By Christopher Schachter, EPL Talk correspondent Game Day in Chicago: Fact: America is one tacky place, marketing sports and big events is none too subtle, they'll blow up anything into massive balloons and have college kids shoving gatorade at you when you have a latte in one hand and a laptop in the other. I'm […]

Stay tuned to the EPL Talk Blog tonight before, during and after the Chelsea v MLS All-Star match. Depending on how the technology works, we may be able to get photographs — and even audio — from EPL Talk correspondent Christopher Schachter.

By Christopher Schachter, EPL Talk correspondent In a packed and stifling media room just off the team dressing rooms in the bowels of Toyota Park, I learned some interesting things about the culture of the EPL. The Gaffer reigns imperiously and the players submit to his authority in a way that is completely alien to […]

Today, EPL Talk conducted an exclusive interview with Shane O'Rourke, the president of North American operations for Setanta Sports. With Setanta and Fox Soccer Channel dividing the Premiership matches to be shown in the US, soccer fans will have many questions about the changes and what impact the announcement will have. EPL Talk will guide […]

By Christopher Schachter, EPL Talk correspondent ESPN just announced their rights package, the leagues fourth if you include HDNet and Univision...all games on the Deuce (industry parlance for watching soccer with baseball scores on perpetual scroll at the bottom of the screen). It's a Thursday night 26 regular season and three playoff match package in […]

By Christopher Schachter, EPL Talk correspondent Arrived safely in Chicago, shocked and amazed that they speak the President's English outside of New York City. You see, except for the occasional trip to visit my brother in SW6 and dragging my fiance on the Stamford Bridge Grounds Tour (10 pounds and a bargain at that), I […]

EPL Talk will be conducting an interview this afternoon with Shane O'Rourke, president of North American operations for Setanta Sports, to discuss today's huge announcement. It'll be released as a special edition of the EPL Talk Podcast. If you have any questions for Setanta, please post them here so I can ask them! Thanks everyone […]

EPL Talk correspondent Christopher Schachter who is covering the Chelsea against MLS All-Star match has arrived safely in Chicago. To see his up-to-the-minute photos from behind-the-scenes at Toyota Park with the MLS All-Stars, visit the EPL Talk Flickr account at http://www.flickr.com/photos/epltalk/ Stay tuned to EPL Talk this weekend for continuing coverage of the Chelsea match. […]

BREAKING NEWS. Setanta Sports has made an agreement with Fox Soccer Channel whereby Setanta will show 90+ live Premiership matches during the 2006/2007 season. While the majority of matches shown during the season will be on Fox Soccer Channel, Setanta has sublicensed the live rights for an estimated 62 Saturday matches, approximately 28 Sunday matches […]

In the past few years, Martin O'Neill's stock value has skyrocketed. But is he as good as everyone says he is, and what impact can he have at a languishing Aston Villa? The former Nottingham Forest midfielder played under legendary manager Brian Clough, so O'Neill was able to learn from the best. Since that time, […]

Premiership Countdown: 15 Days To Go. The days at Watford's Vicarage Road are quite different now than they were when Elton John bought the Fourth Division club during the 1976-1977 season. Incredibly, the club rose to the First Division in the early 1980s and finished their first season in the top flight second to the […]

They have one of the best managers in the league. They've been spectacular during pre-season after defeating Inter Milan, Celta Vigo, Bordeaux and Nice. And on paper, they have a remarkable team — one that reminds me of the skilful side they had in the early 1980s starring Argentines Osvaldo Ardiles and Ricky Villa, and […]

Premiership Countdown: 16 Days to Go. We revealed Fox Soccer Channel's schedule earlier this week for the Premiership. Although a decision hasn't made yet on many of the TBD dates, we can reveal the breakdown of the 18 matches that we do know about — to see what teams (based on percentages) will be shown […]

Premiership Countdown: 17 Days to Go. One of my complaints about the modern game, and the Premiership, is the lack of characters in the sport. Now that Roy Keane and Alan Shearer have retired, what other Premiership stars can you name that are English and are unique characters? Seriously, I'm hard pressed to name a […]

We're just three days away from the MLS All Star match against Chelsea, and the excitement is reaching a fever pitch. The fantastic news is that EPL Talk will have a correspondent making a trek to Chicago to report on the event. His name is Christopher Schachter, a TV industry veteran from New York […]