Facing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge is never easy. But with Petr Cech suspended and with Liverpool's knack for playing well against the London giants, I felt optimistic going into yesterday's match. And with Liverpool dominating the first stretch of play, I felt a goal was inevitable and a win was feasible. I was stumped by […]

Another week, another victory! This week was a 4-0 route of Nuremburg. Bayer 04 have become, along with HSV, one of the dominant teams in the Bundesliga. But it was only a year ago that Bayer, under Bruno Labbadia had a blistering start. But it wasn’t anything comparable to this start, because the Werkself aren’t […]

Over the last few seasons, the Championship has become one of the most unpredictable and competitive divisions in European football. After a fairly unsurprising start to the campaign, that reputation looked to be under threat but after a week in which the top three picked up just six points from a possible 18, un-normality has […]

Nielsen Ratings have released the latest TV ratings for Premier League matches on ESPN2. With the TV ratings now available for August and September, 2009, here are the top 8 most viewed matches on ESPN2: Liverpool v Aston Villa, Mon., Aug. 24, 3 pm, 398,391 viewers Wigan v Man United, Sat., Aug. 22, 10 am, […]

I was sitting in a plush screening room at the Sony Pictures Lot in Culver City, CA – just a short walk down the hallway to anything and everything Spider-Man (hell, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst may have been on premises for all I know – the studio lot was so infested with Spider-Man promos) […]

There is a thin line between being a mad genius and simply being mad. If Brian Clough was the mad genius of English football, the new film The Damned United explores Clough’s simply mad stage when he got fired at Derby County and then, after 44 days in charge of Leeds United, got himself dismissed […]

Episode 140 of the EPL Talk Podcast features an interview with Michael Sheen, the star of The Damned United, the new motion picture about the life of Brian Clough. The podcast episode also features a discussion with EPL Talk correspondent Eric Altshule who gives a mini-review of the film. Plus, he describes what it was […]

For the last two weeks we have seen RBNY basically pick up the pieces and strung together some decent results for themselves without the services of Juan Pablo Angel who had been nursing a sore ankle he picked up at training before this three match road trip began. While it's been a while ago that […]

This is the updated table after the weekend action: A week later, and though the table has tightened a little, the same eight teams as last week are still on track for the playoffs. As it stands now, the playoffs would be: East Columbus vs Colorado Chicago vs New England West Los Angeles vs […]

My apologies, but we've experienced issues with the RSS feeds to EPL Talk (and our sister sites) over the past week, so if you're reading this in your RSS reader and you're wondering why it's been a while since we've posted, the reality shock is that we've been publishing tons of exciting stories over the […]

Whether by design or not, Sir Alex Ferguson's rant against referee Alan Wiley's performance during the Manchester United against Sunderland match on Saturday worked to divert attention away from United's poor performance. Personally, I find it ironic that it was Alan Wiley of all referees — especially because he was the fourth official in the […]

The 2009 U-20 World Cup began with high expectations for Team USA. With twelve professional players, and withdrawals and extenuating circumstances elsewhere the US looked a sure bet to make noise. Now, the US must count on other results to continue in the competition. The US has advanced to the knock out stages of six […]

In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the sixth episode of RNF’s podcast. It was a better week for Russian football in UEFA Champions League play, with CSKA Moscow getting three points while league champion Rubin Kazan got their first every Champions League point in a draw against Internzaionale Milano. Hosts Chris Riordan […]

I am an advocate of playoffs in American football. I do not believe the solutions often advocated by European oriented fans of balanced schedules, single table and no playoff competitions are practical or logical in North America. Playoffs build a brand and build excitement. Mexican Football in particular, became more relevant and better supported at […]

The Fabregas to Barcelona rumours have been circulating for some time now and they appear to be showing no signs of going away after Xavi claimed that the Arsenal player has “Barca DNA”. Fabregas joined Arsenal from La Liga club Barcelona in 2003 aged just 16 and with the Gunners enduring a difficult few years, […]