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/ 5438 days agoWest Bromwich Albion Home Shirt for 2011-12 Season: Photo
West Bromwich Albion have unveiled their home shirt for the 2011-12 season of the Premier League. The Baggies feature their famous dark blue and white stripes on their kit, which has been a prominent feature since the first time they wore dark blue stripes in 1920. West Brom's new home shirt is designed by Adidas […]
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/ 5438 days agoWest Bromwich Albion Away Shirt for 2011-12 Season: Photo
West Bromwich Albion have revealed their away shirt for the 2011-12 Premier League season. Designed by Adidas, the new West Brom away shirt is cyan with a dark blue trim. The shirt design have subtle hoops across the chest that are a bright, shiny cyan in color. The shirt also features new sponsor Bodog, who […]
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/ 5438 days agoThiago Alcantara Will Bring Barcelona Brilliance to Manchester United
Reports this week have surfaced that Manchester United have tabled a £15million offer for Barcelona starlet Thiago Alcantara. If this rumour turns out to be true and the Spanish sensation does end up at Old Trafford, then it won’t be long until Sir Alex Ferguson is ruling Europe once again. Wigan manager Roberto Martinez has […]
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/ 5438 days agoThe Dying Art Of A Footballer's Loyalty To His Club
Loyalty in sports is often a one sided affair. Fans seemingly will always remain loyal to their favorite club no matter how many losing seasons or failed signings occur. But loyalty on the part of the club and the players is not always evident. Is this something that football fans will just have to get […]
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/ 5438 days agoRising Barcelona Star Thiago Alcantara Linked with Manchester United
Despite Manchester United's rampant activity this summer, United still haven't addressed the pressing need of finding a central midfielder to replace Paul Scholes. They are currently embroiled in transfer sagas over immediate replacements like Wesley Sneijder, Luka Modric and Samir Nasri. However, the Daily Mirror has recently reported that Sir Alex is making an audacious […]
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/ 5438 days agoHow to Replace The Irreplaceable Paul Scholes
“My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder” “Scholes is undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation”. Zinedine Zidane “Out of everyone at Manchester United, I would pick out Scholes- he is the best midfielder of his generation. I would have loved to play alongside him”. Pep Guardiola “In the last 15 […]
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/ 5438 days agoDC United Swaps Dax McCarty for Dwayne DeRosario
Earlier this month DC United let midfielder Fred leave for Australia as a free transfer, signaling to the league that they would be in the market for a creative, play-making midfielder. Today they got their man. In a shocking move, DC sent midfielder and former captain Dax McCarty to New York for five-time All Star […]
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/ 5439 days agoBlackburn Rovers Away Shirt for 2011-12 Season: Leaked Photo
The away shirt for Blackburn Rovers next season will be yellow and black, according to a photo leaked on the Internet. The design of the shirt features a Y-neck, which is consistent with the design that Umbro created for the New York Cosmos. The yellow Blackburn away shirt features black sleeves and what appears to […]
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/ 5439 days agoIf You Like Goal Celebrations, You'll Love MLS This Week
Last weekend, the discussion in MLS centered around dives, specifically Charlie Davies' dive against Real Salt Lake to grab a point for DC. This weekend, "dives" were again the discussion but for a different reason: take a look at the Roger Levesque celebration from Thursday if you have not already seen it and enjoy its genius […]
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/ 5439 days agoBusy Summer Already for Juventus In the Transfer Market
The annual carousel of potential transfer targets is spinning once again in Turin as Juventus look to try and build a title contending team. As is the summer tradition, star players from all across Europe are being linked with the Bianconeri. But while the flashy names are splashed across the headlines, club General Manager Giuseppe […]
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/ 5439 days agoCan Owen Hargreaves Resurrect His Soccer Career in MLS?
Back in 2007, Owen Hargreaves was living the dream and things were going right for him. In his first seven years with Bayern Munich, Hargreaves had successfully become one of the best Canadian stars of the game. In his time in Germany, he was a contributor of four Bundesliga titles and a Champions League trophy […]
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/ 5439 days agoFour Things (Of Many) That Soccer Gets Right
As the son of an Englishman, I've been exposed to English football my entire life. My interest peaked during World Cups — especially the 2002 tournament when my dad and I traveled to Japan to follow England around during the Group Stage. The trips to Saitama, Sapporo, and Osaka cemented my allegiance to the Three […]
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/ 5439 days agoChicago Fire 1-1 New York Red Bulls: Another Draw On The Road Trip
After two crazy matches in the Pacific Northwest, the New York Red Bulls flew back across the country, and made a stop in Illinois to play Chicago Fire — a team that has been drawing a lot and is usually a tough side to beat at home although their stadium just hasn’t been the fortress […]
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/ 5439 days agoWatch a Video Documentary About Chicago Fire's Section 8
Living in the Red: The Chicago Fire Soccer Team Fan Base, Section 8 from Heather Eidson on Vimeo. One of the best supporters groups in Major League Soccer have finally got some recognition they deserve thanks to a video documentary produced about Chicago Fire's Section 8, which was created by three DePaul University film students. […]
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/ 5439 days agoAndre Villas-Boas Takes Managerial Role at Chelsea, But Who’s in Charge?
Andre Villas-Boas has become Chelsea’s seventh manager in eight years, after the club triggered the £13.2million release clause in his contract to Porto. It only took Villas-Boas one season to achieve fantastic success at the Portuguese club, which was obviously enough to convince Chelsea that he is Carlo Ancelotti’s successor. However, the 33-year-old now has […]