Dietmar Hamann is perhaps the most successful German in Premier League history. The graceful holding midfielder is considering a move to his fourth top flight English club and if he does grace the Premier League for a 12th season he will be part of an elite band. Michael Ballack is the most high-profile German in […]

The Chelsea squad touched down in Seattle yesterday afternoon after a long flight from London. After getting transferred to the team hotel in downtown Seattle, there was a traditional team stroll before some free time. Today, Chelsea players will begin training. In fact, if you live in or near Seattle, their training session is open […]

For several years now we've heard pundits proclaim Panama the next big thing in CONCACAF. The Central Americans have certainly teased us: the development of Jorge Dely Valdes and Roberto Brown as legitimate goal scoring threats were indications that the traditional Baseball country was shifting towards being competitive in football. Then, a run to the […]

On Thursday night at Giants Stadium the return of David Beckham to Major League Soccer was the major attraction of the night and to see over 23,000+ coming to get a glance of him. Every single time he would touch the ball, or got ready to send a free kick into the area of Red […]

A busy period here at MLS Talk thanks to the USMNT and CONCACAF Gold Cup hits a new level tonight with the return of the world's most famous athlete to the New York Metropolitan Area. Tonight and tomorrow we'll have full coverage on the site including during and immediately after the match. Additionally, tomorrow we […]

Jimmy Conrad made his return for the United States in Saturday's 2-2 draw with Haiti. Conrad had been left out of the previous 27 US match squads, a remarkable statistic for such a gifted player with unique leadership skills. Conrad's solid organization and play helped to save a result for the United States against a […]

A new photograph of Liverpool's third kit for the 2009-2010 season has been officially revealed by the club website. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is pictured wearing the European away kit for the 2009-2010 season. Designed and manufactured by Adidas, the new kit is white with the familiar three red stripes from Adidas, while the sponsor […]

The new Birmingham City home jersey for the 2009-2010 season has been officially revealed on its club website. Thankfully, Birmingham have decided not to use their penguin design that they last used when they were in the Premier League (no offence Brummie fans but that design was awful no matter how traditional it was). Instead, […]

It's time for the annual MLS flunks out again blog for MLS not taking action during MLB's all-star break. Instead of garnering potential sports media headlines for games on Wednesday, the best day of the break to play games, the headlines went to the Tour de Lance, the NHL's Winter Classic and the comings and goings of the sports blotter. […]

SUMmer of Soccer Continues Coming into this past weekend, 21 matches(5 doubleheaders) have been played during the the 'Summer of Soccer' which began on June 20. Attendance: 252,914. All games, except the Timbers friendly, were part of entities owned or marketed by Soccer United Marketing(SUM). The Gold Cup finished the group phase with 6 doubleheaders. […]

David Beckham answered questions today during a LA Galaxy press conference in the build up to his team's game tomorrow night against Red Bull New York (8pm ET, Thursday, Fox Soccer Channel). The first question during the above video is from Grant Wahl, author of The Beckham Experiment, the controversial new book from the Sports […]

Fox Soccer Channel announced today that it'll be broadcasting three of the upcoming friendlies involving Liverpool this summer. The U.S. TV network will be showing the following games live: Thai national team v Liverpool, July 22, 9am ET Singapore national team v Liverpool, July 26, 8am ET FC Lyn v Liverpool, August 5, 1pm ET. […]

Grant Wahl's book The Beckham Experiment which is a masterpiece of sports writing also brings up the troubling subject of Landon Donovan and his continued lack of maturity. Wahl doesn't characterize it as such, but I have no choice but to see it as such. As our readers know, I love Landon Donovan as a […]

After that surprising run in this past Confederations Cup from the Egypt Match all the way to the final, we all saw what happens when you face a top side like Brazil that has depth from the top players in Europe all the way back home to their parents house kicking the ball around once […]

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