By John Nicholson Here's a mantra you'll all be familiar with: English born players are over-priced. That's why clubs buy so many overseas players. You get good players for much less money. That's the received wisdom. We can all point to examples to prove this. Everton paid just a couple of million quid for Arteta […]

The long road to the UEFA Champions League final started today with the draw for matchups in the first two rounds of Champions League qualifying. One of the more interesting second round matchups could be FC København (FC Copenhagen) versus Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem FC. Scottish club Rangers FC also enter the competition in the […]

Soccer can be a cruel game. For over sixty minutes our US National Team boys looked lively and more energetic than the favored Argentines. In fact I would venture to say we looked like the better team. However, tired legs and inexperience caught up with the USA and we succumbed to a 4-1 defeat. Watching […]

Soccer can be a cruel game. For over sixty minutes our US National Team boys looked lively and more energetic than the favored Argentines. In fact I would venture to say we looked like the better team. However, tired legs and inexperience caught up with the USA and we succumbed to a 4-1 defeat. Watching […]

It's the morning after the night before and all throughout America I imagine there are many soccer fans with their heads stooped a little lower today. After being convincingly beaten 4-1 by Argentina in their first match in the Copa America, the harsh realization is that the United States was outclassed, outplayed and soundly beaten.The […]

EPL Talk reader Tokyo Toffeeman wrote in to say how "coincidental" it was that Sky Sports decided to broadcast its live Championship coverage for the 07/08 season at the same time that Setanta will be broadcasting its package of matches. Seems like Sky is already trying to make life difficult for Setanta. For example, Setanta […]

The number of bloggers contributing to the EPL Talk Community has grown by one. Michael James, aka, is now the sixth blogger with the launch of his English Soccer Talk blog.You may know Michael from his postings on the Soccer Shout comments section or his original English Soccer Talk blog at Blogspot. Please welcome him […]

"We don't think Fabio Capello is the right person to lead Real Madrid into the future given what we want this club to achieve." With that statement Real Madrid sporting director Predrag Mijatovic had me wondering exactly what Real Madrid want to achieve. After winning one consecutive La Liga title, it appears the club is […]

Following Mexico’s 2-0 victory over Brazil last night (a match I had to endure with Mexican fans at a local watering hole) it is obvious that teams like the USA and Brazil who are sending essentially U-23 teams (or in the USA’s case a U-25 team with just a few exceptions) aren’t serious contenders to […]

Following Mexico’s 2-0 victory over Brazil last night (a match I had to endure with Mexican fans at a local watering hole) it is obvious that teams like the USA and Brazil who are sending essentially U-23 teams (or in the USA’s case a U-25 team with just a few exceptions) aren’t serious contenders to […]

The English Premier League will unveil a new anthem starting with the 2007/2008 season with a theme song entitled "My Saturday Self" by musician Peter Lawlor, and you can hear a shortened version of the song here first courtesy of a tip-off by reader David Carroll.The song definitely sounds like The Who and was recorded […]

For the second night in a row, there's been a huge upset in Copa America. The opening night it was Peru's emphatic 3-0 win against Uruguay. Tonight, it was an even bigger shock as Mexico annihilated Brazil with a 2-0 win. I say annihilated because Brazil was hardly in the match. After a lacklustre first […]

For many of you old timers to the world of soccer podcasts, your first foray into soccer podcasts may have been The Treble or A Game of Two Halves. While the former continues, the latter has been missing in action for over six months. Until now, that is. A Game Of Two Halves has returned […]

This was the second straight Gold Cup title for the Americans and, in many ways, this one was sweeter than 2005. First, rather than needing penalties against Panama to take the title, the US knocked off their biggest rival for CONCACAF in the Final, coming back from a goal down. Second, the United States posted […]

Are they hyped up in Barcelona or what? This is today's cover of Sport Magazine. Enjoy!!!!