Sunderland's new home shirt for the 2011-12 season has been unveiled by Umbro. The classic Sunderland strip, featuring the red and white stripes, is accentuated by a black V-neck and black cuffs. This makes for a markedly different appearance for the home Sunderland jersey. The current one features a red trim instead of black (i.e. […]

Following Saturday's action, we have two big matches in the Premier League today, on Sunday. The first one kicks off between Sunderland and Liverpool at the Stadium Of Light. The prospect of this match still instantly reminds me of floating red beach balls. But after Tottenham's slip-up Saturday morning, Liverpool will be seeing this as […]

Thanks to the help of FIFA 11, EA Sports has created a simulation of what they think will happen during Sunday's match of the day when Chelsea takes on Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. The game is of upmost importance to both sides. So while many in the EPL Talk crew are predicting a tense […]

DC United and the Columbus Crew are two of the MLS's original franchises and two that are going through the reboot phase. For DC United, the rock bottom came last year with a last place finish, a porous defense, and an offense that at times wouldn't scare a high school team. Management decided the team […]

Tuesday, March 22nd 8:00PM EDT – 5:00PM PDT Guests: Simon Borg of MLS Soccer .com Tavio Palazzolo of The Cup .us discusses and previews 2011 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Red Bull Hour: Re-Capping the One Goal clean sheet victory over the Seattle Sounders

Spurs' quest for another UEFA Champions League appearance took a detour yet again, as West Ham United held onto a scoreless draw at White Hart Lane in their London Derby. Formations The home squad was assembled in their familiar 4-4-1-1 formation. Jermain Defoe played the front. The most notable change from their normal squad was […]

The Boston Globe is reporting that Manchester United is planning on adding one match to their 2011 summer tour of the United States when they will play New England Revolution on July 14 at Foxborough Stadium. EPL Talk confirmed with sources on Friday that while the deal has not been officially signed, it looks likely […]

It's been a very Champions League-centric week, so I'm glad to see the return of the Premier League this weekend, so we can return back to normalcy, which is typically filled with excitement and plenty of goals. Today, we have several enticing games. The London derby between Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United kicks off […]

The puppeteers over at BBC 3 have been busy this afternoon preparing a late-breaking episode of Special 1 TV. The topic, which is on everyone's minds today and at Special 1 TV, is the Champions League draw. Jose, The Boy and Wenger cover the news in detail as well as getting a few laughs in […]

From media day at Red Bull Arena, the New York Red Bulls introduced their players for questions. Of course I started with Thierry Henry and he answered plenty of questions from the local NY/NJ media, to Sky Sports & the French media who came over. More will be edited later, but for now enjoy the […]

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the 2010-11 Champions League has been made. And we can now begin fantasizing about who we want to see in the final, which will be played at Wembley in May. With Chelsea playing against Manchester United in the quarter-final, we can ensure that one Premier League team, […]

The draw for the quarter-finals of the 2010-11 Champions League will take place Friday at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Match Of The Day presenter Gary Lineker will be conducting the draw and will be helping pick the names out of the hat. They will include Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Schalke, Chelsea, Inter […]

It feels like Christmas Eve tonight. Tomorrow morning, we'll wake up and there'll be several presents waiting for us. We have an idea what they'll be, but we won't know for sure until we rip off the wrapping. I am, of course, talking about tomorrow morning's draw for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. […]

After a strong performance against Columbus Crew in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League, Real Salt Lake wanted to show that dominance in the first of the semi-finals against Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa. From the first minute on, RSL never took their foot off the gas pedal and the man who led the […]

Those of you who aren’t long time readers of our blog may not realize that my day job is as a management consultant. Yes, it’s true. In the real world as well as the fantasy EPL world, I tell people what to do for a living. The reason I bring this up is because over […]