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/ 7247 days agoWorld Cup Player to Watch: Part Five
By The Scout France – Franck Ribéry In the 23 year-old, we are featuring another attacking midfielder player. My next profile will be a defender, I havent forgotten about that side of the game, I promise! 🙂 Ribery currently plays for Olympique Marseille but is being pursued by some of the top European clubs including […]
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/ 7247 days agoSoccer America Drinks ABC/ESPN Kool-Aid
This World Cup is exposing two different camps in the US. On one side, you have the those broadcasters and media who are "in bed" with US Soccer, such as ABC, ESPN and Soccer America. On the other side, you have those who are willing to say it like it is such as GolTV, EPL […]
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/ 7247 days agoFor Your Reading Pleasure
If you've caught the World Cup fever and want to take up a few more notches, be sure to download issue two of the EPL Talk Magazine, the free soccer magazine that's available for you. Read interesting articles about experiencing the World Cup in the United States, collecting Panini football stickers, saying farewell to Highbury, […]
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/ 7247 days agoRelief for Depressed U.S. Fans
The new episode of the EPL Talk Podcast is out, and it features a great interview with Max Bretos, the lead play-by-play commentator at Fox Soccer Channel. During the interview, Bretos discusses his first memory of a World Cup, what advice he has for the ABC/ESPN commentators, Fox Soccer Channel's new show Ticket to Germany, […]
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/ 7247 days agoGolTV: Analysis From The Heart
If you're sick of the sugar-coated World Cup Live show by ESPN and want some real analysis by soccer experts, give GolTV from Germany 2006 a try — every night at 8pm ET on GolTV. The show features honest analysis and feedback from hosts Ray Hudson, Lindsey Dean and Phil Schoen. These are experts who […]
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/ 7248 days agoABC/ESPN Coverage Does US No Favors
It hasn't been a good few days for the United States. While many die-hard soccer fans have had to wince at the weekend's World Cup coverage from ABC, the situation was made worse today by ESPN's sycophant World Cup Live pre-show and a heavy 3-0 loss against the Czech Republic. Before the Czech game, ESPN's […]
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/ 7248 days agoWorld Cup Player to Watch: Part Four
By The Scout Portugal – Cristiano Ronaldo I've had the opportunity to watch this player in action quite a lot over the last couple of season, both with his club Manchester United and for country as they made it to the finals of the Euro 2004 tournament. Blessed with incredible speed and agility, the 21 […]
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/ 7249 days agoWorld Cup 2010: ABC unleashes Another Big Co*k-up
ABC's Day 2 World Cup coverage, I believe, was appalling. Sure, Marcelo Balboa misspoke and said "Michael Beckham" during the England match, but that was an unfortunate slip. But what I was more pissed off at was lead commentator Dave O'Brien. First off, his manner of speaking is very slowww and monotonous (great for baseball). […]
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/ 7250 days agoDay Two of The World Cup Experience
Day two is over, and it's been a long day. More than 126 miles in the car, tooling around South Florida watching World Cup matches in different locales rather than at home. Here are some of my experiences and observations. For the England versus Paraguay match, I made the 40 mile trip to The Kings […]
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/ 7251 days agoWorld Cup Player to Watch: Part Three
By The Scout Serbia and Montenegro – Nikola Zigic While no one is a lock to advance, there are two groups that will prove more difficult to emerge from than the others. Group E with Italy, USA, Ghana and Czech Republic squads has been dubbed a "group of death". Vying equally hard for that title […]
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/ 7251 days agoFor Those About To Skip Work, We Salute You
Tried listening to the BBC Five Live live broadcast from work a few minutes ago to listen to the Germany v Costa Rica match, but alas — for those souls outside of the UK, like me — the Beeb doesn't have rights to broadcast the match overseas. Probably the worst place in the world to […]
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/ 7251 days agoRequired Reading for World Cup Fans
There's no better time to be a football fan than right now. On the eve of the World Cup, the choices of what to watch and read are almost endless. For example, you' have to read this one about the battle between Adidas and Puma, and how it's split a German town in two, literally. […]
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/ 7251 days agoWorld Cup Player to Watch: Part Two
England – Paul Robinson By The Scout With all of the fuss and furor surrounding young Mr Rooney's metatarsal, as well as coach Sven Goran Eriksson's tactics and team selection, little focus has been paid to one of the main sources of recent English failures at the big tournaments — goalkeeping. Going back to 2002 […]
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/ 7252 days agoAdd an EPL Talk T-shirt to your Wardrobe
Manchester United fan Justin Franklin fashions the EPL Talk T-shirt. Interested in getting your own? Listen to the EPL Talk Podcast interview with Soccer Shout to find out how you can win one.
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/ 7252 days agoFox Soccer Channel Enhances Web site
While Fox Soccer Channel won't be broadcasting any of the World Cup matches, the soccer network is busy providing coverage to you. On TV, the channel debuts a new program starting Thursday, June 8th at 8pm ET (and broadcasting each night throughout the tournament at that same time). Ticket To Germany will provide daily news, […]