After covering the Barcelona versus Real Madrid topic, it is only logical if Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were discussed due to their pivotal role in both teams. The two wingers are currently playing for two of the best clubs in Spain and two of the most popular outfits in the world. Barca's Lio Messi is a graceful and diminutive yet […]

Labor Day has come and gone, the sun is setting earlier, and, even here in Houston, the air contains a slight fall crispness. Yes, the Summer of Soccer is over, and what an interesting summer it has been. Back on Father’s Day, like a Phoenix, the US National Team rose from the ashes of its […]

Much has been made of the demise of Leeds United AFC. We are all familiar with the tale of gross overspending, Ridsdale's goldfish, and a descent into the third tier of English football. Football supporters have little sympathy for a club that reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 2001 and are now playing […]

(While we all catch our breath from the Champions League,...) Sunday, the 20th of September, 2009 marks (by my estimation) the 154th Manchester Derby. Also by my estimation, this weekend's match is quite possibly one of, if not the most important match the 2 clubs have ever played against each other. No one can forget […]

It's time for another edition of the Manchester Derby, and City must already be lamenting its bad luck. With Emmanuel Adebayor suspended, Robinho and Roque Santa Cruz definitely out with injury and Carlos Tevez a serious doubt with a knee injury, the upstarts may be hurting for strike options in Sunday's clash. It seems there […]

Before yesterday I knew about as much about Debreceni VSC as I know about the Faint Object Spectograph on the Hubble Telescope. They are among the "new kids" in the Champions League and not knowing anything about their club (or their league) forced me to underestimate them greatly. I assumed this would be an easy […]

In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the third episode of RNF's podcast. Though defending champions Rubin Kazan continue to roll through the Russian Premier League, the club hit a major stumbling block in Kiev when they lost their Champions League opener to Dyanmo. Beyond the loss, Rubin’s poor performance forces hosts Chris […]

Standard Liege, the former club of Oguchi Onyewu gave an English club a hard time for the third time in two seasons yesterday in a 3-2 loss to Arsenal. Meanwhile, Gooch didn’t even make the match squad for his new team, AC Milan in a 2-1 victory Tuesday over Marseille. Despite my initial excitement about […]

It is mouth-watering just to imagine a match featuring the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Xabi Alonso and Karim Benzema taking on an opposing team which includes Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Xavi Hernandez and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to name just a few. The dream of many football fanatics has come true following a spending frenzy by […]

Seriously WTF? Two years ago Stuttgart did a nice little number on our coefficient by losing five games in the group stages. It looks like they are going to try and repeat that damage to our coefficient again this time around after an uninspiring home draw to Rangers. Unable to take advantage of the absence […]

Barcelona started off their Champions League campaign away from home against Italian Champions Inter Milan with a 0-0 draw. It is fair to say that Barca had the best chances to win the game creating three great opportunities within the first 10 minutes. However they were unable to break down a resolute Inter Milan defence. […]

Tim White is a name that most of us were unfamiliar with before this week, but in the span of 24 hours we now know his name all too painfully well. If you don't know who Tim White is, he's a football commentator. This week, he gave a woeful commentary for the UEFA feed of […]

Here are several important updates for subscribers to Fox Soccer Channel, GolTV and ESPN2: The ratings for last Saturday's Liverpool against Burnley match on ESPN2 (10am ET kickoff) were a 0.2, according to Nielsen. The game was watched in 196,041 households for a total viewing audience of 253,779, Fox Soccer Channel will offer a free […]

Given the choice between watching a match in high-definition television or watching a game in standard definition, which one would you choose? What if the choice was, like last weekend, Liverpool against Burnley in HD on ESPN2 or Manchester City versus Arsenal in standard definition on Setanta Sports? For me, I'm more likely to watch […]

Fox Soccer's coverage of the Champions League games is something to behold. No longer are we tied to ESPN's choice of which game we are allowed to watch. 10 of this week's 16 matches are available either live or on a delay. That is unbelievable, and a massive step forward. It poured rain throughout the […]