Throughout much of the year, South Florida is a football wasteland, with little in the way of meaningful professional soccer taking place locally. International breaks are different, with frequent US National Team training sessions and of course frequent friendlies featuring the likes of Honduras and Colombia. The next several days here are different, however. Tomorrow, […]

Manchester United have very many lucrative connections but none other has produced so many top class players as Norway and the new generation of Norwegians have yet to let Premier League Champions down yet. Joshua King Personal information Date of birth: 15 January 1992 (age 17) Place of birth: Oslo, Norway Playing position: Forward Club […]

Sean Grybos, from Soccer City FC joins us to preview the 2010 MLS Draft Combine, which will take place this weekend in Fort Lauderdale.

If you've followed EPL Talk over the past week or so, you'll have seen reports on the possibility of Owen Coyle leaving current club Burnley and taking over at Premier League rivals Bolton. The story has been covered daily since it broke everywhere from The Telegraph to The Guardian, but I recently read an interesting post […]

The majority of North America is suffering from a cold snap, but the rhetoric around US Soccer is getting hotter everyday. Whether it is the ongoing NASL/USL dispute (which is being mediated today) or the MLS CBA, the temperature keeps rising. Today FIFPro, which represents football players around the globe released a statement by US […]

After 14 years working for Setanta Sports North America, Shane O'Rourke, President of North American & Australian Operations of Setanta Sports, has left the company and is now the chief executive of Premium Sports. In this exclusive interview, O'Rourke reveals: why he left Setanta Sports, what his biggest achievement was at Setanta, the impact that […]

With the announcement earlier today that MLS will hold the final of the 2010 MLS Cup Playoffs at a neutral site, it seems a good time to revisit the controversy of whether this is good for the league, the teams, and their fans. Since the league began in 1996, the Final has always been played […]

In his chapter on Brazil in The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup, John Lanchester writes: "Most football writing is about that experience, one way or another; in the overall run of writing about football, most of it is about the epiphenomenon of being a fan rather than the phenomenon of the game itself. […]

Attempting to shift the blame from his players poor performances, Fergie has yet again critized a match official. Ferguson's team selection not as weak as you may think. Sir Alex has come out yet again and criticized a refereeing decision when his players performances were ultimately to blame in Manchester United's 0-1 shock loss to Leeds United […]

This week, two big events will take place in Fort Lauderdale. The first is the Annual General Meeting of the newly formed North American Soccer League, which begins on January 7tth. With the controversial decision by the United States Soccer Federation last week to not sanction the startup league (which is largely formed by existing […]

By: Sean Grybos, Special to Major League Soccer Talk Creighton’s Seth Sinovic was an MLS combine invitee not once but twice. The savvy left back with projectable offensive skills trained for the 2009 MLS Combine but was granted an additional year of eligibility just prior to leaving for the event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sinovic […]

Photos of Liverpool's alleged new home, away and third football shirts for the 2010-2011 have been leaked by a supporter's group in Asia. The new shirts are designed and manufactured by Adidas. And if they're the real ones, they're leaked more than six months ahead of time. The new Liverpool football jersey for the 2010-2011 […]

A handful of first team regulars were uncharacteristically slotted into the FA Cup team by Arsene Wenger as Arsenal survived West Ham's efforts to upset them. The Hammers looked to be in control and ready to apply yet another blow to Arsenal's season after coming back from two goals down to draw earlier in the […]

Dave Trotter, the publisher of the French Football Blog, and longtime Leeds United fan joins us to discuss the the renewal of the Roses Rivalry, and celebrate Leeds return to prominence. Don’t forget that the EPL Talk Podcast is the only Premier League interview and analysis podcast available for free. In the past few weeks, […]

Clint Dempsey is the model American player in Europe right now. Having gone through three managers at Fulham after rejecting any and all overtures to stay in MLS, Deuce is the inverse of Landon Donovan. Now Donovan appears ready to assert himself in a loan spell at Everton. Rejecting his comfort zone for a challenge […]