Newsday has written a story about Eric Wynalda and his World Cup analysis. Check it out here. It's pretty much a fluff piece -- i.e. no consenting opinions, and everyone interviewed in the article is going to say positive things about the former MLS and US national team player. What are your thoughts about Wynalda's work on World Cup Live?

The criticism surrounding ABC/ESPN's coverage of the World Cup is building. ESPN has publicly responded to the complaints. Meanwhile, I interviewed Seamus Malin tonight and he shared his views on the commentating thus far. The response from ESPN can be found on my blog at http://eplleague.blogspot.com. The interview with Seamus Malin, meanwhile, will be released this Sunday night on the EPL Talk Podcast, the only soccer interview show on the Internet. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or from the EPL Talk Podcast page at http://epltalk.libsyn.com. If you can't wait until Sunday, you can get more insight into the interview by reading my blog.

As the guys at nufc.com said, what have we done to deserve this? Meanwhile, if the English team keeps defending like this, they're not going to go very far. Both goals were as awful as the two English goals were brilliant. But without Owen, if Rooney can't go all 90, Sven will have to rely on Gerrard and Lampard to score the goals. So why exactly was Theo Walcott brought to Germany if Sven would rather go with 5 midfielders than bring the kid on. And I'm still not tremendously sold on Peter Crouch... Speaking of Crouch, how about the odd couple next year at Liverpool of 6'7" Crouch and five-foot-nothing Craig Bellamy? Sky Sports said it could happen this week. So when is Newcastle going to bring in some players? Lots of talent coming into the Premiership so far but none of it the St. James'. It's seriously annoying... Above post was written by Bruce Gottesman, a Newcastle United supporter who lives in Margate, Florida.

I just finished an interview with Sean Wheelock, World Cup commentator and soccer analyst for the BBC. The interview was conducted live via phone from Germany, and Wheelock shared a number of interesting insights into the US and England teams.

In addition to Wheelock, EPL Talk has interviewed several other soccer celebrities including Steven Cohen from World Soccer Daily, Nick Webster and Max Bretos from Fox Soccer Channel, Bobby McMahon from Fox Sports World Report, Ray Hudson and Phil Schoen from GolTV, Allen Hopkins from ESPN, Richard Beresh from EA Sports, The Treble and Graham Bell from Champions Soccer Radio Network, and Phil McThomas from the Soccer Shout podcast.

Listen to the podcasts at http://epltalk.libsyn.com

Here we go again. It's another World Cup in America, but a lot of the mainstream media don't seem to get it. Here's another example: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/mplayer/m/3894 It's like clockwork. Every four years, reporters come out from the woodwork and blast soccer for stupid, stereotypical reasons. However, this time, we have technology to help us (so we can all stick together) and ignore ignorant people such as the one above from my local TV station in Palm Beach County, Florida.