The Quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup are set and here are the story lines. Panama has lost in close matches each of the last two Gold Cups to the United States. In 2005 it was in the PK shootout in the final, and in 2007 it was 2-1 on a controversial PK call against […]

After week 17 the numbers look like this... 5 year comparison WK 15 124 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2005 13,835 9 14,547 14,675 116 2006 16,028 15.85% 7 15,716 8.03% 14,698 0.16% 113 2007 13,974 -12.82% 4 15,377 -2.15% 15,005 2.08% 111 2008 23,000 64.59% 5 16,518 7.42% 17,142 […]

With a desperate Haitian team coming to Foxborough to face a USA "C" team any result was on the table. But sadly when a match of this magnitude is played on artificial turf, it is difficult to make evaluations about the play and specific players with much certainty. While fans of MLS or USL often […]

Following the Confederations Cup final, we had a long discussion about South Florida as a market for football. While the TV ratings in English were higher in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale market than any other in the country (with the nearby West Palm Beach market also ranking near the top of the ratings), the area is […]

West Ham United's new home kit won't be released until Monday, but we have a leaked picture of what is presumably it thanks to Football Shirt Culture. Designed and manufactured by Umbro and sponsored by SBOBET, the new jersey features a checkerboard design on the front in claret, and a very minimal blue trim as […]

The much-awaited fixtures for the opening round of the 2009-2010 La Liga season have been announced. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona begin their long fight this season at home. Here are the fixtures for the opening weekend of August 29-31:

It's been a few weeks since I've had a chance to update you on the latest news stories affecting English football fans from around the world. So even though some of these stories are stale, most of them have not been covered by the blogosphere and remain topical to us die-hard football fans. Enjoy. GolTV […]

Both Kartik Krishnaiyer and I will be reporting from the Gold Cup games in Miami tonight featuring Canada against Costa Rica, and El Salvador versus Jamaica. Kartik will be in the press box while I'll be in the stands. Be sure to follow MLS Talk on Twitter for tweets, pictures and audio from the games […]

Matchday two is in the books from the CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions League. While the region is always improving, the three nations that have clinched passage to the knock out stages already were all semifinalists in 2007: Canada, Guadeloupe and the United States. Mexico's continued unsporting play took a radical and disturbing turn on Thursday […]

As we recover from the excitement (if you want to call it that) of the Mexico-Panama game and the disgraceful and surprising behavior of Javier Aguirre, we are happy to report that Aguirre wasn't the only former Madrid resident who was showcased this week on US soil. Zinedine Zidane was at the 12th annual Addidas […]

The wait is over. EPL Talk can now reveal many of the 2009-2010 Premier League matches that will be shown on U.S. TV between August and the end of November. UPDATE: ESPN confirmed on the eve of the new season (August 14, 2009) that they have indeed won the TV rights to the Premier League […]

The Premier League has hit a road bump in its lawsuit against YouTube. In the Premier League's claim, which was filed more than two years ago, it argued that YouTube was profiting from a knowing violation of its copyrights in the league and in footage of games in that league. Now, however, a US district […]

Santino Quaranta has had a bumpy last several years. I'll assume all our readers are familiar with his trials and travails so I won't rehash them here. But tonight at his home stadium, Quaranta achieved redemption with his first international goal in his first call up in over three years. Honduras today fielded a bonafide […]

Watching the USMNT play Grenada last Saturday in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, something dawned on me. A strong core of our squad in this installment of the continental championship, played for our country at the Olympics in Beijinlist of players on roster at both competition at bottom). It's apparent that since departed Peter Nowak had […]