Photo by Leslie Millman-Manchesterunitedman1 Born in England, football has always been considered by purists as a gentleman's game. But lately the notion seems reserved for nostalgic old-timers, pining fuddy-duddies ignorant of the modern game's evolution. The growth of the sport in the last decade, particularly in its founding nation, has shifted the emphasis from sport […]

A few weeks ago it was reported that Bernie Ecclestone was selling his shares of QPR. Lakshmi Mittal was quoted through Amit Bhatia, the QPR Vice Chairman and his son in law that he was committed to the club and would not be selling his shares. Now we've heard that Ecclestone was concerned about the […]

The April Fool's Day edition of Special 1 TV is live. The episode, entitled "Sven FM," features the usual cast of characters as well as laughs at the expense of some of the main story lines from this past week. Be champions! and shut up ThompsonLives!

Real Salt Lake established itself as the Supporters Shield front runner, Seattle is still struggling to score goals but New York shows how to gain points without them, and are the Union the East team to beat? The national team members return from Team Bradley while some of the youth team players are still out […]

There is frequent talk of fixture congestion in the Premier League and the troubles it causes later in the season. This is especially true of the top players and the top teams. There are lots of matches across a number of competitions for your club and then the strong likelihood that you’ll be playing in […]

Kwame, best known by many as a rapper and producer, also was a soccer star in college for the University of Maryland. While his college playing days are behind him, Kwame is friends with many U.S. soccer stars. Here's the interview: Kristan: So soccer was your sport of choice at college. So, who did you […]

With Richard Farley lost somewhere along the West Coast (yet still able to write this post), your regular co-host Christopher Riordan welcomes Kevin McCauley back to the show just in time for the upcoming Major League Soccer weekend. But before they can preview, they have to review: two weeks of MLS action, the first legs […]

At this point last season, many neutral observers of Manchester United at Old Trafford could be forgiven for believing they were watching matches televised from Norwich City's Carrow Road. This is not a criticism of the quality of football on display – clearly these were Premier League footballers. Instead it was the legions of Man […]

It's hard to decide sometimes when the British press are exaggerating stories to sell more newspapers. But when I read earlier this week that Jens Lehmann had a woeful performance for Arsenal reserves, I questioned how true those words were. Now, thanks to 101 Great Goals, we have video evidence of Lehmann's performance. And it's […]

Hello again. We've all enjoyed the international break and now the final run-in for this intriguing season, with more attention than I can ever remember to the all-important race to stay in the league! Any of the teams from Bolton to Wigan could be playing championship football next year, or could finish in the top […]

In this episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, Richard Farley chats with football writer and author Jonathan Wilson to discuss the launch of the brand-new football magazine The Blizzard. Farley explores why Wilson saw a need to start the publication, discusses the business model and what makes The Blizzard different. Wilson also discusses some of […]

Despite the monotony of the international matches during the past 10 days, we soccer fans in the United States have been excited by the announcements of three Premier League teams heading to the country this summer. And more are expected to announce their plans soon. If you're like me, you've been checking your calendar and […]

ESPN soccer pundit Shaka Hislop has had the privilege to play for several clubs in the top flight of English football. He was goalkeeper at Newcastle United, West Ham United and Portsmouth, as well as Reading and FC Dallas. And he played in goal for Trinidad and Tobago during the 2006 World Cup in a […]

As everyone already knows, Manchester United has accepted the invitation once again as the opponents for the MLS All-Star's. They held the press conference at Red Bull Arena and making the trip was Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Man Utd. Answered questions from the media and gave plenty of praise to MLS and the American […]

Newcastle United is the third Premier League club to announce that they'll be playing a friendly in the United States this summer. Manchester United officially announced their tour today. Everton announced last week that they'll be playing D.C. United in late July in Washington D.C. And now it was announced today that Newcastle United will […]