When Michael Lewis published Moneyball in 2003, it instantly became one of the most influential books about American sports in a generation. Michael Lewis, normally a financial writer, analyzed how baseball’s Oakland A’s managed to consistently produce highly competitive teams despite a payroll that was a fraction of their biggest rivals. From 1999 -2006, the […]

A quick note to our Canadian readers (and residents of other countries who are interested). EPL Talk will be interviewing Canadian football legend Paul Peschisolido tomorrow, so if you have any suggested questions about his international or club playing career, please post them at http://epltalk.com/questions-please-for-paul-peschisolido/12148 Peschisolido is currently the manager at Burton Albion. Previously, he […]

During the next two weeks, we'll be giving away copies of FIFA 10 — the new game from EA — as well as three different football books as prizes, so be sure to keep on coming back each day to see when the next contest is announced. Today, for the first time, we'll be giving […]

A breakdown of why Genoa could be losing right when form was so great.

The season is over and, after a wild weekend, we have our playoff teams. The first round of playoffs looks like this: West LA Galaxy vs Chivas USA Houston Dynamo vs Seattle Sounders East Columbus Crew vs Real Salt Lake New England Revolution vs Chicago Fire Before we start previewing this first round of the […]

The latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast features Kartik Krishnaiyer, Max Bell and Laurence McKenna reviewing all of this weekend's Premier League action. The three hosts had a chance to record the interview live in London, with all three analysts in the same room. Among the topics discussed are Liverpool's win over Man United, […]

Daniel Feuerstein had the pleasure of interviewing three soccer legends this past Saturday when he sat down with Tony Meola, Tab Ramos and Youri Djorkaeff to discuss the legacy of playing at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. The players share their thoughts about the last game at Giants Stadium as well as their future home, […]

If AZ Alkmaar was a foreshadowing, the Gunners did their best to not heed the warning. Anyone who has watched this team over the past five years knew what was coming, both in the Netherlands and at Upton Park. It's just too predictable. If you expect to lift the Premier League trophy at the […]

It was a statement game. The Premier League has long been a test of consistency more than quality. A feature of the last season-plus has been Liverpool's success against Manchester United, Chelsea, and, to a lesser extent, Arsenal. Sunday's 2-0 Anfield win was the third consecutive against the champions in the league. It was a […]

For the neutral or Liverpool supporter, Sunday's massive fixture between England's two most historically successful clubs had it all: sending offs, goals, incredible atmosphere, more beach balls & definitely loads of drama. Are United's fiercest rivals & Northwest neighbors slowly becoming their bogey team? It's now been three painful defeats in a row & United […]

It's been a week of hell for the players and supporters of Liverpool Football Club, but a much deserved 2-0 win against their arch-enemy Manchester United Sunday will remove the gloom and doom on Merseyside and offer Rafael Benitez vindication as a football manager. Simply put, Liverpool were deserved winners in this game. Throughout the […]

Life is tough at the top. Last year at this stage of the season, Tottenham were propping up the Premier League table. Coming into this game they actually had a chance to go top with a big win, or at least draw level on points. Instead, Stoke gave them a lesson in defensive tenacity and […]

On a cold and rainy night at the swamps of the Meadowlands, this was the final performance on the soccer side at Giants Stadium. Yes the season has been lost since the middle of June, but that doesn't mean the club can't try to play for pride and knock off Toronto FC from the playoffs. […]

Maybe it was because it looked and felt like Autumn had truly arrived in England (i.e. blame it on the weather), but Saturday's Premier League matches were the first boring day of the season thus far in my opinion. Let's hope Sunday's crop of games will raise the bar a little because Saturday's matches left […]

For two weeks in a row now, glaring penalty calls have been missed in the early Saturday EPL game. Wolves' striker Kevin Doyle was fouled twice, by my count, when through on goal, and last week it was Villa's Agbonlahor who was being tripped in the act of shooting. (Here are the videos for the […]