Ludovic Giuly has completed his move from Barcelona to AS Roma. Barca accepted an offer of between 3.2 and 4.4 million euros over the weekend and Giuly travelled to Italy on Monday to finalise the transfer. He passed a medical and agreed terms on a three-year deal. Giuly had been linked with a return to […]

Podcast Nine featuring an interview with Phil McThomas of Soccer Shout and Clever Football.com as well as full preview of Superliga is now online and ready for download at http://majorleaguesoccertalk.libsyn.com/.

Episode Nine of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast has been released. The show features an interview with Phil McThomas of Soccer Shout and Clever Football.com as well as a full preview of Superliga which kicks off next week. The podcast can be found here: http://majorleaguesoccertalk.libsyn.com/

Heath Pearce has signed with Bundesliga club Hansa Rostock on a two year contract. Pearce who as a left sided player appears to be surplus to the US National Team requirements (Where the US has an overabundance of players) for now, will certainly be trying to rebuild his reputation with Bob Bradley so he can […]

Courtesy of EPL Talk reader Peter Pelham, here's his account of the Chelsea 2-1 Club America friendly including images. Thanks Peter! "A great new stadium (incidentally, demolition and rebuild done in 9 months!) on the Stanford University campus. Approx 47,000 attendance in a 55,000 capacity stadium. The Mexican fans were partying throughout the game whereas […]

I'm on vacation this week in North Carolina, so the quantity of blog postings will dwindle, but I'll try and write when I get the opportunity. It's actually a great week to visit the EPL Talk Community where you can read blogs from six EPL Talk readers and participate in the message boards. While in […]

Juan Toja/ MLSNET.com With all the hype about David Beckham coming to MLS, the media seems to have missed perhaps the biggest impact foreigner to sign with MLS in past several seasons. I am of course speaking of Juan Toja, the 22 year old midfield dynamo for the Hoops. Toja is probably the most skilled […]

Juan Toja/ MLSnet.com With all the hype about David Beckham coming to MLS, the media seems to have missed perhaps the biggest impact foreigner to sign with MLS in past several seasons. I am of course speaking of Juan Toja, the 22 year old midfield dynamo for the Hoops. Toja is probably the most skilled […]

Great read by our friend Bill E Shears. (Not the one of Sgt Pepper fame!) http://epltalk.communityserver.com/blogs/billeshears/archive/2007/07/13/Fulfilling-It_2700_s-Own-Prophecy_3A00_-How-the-American-Media-is-Setting-Up-Beckham-for-Failure.aspx

The US U-20 team crashed and burned before the semifinals once again in the FIFA Under 20 World Cup. (Formerly the FIFA World Youth Championship). For the sixth straight time this event was held, the United States has advanced to the knock out stage of the event but once again lacked the quality or technical […]

The US U-20 team crashed and burned before the semifinals once again in the FIFA Under 20 World Cup. (Formerly the FIFA World Youth Championship). For the sixth straight time this event was held, the United States has advanced to the knock out stage of the event but once again lacked the quality or technical […]

In spite of almost constant criticism of his performance on the international level, Eddie Johnson seems to be attracting lots of interest from clubs in Europe. This has been an almost annual battle that Kansas City has faced since Johnson was traded from FC Dallas in 2005. That year a $6 million offer from Benfica […]

The hype around David Beckham’s arrival in Los Angeles is far greater than I anticipated in the mainstream American media. It seems the celebrity of Beckham is trumping the actual analysis of what this does for the football on the MLS pitch. In its simplicity and ignorance, the American media has decided to compare Beckham’s […]

The hype around David Beckham’s arrival in Los Angeles is far greater than I anticipated in the mainstream American media. It seems the celebrity of Beckham is trumping the actual analysis of what this does for the football on the MLS pitch. In its simplicity and ignorance, the American media has decided to compare Beckham’s […]

In spite of almost constant criticism of his performance on the international level, Eddie Johnson seems to once again be attracting lots of interest from clubs in Europe. This has been an annual battle that Kansas City has faced since Johnson was traded from FC Dallas in 2005. That year a $6 million offer from […]