From media day at Red Bull Arena, the New York Red Bulls introduced their players for questions. Of course I started with Thierry Henry and he answered plenty of questions from the local NY/NJ media, to Sky Sports & the French media who came over. More will be edited later, but for now enjoy the […]

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the 2010-11 Champions League has been made. And we can now begin fantasizing about who we want to see in the final, which will be played at Wembley in May. With Chelsea playing against Manchester United in the quarter-final, we can ensure that one Premier League team, […]

The draw for the quarter-finals of the 2010-11 Champions League will take place Friday at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Match Of The Day presenter Gary Lineker will be conducting the draw and will be helping pick the names out of the hat. They will include Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Schalke, Chelsea, Inter […]

It feels like Christmas Eve tonight. Tomorrow morning, we'll wake up and there'll be several presents waiting for us. We have an idea what they'll be, but we won't know for sure until we rip off the wrapping. I am, of course, talking about tomorrow morning's draw for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. […]

After a strong performance against Columbus Crew in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League, Real Salt Lake wanted to show that dominance in the first of the semi-finals against Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa. From the first minute on, RSL never took their foot off the gas pedal and the man who led the […]

Those of you who aren’t long time readers of our blog may not realize that my day job is as a management consultant. Yes, it’s true. In the real world as well as the fantasy EPL world, I tell people what to do for a living. The reason I bring this up is because over […]

It's been a looooong time since the reverse fixtures to these Gameweek 30 matches were played in September. We have two derbies, a top 4 showdown at Stamford Bridge, and the what-will-happen-next drama of another Sunderland-Liverpool showdown. Plus two Europe matches requiring big English comebacks. My star-giving parsimony has ended (for the moment), so forget […]

Having confirmed last weekend the final four of the FA Cup, it's back to the main business of Premier League survival and title challenges as all twenty teams are involved in ten important matches. We’ve got derbies, relegation six pointers and matches between sides at opposite ends of the Premier League spectrum. And after some indifferent […]

The English Premier League put two more clubs through to the quarterfinals of UEFA Champions League, with mid-week action seeing Manchester United and Chelsea qualify for the final eight. They join Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Milan last week, by sending Marseille and Copenhagen home. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, myself and my […]

The art of being a striker is, of course, largely about scoring goals or at least, setting them up for someone else. However, that is achieved in many different ways. Some strikers are battering rams, some are more creative types but Javier Hernandez must currently rank as one of the best when it comes to […]

Sir Alex Ferguson isn't the type of person you want to pick a fight with. After criticizing referee Martin Atkinson's performance during Chelsea's victory against Manchester United on March 1, Ferguson got into hot water with The FA today after he was handed a three-match touchline suspension. To make matters worse, the suspension has triggered […]

It's hard to believe that it's been less than a year since Javier Hernandez joined Manchester United. Since officially joining the club on July 1, 2010, Chicharito has literally hit the ground running with the Old Trafford club. He's already scored several critical goals in the Premier League season to keep United at the top […]

We’ve all seen Victor Moses play before, but when his previous club Crystal Palace side traveled to lowly Reading in December 2009, he owned the pitch he played on and his stock rose considerably. Then 18, Moses scored a long-range curled effort, and his second came as he powered through two challenges and fired across […]

The 2011 Major League Soccer season opened with a rainy affair at Qwest Field. The LA Galaxy got the best of Seattle in this meeting, 0-1, to christen a new season in front of a national audience. While ESPN's coverage claimed 4-4-2’s for both teams, in reality Seattle fielded what was more of a three […]

The wait is finally over. It's been almost four months since Colorado Rapids won the 2010 MLS Cup after defeating FC Dallas in the final on a cold night in Toronto. At 9:30 ET tonight, the Los Angeles Galaxy will walk out on to the pitch at Qwest Field to take on the Seattle Sounders. […]