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/ 7141 days agoEPL Yanks: The weekend action in review
Fulham 0 – 2 Chelsea Fulham was beaten badly in the SW London Derby match. Carlos Bocanegra played the entire game and Brian McBride came on in the 77th minute as a substitute. Bocanegra sacrificed himself well on several set pieces but Fulham were unable to dent a superior Chelsea side. Middlesbrough 0 – 1 […]
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/ 7141 days agoMedia Notes
– With ESPN concentrating its weekend focus on college and pro football, Fox Soccer Channel has picked up the slack and is showing a MLS game of the week (which has featured this year’s best team, DC United, the past two weeks). Look for continued coverage on FSC through the MLS playoffs. – ESPN2 continues […]
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/ 7145 days agoRomario saying goodbye to Miami, and hello to Australia?
Yahoo! Sports Romario, who at 40 led USL in scoring this year after leading the Brazilian first division last season appears headed to Australian side Adeliade United for the upcoming season. Romario has proven that he is ageless and it will be wonderful for the Aussie fans to see this lving legend for a season […]
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/ 7146 days agoESPN Soccernet story: Life’s a Beach for Donovan
For those who believed the failure of the World Cup would provoke an attitude adjustment from Landon Donovan, once the great American hope, but now our greatest frustration, you were wrong. Check out this maddening story from ESPN Soccernet.
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/ 7149 days agoCheck out the Soccer Shout Podcast!!!!!
I'm just getting into the world of podcasts which seem destined to change the internet in similar fashion as blogging did just a few years back. Several soccer related podcasts are available online including World Soccer Daily from Sirius Radio and ESPN Soccernet extra from the Disney folks themselves. But for my tastes, the best […]
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/ 7150 days agoMLS Report
As the 11th season comes to a close and the playoffs draw near, let’s take a look at the teams and players that have made an impact this season. Parity seems to be the norm with only one team really separating from the pack. Even DC has had trouble winning lately, pushing their draws into […]
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/ 7152 days agoPekerman would be a fine choice; Ericksson would not be
Two notable international coaches have been linked with the US National Team vacancy this week: Former Argentina Coach Jose Pekerman, and former England boss Sven-Goran Erickson. Both coaches guided their previous sides to quarterfinal penalty kick defeats in germany 2006, but that's where the similarities end. Erickson proved during the run up to Germany 2006 […]
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/ 7154 days agoUSL D1 Playoff Field Set
The USL First Division (second division overall in American soccer) playoff field is set. First Round Playoffs: (3) Charleston Battery v (6) Puerto Rico Islanders (4) Vancouver Whitecaps v (5) Miami FC Semifinals: 1) Montreal Impact v Vancouver/Miami winner (2) Rochester Raging Rhinos v Charleston/Puerto Rico winner The Richmond Kickers won USL Division 2 (The […]
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/ 7155 days agoEPL YANKS: ROUND 4
Liverpool 0 3 Everton Tim Howard kept yet another clean sheet as he move merseyside seems to have paid dividends for Everton in this derby. Howard's return to form has been great news for US Soccer, and he seems more comfortable dealing with David Moyes than he did with Sir Fergie. (Even though former teammate […]
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/ 7161 days agoMLS Transfer Problem
Not only is Major League Soccer being blamed by many for the failures of Team USA, but now MLS seems to be reluctant to allow top American players (and other MLS players from the CONCACAF region) to go abroad during the international transfer window because Major League Soccer operates on a calendar that is different […]
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/ 7166 days agoMan City eyeing Beasley
My favorite English team, Manchester City is in negotiations with PSV to bring one of my favorite players DeMarcus Beasley in as the new the left winger for City. Beasley has been riding the pine this year in Holland and with the transfer deadline a few hours away, Stuart Pearce is desperate to make a […]
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/ 7167 days agoThat pesky UK Work Permit Law
Today, Josh Wolff became the latest victim of what seems to be blatant discrimination by the UK authorities against American soccer players. Wolff joins an illustrious list of American players including Cobi Jones, the most capped player in US history in being rejected by a work permit to play in the UK. Thus Wolff's move […]
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/ 7168 days agoAn American billionaire in Birmingham
Two years ago when the worldwide (evil) empire of Manchester United dumped on Malcom Glazer I felt that patriotism forced me to defend him. True, I had hated Glazer from the word go, when he took one of my favorite pro sports teams the Tampa Bay Bucs and ruined the uniforms and colors but that […]
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/ 7168 days agoEPL Yanks: Aug. 29, 2006
Totenham 0-2 Everton Tim Howard posted a clean sheet as Everton won its first match at White Hart Lance since 1985. Watford 1-2 Man United Jay DeMerit played a full 90 minutes as Watford fell short in an upset bid versus Manchester United. Wigan 1-0 Reading Bobby Convey started but was subbed out in the […]
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/ 7168 days agoEPL Yanks will appear later this week
Thanks to professional obligations and Tropical Storm Ernesto, EPL Yanks will be published later in the week.