ESPN’s coverage plans for the World Cup continue to get more detailed and exciting. Ruud Gullit, who is one of the most significant figures in Football over the past twenty five years, has been hired to provide commentary for the network. Gullit is best remembered as World Player of the Year both with PSV and […]

On Sunday's BBC 606 Football Phone In, co-host Gabriele Marcotti made an interesting point that I believe Fabio Capello has already considered. Baring match fitness and current form, the starting outfield ten for England will mostly pick themselves for the group stages of next summer's World Cup, and more importantly for now, the June 12th […]

Graeme Souness and Jurgen Klinsmann have come out and criticized Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez during the past week, but now it's the turn of Google. Well, kind of. If you go to the Google homepage and start typing in Rafa Benitez's name, the search engine displays suggestions based on the most popular searches made by […]

Thirty minutes before the Arsenal Liverpool game, my mate (a Liverpool fan) turns to me and tells me that we need a miracle to beat them. At the final whistle, he looks at me with a huge frown on his face and says that we had four. I personally don't believe in miracles, so let's […]

ESPN Personalities Bob Ley, Efan Ekoku and Alexi Lalas share their initial thoughts about the World Cup draw. This commentary was recorded right after the draw was completed.

In our ongoing review of US Soccer’s Project 2010 as we enter the World Cup year, today we look at the Teaching Academy structure. This is part III in our series. Links to Parts I and II can be found at the bottom of this article. ————————————– "This presents a teaching academy model which attempts […]

Alex McLeish has built the right type of squad to maintain Premier League status. After several consecutive “yoyo” seasons, the Blues appear poised to survive easily this season. McLeish’s strategy: combine veteran British footballers with one very special bargain buy from CONCACAF. Stephen Carr, who won the 1999 League Cup with Spurs, Kevin Phillips, the […]

It goes without saying that both the Reds and the Gunners will have much to prove at Anfield on Sunday. Liverpool are out of the Champions League and will be clawing their way back into contention for a top four finish in the Premier League. Arsenal will be thirsting to prove that the losses against […]

I'm more nervous about this Arsenal match than any other time I've awaited Liverpool taking on the Gunners. Well: outside of a European quarterfinal, anyway. It's the context of this season that has me all wound up. The injuries. The results. The fall from the Champions League. With Liverpool following their best season in nearly […]

It's been a rough few months for Manchester United players as the rigors of competing in multiple competitions have taken their toll. Sir Alex Ferguson's defensive dilemma has been well documented in recent weeks so weary eyes now turn to the almost 29-year-old Canadian born England and Manchester United midfielder, Owen Hargreaves. Seemingly vanished from […]

Thomas Dooley, former USMNT captain, joins us to talk about the US team and other topics. After retiring as a player who spent most of his career in the Bundesliga, Dooley now lives in California and works with youth soccer and also for Match Analysis, a company that complies soccer statistics and sells the information […]

Last night’s first leg of the FMF Apertura Final was an incredibly entertaining affair. Monterrey behind Humberto Suazo, one of the top strikers in COMNEBOL came from behind to beat Cruz Azul 4-3. The second leg is Sunday, in Mexico City. Suazo, who led COMNEBOL World Cup Qualifying in goals scored, could be one of […]

The Galaxy issued an odd statement today that leaves room for a lot of reading-between-the-lines: We are aware of Everton’s interest in Landon Donovan, as they are one of a number of clubs who have contacted the Galaxy about the possibility of a short term loan agreement for Landon. The Galaxy, MLS and Landon’s representative […]

Landon Donovan is poised to give it another shot. The legendary American footballer who has had more of an impact on Major League Soccer than any other American player this decade is heading abroad, again. This time, Donovan is headed to Merseyside to play on loan for struggling Everton. If Donovan is ever going to […]

Chris Oakley of Some People on the Pitch and the Sound of Football joins EPL Talk's Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna to break down the World Cup Draw, focusing on England's group and look at some other Premier League players of impact. Be sure not to miss a single episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, […]