This season’s Premier League title race is turning into more of a 1500m running race, with the two front-runners too reluctant to step into first position because they are so worried that the competitor they are fiercely battling with will creep up and overtake them from behind when they can’t see. Liverpool and Chelsea seem […]

Sergi Busquets will make his debut for Catalunya on December 28th when they face Colombia. Busquets become one of the latest of the many successful stories that have come out of the blaugrana youth teams. He became one of the players of the future that contributes in the present for the league leaders. The club […]

Barcelona decided to challenge the Premier clubs in the United States and become the brand of choice in one of the most untapped soccer markets in the world. The club announced on Christmas Eve that they will be making a return trip to the US instead of going to Asia on an alternate basis as […]

According to reports on Efe confirm that the problem was based on the "inability for the Kenyan team to arrive in Jaén on time." The Andalucian Football Federation (FAF) decided to call off the match in a prudent amount of time so sponsors and fans would.

Beginning in January, Major League Soccer Talk will be undergoing a major overhaul. Bi-weekly podcasts will accompany nearly daily commentary and analysis about the latest happenings in MLS and the wide world of American soccer. We aim to be your one stop shop for cutting edge commentary about the beautiful game in the United States. […]

Sky Sports reported that the president of the Spanish football federation, Angel Maria Villar confirmed that the country is ready to go take the next step and host the World Cup yet once again.

The season might not have been all that impressive for Mario Martínez and his Numancia teammates, but all of that negative was sandwiched by two impressive moments in his professional and personal life.

Former Real Madrid legend Hugo Sánchez is close to signing on as boss man for Almería. Sánchez was the surprise pick as there were coaches that were other coaches being considered for the job before him. Hector Cuper, Michel, and Víctor Fernández were the top candidates as of Sunday evening when Arconada was given his […]

The surviving Spanish sides got two accessible opponents in the knockout stage of the UEFA Cup. Valencia will face off against Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kiev while Deportivo will do the same against Danish side Aalborg. Valencia could end up facing the winner of the matchup between Sampdoria and Ukrainian side Metalist. Deportivo could have […]

A former teammate of mine that had a style of play "similar" to Steven Gerrard (and would be insulted as he is a Man Utd. fan)described the ties in one word- mouthwatering. I will use this term only once as I could sound redundant. Each one of these ties could end up being the best […]

One of the unique features of Spanish football is the ability of its autonomous regions to be able to set up select sides and be able to play against some of the best teams in the world. In 2008, one of its most recognized sides will not take the field. The Basque select side decided […]

Valencia and Deportivo are the two Spanish survivors coing out of the group stages of the UEFA Cup. Deportivo came out with an improbable victory 16 minutes from time as Rodolfo Bodipo came off the bench and broke the hearts of French side Nancy who came to Riazor only needing a draw to move on […]

You think you are better than us, well you probably are. Hey I have no clue, so I will leave it to you all. I want to see which one of you can guess correctly the CL KO matchups. Send us your predictions and you are eligible for the grand prize... a pat in the […]

We've spent alot of time on this site discussing MLS expansion and why Portland and St Louis are more natural fits for MLS (not soccer/football specifically but MLS which is after all an inferior product to European football). However in uncertain economic times where Jeff Cooper's group isn't assured of getting a stadium built in […]

Maybe this is not the type of topic that quite fits in a place like LLT, but I believe that it does generate opinions in one way or another. I heard through a few colleagues at my other writing gig and local soccer coaches that do not understand why Hispanic kids do not participate in […]