Juan Ramón López Muñiz brought Málaga into La Liga in 2008 after a two-year hiatus in the second division. Throughout his playing career, he played on teams constantly scrambling either to stay in La Liga or to be promoted to the first division. He knows the mentality that a team needs to eschew whatever poor […]

For Those About to Stoke, We Score 7 on You Should Someone Tell Wayne Rooney He's Needed on the Pitch & not in that Hospitality Box? For a second there I actually thought Rooney was allegorically announcing his retirement from Manchester United as he symbolically passed on his son, full kit and all, to a […]

So, it all comes down to this. One game to influence who will be the Premier League champion of 2009-10. No offense to Sunderland, Stoke or Wigan, but the game that can swing the title in the favor of Chelsea or Manchester United is this Sunday's clash between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield (8:30am ET, […]

Tuesday, April 27th 2:00PM EDT – 11:00AM PDT Guests: Chris Riordan DC United Supporter & Russian Football Podcast Host Your friend and mine. The Gaffer will discuss the EPL Talk family of websites NASL Segment: Robert Clark Owner of the Rochester Rhinos Re-Capping RBNY's 2-1 home victory over the Philadelphia Union. Special Show: Wednesday, April […]

The Los Angeles Galaxy are no longer perfect, but they still lead the West after surviving Kansas City, who are now five points behind New York in the East. On this edition of the MLS Talk Review Show podcast, I am joined by Robert Jonas to talk about that, the Earthequakes' up-and-down start to the […]

Chelsea answers Manchester United's derailing of Tottenham with a 7-0 drubbing of Stoke while Aston Villa has left March behind by climbing to the brink of Champions League. On this episode of the EPL Talk podcast, I am joined by Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer to look at the weekend that was in the Premiership, […]

The man. The Legend. The Special One. Jose Mourinho, for those who had not already clued in. Young, as far as managers go, and already rated as one of, if not the best manager in the world. Mourinho, currently at Inter, is en route to winning not just the Serie A title, but also the […]

The word has spread very quickly and the images are outstanding. The scenes at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ when Famed Brazilian side Santos FC came over to christen this brand new stadium made for the American game and our league. After a three goals to one friendly victory over Santos it seems that […]

The Camp Nou will be the venue when Barcelona host Inter in the second-leg of the Champions League semi-final. In Milan, Inter were able to score a fantastic 3-1 win after trailing 1-0 against the European champions. One player who has been instrumental for the Nerazzurri in Europe is Wesley Sneijder yet the Dutch playmaker […]

Giampaolo Pazzini scored a double against Roma to lift Sampdoria to a precious 2-1 win and more significantly the Azzurri hopeful handed the title advantage to Inter while confirming his club's European credentials ahead of Palermo and Juventus. With Inter now in the lead, the only match which could see them potentially drop points will […]

Well, so much for Chelsea buckling under the pressure Manchester United created with their 3-1 victory of surging Tottenham yesterday The Blues are made up of wily veterans, so Sir Alex Ferguson's futile attempts at mind games unsurprisingly fell on deaf ears around Cobham, but even the most die-hard Chelsea fan couldn't have foreseen […]

I hate to be "that guy." I really do but the British media's constant efforts to chalk Chelsea's EPL campaign as the result of favor from match officials is bordering on insulting. Chelsea's last three victories came against Manchester United, Bolton and Stoke City and in all three the Blues have come under critcism for […]

Tonight sees the PFA Awards take place in London – one of the most prestigious individual accolades to win in English football and unlike the Football Writers’ Footballer of The Year, this is voted by the professional footballers ‘trade union’ of members. Shortlisted this year is Didier Drogba, Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney and Cesc Fabregas. […]

New photos of the USA World Cup home shirt have been revealed in advance of the upcoming official release by Nike. No new surprises here, but it's interesting to see new close-ups of the shirt as well as different pictures to see if the shirt design grows on you. For me, it does. It's clean, […]

A photograph of Manchester United’s new away shirt for the 2010-11 has been leaked on the Internet. Designed and manufactured by Nike, the new Manchester United shirt has been drastically changed. The new away shirt is white, features the new sponsor's name, but the sleeve design is quite radical in the way that the black […]