In Part 1, I described how the 2006 World Cup drew me into football. With the World Cup finished, I was hungry for more. I turned to the English Premier League to slake my thirst... Part 2: Inhaling the Premier League... When the World Cup ended I went into withdrawel. I bought a Playstation2 and […]

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 […]

After hearing from fellow Americans who follow the Premier League, I've been pondering the idea of coming to English football as an outsider. Here's how my own love affair from distance got started... Part 1: Inhaling the World Cup... Back in 2006, my inner football junkie came alive when I discovered the World Cup. Something […]

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 […]

The English First Division came into being in 1888 and within 4 years, a young man named Steve Bloomer signed for Derby County from local league side Tutbury Hawthorn. Whilst he may have been highly thought of in the local area, such was the turnover of young men trying their hand at football; Bloomer could […]

Great news. The Premier League has opened the doors to its 2009/2010 Fantasy Premier League, and on behalf of EPL Talk, I’d like to invite you to join our private league. To play for free against hundreds of football fans from around the world, here’s all you have to do: Visit the Fantasy Premier League […]

As a Liverpool supporter I have a soft spot for Michael Owen. Now, for the sake of full journalistic disclosure, I must admit I came to the party late. I'm an American who, seduced by the 2006 World Cup, went looking for an English club to support. Through the right mixture of Steven Gerrard, Peter […]