It was an underwhelming display last night, but the Seattle Sounders held on to defeat the home-team Colorado Rapids 1-0, despite having a man advantage the entire match. Colorado played an aggressive game, pressing throughout while Seattle was content to use their man advantage and hit on the counter. Obviously the key to this match […]

Manchester United could nail down the Premier League title with a win today. Not mathematically, but if they do win, they'll open up a nine point gap at the top of the table. And I seriously doubt that Manchester United would drop that many points in their final three games of the season. But before […]

Stoke City have revealed their away shirt for the 2011-2012 Premier League season. The Potters have adopted an Inter Milan style shirt with blue and black stripes on the front. Designed and manufactured by Adidas, the new shirt will go on sale today in Stoke City's club shop. The new away shirt from Stoke is […]

In the early stages of tonight's MLS match between the Rapids and Sounders, young Seattle star Steve Zakuani suffered what appears likely to be a tibia fracture after an extremely clumsy challenge by Rapids midfielder Brian Mullan. Here is a link to the video of the incident: WARNING – VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND SHOWS SLO-MO […]

Immediately following tomorrow morning's early kick-off between Manchester United and Everton on ESPN2, the TV network in the United States will be airing a special episode of ESPNSoccernet Press Pass. The 15-minute episode will feature Shaka Hislop and Gabriele Marcotti discussing the race for fourth in the Premier League as well as next week's Champions […]

Love him or hate him, Arsene Wenger is a stubborn man. In the space of four days, Arsenal threw away a 1-0 lead against Liverpool after scoring in the 97th minute but committing a penalty in the 102nd minute, which was converted by Dirk Kuyt. Then, in the North London derby with Arsenal leading 3-1 […]

In this week's episode of Special 1 TV, Wayne Rooney returns, there's an interview with The Nutty Professor, Sven goes on about the Panorama investigation, and we can finally reveal how the hole in the wall happened in the Manchester United changing room at Wembley. Plus there's an interview with Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish. There's […]

Teal Bunbury is a man on a mission. Leading the line for Sporting KC and with aspirations to play both abroad and for the United States, he knows it's going to take a lot of hard work. He kindly sat down with me to talk about his good friend Juan Agudelo, as well as how […]

For your viewing pleasure, above is the video of Juan Agudelo scoring the goal of the year so far in Major League Soccer. Every time there is a story or interview saying Americans should temper their enthusiasm for him and hold off on predicting greatness, he does stuff like this. Enjoy him while you can […]

Liverpool secured the biggest kit deal in English soccer history today after it was revealed that the Anfield club had signed a deal with Warrior Sports, according to The Daily Mail. The agreement will net Liverpool a staggering $41 million a year (£25 million), which smashes the previous record of Nike's £23.5 million deal with […]

With just four games left in the Championship there are three teams outside of the final play off spot battling it out to try and usurp Leeds in sixth. The reward for a late end of season run for Nottingham Forest, Hull, Burnley could be a ticket to the play off rollercoaster ride. After looking […]

If breaking out last Saturday against the San Jose Earthquakes was a good start for the New York Red Bulls, then this performance against DC United definitely tops it. What a brilliant performance from this group that came down to Washington DC and drummed a four goal destruction against DC United. The main player that […]

I am a football convert. Being in my mid-30's, I actually remember being exposed to the second season of the English Premier League. That's not because I cared, but because in my sophomore year at University of Rochester (NY), I roomed with a fellow who reffed for travelling youth leagues during the summers in Western […]

Last Sunday Chicago Fire lost to LA Galaxy 2-1 in front of a crowd of 18,203 fans at Toyota Park. Key players Landon Donovan, David Beckham and Juninho were unable to play that day but still managed to win the game thanks to goals by Chad Barrett and Omar Gonzalez. MLS Talk photographer Christian Doellner […]

When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of newspapers. My parents used to have a morning and evening newspaper delivered to our home Monday through Saturday. And then Sunday, we would often pick up one or two British tabloid newspapers as part of our Sunday morning ritual. Plus there was the weekly […]