England manager Fabio Capello has selected Manchester United center back Rio Ferdinand to lead out the side in the Three Lions’ friendly in Paris tomorrow, which, given Capello’s desire to rotate the captaincy until World Cup qualifiers begin in September, wasn’t really a surprising choice to many people.
However, this is a guy who was suspended […]

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With the announcement of the 30-man provisional squad selected by new England coach Fabio Capello yesterday for the upcoming friendly against Switzerland, I thought it was time for me to weigh in on the “Does Becks deserve his 100th cap?” debate.
Let me make something clear first. I have no problem whatsoever with Beckham not being […]

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I ask just one question. Now that David Beckham’s LA Galaxy debut is over, who gained anything from it? Think about that for a second. Other than generating money, who were the winners now that the friendly is complete?
It certainly wasn’t the spectators or TV viewers who were fed a very drab game of soccer. […]

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I realize than even by writing this article, I’m contributing to the mass hysteria revolving around the David Beckham story, but I have to say a few things.
I’ve purposefully avoided much talk about Becks on the EPL Talk Podcast and this, the EPL Talk Blog for many reasons. Most importantly, while I realize he’s a […]

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By John Nicholson
And so another England game is consigned to the history books. It is a sign of just how little is expected of England that this morning, the press is writing up this performance as ‘reinvigorating.’ Indeed, much of the press coverage seems to see it as a return to some sort of form.
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The LA Galaxy is today expected announce the worst kept secret in soccer — that they’ll play Chelsea in a friendly on July 21st (reported by EPL Talk on February 13th) as part of a four-team tournament. The other participating clubs are UANL Tigres (Mexico) and Suwon Samsung Bluewings (Korea).
The LA Galaxy v Chelsea match […]

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ESPNsoccernet is reporting that David Beckham will make his LA Galaxy debut on July 21st against Chelsea, presumably at The Home Depot in southern California.
In March of 2006, Chelsea announced an agreement with Galaxy owners AEG (Anshutz Entertainment Group) where the two teams (and other AEG clubs Houston, Chicago and DC) would partner.

Chelsea’s decision to […]

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By John Nicholson
As unfashionable as it might be in these days of knee-jerk European anti-Americanism, the States are very dear to my heart. For me, as a country it still embodies much of what is desirable and noble about the human adventure, and no I don’t mean the ability to eat 10,000 calories a day […]

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