By Kent Darcy Why don't football clubs employ baseball models (i.e. sabermetrics) for evaluating talent? As a football and baseball junkie, I'm more than aware of the fact that both sports are entirely different. But, it seems to me that baseball is on to something when clubs like the A's and Twins (and many others) […]

The proposed restructuring of the Champions League, which emerged from UEFA’s strategy council on Monday and will probably be approved by the executive committee later this month, has been perceived as a significant setback for Michel Platini, the man elected as UEFA president in January. Platini campaigned for the presidency on a platform of opening […]

Since there's no Premier League action this weekend, we'll skip the release of the EPL Talk Email Newsletter until next week, but for those football fans who are actively involved in fantasy football, we have a fantasy football tip for you from Jeremy Lay (see below). Note: If you'd like to receive these tips for […]

Believe it or not DC United and the MLS Cup Champion could have a fellow American club in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. USL-1 side Puerto Rico Islanders are just two wins away from becoming the Caribbean representative in the Champions Cup. The Islanders will face Joe Public FC of Trinidad, who has participated in several […]

Well I am somewhat shocked, but Luciano Emilio is a deserving Honda MVP. The latest example of DC United's superior scouring network scored 20 league goals as well as several in international competitions. Much more on Emilio's season later tonight.

Pretty remarkable news in the Premier League today as: The Walt Disney family are in acquisition talks with Derby County, Steve Bruce looks set to join Wigan as their new boss, Premier League opens up a website in China, Michel Platini criticizes the U.S. owners in the Premier League, And more. We're doing things a […]

Sheffield Wednesday's academy has formed a partnership with the Kalamazoo Outrage to create new opportunities for young players at both clubs. The Kalamazoo Outrage is a new club founded in 2007 and will compete in the Premier Development League (the fourth tier of men's soccer in the US). The Wednesday academy is also pursuing possible […]

There were buckets of goals in the Championship this past weekend. Three matches had 3-0 scorelines (Plymouth beat Norwich, Charlton beat Cardiff, Hull beat Preston), West Brom thumped 10-man Coventry 4-0, Sheffield Wednesday lit up Southampton for five goals and Ipswich embarrassed Bristol City by a 6-0 scoreline. For Coventry, striker Michael Mifsud was sent […]

The latest episode of EPL Talk TV discusses the injury crisis for Chelsea and England, Gordon Brown wants to meddle with the Premier League, the winner of the book contest and why next week's England against Croatia match will be must-see TV for all the wrong reasons.

It's almost a year to the date since I traveled to England for a 10-day EPL Talk tour taking in six matches on a grueling journey from Miami to Manchester and then through the cities of Liverpool, Blackburn, London and back to Manchester. Along the way, I released a daily audio podcast, snapped hundreds of […]

Landon Donovan has sustained an injury in Los Angeles' friendly with Minnesota on Sunday and will not be flying to South Africa to join the US team.

DC United has reacquired Alecko Eskandarian from Real Salt Lake according to Bobby Boswell's personal website.

November 12, 2007 (Includes games of November 11, 2007) — First-place votes in parentheses — Rank School Record Pts LW 1 Wake Forest (15) 15-1-2 398 1 2 Connecticut (1) 16-2-1 385 2 3 Santa Clara 13-1-4 354 3 4 Brown 14-1-1 339 4 5 Southern Methodist 13-3-2 321 6 6 Indiana 13-4-4 295 7 […]

When a team is struggling performance-wise, there are various guilty culprits. In the end, the one that has to take the brunt of the blame and could be eventually be the fall guy come the end of the first semester of La Liga. Barcelona's lack of consistency in the domestic tournament led to president Joan […]

Episode 5 of EPL Talk TV features news about David Beckham and whether he's going to England or not, who the next Wigan manager may be, why Jens wants to quit Arsenal, a famous footballer says he's sorry and MyFootballClub announces a club takeover. This plus much more in 5 minutes of Premier League news […]