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Who Said the FA Cup Isn't Entertaining?

It was a marathon, but I really enjoyed watching last night's FA Cup Fourth Round replay match on Fox Soccer Channel between Bolton against Arsenal. Arsenal made it all the more entertaining by missing two penalties and Adebayor squandering an open goal. But Bolton had their chances too hitting the post in the first half […]

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2007/2008 Premier League Shirts/Jerseys/Kits

It's never too early to start looking at the new kits that the Premiership clubs will be unveiling this summer for the 20072008 Premier League season. There's already been a lot of activity, but here's what we know so far: Arsenal:Will be keeping their same home shirt, but will be coming out with a new […]

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Follow The Money: U.S. Now In Vogue With Soccer

During the past few weeks, America is suddenly in vogue in regards to soccer. The latest development is that representatives from UEFA attended this year's Super Bowl in Miami to see how they can take some of the American ideas and make them work for the UEFA Champions League final scheduled in Athens this May. […]

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Tim Howard Moves Permanently to Everton

Manchester United has agreed to sell Tim Howard to Everton for an undisclosed fee. With Ben Foster making his England debut last week in the loss to Spain, Manchester United has found their keeper of the future to replace Edwin Van De Sar. Foster who is on loan at Watford has been outstanding all season […]

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US Drawn With Argentina at Copa America

The rest of the draw will be made later today. This is certainly a challenge for the US Men but if we do send a true "A" side (which has not been indicated by the USSF) this could prove to be an invaluable building experience for our national team.

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Platini Proposes Five Referees

New UEFA President Michel Platini has the answer for how to reduce the number of incorrect decisions made by referees: Add two referees in a match, so there are five officials on the pitch at one time. Platini's idea is to place a referee's assistant in each of the penalty areas to assist with offside […]

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The Phoenix Rising From The Ashes: Arsenal's Emirates Stadium

In the continuing series that explores my recent trip to England to watch top flight football, we take a look at my visit to Arsenal's Emirates Stadium: It's not often that the outside of ground looks just as attractive as the inside, but Arsenal's Emirates Stadium (or Ashburton Grove as many prefer to call it) […]

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Listen to These Two Recommended Soccer Podcasts

Just as many of you are, I'm also an avid listener of football podcasts. I don't know what I'd do without them as I now listen to podcasts 100% of the time and never seem to switch on the radio anymore. Two football podcasts of note that I want to tell you about are "Soccer […]

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Derek Rae interview coming soon

It's with great pleasure to announce that the next guest of the EPL Talk Podcast will be the legendary football commentator Derek Rae from ESPN.Derek has been the lead commentator for Champions League matches for several years, and is — without a doubt — one of the most professional and listenable commentators in football right […]

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Arsenal Football Programmes

If you grew up like me where collecting football programmes was a fabric of your life, you'll be interested to know that Arsenal now offers a free version of their programme as a downloadable PDF. To download the programme from the Wigan match, go here. Or you can see the list of programmes to download […]

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Champions League Could Decide Premiership Champion

To many, the race for the Premiership title seems all but over unless Manchester United comes undone between now and the end of the season. While the chance of that happening seems very doubtful, we have to consider what effect the Champions League will have on not only United, but Chelsea and also-rans Arsenal and […]

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Liverpool Preseason Tour of U.S. Looks Unlikely

The likelihood of Liverpool playing any pre-season friendlies in North America lessened today with Canada's National Post newspaper reporting that Liverpool will be embarking on a tour of the Far East to play several friendlies this summer. It's been a couple of years since Liverpool's last tour of North America. However this summer, the tour […]

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LA Galaxy v Chelsea, July 21, 2007

ESPNsoccernet is reporting that David Beckham will make his LA Galaxy debut on July 21st against Chelsea, presumably at The Home Depot in southern California. In March of 2006, Chelsea announced an agreement with Galaxy owners AEG (Anshutz Entertainment Group) where the two teams (and other AEG clubs Houston, Chicago and DC) would partner. Chelsea's […]

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Twellman Staying in MLS Long Term

Taylor Twellman, the 2005 MLS MVP who has been largely disappointing as a National Team player has agreed to a long term contract to stay with the New England Revolution of MLS. Rumors had linked Twellman with several European clubs.

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The Gillette Soccer Saturday Experience

I had the pleasure this weekend of watching Gillette's Soccer Saturday from Sky Sports for my very first time. For those of you who don't know, the show plays on Saturdays and brings viewers all of the latest scores and news live from the Premiership matches. While we in America are able to watch five […]