Take a good look at that crest ladies and gentleman. We all remember it fondly as this was the most famous name in all of football during the era of the North American Soccer League (NASL). We remember the movie about the history of the New York Cosmos and how popular they were once famed […]

The start of La Liga is upon us... As we all know, this year's La Liga coverage is enhanced 10x with GolTV still bringing us their quality coverage along side newcomers ESPN, who will have one game a week on ESPN or ESPN2 as well as numerous other matches on ESPN Deportes. The week's matches […]

Toward the end of his book Inverting the Pyramid, Jonathan Wilson writes about the changing nature of modern football. A player he brings up to emphasize this is Michael Owen. To Wilson, Owen is a relic of a previous era. “He appears a player left behind by the tactical evolution of the game,” Wilson writes. […]

In partnership with a new site, Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the first episode of RFN's podcast. On Thursday, Russian teams were drawn into two of the more difficult UEFA Champions League groups. Russian Football Now's Chris Riordan and Richard Farley debut a new podcast by breaking down the tasks handed to Rubin Kazan […]

Lindsey Dean of GolTV was kind enough to speak with me about the Bundesliga. Those of us in America will know Lindsey as the voice of Hallo Bundesliga, the league’s review show on GolTV. Lindsey is originally from Maine and grew up in New England; however, he enrolled at the University of Copenhagen in 1977 at […]

Stoke City this week completed the double-signing of Robert Huth and Tuncay Sanli from Middlesbrough. As a Boro fan, I thought I'd run the rule over what these additions will mean to the Potters. I can see ups and downs in both signings. First to Robert Huth. I have to admit, I love him as […]

US U-20 National Team coach Thomas Rongen announced his squad ahead of the upcoming U-20 World Cup in Egypt. Here is the squad. GOALKEEPERS (3): Sean Johnson (Central Florida; Lilburn , Ga. ), Josh Lambo (FC Dallas; Middleton , Wis. ), Brian Perk (UCLA; Rancho Santa Margarita , Calif. ) DEFENDERS (6): Gale Agbossoumonde ( […]

Setanta Ireland's Paul Dempsey stops by for the first of what will be regular appearances on the EPL Talk Podcast. Among the topics discussed are: The open nature of this year's Premier League Manchester City Harry Redknapp and Spurs Giovanni Trapitoni's amazing turnaround job at the Rep. of Ireland Scottish Football's European woes The Champions […]

Peter Vermes, Technical Director and Head Coach of the Kansas City Wizards talks with Kartik Krishnaiyer about the following subjects: – The 1990 World Cup, where Vermes was among the top US players – Playing in Europe and how it has shaped his experiences in the sport every since. – How Kansas City signed Claudio […]

Real Madrid have scoured Europe for the top talent and signed a good chunk of it all in one summer but who will be the most influential and kety signing that Madrid have signed this summer? There are a lot to choose from with Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Xabi Alonso to name a few all […]

With the departure of Kaka from AC Milan to join the bright lights of Madrid the responsibility for getting Milan back on track has been left on the shoulders of young Brazilian forward Alexandre Pato. Many Milan fans will be hoping to see Ronaldinho step up this season and play for the Milan jersey after […]

If you're like me, you have rotten luck with Fantasy Premier League, the official fantasy football game of the Premier League. Just hours before the season started, I had Didier Drogba and Jermain Defoe as my two starting strikers. But after a change of heart, I decided to replace them with Nicklas Bendtner and Carlos […]

The draw for the group stage of the 2009-10 UEFA Champions League was held Thursday in Monaco. Last season's finalists face some tough going but they are not alone in that regard. FC Barcelona will begin their trophy defence in Group F with games against FC Internazionale Milano, FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Rubin Kazan […]

Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England), Tim Howard (Everton, England). Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford, England), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan, Italy), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United, England), Clarence Goodson (IK Start). Midfielders: Michael Bradley (Borussia Monchengladbach, Germany), Ricardo Clark (Houston […]

Group A Bayern Munchen Juventus Bordeaux Maccabi Haifa Group B Manchester United CSKA Moskow Besiktas Wolfsburg Group C AC Milan Real Madrid Marseille FC Zurich Group D Chelsea Porto Atletico Madrid APOEL Group E Liverpool Lyon Fiorentina Debrecen Group F Barcelona Internazionale Dynamo Kiev Rubin Kazan Group G Sevilla Rangers Stuttgart Unirea Urziceni Group H […]