EPL Talk fan Justin Franklin submitted the following audio blog entry, sharing his thoughts on what changes Bruce Arena should make to the US team for the Italy match, giving his opinion of some of the World Cup matches thus far, and telling you a little bit about himself. Listen to it here.

For soccer fans in the States who are agonizingly missing out on watching live World Cup matches (and there are many of us), there's one thing we're missing. And that's live soccer via broadband. Although the BBC is offering the service via its web site, the service is only for residents of the UK. Were the rights for Internet broadcasting of the matches in the US never purchased? Or did someone buy them and decide not to use them? As seen with Setanta Broadbamd's service, live Internet coverage of soccer can work. My prediction: Be prepared to watch most of the 2010 World Cup on the Internet.

What's a big difference between today's US game versus previous World Cups? It's blogs like these at FoxSoccer and EPL Talk giving fans like you the opportunity to vent. Although during the last World Cup, US fans didn't have much to complain about. This time, it's a different story unfortunately. But hats off to Fox for putting together this blogging forum to allow us to share our thoughts. Speaking of blogs, I'm curious to hear if you think Fox Soccer Channel should continue the blogs after the World Cup? For example, I'd love to read the thoughts from Nick Webster, Max Bretos, Jamie Trecker and Bobby McMahon throughout the upcoming Premiership season. Other than their feedback on the EPL matches, it'd also be interesting to hear about some of the behind-the-scenes activity at FSC in relation to the English Premier League. Speaking of behind-the-scenes, I just interviewed Max Bretos for the EPL Talk Podcast. Max discussed many interesting topics including the new Ticket to Germany show, his first World Cup memory, and his experiences watching Premiership matches in the UK. Listen to this and many other interviews (including Allen Hopkins, Nick Webster and Steven Cohen) at http://www.EPLTalk.com

Leading up to this World Cup, we all knew that ABC didn't have the experience to master the World Cup (which was especially made evident by their selection of commentators). Now, after day two of the World Cup, we have seen it for ourselves. I won't go into detail about all the faux pas (after faux pas) that ABC committed (you can read those on my other blog at http://eplleague.blogspot.com). But I can't believe how the press has been reacting to what they've seen thus far, and that includes the soccer press. Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney is a sycophant. In his recent article, he commented "any fan who gets all agitated about announcers while all 64 matches of the world's greatest sporting event are being shown live without commercial breaks is way too wound up about secondary matters." That's a ridiculous statement. The commentary makes or breaks a game. Mahoney's "get used to it" message is completely inane. Ridge, we have options such as Univision and Setanta. With Mahoney's laissez-faire attitude, ABC will never get better. Cheers, The Gaffer www.EPLTalk.com

Thousands of miles away from the hustle and bustle of Munich and Gelsenkirchen, millions of die-hard soccer fans are suffering in America. Suffering not in agony, but in silence. If you, like me, work a nine-to-five job in America, watching the World Cup is not an easy experience. Most employers won't allow you to watch TV at work. The game times on the East Coast are 9am, Noon and 3pm. And options are few and far between. Those hoping to listen to BBC Five Live's radio commentary were disappointed to find out that the Beeb doesn't have rights to broadcast the matches to those outside the UK. And if you try to record the matches at home and watch them after work, you go through your day hoping that no one will blurt out the result to you. Find out how some die-hard fans in America are getting through their days by reading the blog postings at the official EPL Talk Blog. For next week's weekday matches, the options include XM Radio, who are broadcasting live commentary of each match on their satellite radio service. Or you can read the minute-by-minute text commentary via the BBC and Guardian web sites. Any other ideas? Cheers, The Gaffer www.EPLTalk.com