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/ 6111 days agoFox Soccer Channel Unveils Champions League TV Schedule
Fox has revealed the TV schedule for its playoff round of Champions League matches it'll be on showing live on its Fox Soccer Channel network as well as its sister networks such as FSN and Fox Sports en Espanol. The schedule is listed below. But in other important and related news, Fox Soccer Channel has […]
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/ 6111 days agoFrom A Guide For The Football Missionary In America
I'm generally not one to promote proselytizing, but I found this old pamphlet in an antiquarian bookstore in southern Maine. It was written by St. Dickie of Assisi F.C., a reknowned football missionary and Premier League devotee who travelled throughout North America in the late 20th century, bringing the love of English association football wherever he […]
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/ 6111 days agoMLS Podcast #105: US-Mexico Preview
The huge World Cup qualifying clash between the US and Mexico is the focus of this show. We hear from Brian Ching, Stuart Holden and Oguchi Onyewu about the match. We also preview the match with Reuters Simon Evans, and Bruce McGuire of DuNord.
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/ 6111 days agoSky Sports Releases Football Score Centre iPhone App
Here's another reason to get an iPhone if you don't already have one. Sky Sports has released a free app (available in the AppStore for the Apple iPhone) entitled Football Score Centre. The new iPhone app features a picture of Jeff Stelling on the opening screen. Once the app loads, you can see: The latest […]
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/ 6111 days agoLescott's head is turned but Moyes refuses to be bullied
Everton are holding firm in the battle for Joleon Lescott after rejecting a transfer request from the England international. Manchester City have been tracking the 26 year old for most of the summer and appear to have stepped up their bid, following John Terry's decision to stay at Chelsea. However, Everton manager David Moyes appears […]
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/ 6111 days agoWhat Makes Premier League Opening Weekend Upsets So Rare?
What is it about the opening game of the World Cup that makes it more likely for an upset to happen than on the opening day of the Premier League season each summer? In previous World Cups, Cameroon beat Argentina in 1990, Senegal beat France in 2002, Belgium defeating Argentina in 1982 and so on. […]
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/ 6112 days agoWhat will we see from Mexico?
Mexico’s form in World Cup qualifying has been less than stellar. After qualifying for the Hexagonal based solely on goal difference, El Tri now finds itself in fourth place in the final qualifying group. On its third manager in 17 months, Mexico desperately needs a victory. Javier Aguirre has recalled the veteran hands of Cuauhtémoc […]
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/ 6112 days ago2009 MLS All-Star Game Behind-The-Scenes Video
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/ 6112 days agoEPL Talk Podcast #127: Simon Evans, Laurence McKenna
Simon Evans, sports correspondent for Reuters International joins us to discuss Serie A's place in the current European football landscape, Burnley FC's promotion and other issues related to the Premier League. Following Simon, we speak with our newest correspondent Laurence McKenna who spends some time previewing the Championship and looking at the English transfer market.
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/ 6112 days agoJose Francisco Torres Speaks
From today's training session here in scorching hot South Florida: “My career is in Mexico, my team is in Mexico, I have been there since I was 16 years old and now I am on the other side with the US national team. I think it is going to be a great game, playing against […]
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/ 6112 days agoTalk Of Manchester City Making A Top Five Is Premature
If I was an Arsenal fan, I'd be fed up already listening to people saying that Manchester City were obviously going to usurp them as one of the "Big Four" sides. It's amazing what spending money does to peoples judgement when it comes to football and Manchester City have certainly caught more than their fair […]
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/ 6112 days agoCan Hull City Avoid Second Season Syndrome?
Looking at the predictions that are currently flooding the world of Premiership football, two teams are entrenched in a dogfight for who will finish bottom. No-one, but no-one thinks both Hull City or Burnley will stay up. One if not both of them, in the eyes of everyone think they're dead and buried before a […]
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/ 6112 days agoQuick Training Camp Notes
A larger number of press than usual at USMNT camp today in Miami which tells us about the attention this "summer of soccer" has created. Several of the media members present are attending training here in Miami tomorrow morning and then flying to Mexico City for game. Several others are staying in this area to […]
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/ 6112 days agoFan Diary #1: Is This Lucas Leiva's Season?
Saturday, 8th Aug 2009 It was the last of the pre-season friendlies. The last chance to gauge how our side looks going into the season proper. We gathered outside the pub in our red kits, awaiting the sound of the deadbolt sliding out of place. All season the sound of that door unlocking will be like […]
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/ 6112 days ago2009-2010 Premier League Table Predictions
It's that time of the year for you, the readers, and me to post the predictions for the final table of the 2009-2010 Premier League season before a ball has been kicked. In some ways, I hope that the predictions are completely wrong. At least then we can say that the Premier League is unpredictable. […]