said Drogba, in a sincere and heartfelt message. "Thank you for supporting me […]

Over the course of the 2011-12 Fantasy Premier League season, more than 2,100 soccer fans from around the world played the EPL Talk private league version of the game. In previous seasons, EPL Talk finished in the top 20 of private leagues out of the 200,000 private leagues worldwide. This year, with the redesign of […]

Every year, for the past few seasons, we've done a Premier League prediction table where I and you, the readers, make our picks on how the final Premier League table will look at the end of the season. The picks are made in August, so it's often a tough call to make especially since new […]

While reading the article about Chelsea not winning any admirers from their Champions League victory over Bayern, I found it interesting that the author made several points about how Chelsea failed to play with “style,” employing “negative tactics” that aren’t appealing to people who truly love the game or neutrals alike. While I’ll agree that […]

When Manchester United strode out onto the Camp Nou pitch on May 26, 1999 to contest the Champions League final against Bayern Munich, it was the first appearance by an English club in the competition’s final since the Heysel tragedy of May 29, 1985. During that gap, the tournament underwent several significant changes, including the […]

Going into the first match of this year’s Cascadia Cup, the Sounders were considered by many one of the top three teams in the MLS. That is why the first half was so shocking to watch. The usually stable midfield frequently gave up possession, allowing the Whitecaps to counterattack with speedy wingers Omar Salgado and […]

Following Chelsea’s victory in the Champions League final, Europe’s collective media has fallen over itself to praise the character and resilience of their performance on the night, as well as their run in the competition which saw them topple Napoli, Benfica and Barcelona. While they are right to marvel at the improbability of their victory […]

Serie A will witness a drastic haul once the 2012-13 season begins with legendary players such as Alessandro Del Piero and Alessandro Nesta destined to leave the peninsula. There are a number of other players who made some major contributions throughout their career who will either retire or move outside Italy. Below is a list […]