Watch Landon Donovan's Hat Trick.

US Soccer has several excellent podcast interviews with coaches and players from the Training Camp prior to the Ecuador match in Bradenton, Fl. Interviews include Kasey Keller, Bob Bradley, Oguchi Onyewu, Jonathan Spector, Jay DeMerit, Tim Howard and Steve Cherundolo. Check it out at http://ussoccer.com , or download via itunes.

Before we move on to the Guatemala game on Wednesday I have some final thoughts about the performance in Tampa on Sunday. We all know Landon Donovan had a great game, but some thoughts and concerns exist about the rest of the squad. We didn't get to see Jay DeMerit, Heath Pearce of Frankie Simek […]

This past Thursday was the deadline for Football League teams to arrange loan deals. In exceptional circumstances, clubs can apply for special dispensation to the Premier League or Football League to arrange deals outside these times – for instance, if they had no goalkeepers available. Here's a quick look at four of the "bigger" names […]

I reported a few weeks ago that Sheffield United had given their supporters a chance to vote on their home and away shirts for the 2007/2008 season, which will hopefully see the Blades still in the Premiership.Well, the final results are in and here's what you can see Sheffield United wearing next season:Home:Away:While the home […]

I had a good conversation with Steven Powell, head of development at The Football Supporters' Federation this past Friday, which has now been published on the EPL Talk Podcast for you to download and hear. Powell discussed several interesting topics such as what the difference is between safe standing and terraces — and how the […]

The USA's dominant 3-1 victory Sunday over Ecuador's A team at Raymond James Stadium was the most impressive performance by Landon Donovan since the early stages of World Cup 2006 qualifying. Donovan simply put has regained his confidence and has taken the criticism that many US fans including myself have lobbed at him to heart. […]

For those of you wondering whatever happened to Kevin Keegan, read this article from The Independent which reveals Mighty Mouse's latest adventure. It's a pretty frank discussion with the former Manchester City boss. No matter how bad things were at the City of Manchester with Keegan in charge, I wonder who City fans would pick […]

In today's Sunday Express newspaper from England, it's reported that Fox Soccer Channel is in talks with British entertainers Ant & Dec about co-hosting a once or twice weekly show. Ant & Dec, who are very popular in the UK after hosting a string of children's TV shows as well as the big hit "I'm […]

I may be a little late posting this afternoon on the Ecuador friendly but will have a full post game review on the site later today.

Here are some of my observations from last weekend's La Liga matches: Chelsea shouldn't have a lot to fear in the Champions League with Valencia although the Blues still shouldn't take the Spanish side lightly. Against Racing Santander, Valencia looked pretty average. And I didn't think much of the atmosphere at the Mestalla stadium, the […]

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A couple of weeks ago in the EPL Talk Email Newsletter, I wrote about how advanced the Bundesliga was in comparison to the FA Premier League when it comes to marketing itself. The Bundesliga web site is far superior to the Premiership one. The German league handles all of the TV broadcasts for all of […]

I want to share a letter I received from one of the EPL Talk readers regarding Setanta Sports and its availability via ITVN. Thanks to Dave Morris for writing in. Gaffer, I'm not fully informed on the relationship between FSC and Setanta, but my observation is: what a great value ITVN/Setanta is. In previous seasons, […]

Ask most American's what Britain is famous for and you'll invariably get the same answers. Bad teeth, The Beatles, The Queen, Benny Hill and Are You Being Served and the muffin – which is a bizarre sexual practise we are all obliged by law to indulge in on the Isles. Honest. Aside from those, a […]