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Doug McIntyre looks at which American players are helping or hurting their national team stock with their current club play. This week, Landon Donovan and Benny Feilhaber are on the rise.

Blog | Conversation | April 22, 2013

Joe Prince-Wright examines the weaknesses for the EPL's top four teams -- Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham.

Story | Conversation | December 06, 2012

Albert Larcada analyzes the recent AP rankings of the world's best soccer players and teams. Given the rankings' controversial outcome, he creates a ranking system based on a mock European "Super League" to determine the continent's best teams.

Story | Conversation | November 08, 2012

Albert Larcada of ESPN Stats & Information analyzes the most surprising teams and players through the first seven weeks of the English Premier League season, including Everton and Geoff Cameron.

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2012

Albert Larcada of the ESPN Stats & Information group writes that the key to Manchester City winning a Premier League title is the play of David Silva and the team's continued focus on making the short pass.

Story | Conversation | March 30, 2012

With his fine play for Everton, Landon Donovan is showing the world he still has something left in the tank. And now Jurgen Klinsmann has some tough decisions on the wings.

Blog | Conversation | February 15, 2012

Albert Larcada analyzes how the African Nations Cup will affect some of the English Premier League's top teams, with top players like Didier Drogba forced to miss EPL games.

Story | Conversation | January 12, 2012

Albert Larcada uses heat maps to show the contrasting, yet effective, styles of Manchester United and Manchester City.

Story | Conversation | September 09, 2011

Albert Larcada looks behind Manchester City's hot start to the 2011-12 EPL season, showing a team that has become more efficient and lethal on offense.

Story | Conversation | August 26, 2011

Love him or hate him, Manchester City's Mario Balotelli causing a stir in the soccer world

Story | Conversation | August 09, 2011

Voros McCracken breaks down the last 15 seasons of Premiership statistics and discovers that if you want to play in the Champions League, then it's vital to finish in the top four the year before.

Story | Conversation | August 03, 2011

Albert Larcada examines this weekend's make-or-break match between Liverpool and Tottenham for England's final Europa League spot. If either club had done better against the EPL's bottom feeders, it would be playing in the Champions League instead.

Story | Conversation | May 12, 2011

Eric Gomez examines what went wrong for El Tri against Jamaica and how Chepo de la Torre can correct it before the Honduras match.

Blog | Conversation | February 07, 2013

Albert Larcada examines the top transfers in the EPL transfer window, including Eden Hazard and Shinji Kagawa.

Story | Conversation | August 31, 2012