Congratulations to the Colorado Rapids, 2010 champions of Major League Soccer. The franchise were awarded their first title after a 2-1 win in Toronto over FC Dallas, with extra time needed to separated two teams that had drawn their regular season matches. On this edition of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast, myself and Christopher […]

Tuesday, November 23rd 8:00PM EST – 5:00PM PST Guests: Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated Robert Houghton discusses the change from Wizards to Sporting Kansas City Patrick Quinn A Happy Colorado Rapids Supporter Re-Capping the 2010 MLS Cup Final Duane Rollins of the 24th Minute Blog & It's Called Football Show will discuss MLS Cup from […]

The 2010 MLS Cup Final is over. While congratulations need to go to Colorado Rapids for winning the final, the lasting memories for me from this final are (1) some world-class saves by Kevin Hartman and Matt Pickens, (2) some awful refereeing decisions by Baldomero Toledo, and (3), worst of all, the embarrassing number of […]

If you missed Zlatan Ibrahimovic's bicycle kick for AC Milan this past weekend, or you want to watch it again and again, see the above video. There are few goals in soccer that are as beautiful as a bicycle kick. While this wasn't the best bicycle kick by any means, it still showed how skillful […]

There are so many candidates this week. I almost wanted to nominate all three of Raul's goals against Werder Bremen, but that would have been a little bit unfair. Last week's winner was Sergio Pinto, who scored an incredible long range volley. Pick your favourite and comment below! Here are the nominees in no particular […]

Saturday's games were representative of how this Bundesliga has gone so far. Goals galore, shock results, and one clear leader of the pack in the form of Borussia Dortmund. Here are the results! Borussia Monchengladbach 2 – 3 Mainz Mainz have finally ended their poor run of form with a comeback win here against Gladbach. […]

Join Laurence McKenna and myself as we stream this week's recording of the EPL Talk podcast, to start at 10 p.m. BST/5 p.m. EST/2 p.m. PST. You'll find the EPL Talk Ustream player direct below, or if you want to take part in the show by interacting with us and your fellow EPL Talk readers […]

Chelsea's stumbles are now troubles, having lost at Birmingham City, their third defeat in four. And while the Blues have hit a string of bad luck, Manchester United's caught some fortune, playing half an hour up two in their 2-0 win over Wigan. On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, we'll talk about the […]

Birmingham’s victory yesterday was one of the classic stereotypes of the Premier League, a unfancied side in the relegation places prior to kick off defeating the reigning champions by going ahead and defending that lead with their lives. Playing a system that isolated their midfield and relied on the forward holding the ball up from the off, it was against the run of play that Birmingham took the lead after 17 minutes.

Sunday features two matches which are interesting for different reasons. We see the return of Robert Pires to English football courtesy of Aston Villa in their match against Blackburn Rovers. The second match of the day, meanwhile, features Manchester City against Fulham, where Mark Hughes has a chance to do one over against his old […]

As the Christmas period is rapidly approaching, I've started to think about who have been the top performers so far this season. I've steered cleared of the so-called "big four" clubs partly by choice, but partly because few would warrant a place in the team of the season so far. Certain players from the "smaller" teams have […]

The number of adjectives to describe West Ham's performance against Liverpool on Saturday are too many to fit on one hand. Lethargic, woeful, uninspired, dispassionate, lifeless, pathetic and flaccid, just to name a few. After the first half was over and West Ham United were losing 3-0 at Anfield, I thought that there was at […]

This weekend in the Championship Cardiff City lost their briefly held lead at the top of the Championship, as they lost at home to Nottingham Forest who recorded only their second away win of the season against the Welsh side.

This week I signed up for and played a new fantasy football game called Picklive, a fantasy football game that uses an innovative game engine to provide a real time fantasy football experience for game being shown live on British TV. With a simple and easy to use game engine, a unique concept and ability to play and chat with real people, playing PICKLIVE was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Whether playing for fun or for cash it adds a totally new aspect to watching football and I will certainly be playing again.