Chad Marshall's performance in the Gold Cup has earned him a spot on the US squad for the trip to Azteca. Interestingly, this puts Marshall past foreign based players Michael Parkhurst, and Danny Califf. Consider this a major victory for MLS, and proof that the league is comparable in quality at its top level to […]

On Episode 126, host Kartik Krishnaiyer is joined in a look at the Football Pub show by Brian Hough. Hough, also gives his take on all 20 EPL teams coming into the new season. Then we catch up with Misha Sher to discuss the ESPN rights deal in the US, and all things transfer market […]

Football supporters thrive on animosity. We need to be able to shake our fists in the air and yell all the bad words at our hated teams and players. When Jose Mourinho left Chelsea, I had mixed feelings. On one hand, a gifted manager of a rival team was out the door. I wouldn't have that […]

In my mind, the Community Shield (previously known as the Charity Shield) was always a big deal for me. The winner of the FA Cup against the winner of the Premier League (formerly First Division). It had to be a massive exciting game, right? But year after year, it felt liked the jilted bride was […]

ESPN faces a tough decision for it's upcoming Premier League games it'll be televising for U.S. television — whether to use their in-house commentators in Bristol, CT such as Tommy Smyth, Adrian Healey and Derek Rae (if available, he's supposed to be taking a job with ESPN in the UK to commentate the SPL matches […]

For years he has run afoul of coaches and fans. He's been traded more times than you or I can count. He's been written off more times than we can count also. But, Jeff Cunningham not only keeps scoring goals, and winning games, but he's slowly closing in on becoming the king of MLS goal […]

Champions League Talk has received a rumor that DirecTV has acquired the TV rights to the debut season of the UEFA Europa League on US television. The semi-finals of the 2009 Europa League, previously known as the UEFA Cup, as well as the quarter-finals and final will be shown on DirecTV. An inside source has […]

Gale Agbossoumonde will not be going overseas just yet. Two days after USL-1 rival Puerto Rico Islanders advanced in the Champions League, Miami FC has upgraded its squad just before making the trip to face the Islanders. Miami FC today signed the US U-20 team Central Defender who should fill in a key role as […]

ESPN has acquired the TV rights to two of the weekly Premier League slots on US television for the 2009-2010 season. Beginning on August 15, 2009, each week ESPN will feature the 7:45am ET Saturday game and the 3pm ET Monday game. Those two weekly timeslots were previously held by Setanta Sports who in the […]

MLS continued poor play in CONCACAF continued this week. While DC United advanced, they added a record where in ten preliminary round matches against teams largely from poorer leagues, MLS is win less. Those of us who watch football from around the globe do not rate MLS highly as a league. It’s not the quality […]

The FIFA 10 Trailer has been released for the upcoming video game by EA Sports. This one is viewable in HD and features actual footage from the game, which is scheduled for release on October 2, 2009. Here's the official trailer: Some of the new or enhanced features in FIFA 10 will include: The transfer […]

Pro Soccer’s greatest obstacle in the busy American sports calendar is figuring out how not to get lost in the shuffle. With the other pro team sports so entrenched in the American sports fan’s consciousness, pro Soccer, even in the height of its season, receives little or no time being in the mainstream spotlight. Soccer […]

Such a silly picture for a club that just can't pull their act together, but right now it looks good on them at the moment. This was suppose to be their tournament to save this pathetic season that they are apart of. Eliminated in US Open Cup Qualifying, an early elimination of the MLS playoffs & the […]

With the transfer market in full swing, I wanted to bring our readers up to speed on all the outgoing transfers involving American clubs thus far this window. (This does not include trades within MLS or USL since those are NOT transfers in the traditional sense. This list also does not include loan deals such […]

If Steven Gerrard is the heart of Liverpool then Xabi Alonso was one of the lungs. So Liverpool just lost a lung. It's lung-wrenching. I know they have a potential organ donor lined up (AS Roma) and that a new lung (Alberto Aquilani) could be on the way already, but what if the operation doesn't take? They […]