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/ 6730 days ago

Most Famous Soccer Players on Facebook

Several months ago, EPL Talk published an article featuring the MySpace pages for celebrity footballers and commentators. While MySpace's popularity is starting to fade and more people are embracing Facebook, we thought it'd be good timing to point out which famous footballers are on the cutting edge of social networking and who have their own […]

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/ 6731 days ago

Play It Again Dwayne

Major League Soccer is now entering its adolescence after a somewhat turbulent infancy. As the league develops some history one thing has become perfectly clear: Dwayne DeRossario is the best big game player in the history of MLS. Believe it or not, DeRossario is not among the all time league leaders in Assists or Goals. […]

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/ 6731 days ago

Play It Again Dwayne

Major League Soccer is now entering its adolescence after a somewhat turbulent infancy. As the league develops some history one thing has become perfectly clear: Dwayne DeRossario is the best big game player in the history of MLS. Believe it or not, DeRossario is not among the all time league leaders in Assists or Goals. […]

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/ 6731 days ago

Canuck Report: Tonight at 10 ET

I'll be a special guest on the Canuck Report tonight at 10 pm ET LIVE, discussing US-South Africa. You will need TalkShoe Live to listen to the program. Check out the Canuck Report at http://canuckreport.podcastspot.com/

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/ 6731 days ago

Live MLS Cup Final Blog: New England Revolution v Houston Dynamo

Stayed tuned to this space from noon Eastern as the New England Revolution look to get yet another monkey off their back as they look to complete the Domestic Double. Standing in their path yet again is the Houston Dynamo who we know will be without Ricardo Clark, however it is looking very likely that […]
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/ 6731 days ago

Thoughts on South Africa Victory

The US continued improvement on the road is a welcome sight for fans of the national team. International Football is all about performance on the road: grinding out results unlike Russia's failure today in Israel, and building confidence and an ability to play at altitude and in bad weather. Today the US took a big […]

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/ 6732 days ago

England Handed a Lifeline by Israel Win

Steve McClaren must be the luckiest man on earth today. In injury time between Israel and Russia in the Euro 2008 qualifier today, Russia had a shot that struck the post. If it went in, it would have been 2-1 to Russia and would have signaled England's downfall. But, luckily for England and McClaren, the […]

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/ 6732 days ago

USA 1-0 South Africa: Adding to the Trophy Case

The US won another big road friendly with a 1-0 win over South Africa in the Nelson Mandela Cup. Steve Cherundolo scored the US goal. I'll have match ratings and some thoughts about FSC's coverage later in the day.

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/ 6732 days ago

Israel v Russia: Live and Online

When was the last time so many millions of people around the world were so interested in watching what will seemingly be a boring match between Israel and Russia? Of course, we all know there is so much at stake in this game, especially for England. In the first and probably last time, Israel will […]

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/ 6732 days ago

What Premier League Clubs can Learn from Baseball

By Kent Darcy Why don't football clubs employ baseball models (i.e. sabermetrics) for evaluating talent? As a football and baseball junkie, I'm more than aware of the fact that both sports are entirely different. But, it seems to me that baseball is on to something when clubs like the A's and Twins (and many others) […]

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/ 6733 days ago

Platini's plans and other pipe dreams

The proposed restructuring of the Champions League, which emerged from UEFA’s strategy council on Monday and will probably be approved by the executive committee later this month, has been perceived as a significant setback for Michel Platini, the man elected as UEFA president in January. Platini campaigned for the presidency on a platform of opening […]

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/ 6733 days ago

Fantasy Football Tips

Since there's no Premier League action this weekend, we'll skip the release of the EPL Talk Email Newsletter until next week, but for those football fans who are actively involved in fantasy football, we have a fantasy football tip for you from Jeremy Lay (see below). Note: If you'd like to receive these tips for […]

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/ 6733 days ago

USL: Islanders Two Wins Away from Champions Cup

Believe it or not DC United and the MLS Cup Champion could have a fellow American club in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. USL-1 side Puerto Rico Islanders are just two wins away from becoming the Caribbean representative in the Champions Cup. The Islanders will face Joe Public FC of Trinidad, who has participated in several […]

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/ 6734 days ago

Surprise! Luciano Emilio is League MVP

Well I am somewhat shocked, but Luciano Emilio is a deserving Honda MVP. The latest example of DC United's superior scouring network scored 20 league goals as well as several in international competitions. Much more on Emilio's season later tonight.

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/ 6734 days ago

MyFootballClub Interview and Premier League News

Pretty remarkable news in the Premier League today as: The Walt Disney family are in acquisition talks with Derby County, Steve Bruce looks set to join Wigan as their new boss, Premier League opens up a website in China, Michel Platini criticizes the U.S. owners in the Premier League, And more. We're doing things a […]