Newcastle and England legend Alan Shearer will be making a guest appearance in Tampa for the USL's SoccerFest, scheduled for November 16-21. He'll be available for autographs. Exact time and location are to be determined, but more details are available via their press release and the USL SoccerFest site. The United Soccer League (USL) is […]

If you were a cable company and you wanted to redistribute the Fox Soccer Channel feed on your local satellite network, how much do you think it'd cost? Well over in Jamaica, cable company SportsMax Limited is paying $300,000-$400,000 per year for the rights. The channel recently launched Fox Soccer Channel Jamaica, which broadcasts much […]

While Setanta Broadband has been available since earlier this year, Fox Soccer Channel has started testing the streaming of live matches via its web site, FoxSoccer.com. The first test was conducted this past weekend for the Denmark against Northern Ireland match. The next test will be Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier between Iceland and Sweden. You […]

While I'm nervous about England's chances against Croatia Wednesday night, I'm more hopeful for England's future after watching the highlights of the under-21's team 2-0 win against the German youngsters. Two fantastic goals from Arsenal's Theo Walcott sealed the victory. Why Eriksson didn't give Theo a run-out against Portugal, I don't know. His speed, skill […]

TalkSport scored a huge coup today after it won a rights package to broadcast Premiership matches in the UK starting next season through 2012-2013. Currently, BBC's Radio Five Live owns the rights, but beginning next season they'll be sharing them with TalkSport, the national commercial station. Read more information at the following article: Guardian Unlimited […]

Okay, my head is starting to spin. Not really, but this is going to be another busy and rewarding week for EPL Talk and its readers. First up is tomorrow's international matches. Unfortunately, I'm predicting that England is going to lose to Croatia. Even with McClaren changing the formation to a 3-5-2, I don't see […]

GolTV has announced that it'll be airing a new show on its channel soon entitled "Mourinho's Ultimate +10 Team." This star-studded special brings together some of the world's finest soccer stars to battle it out in a series of fun, physical, strategic challanges designed to test the dexterity and skill of the players. The show […]

Last week I introduced many of you to a fantastic show on GolTV named "Soccer Academy," which traced the steps of young French players from the Nantes academy. The good news is that I just heard from GolTV and their spokesperson said that the third episode will air this Thursday at 7:30pm ET! GolTV has […]

US Soccer lost one of its leading lights today as Glenn "Mooch" Myernick passed away after a heart attack he suffered last week after jogging. Myernick, the former Colorado Rapids coach and Bruce Arena's chief assistant for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups was 51.

Last week The US was officially extended an invitation to Copa America, the football championship for the South American continent. The US last participated in Copa America back in 1995 when the red white and blue reached the semi-finals. Since 1996, the USSF has rejected the invitations to Copa because it falls in the middle […]

Due to my busy work schedule I have not been able to finish our initial "issue of the week" article. Look for it on October 22nd. Until then we will continue to have news stories and other blurbs about the happenings in the Soccer world.

EPL Talk just launched two major new areas of the site today: the EPL Talk Community, and an online store. Both can now be accessed from the navigation bar at http://epltalk.com The EPL Talk Community features an online discussion forum, photos, downloads, RSS feeds and much more. The online store, meanwhile, features a large array […]

While the resurgence of soccer in America continues to ramp up, there are always a few bumps along the way. For example, FoxSoccer.com blogs have been down for the past 24 hours and Setanta Sports was experiencing some technical difficulties with their broadcast this evening. Watching the Leeds against Chelsea match on Setanta Sports tonight, […]

Let's hope that Glenn "Mooch" Myernick is on the road to recovery soon after he just had a major heart attack and is currently in a coma. The assistant US coach, who coached the Colorado Rapids (and has been a fixture of Major League Soccer for years), is currently in a Colorado area hospital in […]

Convey, Hannehman and Howard all crack the top 50 of the latest edition. Check it out here.