Earlier this week, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) announced the six players nominated for their Player of the Year award. There are some surprises and there are some no-brainers. But who deserves to wear the crown for the best player of the 2011-2012 season? Here are the six players, considering their chances: David Silva If […]

Saturday night, for all purposes was a success for the Seattle Sounders. Three points would have been ideal, but considering that they held D.C. United scoreless, a team that scored four goals the week before, they no doubt feel satisfied with the point. This was their first road game of the year, following a defeat […]

The weekend in Italy and perhaps world football has been overshadowed by the tragic news of Piermario Morosini's death during a Serie B match between Livorno and Pescara. The Livorno midfielder suffered a heart attack while playing against Pescara. This tragic incident should serve as a reminder to everyone, whether players, football fans or people […]

Ashley Young has been earning himself quite the reputation the past few weeks, but it’s a reputation that will ultimately come back to haunt both him and Manchester United in the future. There is a reason that he is allowed to get away with his Tom Daley impressions on the pitch and we all know […]

EPL Talk hit a new milestone today by logging 2 million downloads of its popular twice-weekly soccer podcast. Six years ago this month, the first episode of the EPL Talk Podcast launched featuring an interview with none other than Steven Cohen, then of World Soccer Daily. The show began as a weekly interview podcast featuring […]

In the six years that I've published EPL Talk, I've shared a lot of details about my life, mostly from a soccer perspective. But one thing that I haven't mentioned before, because it wasn't really relevant, was another six year chapter in my life that I spent from 1989 to 1995. I don't think any […]

Nike and US Soccer today officially revealed a photo of the new home jersey for the US men's national soccer team for 2012-13. Unfortunately, as we first revealed in November 2011, the leaked photo is the same design that looks like a cross between the Where's Waldo? character and a rugby shirt. To make it […]

Two teams who have under-performed in the Premier League this season meet in the FA Cup final, as Liverpool and Chelsea will look to salvage their seasons on May 5th at Wembley. FA Cup final tickets will be snapped up by Liverpool fans, who will travel to Wembley for the third time this season. The […]

What difference a single game can make. Against Wigan just days earlier, the knives were immediately pulled out on Manchester United and their chances of taking home a record 20th Premier League title. The pressure of the run-in was finally getting to them, said the doomsayers. Wigan, struggling to avoid relegation to the Championship, bossed […]

It’s been a year since I showed my friends a Messi shirt I had bought in Istanbul that put me on this path to something I didn’t think could be so enjoyable. In such a short time, I have gone to at least 6 matches (which is more than I would ever gone to any […]

MLS Review Policy to be Tested this Week Over the past few weeks, MLS players midweek have been issued suspensions or fines by the league for actions that occurred in the past. The league's new policy of reviewing harsh fouls and plays have led to the main office retroactively punishing players for deeds that were […]

Following the 6-1 humiliation at Old Trafford, a shock exit from the Champions League and defeats to Newcastle, Blackburn and Wigan, there were five players central in turning Manchester United’s season around: 5) Michael Carrick He still remains one of the unsung heroes of Ferguson’s squad but that never seemed to bother him on the […]

In the FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, Chelsea was awarded a second goal in controversial circumstances after referee Martin Atkinson ruled that the ball had crossed the line. However in the above video, you can see that the ball was nowhere near to crossing the line. Plus, in the lead-up […]

A big match was brewing at Red Bull Arena as the San Jose Earthquakes and New York Red Bulls both looked to extend their three-game winning streaks. At the same time, you had the top three goal scorers in MLS facing each other for their respective sides. The scoring started early as the Red Bulls […]

The race is on. After Manchester City's sublime 6-1 victory (where have we heard that before?) against City on Saturday (Norwich City, that is), the pressure is on Manchester United to walk away with a victory at home against Aston Villa. Man United has scored 3 or more goals in the past six of eight […]