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Kenny Dalglish Returns To Liverpool FC

King Kenny is back! After a 18 year hiatus, the man many hail as Liverpool's greatest ever player, Kenny Dalglish, will rejoin Liverpool Football Club. From the club's official site: "Dalglish will assume a senior role at the Liverpool Academy and will also act as a Club ambassador working with the commercial side of the […]

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CONCACAF Gold Cup: FSC Drops the Ball

As I discussed yesterday I love the Gold Cup. Perhaps the tournament needs to be moved back to February or made once every four years but I do support the event wholeheartedly. The United States is in CONCACAF and I have made an effort to understand the rest of CONCACAF as well as I understand […]

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AC target hitman

New AC Milan coach Leonardo has a task on his hands this summer. The Brazilian boss has already lost compatriot and former ballon d’Or winner Kaka while former Rossoneri boss Carlo Ancelotti is constantly linked with bringing his former players with him to Chelsea. It would seem that Leonardo is targeting a big striker to […]

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Michael Owen to Man United – Gamble or not?

£56 million here… £80 million there… this summer has been dominated by the outlandish spending of a select few, with transfer records tumbling at every turn. But one deal that will grab most of the headlines could well be a free transfer. Michael Owen, labelled a fallen idol, a faded star, even a has-been by […]

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Are Madrid now the Real deal?

It has been the talk of the summer as the Galacticos 2.0 era burst into life and threatened to smash every transfer record in sight. We all expected some sort of fireworks when Florentino Perez returned to the Bernabeu with lavish promises of a return to an era when the world’s best players made an […]

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German Youth Success Reflects Positively On Bundesliga

With this weeks 4-0 drubbing of England u21s by the German u21s, Die Mannschaft completed a hat-trick of youth level European Championships (winning the u17, u19, and u21 tournaments). Such success indicates that the future of the Bundesliga is bright, and that while the Serie A begins a period of decline, the Premier League is […]

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MLS Ramblings

A Few Moves(not a complete list) As July 1 approached, the time when players contracts would be guaranteed if they were on the roster, MLS clubs made moves. I haven't listed the players waived or released to make roster room, but some of the new additions are... 26 yr old Alecko Escandarian has moved across […]

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The Future is Bright, The Future is Azzurrini

As the Azzurri floundered and failed in South Africa, it was left to the Azzurrini to provide the Italian nation with something at cheer about or at the very least restore some national pride, which they managed to do, and even more so if it weren’t for the great German machine. Heading to the European […]

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Major League Soccer Talk #95: Confederations Cup Wrap, US Open Cup Update, US Depth Chart Discussion

Misha Sher, Business Development Director of Soccerex and now a contributor to our show joins us from London to give his take on the USMNT Confederations Cup run and bring us up to speed on some transfer talk related to American players. Daniel Feuerstein then joins us to discuss the US Open Cup and break […]

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CONCACAF Gold Cup: Squad Exemption for the USA Worth Debating

CONCACAF 's oddities have struck once again. The Confederation that has done some odd things through the years (most notably the re-branding of the entity as the Football Confederation about ten years ago) has once again done something that seems from the perspective of someone who watches a lot of football, quite odd. The decision to […]

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/ 6151 days ago

Podcast Audio

The last few podcasts have been exciting endeavors as MLS Talk aimed to and hopefully provided the most comprehensive coverage experience of the USMNT run in the Confederations Cup. However, the rushed nature of the post match shows led to poor quality control and I am sorry to admit that the audio quality of those […]

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Real Madrid Storms Transfer Market – Can English Clubs Cope?

Barcelona winning everything last season could have deeper repercussions for the Premier League beyond felling Manchester United in the Champions League. They've awoken the sleeping spending giant that is Real Madrid. Desperate to overtake the unstoppable Barça, Real Madrid have obliterated all transfer records and don't look anywhere near stopping. The super nova has exploded […]

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Karim Benzema Transfer A Blow To Manchester United's Summer Plans

Just when you thought Real Madrid had sated their appetite for extravagant attacking ability in the transfer market, with the signings of Ronaldo and Kaka, they swoop for one of French football's most prized assets in a deal reported to be worth up to 41 million euro. The signing of Karim Benzema from Lyon takes Real Madrid's […]