Throughout much of the year, South Florida is a football wasteland, with little in the way of meaningful professional soccer taking place locally. International breaks are different, with frequent US National Team training sessions and of course frequent friendlies featuring the likes of Honduras and Colombia. The next several days here are different, however. Tomorrow, […]

Manchester United have very many lucrative connections but none other has produced so many top class players as Norway and the new generation of Norwegians have yet to let Premier League Champions down yet. Joshua King Personal information Date of birth: 15 January 1992 (age 17) Place of birth: Oslo, Norway Playing position: Forward Club […]

Sean Grybos, from Soccer City FC joins us to preview the 2010 MLS Draft Combine, which will take place this weekend in Fort Lauderdale.

So it's official then, Owen Coyle will be the new manager of Bolton Wanderers and Burnley now have to find the right man to replace him as they look to continue the good work this season has produced. It is crucial that the chairman, Barry Kilby, makes the right decision in who to appoint as […]

I remember when the January transfer window first came to football. Forgive me if I can't remember the exact year but I remember FIFA decided that it was a good idea to help all the small clubs hold onto their top players for larger parts of a season. Nobody could have predicted the level of […]

If you don't know already, Darren Ferguson has took the vacant managerial position at Preston North End after Alan Irvine was sacked after a poor run of results. Ferguson will take over a Preston team who currently sit 16th in the Championship and eight points of a play-off position. The former Peterborough manager signed a three and a half years deal […]

If you've followed EPL Talk over the past week or so, you'll have seen reports on the possibility of Owen Coyle leaving current club Burnley and taking over at Premier League rivals Bolton. The story has been covered daily since it broke everywhere from The Telegraph to The Guardian, but I recently read an interesting post […]

With the exclusive story earlier this week reporting that Fox Soccer Channel is in talks with Setanta Sports to acquire the US company, EPL Talk has found evidence that Fox has trademarked the name Fox Soccer Plus (and also the variation Fox Soccer +) as well as acquired the domain name FoxSoccerPlus.com presumably in preparation […]

As promised last week, here are my highlights from 2009 in American Soccer, in no particular order: U.S. National Team Beats Spain in Confederations Cup Semi-Finals: On June 24, 2009, in the Semi-Finals of the Confederations Cup, the U.S. National Team, which barely advanced out of the group stage, managed a stunning 2-0 victory over […]

US striker Clint Dempsey is in the form of his life right now with Fulham. The American has solidified a role in the attack for Fulham and to his credit scored one of the goals of the season Tuesday night in the Premier League game against Stoke City. You could say that Dempsey is showing […]

The majority of North America is suffering from a cold snap, but the rhetoric around US Soccer is getting hotter everyday. Whether it is the ongoing NASL/USL dispute (which is being mediated today) or the MLS CBA, the temperature keeps rising. Today FIFPro, which represents football players around the globe released a statement by US […]

It doesn't look good for Setanta Sports. The network, which over the past decade transformed the soccer landscape in the United States by offering more soccer coverage than anyone else, is on its last legs and in the next 72 hours looks likely to be acquired by Fox Soccer Channel. While on the surface this […]

At the end of a productive week you shuffle off to your living room for some deserved rest. You plonk yourself down on the comfy couch, arrange a smorgasbord of snacks on the table and tune in to the game of the week. Everything is aligned for an ideal Sunday afternoon fiesta when suddenly it […]

Fox Sports International is in discussions to acquire Setanta Sports USA and an announcement is expected in the next 72 hours, sources confirmed to EPL Talk on Monday. Fox Sports International is best known to soccer fans as the company that runs Fox Soccer Channel. In related news, Setanta Sports USA has dropped the Premier […]

After 14 years working for Setanta Sports North America, Shane O'Rourke, President of North American & Australian Operations of Setanta Sports, has left the company and is now the chief executive of Premium Sports. In this exclusive interview, O'Rourke reveals: why he left Setanta Sports, what his biggest achievement was at Setanta, the impact that […]