Six teams have clinched playoff spots: DC United, Chivas USA, Houston, New England, FC Dallas, Red Bull NY Three teams have been eliminated from all post season consideration: Toronto FC, Real Salt Lake and Columbus That leaves two spots open between four teams: Colorado, LA Galaxy, Chicago and Kansas City. Chicago hosts L.A. in the […]

Six teams have clinched playoff spots: DC United, Chivas USA, Houston, New England, FC Dallas, Red Bull NY Three teams have been eliminated from all post season consideration: Toronto FC, Real Salt Lake and Columbus That leaves two spots open between four teams: Colorado, LA Galaxy, Chicago and Kansas City. Chicago hosts L.A. in the […]

Aston Villa's Curtis Davies is a breath of fresh air. In a sport where there is so much 'corporate speak' and layers of agents and publicists telling players what to say, it's refreshing to hear original, intelligent and uncensored thoughts from such a young English player. For example, Davies is not too egotistical to criticize […]

Watching the France versus England match from the Rugby World Cup this past weekend, one observation which stuck out in my head was how the England rugby players sang the national anthem ("God Save The Queen") loudly with passion and feeling. Contrast that with the England football team and most of the players, if they […]

Chicago had a golden opportunity to essentially clinch an MLS Playoff birth today. Kansas City lost to New York, but the Fire were unable to take advantage of superior possession and several good goal scoring opportunities to break down DC United at RFK Stadium. Chicago continues to draw matches they should have won, and instead […]

Since there was no issue of the EPL Talk Email Newsletter this week due to the international break, here's the latest Premier League Fantasy Football tip from EPL Talk blogger Jeremy Lay: Bye Week Strategy While most players are content to sit tight on their selections during a bye week, some circumstances might lead you […]

Did you know that in the United Kingdom, Sky Sports pays $74 million a season for the TV rights to the Football League, which includes the Championship, the lower leagues and 15 matches per season from the League Cup? Comparing the Championship to the Premier League, the Championship fee is six per cent of the […]

Many pundits, myself included, feel that the Champions League has reached a point where it's more entertaining than the World Cup. It can be deemed blasphemy in some places to say such a thing, but the quality of football in the Champions League has been far superior than the previous two World Cups. By the […]

Ante Razov's devastating knee injury Thursday Night leave DC United as the only fully healthy, hitting on all cylinders club entering the MLS post season. Chivas USA's depth has been questioned much of the season, but Preki's club had been able to continue to chase the Supporters Shield largely due to the consistency of the […]

From now until the end of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the Major League Soccer Talk will be released twice weekly, on Monday evening EST and Friday evening EST. Episode 26 featuring a preview of the Toronto FC-LA Galaxy game on FSC with Max Bretos who will call the game live Saturday Night, and Bruce McGuire […]

Oliver Tse from SoccerTV.com is reporting that IMG Media has announced it will discontinue its soccer magazine TV show FIFA Futbol Mundial at the end of 2007 as part of IMG's latest restructuring effort. Since its launch in 1994, the show has been one of the best soccer programs on television with comprehensive reports and […]

As if Chelsea needed more rumours about goings on at the club, Spanish sports newspaper AS is reporting that three clubs were already in contact with the player’s agent, Steve Kutner: Juventus, AC Milan and Real Madrid. AS has also reported that Lampard would cost around €18 million (£12.5 million), quoting unnamed sources at the […]

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On the early week edition of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast, Peter Brown of CSRN indicated that a single table for MLS next year could be on the way. Now, MLS Rumors is reporting the same thing. Stay tuned, some big changes to MLS could be coming soon.

On the early week edition of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast, Peter Brown of CSRN indicated that a single table for MLS next year could be on the way. Now, MLS Rumors is reporting the same thing. Stay tuned, some big changes to MLS could be coming soon.