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Feuerstein's Fire Friday CONCACAF Champions League Review

2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League Round 6 Review show Friday, October 26th 8PM EDT – 5PM PDT Reviewing games involving Houston, Real Salt Lake, Los Angeles, Toronto FC & Seattle Listen to internet radio with Feuersteins Fire on Blog Talk Radio

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/ 4998 days ago

MLS Doubles Down on a Bad Bet

In last night’s MLS Talk podcast, the crew discussed the news broken by Don Garber that MLS was helping Chivas stabilize their geographic situation by seeking a permanent soccer-specific stadium in downtown Los Angles. Speaking with Abraham Madkour of Sports Business Daily last week, the commissioner used the beleaguered West Coast franchise as an example […]

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Rio Ferdinand Downplays Reports of Black Footballers' Union: The Daily EPL

Rio Ferdinand has rubbished Daily Mail reports that he's planning on creating a black footballers' union to rival the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). Ferdinand has told his Twitter followers to not believe everything they read, which — knowing The Daily Mail's track record — is one of the wisest things Ferdinand has said in quite […]

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/ 4998 days ago

Hillsborough: Police Chief 'Boasted' of Role in Smearing Fans: The Nightly EPL

Here are tonight's main Premier League news headlines: Hillsborough: police chief 'boasted' of role in smearing fans — The Guardian Anger at Terry's lenient ban led to Kick It Out T-shirt protest — The Guardian Rio Ferdinand leads breakaway by black players — The Daily Mail John Terry to wear anti-racism armband if he captains […]

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/ 4998 days ago

Premier League TV Rights Battle Could Impact Growth Of Soccer In USA

By this Friday, several media corporations will have submitted their final bids for the US media rights to the 2013-16 Premier League seasons. To many, it may seem just like any other TV rights auction, but this one could have a major impact not only on the growth of the Premier League but also the […]

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/ 4999 days ago

Manchester City Hopeful David Silva Could Return for Ajax Clash: The Daily EPL

Will he or won't he? Manchester City midfield maestro David Silva was originally ruled out of Wednesday night's Champions League match against Ajax. But now the Manchester Evening News is reporting that he could indeed return from injury. It's going to be one of those stories where we won't know for sure until the team […]

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/ 4999 days ago

DC Shuts the Playoff Door on Columbus 3-2

As the seconds in stoppage time ticked away, the stands shook at RFK Stadium like they had on the old days. As the chants from both sides of the pitch reverberated and DC tried to keep the ball away from an arsenal of Crew attackers, you could be forgiven for squinting a little and thinking […]

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Premier League Sunday: Oct. 21, 2012

After an entertaining Saturday yesterday, today's two matches are of upmost importance. First up is the Tyne-Wear derby between Sunderland and Newcastle United. It's been yonks since Sunderland have beaten the Geordies, so the pressure is on the Black Cats to record a rare victory against a Newcastle team that has had a so-so season […]

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Nielsen The Brick Wall Holds Red Bulls To Scoreless Draw

On a cool and clear evening in the Northeast, the two most talented sides in the Eastern Conference were facing each other. One was trying to climb the standings, while the other wanting to clinch home field advantage throughout the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Tonight was the final regular season home match for the New York […]

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Beat The Manager's First Apple iPad Winner Announced

EPL Talk is proud to announce that the winner of a brand-new Apple iPad, for scoring the most number of points in the Beat The Manager game, is ... ... Greg Pierko! Greg came in first place by scoring the most number of points in the game based on correctly predicting the starting lineups, selecting […]

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/ 5001 days ago

Premier League Saturday: Oct. 20, 2012

IT IS BACK! After a long and agonizing two weeks of soccer hell, Premier League football has returned. That two week spell was, for me, excruciating painful. Very few quality matches were on offer. There were far too many storylines that revolved around issues that had nothing to do with football on the pitch. But […]

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/ 5001 days ago

Chelsea Chairman Bruce Buck Confirms John Terry Will Remain Club’s Captain: The Daily EPL

Sky Sports were hounding Chelsea FC and its manager Roberto Di Matteo in yesterday's press conference, asking the pointed question whether John Terry would remain Chelsea captain. Not satisfied with the answer, Sky Sports continued to barrage Di Matteo, who remained resilient. Now, talkSPORT exclusively revealed this morning that John Terry will remain as Chelsea […]

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Rio Ferdinand Will Wear Kick It Out Campaign T-Shirt, Says Alex Ferguson: The Daily EPL

Despite contrary reports, Rio Ferdinand will wear a Kick It Out campaign T-shirt in the pre-match warm-up this weekend for Manchester United, says Sir Alex Ferguson during today's United press conference. There were reports that Jason Roberts, Anton Ferdinand and Rio Ferdinand would not wear the shirts in protest, but Rio will wear the shirt. And […]

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Bidding For Premier League TV Rights In U.S. Extended One More Week

The auction for the US media rights to the English Premier League has moved into an additional round of bidding. The new deadline is now Friday, October 26, according to MultiChannel News. The publication says that sources close to the negotiations have confirmed that the bidders for the 2013-2016 Premier League seasons on US media […]

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Serbian FA Release Smear Video on YouTube Challenging Danny Rose’s Racist Chant Claims: The Nightly EPL

You have to see this video to believe it. Unbelievably, the Serbian FA has released what appears to be a doctored video showing how wonderfully well behaved their supporters were during the mid-week Serbia against England u21 match. They've carefully crafted a highlight reel, which completely avoids all of the post final whistle monkey chanting […]