Now that the Premier League has launched on ESPN and La Liga TV coverage will debut on September 13, 2009, ESPN are beginning to promote upcoming games on its network with high-energy TV commercials. The first one featuring football supporters singing the "Seven Nation Army" theme by the White Stripes has been playing on the […]

Today, the bid committee for USA 2018/2022 cut the number of potential cities to host matches to twenty seven, eliminating eleven cities that had submitted proposals. The eleven eliminated cities are: Birmingham, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fayetteville, Ark ; Knoxville, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, and San Antonio. The elimination of Birmingham and […]

Keeping track of all of the ways that soccer fans in the United States can watch the sport on television suddenly got very confusing in the past week with the addition of ESPN2 to the Premier League TV rights package, as well as the glittering array of Champions League matches being shown across Fox's TV […]

Special1 TV will not be returning to Setanta Sports in the immediate future, according to a Setanta Ireland representative. The cult hit parody show featuring puppets of Jose Mourinho, Sven Goran-Eriksson and Wayne Rooney will not be returning to the airwaves in the foreseeable future unless the program is picked up by another broadcaster. While […]

It's been one of those weeks when business meetings got in my way of watching the mid-week Champions League playoff games, so I finally had a chance to sit down Wednesday evening to speed through five or more games that were waiting for me on my DVR player. Fox's production aside (I thought they did […]

There has been more dirty laundry being floated around the final season of the swamp and in the practice facility at Montclair State University when it comes to both Head Coach Juan Carlos Osorio & Sporting Director Jeff Agoos. Michael Lewis of the New York Daily News has reported on his Big Apple Soccer Blog that […]

Dom Kinnear, and the Houston Dynamo have done it again. In an era when MLS struggles to keep talented players in the league, and continues to sign over the hill, washed up foreign stars, Houston stands above the rest. In signing Luis Angel Landin, the Dynamo have brought to MLS precisely the type of player […]

It's finally happened. If you considered the term dead man walking, it's now become dead men coaching and sport directing. This terrible and disgusting season for RBNY will end on the names of Jeff Agoos and Juan Carlos Osorio as Stefan Bondy of the Bergen Record has reported from Red Bull in Austria that these […]

Listen to MLS Talk's Brian Zygo on Match Fit USA show here Listen to both Kartik Krishnaiyer and Brian Zygo of MLS Talk on last week's Mad About Futbol Show here Listen to Kartik Krishnaiyer on the 710 ESPN Soccer Podcast hosted by Dave Denholm here.

TweetBeat takes the pulse of fan opinion and reaction – the emotional, the insightful and the trivial. But mostly trivial though. Let's start with a comment from the BBC Sport's chief football writer, Phil McNulty, which induced varying opinions from a couple of Everton fans: philmcnulty: Time for Manchester City to make that next Joleon […]

While most of the major Premier League clubs are transfixed on creating new fanbases in China only, most of the clubs have ignored the United States. Chelsea is one of the few exceptions, so it's interesting to see hear about Chelsea's latest announcement today that it has partnered with Adidas to develop a basketball shoe, […]

The TV ratings are in for ESPN2's opening game of the 2009/2010 Premier League season, which featured Chelsea against Hull City. And the results are pretty decent especially considering that EPL Talk didn't break the news until 7:46pm ET on the night before the game. Plus, the fact that the game kicked off at 7:45 ET […]

TweetBeat takes the pulse of fan opinion and reaction – the emotional, the insightful and the trivial. But mostly trivial though. Celtic v Arsenal – Before the game: digitalsnowtwit: Hoping for a good result for Arsenal tonight. Celtic at home is a mega tough task. A score draw would be a good result, away goal […]

Today marked the debut of the UEFA Champions League, the world's premier club event on the FOX networks. FOX's pre game coverage was outstanding with Max Bretos, Bobby McMahon and Warren Barton enhancing the previous coverage we were accustomed to from ESPN in the United States. The pre-game show provides build up, analysis and information […]

What has been ongoing for months became public knowledge yesterday, thanks to a Canadian report. The United Soccer Leagues is for sale. As someone who has been aware of this fact since March, it’s a little disappointing to see a leak occur as the transaction nears completion. I have been privy to many off the […]