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What Are Your Favorite Soccer Leagues? Take Our Survey

There are so many quality soccer leagues on television that we're spoilt for choice. Pick any major league in the world, and you're just a click of a remote control button away from it. But which ones do you watch and/or follow from the most to the least? Go ahead and let us know by […]

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Red Bulls Massive Three Points Came At A Price

There was celebration at Red Bull Arena and there was horror at the same time. Both pointed towards Thierry Henry, as his goal was the lone tally of the match. The Red Bulls got on the board first in the 7th minute as Henry got a lovely looping ball from Connor Lade and chipped it over […]

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Manchester City vs Manchester United Preview: Who's Going to Win the Derby?

"We're not really here" are some of the words emblazoned around the Etihad Stadium amongst other footnotes and references to Manchester City's history. These particular words are significant because of a chant started by the Blue Moon faithful in the mid 1980's. The story goes that the City fans travelled to Luton for a game, […]

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MLS Landmarks in Canada – Monday Morning Sweeper

Canadian Teams Setting New Milestones, Both Good and Bad Canada is the center of the MLS world this week after the results by Montreal and Toronto on Saturday. The Impact continued to add to the team's MLS history with their first shutout by defeating the visiting Portland Timbers 2-0. While the game itself was kind […]

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FA Approach Roy Hodgson to Become England Manager

In a shock move, The FA has announced that it has received permission from West Bromwich Albion to approach Roy Hodgson for discussions about becoming the next England manager. "Roy is the only manager we have approached and we remain on course to make an appointment within the timescale we set-out soon after Fabio Capello's […]

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Premier League Sunday: April 29, 2012

Today, we have two matches kicking off in separate parts of London at different times. The early match is the London derby between Chelsea and QPR (8:30am ET/1:30pm BST). QPR will be hoping for a win to try to increase the gap between them and Bolton beneath them. The second match of the day features […]

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Nominate the Best Premier League Footballers and Managers for the 2012 EPL Awards

We're getting ready to launch the fourth-annual EPL Awards next week, which recognizes the best of the 2011-12 EPL season, but we need your help. In the categories of best footballers and managers, we want to make sure we haven't left any glaring EPL footballers or managers out, so please take a minute or two […]

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Chelsea v QPR Preview: That Was Then, This Is Now

When these two teams last met in the Premier League back in mid-October, Queens Park Rangers was sitting comfortably at mid-table with 9 points from eight matches while Chelsea held third place with 19 points, just three points off league leading Manchester City. It was, by all appearances, going to be just another garden variety […]

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Premier League Saturday: April 28, 2012

In today's Premier League Saturday Open Thread, I'm going to do things differently and have some of the astute EPL Talk readers who are on Twitter (who follow @epltalk) to tell you and I which matches they're most looking forward to watching today on TV and why. Let's begin with: Followed by the match of […]

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Alternative Premier League, Gameweek 35: Newcastle Continues to Sit On Top of Form Table

Newcastle retained their strangle hold at the top of the form table and moved above Spurs into fourth place as week 35 also saw wins for the bottom teams and a slip-up for Manchester United. Newcastle’s latest win over Stoke, a 3-0 triumph and 6.51 return, means that they have now more than doubled Tottenham’s […]

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UEFA Euro 2012 Video Game Trailer, England National Team [VIDEO]

The England national team is such a polarizing topic. Either you love them or hate them. And that's just speaking for the people who live in England, nevermind the rest of the world. Some days, I wonder if the England national team is more popular in the United States than in its home country, but […]

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Guardiola Steps Down As Barcelona Boss

After 4 seasons, 13 trophies and hours upon days of exquisite football, Pep Guardiola has decided that a change is best for both himself and Barcelona. Coming directly on the heels of being eliminated from the Champions League by Chelsea and from the Spanish title race by arch-rival Real Madrid, it's hard to not see […]

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Play the EPL Draft! Which Players Would You Pick for Next Season?

UPDATED: As some of you may or may not know, the NFL Draft has commenced here in America. All the teams in the National Football League descend upon New York and spend the next several days drafting the best college football players in the land. So naturally I thought to myself that this would be […]

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Aston Villa: Too Big to Go Down Or Not Good Enough to Stay Up?

As we continue to talk about the two wonderful Champions League Semi-Finals we’ve just witnessed this week, I can’t help, as an Aston Villa fan, to reminisce. Thirty years ago, in Rotterdam, Dennis Mortimer of Aston Villa raised the European Cup aloft after a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich. Chelsea finished their season 12th in League […]

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UEFA Euro 2012 Video Game Trailer Featuring Spain [VIDEO]

It's been a brutal weak for Spanish soccer, but La Liga fans can at least look forward to this summer when Spain plays in the Euro 2012 tournament. In keeping with Euro 2012, EA Sports has released their UEFA Euro 2012 video game which is available to FIFA 12 users. Here's a video promoting the […]