Follow Everton against Liverpool live and online today via the EPL Talk Chat featuring football fans discussing the match from around the world. Kick off time is 7:45 am ET/12:45 pm BST.

Steve Guppy is one of two players capped by England’s National Team at the senior international level to be playing his club football in the United States currently: the other is David Beckham. Guppy, now 38 scored the game winning goal Friday night as the Rochester Rhinos beat the Charleston Battery in the first leg […]

Steve Guppy is one of two players capped by England's National Team to be playing his club football in the United States currently: the other is David Beckham. Guppy, now 38 scored the game winning goal Friday night as the Rochester Rhinos beat the Charleston Battery in the first leg of their USL-1 playoff series […]

First off, I welcome everyone to join us in the EPL Talk Chat this weekend. Starting Saturday from 7:20 am and Sunday from 8:20 am. Now onto the predictions. All times are Eastern and TV Schedules are subject to change without notice. Everton v Liverpool (Saturday 7:45 am, Live on Setanta Sports from 7:30 am. […]

Luciano Monzón and Diego Milito were the two newest players to be called up by national team coach Alfio Basile for their upcoming World Cup Qualifiers against neighboring rivals Uruguay and Chile. Monzón has been one of the outstanding performers so far in La Liga this season. His biggest came earlier this week when Betis […]

Arrival of Match Day Five brings forth the ancient rivalry of A.C. Milan against F.C. Internazionale. Welcome to the Derby della Madonnina. I was alerted to Mark Meadow's article, Friday afternoon question: Which is the best derby? this afternoon of course and it reminds of how wild things get at the San Siro when these clubs meet. This year's […]

Schalke has a superb record against Köln, but manager Christopher Daum has only ever lost twice in seventeen matches against them in the Bundesliga. That form continued today as Köln walked away deserved 1-0 winners against the league leaders. Indeed, the score line doesn’t do justice to the performance by Köln. They completely outplayed the […]

Wolves ( W-W-W-W-W) v Bristol City ( W-L-D-D-W) 7:30 est Barnsley (D-L-L-W-L) v Norwich ( W-L-W-D-D) 10:00 est Blackpool ( W-L-W-W-L) v Coventry ( W-D-D-L-L) 10:00 est Burnley ( D-W-W-D-D) v Preston ( L-W-D-W-D) 10:00 est Cardiff ( D-W-D-D-D) v Birmingham ( L-W-W-D-W) 10:00 est Charlton ( D-W-L-L-W) v Sheffield Wednesday ( D-L-W-D-D) 10:00 est Doncaster […]

Time to check in with the FA Cup again as the Second Qualifying Round gets under way. So far, I've seen a couple of my initial teams drop by the wayside as have their replacements. This stage of the tournament is quite tumultuous but still exciting for the clubs involved. 160 clubs are involved in […]

In a new experiment, I am going to try a weekly wrap-up of news stories that caught my eye but that I don't think require pages of analysis as I am prone to doing 🙂 So, here they are, concise and hopefully interesting. UEFA are expected to formally confirm in December that Wembley will host […]

Following Albert Riera’s timely arrival at Liverpool on the last day of the transfer window, Rafa Benitez finally has two good wide players to deploy in his line-up who he can trust to produce excellent performances consistently. Ryan Babel can be played on either flank, but now that the left-footed Riera has turned up he […]

The indispensable American Soccer News had a good story on Don Garber’s plans for MLS 2.0, which will be discussed later this year with the league’s board. While Commissioner Garber deserves lots of credit for steering MLS away from the troubled waters that threatened its existence a few years back, the arrogance and hubris of […]

The indispensable American Soccer News had a good story on Don Garber's plans for MLS 2.0, which will be discussed later this year with the league's board. While Commissioner Garber deserves lots of credit for steering MLS away from the troubled waters that threatened its existence a few years back, the arrogance and hubris of […]

As we reported on a number of weeks ago, the UEFA Executive Committee has finalized the change in name of the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League starting in the 2009-10 season. Along with the new name come major changes to the competition, which will feature a 48-team group stage. Changes to the name, […]

Say what you will about Maradona — he never put on a suit. Michel Platini on the other hand is on one hell of a roll at the moment. Earlier this week, he went off Arsene Wenger as if the man had murdered half his family, instead of appointing youngters to play at the highest […]