Major League Soccer owns the registration of all its players excluding DPs. This has allowed MLS to maintain an (ostensibly) level playing field for many years within the league. From a competitive standpoint, MLS, due largely to this practice has become in the eyes of this writer, more compelling than the English Premier League which […]

Yes, international football is off the agenda for the time being as we dig in for the weekly grind of club football over the winter. I thought however, EplTalk readers would be interested in what Brazil's finest had to say about the current state of football. Pele was in Dublin on Thursday to raise money for […]

In our ongoing look back at Project 2010 as we enter 2010, this seemed an appropriate time to look back at Carlos Quieroz’s recommendations regarding the structure of club soccer in the United States. Given the labor troubles brewing in the top flight MLS, the possible complete collapse of USL-1 (which was called the USL […]

Today is one of the biggest days of the year in America as everyone celebrates Thanksgiving Day. Like many Americans, I'll be spending the day with my family as we spend all day cooking a turkey dinner and baking apple pies. I trust that you'll have a special day too with your friends or loved […]

Yesterday, FIFpro the federation of international football players got involved in MLS' increasingly messy labor dispute by issuing a strongly worded statement which among other things, referred to MLS as a cartel. Do you agree with the MLSPU's decision to engage FIFpro, who has a strong relationship with FIFA as evidenced by many player related […]

The United States Men’s National Team is only months away from competing in its sixth consecutive World Cup. At the same time The US is submitting a bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cups. As has been discussed in many articles on this website, the MLS Players Union has several grievances against […]

Robert Jonas and Kartik Krishnaiyer break down MLS Cup weekend from every angle.

This is what I was afraid of. This is the one thing I hoped could’ve been avoided. But sadly it looks like the entire structure of US club soccer has started on the road to self destruction. Some would’ve said Major League Soccer is on life support by now, but who would’ve thought it would […]

Andy Mitten, author of "Glory, Glory: Man Utd in the 90s," is the latest guest on the EPL Talk Podcast. During the interview, Mitten discusses the stories both on and off the pitch of some of the legendary Manchester United players from the 1990s. Plus he talks about the Manchester United team of 2009. Mitten […]

One wonders what the fallout will be from the disconcerting television ratings of MLS Cup, especially considering the LA Galaxy have possibly the greatest tandem of professional soccer players to ever play together on the same U.S. club team, ever. Speculating, who knows, this potential greatest tandem hyperbole could stick for the next 50 years. Add to the […]

MLS Talk's Chris Riordan will be speaking with the DC United man. Leave your questions here.

Oh, Martin Skrtel. Since Sami Hyypia left, I've been cheering for Srktel to score from a corner or free kick. I've seen some sweet goals from Agger. I've even seen Carragher score (and he's only scored 5 in 594 matches). In the pub, we used to yell for Sami Hyypia to put one back whenever […]

For the last week we heard about the great 2009 for Major League Soccer. Please pardon me, while I take a step back from Don Garber’s rhetoric and raise the ugly side of 2009 in American soccer. I will not dispute that this summer appeared to be the tipping point for the sport in the […]

In the clash between old media and new media, I find it comical to see traditional old media establishments floundering to survive and concocting irrational business plans to hold on to the very little power they still have. The best example is Rupert Murdoch's recent attempt to remove the websites he owns from the Google […]

Ireland's loss may be football's gain. Fifa may fast-track the approval of an additional assistant referee on each goal line in time for next summer's World Cup in South Africa. This system is currently being tested in the Europa League. As we well know, on-the-spot human judgment is not perfect, but an additional referee positioned by […]