As the MLS world check their passports and descend upon Toronto, the league's premier and winningest team is searching for its next manager, its third in the past three season (if you include interim Ben Olsen). The team let go of Curt Onalfo toward the end of the season and turned the reigns over to […]

There's been a big fuss in the soccer blogosphere last week and this week about the new name for the Kansas City MLS team, Sporting Kansas City. The vast majority of bloggers hate it but the opposition to it seems to be because it "smells" European rather than anything else. Personally, I like it. It's […]

The Valencian Derby between Villarreal and Valencia jumps out as the headline match of the weekend in La Liga. Since Villarreal rose to La Liga for the first time in 1998, their record at home against their neighbors Valencia is an impressive 7-2-2, including winning five of their last six meetings. While Villarreal lost 3-1 […]

The latest episode of Special 1 TV has been released by BBC 3. And since the flavor of the month is Football Manager 2011, it's no wonder that the show focuses on several managers this episode including Mick McCarthy (eh by gum!), Roberto Mancini, Roy Hodgson, Sven, Roy Keane, Ferguson and Wenger.

This week's video for our Friday Flashback Videos series comes to us courtesy of a recommendation by EPL Talk reader Andrew Kay. Here's what he said: "I ran across a YouTube video today of a Spurs – Man. Utd game at the White Hart Lane that I remember and wondered if you had seen it. It […]

This week saw Gerard Houllier make Robert Pires his first signing since arriving as Aston Villa manager. Back in 2001 Pires was labelled one of the best players in the world. He was winning trophies with club and country but that was nine years ago and the 37 year old legs just don't have the […]

John Nicholson’s interesting article on “England’s Problem" raises more than one perplexing question. If England’s difficulties on the world stage are indeed a result of the historic, endemic mindset of the English game, what can or should be done about it? Do England just keep on doing their thing and hope through some weird alignment […]

It’s the North London derby this weekend. Arsenal, who are fast becoming serious title contenders play Host to Tottenham. The Gunners sit second, 2 points behind Chelsea. Tottenham find themselves seventh after a much needed win against Blackburn last weekend. Three points for either side would see them make significant strides up the Premier league […]

Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner has emerged as a transfer target for Bayern Munich after the Danish striker issued an unsuccessful ultimatum to Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, in a plea to receive more playing time. For the ultimatum, Arsene Wenger dropped Bendtner from the playing squad, although the French tactician cited 'medical reasons' for the striker's absence. […]

Like Manchester United, Queens Park Rangers can both boast that they are unbeaten in the league so far this season. However despite this impressive record neither club currently occupies top spot in their respective leagues. So far this season QPR have drawn around half of their games this season dropping 16 points or the equivalent of 5 defeats in the process.

To kick off our MLS Cup 2010 Preview, I am pleased to share that we will be live blogging the match on this site Sunday night beginning at 8:30 PM Eastern. For those of us not in Toronto, please visit this site to share thoughts on the two teams, ESPN's coverage, or the warmth of […]

This weekend’s selection of Premier League fixtures sees one of the league’s highlights with the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham, but a much less fashionable, though potentially crucial, fixture will take place at the Reebok Stadium between Bolton and Newcastle. Both sides have so far surprised everyone with their impressive starts to the […]

The first match is the must-see match this week: the North London derby. It includes the team most hungry for a trophy against the best player in the world right now, Gareth Bale. Yes, I said it. Week in, week out, he's matching Messi and Cristiano for that spot! And a word about ESPN's production values for their […]

In an interview with the BBC Michael Chopra has revealed that he is actively pursuing becoming an Indian international in the near future. With his grandparents on his father’s side born in India, Chopra is eligible for the Indian national side, but could be delayed in making his debut due to the technical issues around securing the correct paperwork.

It was a cry from the supporters to Bob Bradley to put in young players and start to bleed them in for the 2014 World Cup cycle. We've heard it so many times on message boards and comments on national team stories here on MLS Talk. The one problem that everyone thought the USA needed […]