The shock transfer ban recently imposed on Chelsea for their “inducing” of young French player Gael Kakuta has again raised the argument of English clubs scouting for and developing too many foreign players within their youth systems. Why? It’s a simple numbers game. Football is a global sport, so it would make very little […]

In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the third episode of RNF's podcast. Russia’s Mens National team made it through the international break unscathed. Now the stage is set for October 10th’s battle with Germany in Moscow. On the third episode of Russian Football Now’s podcast, hosts Chris Riordan and Richard Farley discuss […]

So, David Beckham flew all the way from Los Angeles to London so he could sit on the bench for the friendly against Slovakia and play 10 minutes of garbage time once England had a four goal lead against Croatia. He got a great view of how Shaun Wright Phillips did well against Slovakia and […]

Our postgame podcast will be taped in a few hours. Guests will be Richard Farley of Inside the Six and World Soccer Reader, along with Jamie Trecker of FOX Sports. What I plan to address on the pod. Officiating at Azteca. Honduras lost on a pk. Bob Bradley's job performance: I rate him highly given […]

What a difference two years make. In November, 2007, England succumbed to Croatia at Wembley by a scoreline of 2-3 and thus surrendered their qualifying for Euro 2008. Cue the images of a fumbling Steve McClaren and an England team with so little confidence. Croatia, meanwhile, looked like world beaters. Yesterday, it was a different […]

Paul Caliguri had the shot heard round the world on this pitch, but tonight, Rico Clark had the shot that saved the US. With their backs against the wall the US responded after a poor first half. In the second half tonight, the United States Men’s National Team showed the heart of a champion and […]

I'm going to say it right now. That was the worst match I have seen these bunch of players perform on the road against an opponent that should've been done and dusted at the blow of the whistle to start the first half. How was it possible for this group that looked so strong at […]

Wales 1 – 3 Russia World Cup Qualifier 2010, Group #4 Millennium Stadium, Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 7.45pm The build up to Wales’s most recent and irrelevant World Cup qualifying group game was punctuated by the rather petulant and juvenile civil war of criticism levied by legend Welsh players towards the ineptitude of the current national […]

In 2005, Michael Shields was convicted by a Bulgarian court for the attempted murder of a barman after Liverpool's Champions League victory in Istanbul. Between a jail in Bulgaria and Thorn Cross prison in Chesire, England, Shields, now 22, has spent the last four years behind bars. But, today, his 15 year sentance has been […]

Bob Bradley has far too many critics. Some people who believe the US is a big time program and should be led by the likes of Guus Hiddink, just do not get the realities of dysfunctional US Soccer Federation who blew the hiring of Jurgen Klinsmann for the simple fact that they are control freaks […]

In the latest browser wars, the browser usage statistics show that Firefox has almost 50% of the market share. Other than how easier it is to use and how fast it is, one of the reasons web users love Firefox is because of their massive library of add-ons. So since we're all soccer fans, I […]

Sky has released a simple but effective advertisement to promote the benefits of watching its channel in HD, and Cristiano Ronaldo is the star of it. Well, not exactly. Take a look at the above commercial (Arsenal fans may want to look away). Source: 101 Great Goals.

Fiorentina forward Adrian Mutu has offered to make a huge donation to charity if his former employer's Chelsea are prepared to waive his 17million euro fine. Mutu was handed the huge fine by Fifa for breaching his contract at Stamford Bridge after he tested positive for cocaine in 2004. Mutu took his case to the […]

As much as I enjoy Kartik’s writing and analysis, let me add a counter-point on this. The referee clearly blew this call, and there are no rules of the game or replay angels that would ever indicate otherwise. That being said, I try not to get fussed about blown calls. Soccer is a game of blown calls, […]

I have now reviewed video of the foul called on Clint Dempsey that nullified a nice goal by Jozy Altidore the other day over a dozen times. While the official could have certainly just waved on the play (which I may have done, but I am not an official and do have a rooting interest […]