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The Football Association is living in an ivory tower, so far out of touch with reality and has already made a massive mistake in the hiring process for the new England manager's position. Because they're so gripped with fear of making an aggressive mistake this time around, they've decided to spend a boatload of money […]

100_07921.JPG Dick's Sporting Good's Park April 2007 Rapids vs Fire/ Kartik Krishnaiyer The redesign of Red Bull Park by Red Bull management today was a great step forward for the development of European style soccer specific stadiums in the United States. While I applaud the good work AEG has done with stadiums just outside Chicago […]

Call me old fashioned but for me national team service be it as a footballer or as a manager should always take priority over that of club football. But today's game based around money and oriented towards big TV deals and sponsorships tends to revolve completely around the clubs and domestic leagues. Alex McLeish's move […]

On a daily basis, I read over 20 different soccer blogs from around the world to stay on top of the English game. Here are my top 10 favorites: Bobby McMahon's Blog – Light on quantity, full of quality. Who doesn't love Bobby? The Offside – Dependable, daily and would be number one if Bob […]

Call it baptism by fire. Brad Guzan's first year as a professional was with an expansion team, perhaps the worst team in the history of MLS. The highly touted Goalkeeper who had an excellent College career at the University of South Carolina but many thought may not have a national team future after his first […]

The EPL Talk Podcast is fast approaching its 100th episode. Since launching the podcast in April 2006 (the website kicked off in November '05), we've brought you the only soccer interview show on the Internet featuring interviews with some of the biggest names in football from all walks of life within the sport. I've got […]

Harry Redknapp can kiss his chances of becoming England manager goodbye. He was arrested earlier this morning as part of several raids conducted by police and was being held on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting. According to The Guardian, "Attention will focus on the transfers of Faye from Auxerre to Portsmouth in […]

With MyFootballClub creating a dream for so many football fans out there by allowing them to be a part owner of a non-league football club with the hopes and aspirations of seeing them rise up the divisions into the Football League, I had a similar dream last night. What if a major Premier League manager […]

In the past week, The Blame Game has been at full force to explain why England didn't qualify for Euro 2008 and why the future looks bleak. Robert Green blames Playstations. Alan Hansen blames the kids. David Pleat blamed the tactics. And so on and so forth (including many reporters blaming the amount of foreigners […]

We'll look over the results of Tuesday's matches along with Wednesday's matches in one big wrap-up article on Thursday. For now, we're going to preview matches in Groups A through D. We start with Liverpool where coach Rafa Benitez has been pestering club owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett about sanctioning more transfer activity in […]

Freddy Adu's rocky career in Major League Soccer ended with hardly a notice. Lost in the hype over David Beckham's arrival stateside and the summer tournaments for the US National Team, Adu once MLS' most marketable and brightest star was suffering through a miserable year in MLS purgatory: Salt Lake City. When Benfica came calling […]

Birmingham City looks set to name Alex McLeish as their new manager in the morning. While this is a huge coup for the brummies, it give us a good indication of the money and allure that the Premier League has over international football. After all, and no offense to Birmingham City, but McLeish did give […]

Ever since I arrived in the States in 1984, I've been dreaming of a day when I can watch shows from the British TV networks. That day is coming, and hopefully it'll mean more soccer coverage. BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have announced an on-demand service which will debut in 2008 and will provide free […]

In a recent poll of EPL Talk readers, 46% of those who responded think Harry Redknapp should be the next manager of England. The Portsmouth manager is way ahead of the pack. With the way he's been able to turn around Portsmouth and his proven experience at West Ham United, Redknapp remains a favorite with […]