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/ 5883 days agoPark Ji-Sung: Manchester United's Unsung Hero
You'd be hard pressed to find a single person who had anything negative to say about Park Ji-Sung, the Manchester United midfielder who netted the winning goal Sunday against Liverpool at Old Trafford. In many ways, Ji-Sung is the model professional. You never see him complaining. He always gives 100%. He rarely has a poor […]
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/ 5883 days agoIs Your Family As Soccer Mad As You Are?
Watching the Midlands derby on television Saturday between Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers, a smile crept on my face when I saw an elderly woman in the crowd celebrating after Aston Villa scored a goal. To see her beaming and jumping up and down was a natural and beautiful thing to see. It filled my […]
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/ 5884 days agoHow an EPL Club Can Conquer America In 7 Easy Steps
There is talk that Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur could be playing friendlies in the United States this summer. It's music to my ears and I'm sure many other soccer fans in America. But while teams in the past such as Chelsea, Everton and others have tried to conquer the States, they all […]
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/ 5885 days agoFoxSoccer.tv Drops the Ball with Man United v Liverpool Coverage
Anyone watching the Manchester United against Liverpool match live on FoxSoccer.tv Sunday would have been terribly disappointed with the poor quality of the service. You would think that for the biggest game of the Premier League season that Fox would be prepared. But they were not, far from it. Indeed, this would have been a […]
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/ 5885 days agoThe Big Match from 1974-75 and 1980-81: Must See TV
No matter whether you're a fan of a particular Premier League club, the league itself or soccer in general, the above two videos should be required viewing so you can get a taste of how English soccer has changed as well as how the TV production of the beautiful game has changed considerably over the […]
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/ 5886 days agoWhat the Premier League vs YouTube Court Document Reveals
YouTube and Viacom unsealed many of the documents Thursday related to the copyright litigation from 2007 in which Viacom and the Premier League sued Google for $1 billion alleging copyright infringement. The document below is Google's brief asserting that its YouTube service is immune from copyright liability in the Premier League v YouTube case. The […]
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/ 5887 days agoDraw for Champions League Quarter-Finals Revealed
The draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League has been made, and there are some delightful matches drawn. Arsenal will play Barcelona – two of the most attractive to watch teams in the world. Manchester United will play Bayern Munich – as a repeat of that great 1999 Champions League Final. Lyon will play […]
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/ 5888 days agoWho Do You Want To See In The Champions League Final?
After yesterday's final games in the Champions League round of 16, we now know which teams will be in the hat tomorrow morning to decide who will play who in the quarter-finals. But before tomorrow's draw, I thought it'd be fun to fantasize a little and think about which two teams would be the dream […]
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/ 5888 days agoSoccer Fans, When Was The Last Time You Got Goose Bumps?
It has happened to all of us at one time or another. When we were so excited about something, whether it was soccer-related or not, we've gotten goose bumps. For me, the last time this happened was last week when I saw the Martin Tyler TV commercial on ESPN to promote the World Cup. I've […]
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/ 5889 days agoSame Old Chelsea, Always Complaining in Champions League
Let me first congratulate Inter Milan on a well deserved victory in the Champions League. In both games against Chelsea, they were the better side and thoroughly deserved to go through to the quarter-finals. As for Chelsea, the storyline involving this team in the Champions League is becoming painfully predictable. As has happened for several […]
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/ 5890 days ago10 Widgets That Will Revolutionize the Premier League On TV
While watching Tottenham Hotspur against Blackburn Rovers in glorious HD this past Saturday, my mind began to think about how the soccer TV watching experience could be improved. Yes, we've come so far in the past couple of decades in terms of all of the technology that has brought the beautiful game into our living […]
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/ 5891 days agoHow MLS Is Practically Extinct In Parts of the U.S.
I had the sudden realization Sunday that if aliens descended on my town and were asked to find any life of Major League Soccer in South Florida, the only thing they would find is MLS trading cards in the bargain bin of the local dollar store. Seriously. Sadly, Major League Soccer is extinct in South […]
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/ 5891 days agoThe Fall And Rise Of Gareth Bale
I've always had a soft spot for Gareth Bale. From his time at Southampton where he made quite an impression in the Championship, to his signing by Tottenham Hotspur, where he played brilliantly in his debut season and was explosive down the left wing. Plus whenever he had a chance to take free kicks for […]
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/ 5891 days agoMiddlesbrough Supporters Make Fun Of Newcastle United
Trust the football supporters of Middlesbrough, from the north east of England, to come up with a comical banner poking fun at the Newcastle United supporters who were positioned to the right of the above banner. "Trophy Virgins," the banner reads with a picture of the Newcastle United team crest featured on the banner. The […]
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/ 5891 days agoWhat Was Your Highlight of the Premier League Weekend?
One of the advantages of Premier League clubs being more desperate for points at this stage of the season is that it means that we get to see more open matches. It also creates more end-to-end action. This past weekend was a perfect example of this. I had the chance to watch Spurs against Blackburn, […]