This past week the United States became the epicenter of the club football world with numerous friendlies involving large clubs from all over the world, as well as the unveiling of David Beckham as a member of the Los Angeles Galaxy. Now that the lights have faded and most MLS clubs are back to league […]

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 Beckham did not debut until minute 78, but […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I'll have a full midseason wrap of MLS on the site late tonight or early tomorrow morning.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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/.