The Bundesliga's Champions League representatives had tough weekend fixtures, but will be looking to bounce back against their European counter-parts and fight for qualification to the round of sixteen. Hapoel Tel v Aviv v Schalke 04 Schalke are still firmly rooted in the relegation zone in the Bundesliga, but despite their woeful domestic form, they've […]

With a quarter of the season now passed, it is as good a time as any to reflect on the players and teams who have excelled and disappointed. First up are the transfers that have not met with expectations or values this season. In evaluating a players performance after 10 games it is important to […]

What's your perfect day of soccer? Think about what it would be like for you, and share it in the comments section below. For me, it depends if I'm in Wales or Florida. If it's the latter, it's a Premier League Saturday kicking off with a tantalizing kick-off at 7:45am ET at home. With the […]

With the another matchday of the Champions/Europa League group stages coming up, I've decided to take a look at what could be the more interesting matches of the 40 which will be played in the two competitions. The way I've chosen these matches is by looking at the teams which are playing, how they've been […]

Blackpool may have got their first home league win in the Premier League after they edged past West Brom. But the 2-1 win was a lot closer than many would have expected after the Baggies were reduced to ten men during the first half. While many would have predicted a very comfortable win for the […]

After going through two weeks of the Qualifying Round and six weeks of the group stage around a period of four months, CONCACAF has finally made their draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League. All four sides from Mexico along with two MLS sides and a club from Costa Rica and Honduras all […]

As most of us have been wondering or hoping that these playoffs are going to be fun, exciting and worth watching, I believe right now we haven't been disappointed at all. There has been some exciting and attacking soccer that most of us never thought would happen till the conference finals. But from what I […]

Chris Riordan is in Germany while I'm in North Carolina, but no matter where we are, the Major League Soccer Podcast comes to you. On this episode Sounder at Heart contirbutor and SB Nation editor Jeremiah Oshan joins me to look back at the four first legs that were. In the East, Colorado could have […]

Borussia Dortmund and Hoffenheim ended the weekend with a bang. Let's get to the results! Mainz 0 – 2 Borussia Dortmund Jurgen Klopp's men are a joy to watch. They pass the ball well, they attack with fluidity, and they pose a number of different threats. They're also extremely solid defensively. What's most impressive about […]

I want to begin by stating that I am a fan of the current MLS playoffs and in general I enjoy the way Major League Soccer organizes them. Like all MLS fans, I have things I love and things I hate about the current format, style of play, and presentation. Overall, the matches this year […]

That most alluring of feelings is what football fans breathe. The hope that this season might be the one, the hope that today we might just beat them. It is the reason we all get so excited in the middle of August and on the first weekend of January. Hope is the reason that we keep following our team, even though all logic suggests that we have no chance.

Full disclosure: I'm a Spurs fan. Have been for round about six years, which just so happens to be just before the last time Mark Clattenburg took charge of a Manchester United v Spurs fixture at Old Trafford. For any who needed their memory jogged (or who weren't fans at the time): Look, Tottenham didn't […]

With the reinstitution of the Galáctico policy following Florentino Pérez's return as President of Real Madrid last summer, Pérez wasted no time in the second construction of his universe-beating side. Lost in the shuffle of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká, and Xabi Alonso joining the club, Karim Benzema quietly transferred from Olympique Lyonnais to Real Madrid, if […]

Five years ago today, EPL Talk launched out of nowhere. There was zero marketing budget. All it was could be summed one in one word: passion. From that day until now, all I did was write about the sport and league that has given me so much joy and that I've been passionate about all […]

In a week holding fixtures such as Blackburn Rovers-Chelsea and Arsenal-West Ham United, you can be forgiven for being surprised at the lack of goal-fests. Chelsea and Arsenal stumbled towards unspectacular wins, whilst Manchester United undid Tottenham Hotspur with a comedy goal on their way to a 2-0 victory. And this morning, it’s promoted Newcastle […]