In any sport, a championship season depends on getting some breaks at the right times. Some of those breaks occur in the offseason, when the current season's roster is composed of trades scrutinized by the media as well as those that fly under the radar. The trade of Jeff Larentowicz to the Rapids was the […]

Gameweek 21 kicks off on New Year’s Day, the perfect time to have a quick recap on some of the season’s best performers so far. Starting between the sticks we have Manchester City’s Joe Hart, the Blue half of Manchester are serious title contenders and much of this is due to the brilliance of their […]

As yet another fantastic year of football comes to an end, I took a look at what made this year's highlight reel. Match Of The Year Tottenham 3-1 Inter Milan What a bloody match. As debutants of the world's finest European competition, Spurs were paired with last years champions Inter Milan, FC Twente and Werder […]

Now that Qatar has bought won the 2022 World Cup, what do we know about this tiny nation? Well, they are the home to the Al-Jazeera television network, they will host the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, and they are known as “Qataris” (“Qintendos” would have been a tad cooler). Also, Qatar is spelled Katar in […]

A photograph purportedly of Manchester United's home shirt for the 2011-12 season has been leaked on the Internet. The new Manchester United home jersey features a retro collar and an otherwise simple but appealing design. The retro collar reminds me of the classic Manchester United kit from 1978 (pictured). The 2011-2012 design by Nike also […]

Since I am currently on holiday with my family, I hadn't planned to do a second match review this week. However I caught the replay of yesterday's Chelsea-Bolton match, and thought I'd at least give the starting formation and a few thoughts. – This matchup of Bolton's 4-4-2 and Chelsea's 4-3-3 leads to the typical […]

Closing out a great 2010 of in U.S. Soccer, myself and Christopher Riordan close out a year's worth of podcasts with this Oscar-inspired awards show. One hour, 62 nominees and 20 awards honor out favorites films (teams), directors (coaches), actors (players) as well as moments from the last calendar year. We gave you a sneak […]

Happy New Year to all EPL lovers. I've written this weekly column from some interesting spots. This time from soccer-mad Mexico with an extremely dodgy internet connection. So no time for text per game, just the facts and the ratings. ESPN takes its outstanding production to the Hawthorns this week to follow United. On New […]

The commentator mash up of England's World Cup performance. Here's the links: Adam Johnson chat [Manchester Evening News] Star man report [Sky Sports] 3 Up Front podcast [Soccerlens] Sir Alex dishes out punishment [Dirty Tackle] Diaby injury blow [BBC] Asian Cup squads [World Cup Blog] Neil Young tribute [Manchester Evening News] Top 10 moments from […]

As the New Year approaches this seasons title race is one of the most open in the history of the Premier League. No one is showing form that suggests they will run away with it and five teams will seriously still believe that could become Champions come the end of the season. Let’s take a […]

For many Liverpool supporters who were holding out faith for Roy Hodgson to turn the team around, many lost their belief in Hodgson after Wednesday night's pathetic performance against Wolves. At this rate, Hodgson's position as Liverpool manager is tenuous. But who do you think should replace him? Vote in the poll below and share […]

Looking at the table and seeing Fulham currently in 18th position halfway through the season it makes sense to be concerned as a Fulham supporter. The next thing many fans are going to look at are the reasons why Fulham are in the relegation zone. I plan on sharing my points on why I believe […]

As we close the books on 2010 and go through our retrospectives (including MLS Talk's own awards) I wanted to take a different look back on the year that was through a different lens: what if what happened didn't happen, or vice versa. Over the weekend I intend to take four 2010 events from American […]

A leaked photograph of Barcelona's shirt for the 2011-2012 season has been leaked on the Internet. Pictured above, the Nike design looks like a prototype of what may be Barcelona's new shirt for next season. The design is completely different to the current one and features much thinner stripes on the front of the jersey. […]

When the final whistle blew at Anfield Wednesday night, the air was deafened by the sound of a chorus of boos. That was followed by some in The Kop singing Kenny Dalglish's name and cheeky "Hodgson for England" chants. In what was definitely Liverpool's worst performance of the season, the team crashed to a 1-0 […]