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/ 6852 days agoMLS and EPL Split Saturday Friendlies
Recent Galaxy Castoff Robbie Findley scored for RSL Another match, another loss for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Despite the red carpet, Hollywood setting and 19 ESPN cameras the Galaxy looked pedestrian in a 1-0 loss to Chelsea in front of a packed house at the Home Depot Center. The star attraction of the night David […]
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/ 6852 days agoNo Real Winners in Galaxy v Chelsea Charade
I ask just one question. Now that David Beckham's LA Galaxy debut is over, who gained anything from it? Think about that for a second. Other than generating money, who were the winners now that the friendly is complete? It certainly wasn't the spectators or TV viewers who were fed a very drab game of […]
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/ 6852 days agoDrugs, Setanta & Rock 'n' Roll
By John Nicholson In the UK, Setanta has started running ads for its new live Premiership coverage, clearly keen to get a whole hoard of new punters to stump up some hard earned wonga for their service. Fair enough. However, the ads they are running have the song 'Good Times' by Eric Burdon and the […]
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/ 6853 days agoMan Utd's Asian Focus Is Bad News for U.S.
It doesn't seem that Manchester United will be rushing back to the United States for preseason friendlies anytime soon. Man United Chief Executive David Gill is quoted in The Guardian newspaper as saying that Asia and Africa, instead of America, will be the focus to globalize their brand. I wonder, though, if Gill would have […]
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/ 6853 days agoLatest News from Everton's U.S. Tour
Chelsea isn't the only English team touring the States this summer. In addition to Aston Villa, Everton is Stateside and the Merseyside club is already making quite a bit of news: If you'd rather not watch Chelsea take on the LA Galaxy Saturday night at 8:30pm ET on ESPN, you can catch Everton on GolTV […]
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/ 6854 days agoFox & Setanta Finalize August EPL TV Schedule
The complete TV schedule for EPL matches during the first few weeks of the 2007/2008 season is now finalized, EPL Talk can reveal. Here's what we know so far (the newly discovered listings are highlighted in bold): Saturday, August 11 Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur, 7:45am ET, Setanta Sports West Ham United v Manchester City, 10am […]
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/ 6854 days agoMy Letter to the Guardian
I am a big fan of the football section of your newspaper and find the online section indispensable during the EPL campaign. Both your newspaper and podcast represent the best coverage of English Football available on the Internet. However, I must take your paper to task for your recent statements about Major League Soccer here […]
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/ 6854 days agoMLS Midseason Report
With arrival of David Beckham, MLS has taken on a higher profile in world football. However in many ways this season has been one to forget thus far for the league as it tries to find its niche within the American sports landscape, and its place in world football. MLS had counted on a competitive […]
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/ 6854 days agoMLS Midseason Wrap
I'll have a full midseason wrap of MLS on the site late tonight or early tomorrow morning.
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/ 6855 days agoQuakes Returning to MLS
Per an article on SI.com, MLS has given Lew Wolff the owner of the Oakland A's the green light to restart perhaps the proudest franchsise in the history of American Soccer: The San Jose Earthquakes. From the early 1970s onward the San Jose Earthquakes were a bay area attraction. The Earthquakes along with the equally […]
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/ 6855 days agoMLS Does the Right Thing
Per an article on SI.com, MLS has given Lew Wolff the owner of the Oakland A's the green light to restart perhaps the proudest franchsise in the history of American Soccer: The San Jose Earthquakes. From the early 1970s onward the San Jose Earthquakes were a bay area attraction. The Earthquakes along with the equally […]
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/ 6856 days agoRoma sign Giuly
Ludovic Giuly has completed his move from Barcelona to AS Roma. Barca accepted an offer of between 3.2 and 4.4 million euros over the weekend and Giuly travelled to Italy on Monday to finalise the transfer. He passed a medical and agreed terms on a three-year deal. Giuly had been linked with a return to […]
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/ 6856 days agoPodcast Episode Nine Released
Podcast Nine featuring an interview with Phil McThomas of Soccer Shout and Clever Football.com as well as full preview of Superliga is now online and ready for download at http://majorleaguesoccertalk.libsyn.com/.
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/ 6856 days agoEpisode Nine of the Podcast Released
Episode Nine of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast has been released. The show features an interview with Phil McThomas of Soccer Shout and Clever Football.com as well as a full preview of Superliga which kicks off next week. The podcast can be found here: http://majorleaguesoccertalk.libsyn.com/
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/ 6856 days agoPearce Signs With Hansa Rostock
Heath Pearce has signed with Bundesliga club Hansa Rostock on a two year contract. Pearce who as a left sided player appears to be surplus to the US National Team requirements (Where the US has an overabundance of players) for now, will certainly be trying to rebuild his reputation with Bob Bradley so he can […]