As the 11th season comes to a close and the playoffs draw near, let’s take a look at the teams and players that have made an impact this season. Parity seems to be the norm with only one team really separating from the pack. Even DC has had trouble winning lately, pushing their draws into […]

Two notable international coaches have been linked with the US National Team vacancy this week: Former Argentina Coach Jose Pekerman, and former England boss Sven-Goran Erickson. Both coaches guided their previous sides to quarterfinal penalty kick defeats in germany 2006, but that's where the similarities end. Erickson proved during the run up to Germany 2006 […]

Matchday one of the Champions League is over, and the results are in for the top 5 managers in the EPL Talk private league. 1. Inter Rockfish, David Griffith, 91 pts 2. InGerrLand, Adriaan Tan, 70 pts 3. FC Epikoinois, Eric Anderson, 64 pts 4. The Gaffer, 64 pts 5. Ouryear07, Hannah Lee, 60 pts […]

While many of you who are already Setanta customers have been enjoying the Chelsea against Werder Bremen and Arsenal against Hamburg matches the past couple of days, Setanta Sports has announced more details regarding its Champions League coverage. First, Setanta Broadband (different than ITVN, and reviewed in issue two of the EPL Talk Magazine) will […]

Thanks John Griffin for the pic.

Fox Soccer Channel has announced the remainder of its Premiership matches for the month of September. The complete list for FSC and Setanta matches for September can be seen here. The previously unannounced matches that they'll be showing are as follows: On September 23rd, the channel will be showing the Arsenal versus Sheffield United match […]

The USL First Division (second division overall in American soccer) playoff field is set. First Round Playoffs: (3) Charleston Battery v (6) Puerto Rico Islanders (4) Vancouver Whitecaps v (5) Miami FC Semifinals: 1) Montreal Impact v Vancouver/Miami winner (2) Rochester Raging Rhinos v Charleston/Puerto Rico winner The Richmond Kickers won USL Division 2 (The […]

Later this week I plan on interviewing soccer journalist Jamie Trecker for an upcoming episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. Many of you may have experienced his writing on FoxSoccer.com and his blog at http://www.jamietrecker.com But many of you, myself included, don't know much about Jamie in terms of where he grew up, who he […]

Based on the performances by the leading English teams so far this season, they're going to have a difficult time in the latest round of Champions League matches beginning today. Arsenal is playing well in terms of passing the ball around, but is unable to score with Henry looking nothing like the threat that he's […]

Liverpool 0 3 Everton Tim Howard kept yet another clean sheet as he move merseyside seems to have paid dividends for Everton in this derby. Howard's return to form has been great news for US Soccer, and he seems more comfortable dealing with David Moyes than he did with Sir Fergie. (Even though former teammate […]

In the EPL Talk fantasy football league, there are no changes in the top two positions after this weekend's matches, but the Dragons (managed by CJ Pedler) drops out of the top five, while The Scouts (managed by Lonnie Smetana) enters the top five for the first time. Out of 61 teams competing, here are […]

Before Reading's match today against Manchester City, left winger – and American – Bobby Convey said it best: "It will be cool to play in a big game – the only game on the night. Night games under lights are always the most exciting ones. People back in the States will be working, as it […]

One week from today, the BBC will broadcast a documentary from their TV show called Panorama which will allegedly open wide the topic and controversy of bungs (i.e. illegal payments) in the Premiership transfer business. Interestingly, the BBC decided to create a fictitious agency that had U.S. funding. Thanks BBC. But for more insight into […]

The latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast is now live featuring an interview with Adrian Sherling from Manchester Buccaneers fame. His real name was a closely guarded secret until only recently, but many of you may know him better as Roswell P. Shambling. If you're not acquainted with the Manchester Buccaneers, you may want […]

Journalist Patrick Barclay, always a sense of reason, has a very interesting article in today's Sunday Telegraph entitled "Bring Down This Crazy Facade." In the article, he rips apart the current state of the Premiership in terms of the enormous debt, West Ham's two new "free" transfers, and the behind-the-scenes business dealings and transparency for […]