In the final match of the EPL Talk tour of South Florida pubs and restaurants, I'll be making the trek to the Queen Mary British Pub in Jupiter to capture the excitement of the Italy against France final. I spent a lot of yesterday trying to find a perfect Italian cafe or restaurant that would […]

If Jurgen Klinsmann turns down the expected offer of becoming the next US national team manager, what would you think about Sven-Goran Erikkson taking the reigns of managing the US instead? It's not entirely an insane idea. The reason I mention the topic is because today the BBC is reporting that Erikkson has just turned […]

Several American TV broadcasts have labeled the French run to the World Cup Final as a major "surprise," and analysts such as Nick Webster (who picked the mighty three lions of England to win the World Cup), Julie Foudy and Alexi Lalas have expressed shock over the past two weeks that France has been able […]

Two greats of the game, Portugal's Luis Figo and Germany's Oliver Kahn who was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2002 World Cup announced their retirment from International Soccer following Germany's 3-1 victory over Portugal in the third place match.

It's the weekend of the World Cup Final, and it'll be interesting to see how the media in the United States reacts to The Big Game. So far, so good. While watching the Charlie Rose show Friday night on PBS, ESPN color commentator Tommy Smyth was interviewed and previewed Sunday's match. Although Smyth rubs a […]

We have one last copy of the World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 video game to give away on this Sunday's podcast. So far, we're yet to receive a correct response, so if you enter between now and Sunday, you'll have a good chance of winning the game for the XBOX console. To win a copy, […]

While Setanta has been making plenty of waves recently after acquiring two of the rights packages to show Premiership matches in the UK starting in the 2007/2008 season, now it's turn for the US branch of Setanta Sports to make headlines. EPL Talk reader Rob Halton forwarded the following news from SoccerTV.com: When the 2006/2007 […]

The last few days I have gotten several questions regarding the future of this website since it is event specific and World Cup concludes on Sunday. When I created World Cup USA 2006, I had originally envisioned the site only lasting as long as the World Cup and for readership to be very limited, and […]

Many of you may already know the name Barry Glendenning, but if you don't he's one of the most entertaining football writers in the business today. Glendenning writes for The Guardian newspaper and you can see his work in The Fiver newsletter, minute-by-minute match reports, and more. I contacted him this week to see if […]

It should be a classic final on Sunday at 2pm ET. But my concern about France is their lack of goals from open play. Italy, on the other hand, need to rely on Toni or Totti to hit the net. My prediction: Italy 1-0 France. What's yours?

The controversy about ABC/ESPN's coverage of the World Cup won't stop. Here are two more examples: Courtesy of EPL Talk reader Griff from Japan, watch this actual sports news episode from ESPN's "Pardon The Interruption" here. The Wall Street Journal newspaper is getting in on the act. And the article includes some very interesting insights […]

Did my civic duty today and went to jury duty. I almost fainted when the woman running the jury duty, who was American as apple pie, opened up with some chit chat to the jury pool and said "That was good news about the Shuttle launch yesterday. And what about that soccer game? What an […]

Shaka Hislop who was the man of the match in Trinidad's improbable draw with Sweden in the first match of the World Cup will leave West Ham United of the EPL where he was the first choice goalkeeper and sign with MLS this week. He will be allocated to FC Dallas. Hislop led West Ham […]

The only team to score against Italy this entire World Cup has been the United States, albeit as an own goal. Any guess what sporting event ESPN2 broadcasted today on their channel? Golf? Tennis? Soccer? No, it was a hot dog eating contest sponsored by Nathans. Seriously.

Del Piero beats Lehmann to secure a 2-0 extra time stunner for Italy/Yahoo SemiFinal Open Thread................Whom will Italy face in the finals and your thoughts about the dramatic finish in Dotmund. Post your comments here.