It's Thursday, November 17th. In less than four days, we will crown the 2011 Major League Soccer Cup Champions. Here are some topics that have impacted over the last day or three: MLS Cup 2011 As mentioned above, MLS Cup is fast approaching now (November 20, 9:00 PM EST, ESPN in HD and ESPN3). The […]

In a surprise move, FOX Soccer has announced that Piers Morgan will be a studio guest for two upcoming Premier League games to be shown live on US television. The first will be the November 20 game on FOX Soccer featuring Liverpool against Chelsea (also aired later in the day on FOX), while the second […]

Only two more rounds of the group stage of the Champions League remain, and for quite a few teams, that means the margin for error is slim to none. Over the final two match days, there are a number of important games that will determine how things shake out. Several of Europe’s elite, like Barcelona […]

His technique is exquisite. His movement is terrific. His vision is breathtaking. His quality is unquestionable. He is 22 years of age. He is one of the Bundesliga’s hottest properties. His name is Marco Reus, and he is the latest star to emerge from German football. After a blistering start to the season, Reus has […]

In the waning days of print media, an old sports columnist for a major metropolitan daily shakes his fist limply at soccer to remind readers exactly why they left newspapers behind in the first place. The Los Angeles Times is the fifth highest-circulating daily in the country and fading fast. Take a look at their […]

Even if we discount the fact that they have now named their stadium after a company that their owner runs, throwing almost 120 years of history into the gutter, Newcastle United have been hitting the headlines a lot more than usual this season. After 11 games they sit third in the table, just a point […]

With the commercial nature of the English Premier League and the inflated prices of, well, everything, in a suffering economy you cannot blame the average football fan for trading in the indulgence of watching his team play for catching the highlights after the game on TV. With Christmas just round the corner and all the […]

As discussed here at EPL Talk last week, Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has decided to rechristen St. James' Park, the club's venerable home since 1892, as Sports Direct Arena. Predictably, the move has gone over as well as an episode of "Geordie Shore." Newcastle supporters are among the most loyal in football, supporting the club through thick and through relegation and dodgy […]

For Sir Alex Ferguson the current international break could not have come at a better time. After a blistering start to the season, his Manchester United team have looked very laboured over the last couple of weeks and even though they have only lost once, that hiding received from Manchester City, they have looked uninspired […]

Corporations are taking over soccer, right? If you believe this, then the renaming of St. James' Park is surely incontrovertible evidence on your behalf. Kristan Heneage already wrote about this, saying that the name is irrelevant since the ground will always be St. James' Park even if the sign outside says otherwise. In the United […]

We're faced with an incredible number of soccer matches each week to choose from. It's impossible to watch everything, so we carefully pick and choose which games and leagues to watch. But in an average week, how much soccer do you watch? Here, on EPL Talk, is one of the few places you can be […]

This Saturday EPL Talk will be hosting a soccer watching party featuring Swansea City against Manchester United. The game will be shown in glorious HD at Wowies, a sports bar in Boca Raton, Florida. I'll be there along with other soccer mad fans. You and your friends are welcome to join, and we'd love to meet […]

Something happened this past weekend that made my day. I decided to take a long walk Saturday. It was a beautiful day in South Florida. A picture-perfect day. Blue skies, 76 degrees fahrenheit and a cool breeze. It felt so good to get out and walk for about an hour through a quiet, wooded neighborhood. […]

The Italian national team was dealt a double blow with the participation of Giuseppe Rossi and Antonio Cassano in Euro 2012 thrown into doubt, yet the emergence of Mario Balotelli could serve as the perfect remedy for coach Cesare Prandelli's concerns. Balotelli had a slow start to the English season but he has been scoring […]

If one thing has become painfully obvious in the last month or two, it is that David Luiz is not a centre back. In Chelsea’s recent games they have conceded goals like they haven’t done in a long, long time. The most obvious example of this was the 5-3 loss to Arsenal after which Jamie […]