While his Liverpool teammate and close friend Steven Gerrard will be captaining England tonight, Jamie Carragher will be preparing himself for a well earned testimonial against an Everton XI. Carragher’s time at Anfield has been varied. He has achieved some incredible success most notably on that night historic night in Istanbul. But there is […]

This past week in football taught the world that Harry Redknapp is a football manager first and a 'wheeler dealer' last. If you missed his verbal tirade on the poor Sky Sports reporter who so mistakenly uttered the phrase in Redknapp's direction, you'd have also missed Tottenahm's securing of Dutch playmaker Rafael van der Vaart as […]

Gerrard Backs Capello Ahead Of Euro 2012 Qualifiers English captain Steven Gerrard has defended Fabio Capello ahead of England's first Euro qualifiers versus Bulgaria and Switzerland, calling the cries for his ousting "crazy." "It's important Fabio is still given a chance. Who out there, that's an English manager, has the CV Fabio Capello has got?" […]

The Telegraph newspaper is reporting that Manchester United supporters are planning on staging a protest against the club's owners, the Glazer family, in the upcoming clash against Liverpool at Old Trafford on September 19. In the past, United supporters have worn green and gold to show their dissatisfaction with the Glazer's ownership of Manchester United. […]

If you follow EPL Talk on Twitter, you'll know that I send out a ton of links each day featuring breaking news, fascinating articles, updates on availability of soccer on your local TV provider, and much more including my ramblings. But here are a few stories that I wanted to share with you here on […]

After three matches, jumping to conclusions about how the season will play out seems a bit hasty. We can’t possibly know after three short weeks what’s going to happen in the next eight months, right? Wrong. Here are five conclusions I’m ready to jump to: This is the last season you’ll see Fernando Torres in […]

With my sincerest apologies for the long World Cup absence, this edition of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast looks towards this weekend's action, with Real Salt Lake and New York taking center stage. But before we do, we talk Bob Bradley, Champions League and U.S. Open Cup with the show's new permanent co-host, Christopher […]

Joachim Loew's young German side, who managed a third-place finish at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, will be looking to pick up where they left off against Belgium for Germany's first round of European Championship qualifying matches. The tournament will be held in Poland and Ukraine in 2012, but before Joachim Loew's side […]

Thinking about the foundation of law in the United Kingdom, and all of Europe for that matter, that a person is innocent until proven guilty, made me wonder how, as an Arsenal fan, my immediate reaction to Jack Wilshere's arrest differed to that of the Pakistani cricketing trio (three Pakistani cricket players were this week […]

All you ever wanted was two strong semi-final matches that were going to lead into an interesting and intriguing big championship final that had the pomp and circumstance. Well who would've thought that one man would play a role in US Soccer's version of England's FA Cup? But here it is folks, Sigi Schmid, who […]

It hasn’t even been two months since Andres Iniesta’s golaso in Johannesburg yet meaningful international football returns with Friday’s slate of Euro 2012 qualifiers. No doubt Spanish supporters are looking forward to the defence of their 2008 title but can English fans summon the passion after their bummer summer? The four home nations plus Ireland begin […]

In March 2009, there was a lot of hoopla about the launch of the innovative new England home jersey from Umbro. Four Four Two Magazine had the exclusive. And millions of soccer fans around the world, mostly England supporters, were clamoring to see what the new kit would look like. Sadly for England, the home […]

EA Sports has released footage of the next gen gameplay for the FIFA 11 video game, which is scheduled for release this autumn. In the above video, you can see gameplay from Arsenal versus Real Madrid. It features the Next Gen Gameplay Engine which will be available on FIFA 11 for the Xbox 360, PC […]

Joachim Loew has announced that veteran midfielder Michael Ballack will remain the captain of the German national team and has thus ended all debate surrounding the issue. Despite this, Loew has not chosen Ballack for Germany's two upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Belgium and Azerbaijan, and has not promised him a place in the squad […]

Every World Cup cycle we are always ready for our US Men's National Team to improve with new players and challenge the best or what is considered the best teams within the Confederation of CONCACAF. That also includes the trip to Estadio Azteca and of course our rivals coming to the freezer at Columbus Crew […]