Rob Green: More battle tested than any likely U.S. keeper for the May 28th friendly at Wembley/Daily Mirror Sunil Gulati responding to critics in this country has scheduled a group of extremely tough friendlies beginning this month against Poland, and culminating potentially against Argentina a week before the U.S. plays its first world cup qualifier […]

David Beckham is one step closer to winning his 100th England cap after the LA Galaxy midfielder was named by Fabio Capello to the 30-man provisional squad for the Three Lions' friendly against France in Paris next week. Capello sent his second-in-command, Franco Baldini, to Dallas last week to watch Beckham in the Galaxy's pre-season […]

As reported back in February, EPL Talk can now confirm that England will be playing the United States in a friendly on May 28th at Wembley Stadium. The match will be an excellent opportunity to extinguish or fan the flames regarding the animosity that many Americans have against English soccer and vice-versa. Across the Internet […]

What a remarkable game. This 4-4 draw was the second of its kind for both Spurs and Chelsea this season; remarkably, Aston Villa was the opponent for both London clubs in their other 4-4 game. Spurs also drew 3-3 with Fulham and beat Reading 6-4 earlier in the year, showing their knack for high-scoring contests. […]

Tonight's match between Spurs and Chelsea was a perfect example of how Fox Soccer Channel has lost the creme de la creme of Premier League TV rights in the United States. In the incredible 4-4 London derby — described by BBC London as the best match of the Premier League season thus far — Setanta […]

Before we head on over to the latest episode of "I'm On Setanta Sports" featuring Jose Mourinho and Sven-Goran Eriksson, be sure to keep an eye out on Setanta at the end of this month for the latest edition to the show — a brand-new character. Who could it be? Rafa? Wenger? Beckham? We'll have […]

Welcome to match day 29 and the always entertaining Derby della Capitale, it should be a cracker. More... Zeman sees Roma triumph (courtesy of channel4 football.com) Former Lazio and Roma boss Zdenek Zeman has tipped the Giallorossi to secure bragging rights in this evening’s Derby della Capitale. "Roma play the best football in Italy," Zeman […]

Club brass decided to take their suspension to the highest authority in the land. Real Betis look to appeal their two-match stadium ban and loss to Athletic Bilbao this past weekend after Basque goalkeeper Armando was struck with a water bottle by a Betis supporter.

In case you missed it, pictures of Liverpool's home, away and third shirts for the 2008/2009 season have been leaked courtesy of our friends at Football Shirt Culture. Here's the home shirt: As you can see, Adidas has designed a very classy home shirt with a similar style to the Chelsea home shirt (except for […]

Ivan Gazidis/MLSNet We have received some very consturctive and valid feedback over the past week about my piece from last week, MLS Failing in its Mission. Once again I feel the difference of opinion is genuine. Many of you rightfully want to see top club football in the United States. I however, am much more […]

Ho-hum. Another day, another winless result for Kevin Keegan and Newcastle today as his side managed to earn a 1-1 draw at fellow bottom-feeder Birmingham City. Michael Owen's oh-so-masterful toe-poke into the back of the net levelled the score in the second half and both teams came away with a point, a point that could […]

The top four all win in Serie A making for no surprises but Roma did require a call to the bench to maintain the status quo. Second half substitutes, Guily and Vucinic, scoring late and within 3 minutes of each other, helped Roma come from behind to do the double on AC Milan. The Rossoneri […]

I kept hearing the Star-Spangled Banner in my head during Fulham's critical 1-0 victory over Everton today as six Americans, five of whom currently still play for the national team, took part in the game. Kasey Keller, the US all-time leader in wins and shutouts, posted another of each at the club level for Fulham […]

The United States road through Olympic Qualifying has been littered with peril to this point. The three match group stage in Tampa featured exactly no United States goals from the run of play and three opposing teams who in their own manner showed better shape, discipline and quality than the United States. But […]

After returning home from the hospital on Wednesday after being away for almost six weeks, I was finally able to watch some live Premier League matches on Fox Soccer Channel yesterday. The matches du jour for me were Liverpool against Reading and Arsenal versus Middlesbrough. What I witnessed brought a smile to my face. Here […]