Thanks to Michael Haley for his contributions The results of the 2006 World Cup in Germany clearly demonstrated that while our national team remains talented, the player pool is not as deep nor as experienced as the pool was in the 2000-2003 time period. While this statement may make me unpopular with many of our […]

I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Seamus Malin this evening, probably the most famous American soccer commentator ever. Malin, who was born in Dublin, had several amazing stories to tell, and gave some great insight into things that I never knew about him such as what Premiership side he supports (and has supported for […]

Tokyo Toffeeman, an EPL Talk reader from Japan, sent me this very interesting link about ESPN's response to the criticism it has been receiving regarding its coverage of the World Cup. Read the piece here. Most newspapers typically have ombudsmen who are supposed to answer complaints and comments from readers (or, in this case, viewers). […]

Next week, I'm interviewing Jeremy St. Louis for a future episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. The Canadian sports broadcaster appears nightly on Fox Sports World Report, which is shown on Fox Soccer Channel at 10pm ET. If you have any questions you've been dying to ask him, please let me know and I'll do […]

A few short years ago a former German National Team attacking player living in Southern California called up his friend, the manager of the USA National Team for an internship so that he could learn the ropes of coaching on the international level. Back then, Bruce Arena was at the height of his stature having […]

We're one day away from the Quarter Finals stage of the World Cup and the excitement is reaching a fever pitch among soccer fans around the world, including America. Tomorrow's Germany against Argentina match would have been a perfect World Cup Final, but sadly one of those great teams will be leaving the tournament […]

Imagine what if Scolari had accepted the England job before the World Cup? If you remember, the FA wanted Scolari to agree to the job before the tournament began and to start his new position immediately after the World Cup. In hindsight, what a good decision this was by Scolari and what a poor decision […]

One of the benefits of being a regular reader to this blog is to you get to learn about what's going on behind the scenes at EPL Talk. For example, I just got confirmation that I'll be interviewing soccer broadcasting legend Seamus Malin tomorrow night for the next episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. Malin […]

France's leading midfield players: Zidane, Makelele and Vierra have a great understanding of one another's game and the experience that comes from playing together for so long. For example, Zidane and Vierra always know where one another are going to be on the pitch at any given time. Throw in the youth, and speed of […]

If you haven't had a chance to keep up on all of the Premiership news during the past 30 days, you're excused. After all, our eyes have been busy watching 2-3 World Cup matches a day. So, to bring you up-to-speed on some of the Premiership headlines, here they are: Eidur Gudjohnsen was signed from […]

Only seven games remain in the World Cup. Yet many of the heroes we were expecting to see on the big stage haven't showed up: Rooney, Henry, Ronaldinho, Messi, Ballack, Van Nistelrooy, Toni, Tevez, and Donovan. The players getting the headlines instead seemed to be Klose, Podolski, Zidane, Rodriguez, Rosicky, Torres, Muntari, Frei and Amoah.

Seven of the eight second round matches have been played, with just this afternoon's France versus Spain match left. But out of the seven thus far, how many of them have been entertaining and had you sitting on the edge of your seat? For me, it's been just one and that was the Argentina against […]

A full report and anaylsis coming on Friday.

Having been seeded into the easiest group of the 2006 World Cup, England has continued to ride lady luck during this tournament. Consider the following: Against Paraguay, it was an own goal. Versus Trinidad and Tobago, it was a goal line clearance by Terry and a header by Crouch that should have been ruled out […]

After the final second-round matches conclude Tuesday, only eight World Cup matches remain (and that includes the meaningless third-place match). Could we be destined for the following semi-final matches? Italy against Germany, and England versus Brazil? Or do you fancy Argentina versus Ukraine, and Brazil against Spain? If England do manage to beat Portugal on […]