We were expecting a lot of good hard-nosed football down at Pizza Hut Park. To be fair we weren't disappointed as both sides were tough and gave plenty of action to the supporters in the Dallas area. From the start of the opening whistle both side were attacking and making fantastic plays. But it would […]

Inspired by the FA Umbro Fives competition (with a final at Wembley), I've picked the ultimate 5-a-side team. The only criteria is that the players must be currently active, regardless of which league they are playing in. Have a look through my selection below, and then share your own in the comments. Selection Criteria 1. […]

Dallas loses three men – one by red card, two by injury – but get a point from New York, and the four Major League Soccer teams alive in CONCACAF Champions League resume group play. On this edition of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast, I'm join by Chris Riordan to talk about those stories […]

It's a Manchester United-Liverpool week in the English Premier League, bringing a fixture which overshadows Chelsea and Arsenal dominating in Champions League, Manchester City and the Reds sitting top of their groups in Europa, as well as the midweek news from around the league. Regardless, Kartik Krishnaiyer and myself cover it all in this weekend […]

The Champions League and the Europa League are now priorities, now that the Bundesliga has surpassed the Serie A, Italian teams need to pull their weight in European competition. The first matchday of the group stages of the Champions League and the Europa League didn't play out too well for the Italian clubs involved. Out […]

Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz have agreed terms over German starlet Andre Schuerrle, who will make his move to Leverkusen official in the summer. Schuerrle has been on excellent form so far during this Bundesliga season, and has come under the radar of many of Europe's top clubs. Leverkusen have tabled the best bid for both […]

Kyle Martino, the host of Soccer Talk Live on Fox Soccer Channel, is the interview guest on the latest episode of our sister podcast, MLS Talk. During the interview conducted by host Richard Farley, Martino discusses: The transition from an analytical role with ESPN to a host's position with Fox, His last days as a […]

Mick McCarthy has today insisted that his Wolves side our not dirty. The former Republic of Ireland boss was left incensed at claims his side were deploying overly physical tactics so far this season, and maintains his side are playing fair. But after Wolves picked up a remarkable 13 yellow cars in their last two […]

The EPL Talk Podcast's weekend preview show needs your help. We're going to talk about Champions League and Europa – the six teams from the Premier League who are active in Europe. We'll preview the weekend's fixtures and the semiannual epic: Manchester United and Liverpool. But what do you want to here? Now's your chance. […]

Our friends over at Footysphere uncovered a brilliant video from yesteryear which is the 1976 FA Cup Final featuring Southampton against Manchester United. As you can see from the above video, it was a very eventful final pitting Division Two side Southampton battling against Division One club Man United. The final result was one of […]

A four-star game is back, and I suppose Manchester United v Liverpool will always be a four-star match, no matter what troubles one team or the other are having. I know the debate will start anew regarding why this match is on Fox Soccer Plus, or how well the FoxSoccer.tv web site can handle the […]

Chelsea strolled to a comfortable win away from home Wednesday in their opening game of the 2010-11 Champions League journey. Despite some early scares in the game, Chelsea were soon able to cruise to victory thanks to goals from Michael Essien (again), two from Nicolas Anelka and one from Daniel Sturridge. Despite the scoreline, MSK […]

Sir Alex Ferguson made ten changes from Saturday's 3-3 draw away to Everton in hopes what was essentially his Carling Cup squad could see off Scottish champions Rangers last time out. A dour 0-0 draw at home is what played out on Tuesday night to open Champions League group stage play while those ten changes got me thinking about the […]

CL Highlights: Arsenal/Braga Arsenal began their 2010-11 Champions League campaign with a home match against SC Braga. Rather than ruin some of the reader's day by providing a spoiler of what happened, feel free to watch the highlights of the game in the above video. Share your observations about the game and the highlights in […]

The Champions League group stage has kicked off, and unfortunately the Bundesliga's representatives in the tournament performed quite poorly despite a 2-0 win over Roma for Bayern Munich. Besides Bayern Munich's win, Schalke lost away to Lyon, and Werder Bremen only picked up a point at home to Tottenham. Bayern Munich's Hans-Jorg Butt gets my […]