Major League Soccer Talk's podcast will shift gears during tonight's recording. Although we will look forward to the weekend's action in Major League Soccer, the focus of my show with co-host Christopher Riordan will be the U.S. Men's National Team and, specifically, your thoughts on it. Tell us: What USMNT topics do you want covered […]

Does anybody enjoy the international break? Especially after horrendous US and England matches Tuesday, I'm glad to have our beloved EPL back. The 4-star match is, of course, the Liverpool derby, and it's a bottom-of-the-table 6-pointer to boot! Sorry, West Coasters, you simply have to get up early for that one. The bottom 4 face […]

No, you NEED to listen! In a game like yesterday's the result is of no consequence. England will still qualify handily for Euros, (but in all probability not go very far), and they weren't playing their strongest side by any means. Yet, even if the penalty was awarded and it finished 1-0 to England, I […]

It seems that the Brits are having a tough time getting to grips with the name of the Boston baseball team, the Red Sox. Both on Sky Sports News (see above screen capture) and in conversation (see video below), the Brits keep on calling them the Boston Red Sex. Or maybe it's a Freudian slip […]

Who was worse this week? The United States in their 0-0 draw with Colombia and 2-2 draw against Poland, or England in their nil nil draw against Montenegro? Vote now! [polldaddy poll=3918620]

Fox Soccer Channel has released an app for the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad that will allow soccer fans in the United States to watch live streaming Premier League and Champions League matches on mobile devices. For the Premier League and Champions League, the Fox Soccer app features: Latest Premier League news, Fixtures and […]

One Italian national team played a match yesterday, and the results were quite dispiriting. With a seemingly safe 2-0 aggregate lead over Belarus, the Italian U-21 club found a way to lose 3-1 in the return match and be eliminated from the UEFA U-21 championship. The practical result is that the club not only will […]

Christian Gross becomes the first Bundesliga manager to face the sack this season after a woeful start to the domestic campaign which has seen Stuttgart collect just three points from seven matches. Recently, I did an article examining some of the reasons why Stuttgart have been on such a poor run. I came to the […]

Today Liverpool FC went through a complicated court procedure to resolve their ownership. Their biggest rivals, Manchester United, have not had the problems that have engulfed the beleaguered Anfield club but nevertheless have issues with their ownership. The Glazer takeover of Manchester United has created friction between the club's support who deride the Glazers and […]

Another England game and for many it leaves another feeling of slight depression. Our response to the outcomes of football matches largely depends on what our expectations are. Hence, Scotland concede three at home and lose but come away feeling good about themselves because, in scoring twice and coming back from two nil down, they […]

The last few weeks have been nothing short of chaos on Merseyside. But today fans of Liverpool finally got the good news that the proposed takeover of the club by New England Sports Ventures has been given the green light. There won’t even be an appeal by Tom Hicks and George Gillett and it does seem that […]

I was getting very excited about the Italy – Serbia game which was supposed to be played today, but to my (and probably many other people's) disappointment, the match was cancelled. The game was cancelled because of crowd trouble, mainly from the Serbian fans's end. The match's kick-off was delayed by about 35 minutes, and […]

It wasn't the result I broke the bank and traveled across the Atlantic Ocean for, but Tuesday's 0-0 between England and Montenegro was the experience I so desired as months of planning and patience finally paid off. Beautiful Wembley stadium, the tube to Wembley Park station, a cool October evening, and enough English journalists to […]

After a disappointing draw to Montenegro, do England need to look at football from the olden days to gain success? On a serious note the draw was a very poor result for England, but I think there must be a sense of reality added to the score. Without a doubt Montenegro were the toughest of […]

The same side who rolled Turkey over in their last fixture did the business tonight against Kazakhstan. Joachim Loew's Germany side take a significant edge in their quest to finish top of their qualification group after another strong three points tonight, and secure an early place in the European Championship of 2012. While Kazakhstan provided […]