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FIFA 11 Simulation Predicts Liverpool v Man City Result

The latest FIFA 11 simulation from EA Sports has predicted the result between Liverpool and Manchester City who are scheduled to play later today. Has EA Sports got the predicted scoreline correct? Check out the video above and then watch the real match later tonight. In the last video, FIFA 11 predicted the correct winning […]

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Premier League Stars Coming To Disney Soccer Academy This Summer

While several Premier League teams will be visiting the United States this summer on pre-season friendly tours, five footballers that are synonymous with the league will be coaching budding soccer stars this June in Florida. Midwest Soccer Academy has teamed up with ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex at WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort and Virgin […]

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Philadelphia 1-0 New York: Tactics Review

(NOTE: This is a tactical analysis of Saturday's match. For a Red Bull perspective on this match, see my colleague Daniel's post found here) The Philadelphia Union played host to Red Bull New York on Saturday evening, with the home squad nicking a goal midway through the second half to regain their early claim on […]

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MLS Week Four As Analyzed by Radiohead

What, you may ask, is Robert thinking. Instead of a straight-forward and honest discussion and analysis of this weekend's MLS action, he resorts to a cheap blogging trick and uses a popular band to help make his article different. What does a popular moody British rock band have to do with American soccer, and is […]

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Arsenal Agree to $1.2 Billion Takeover by Stan Kroenke

The American invasion of the Premier League is set to expand to include Arsenal as the latest team owned by a businessman from the United States. Currently, Liverpool, Manchester United, Aston Villa and Sunderland are owned by Americans. Arsenal will become the fifth team to have an American owner. Stan Kroenke already owns several sports […]

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Why Manchester United Deserve Some Praise This Season

I keep hearing from media types that this version of Manchester United is not one of the “greats” of all time or even one of the best teams in Europe. There are those in the media that equate United’s current record to some lucky breaks and matches against poor competition. While the 2010 team doesn’t […]

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Get Kroenke In Here (Weekend Review Show): EPL Talk Podcast

Despite a top of the table that's providing little reason for conversation, myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna have plenty to discuss on this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast. In the hours before the show went to tape, Stan Kroenke's bid for controlling interest in Arsenal was reported. We spend the first segment of […]

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2010-11 Champions League Quarter-finals: All to play for at Old Trafford

The first legs of the quarter-finals saw 3 of 4 matches end with large advantages being established. The fixture that all the attention will be focused on this week will be the second leg match between Manchester United FC and Chelsea FC. United played a perfect road game and took an important away goal and […]

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LA Galaxy 1 – DC United 1: Chippy Game Ends in Controversy

Yesterday's LA Galaxy/DC United match had everything that MLS could want from a match. A full house of passionate fans yelling and chanting the entire match as two possible playoff teams, one with one of the world's most famous players and the other with a potential U.S. star, played an almost even and intense match. This […]

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New England Revolution's Long, Slow Fade Continues

“We feel as passionately about the Revs as we do the Patriots. It bothers us when people presume otherwise.” – New England Revolution Investor/Operator Jonathan Kraft Robert Kraft is widely considered one of the best owners in American sports. Since Kraft bought NFL's Patriots in 1994, the team has won three Super Bowls and made […]

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Premier League Sunday: April 10, 2011

Blackpool against Arsenal, and Aston Villa against Newcastle United. Four different teams each with their own mission. Trying to avoid relegation versus trying to win the league. Trying to avoid relegation versus trying to reach the safety points to avoid relegation. The first talking point of the day is Arsene Wenger's decision to start Jens […]

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Why Chelsea Need A Creative Playmaker

There’s a beautiful phrase in Brazilian football that was applied to the national side a few years ago. “They have too many Piano carriers and not enough Piano players.” When I first heard it I instantly integrated it into my vocabulary because I liked it so much. So as I watched Chelsea take on Manchester […]

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Philadelphia Union 1-0 New York: Union Pounces On Rare Tim Ream Mistake

It’s early in the season, but to be honest it’s never too early to have a big tilt for first place in the east as well as a quick leap in the table for the Supporters Shield. Traveling down to PPL Park, the New York Red Bulls faced the Philadelphia Union. And while there was […]

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Cardiff and Swansea Big Winners of Thrilling Day In Championship

Today has to be one of the most entertaining days in the history of the second tier of English football with the day’s games producing 44 goals at a staggering average of over 3.5 goals per game. This included a great day’s work for the Welsh clubs in the Championship as victories for Swansea and […]

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Race To The Premier League: Swansea v Norwich Open Thread

Wow, what a afternoon of Championship football, we have had 41 goals in 11 games so far and a televised match between two sides chasing promotion to come. The action has included a seven goal thriller between Nottingham Forest and Reading and the humbling of Queens Park Rangers by a rampant relegation threatened Scunthorpe. I […]