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/ 5611 days agoDon Garber Advises South Florida To Change Its Soccer Reputation
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber met with the Miami Ultras supporters group and other soccer fans in Fort Lauderdale Saturday for a discussion about bringing a MLS team to South Florida. More than 60 soccer fans attended the 60 minute meeting which featured a speech by Garber, followed by a question and answer session. […]
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/ 5611 days agoFA Cup Third Round Sunday, Open Thread
Two big FA Cup matches are on television today. The first featuring Manchester United against Liverpool, where Kenny Dalglish returns for his first game in charge of the club again. The second features Leicester City, managed by Sven Goran-Eriksson against Manchester City. Both ties promise to be very entertaining. Before, during and after the games, […]
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/ 5612 days agoFederico Macheda Could Play Against Roma
While one of the biggest moves of the January transfer window happened recently, with Toni going to Juventus, there have been plenty of other, quieter moves which have gone unmentioned. Mostly they are young, aspiring Italians joining clubs on loan so that they can get some playing time to improve. Federico Macheda from Manchester United […]
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/ 5612 days agoStevenage Player Punched By Fan After Shock FA Cup Win: Video
Immediately after Stevenage shocked Newcastle United in the FA Cup with a 3-1 win Saturday, Stevenage defender Scott Laird was punched in the face by a soccer fan who ran on to the pitch at Broadhall Way. It's not known whether the person who punched Laird was a Newcastle United or Stevenage supporter. "It is […]
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/ 5612 days agoFA Cup Upsets and Cupsets #4: Third Round 2011
The third round should in my eyes be the neutral's favourite round of the worlds oldest and most famous knock out competition. This annual football ritual sees the country's best teams square up not just against each other but also against clubs from the football league and lower reaches of the football pyramid who have […]
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/ 5612 days agoMLS Talk Podcast Launches Android App
After many requests from MLS Talk readers, we're glad to announce that the MLS Talk Podcast is now available as an app on the Android smartphone. The app is just $1.99 and is automatically updated on your phone as soon as each new podcast episode is released. Download the MLS Talk Podcast app for Android today. […]
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/ 5612 days agoWill Kenny Dalglish Be Liverpool's Saviour?
A heavy weight has been lifted off the shoulders of Liverpool supporters around the world today with the news that manager Roy Hodgson has been sacked. With caretaker manager Kenny Dalglish appointed, the Reds now go in to their FA Cup Third Round match against arch-rivals Manchester United with a renewed sense of belief and […]
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/ 5613 days agoBreaking News: Liverpool Sack Roy Hodgson and Appoint Kenny Dalglish As Caretaker
Liverpool have sacked manager Roy Hodgson and have replaced him with Kenny Dalglish who has taken the caretaker manager role until the remainder of this season. "We are grateful for Roy's efforts over the past six months, but both parties thought it in the best interests of the club that he stand down from his […]
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/ 5613 days agoJuventus Replace Quagliarella With Toni
After the sad news that Fabio Quagliarella will be out for the rest of the season, Juventus got a replacement in record time. It's Luca Toni who will be replacing Quagliarella (out for 4-6 months with a torn cruciate knee ligament), the World Cup winner leaving Genoa to sign a one and a half year […]
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/ 5613 days agoUche Okafor, MLS Soccer Player and Nigerian International, Dead At 43
Former Sporting Kansas City and Nigeria World Cup defender Uche Okafor died Thursday at his Dallas-area home. Okafor, 43, was African football pundit for ESPN Soccernet Press Pass, the daily soccer analysis show. The humble and well-liked athlete played more than 119 times for Kansas City Wizards from 1996 to 2000, and made more than […]
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/ 5613 days agoPremier League Links Of The Day: January 7, 2010
Let's gear up for tomorrows FA Cup matches with a video. Take a look at the highlights from last years final. Here's the links: Aston Villa shaken up [Caught Offside] Buy Beckham's 2008 Porsche [Ebay] Manchester City played for the draw [A Different League] Obi Mikel out until February [Sky] Dzeko interview [M.C.F.C.] Soccer Songs […]
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/ 5613 days agoSpecial 1 TV: Mid-Table Madness, Video
We have different senses of humor. Some dry. Some sarcastic and so forth. But out of all of the Special 1 TV episodes in recent memory, this one to me is the funniest yet. You may not laugh as much as I did, or maybe even more, but be sure to watch the above video […]

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/ 5613 days agoHelp Bring Major League Soccer Back to South Florida
For those of you who'll be in South Florida this weekend, I'd like to invite you to an important meeting with Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber. The meeting begins at 1pm Saturday, January 8th in Fort Lauderdale. Commissioner Garber will be there to meet with Miami Ultras and soccer fans who are interested in bringing […]
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/ 5613 days agoCan Manchester City Survive The Turmoil?
So I wake up this morning, a day off for me. I fire up the laptop, check the news, and see that Manchester City's splash signing, Edin Dzeko, would have preferred signing with Juventus according to his agent. You have to put two and two together, since that article doesn't do it for you, but the […]
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/ 5613 days agoTen Superdraft Players Who Will Make An Immediate Impact in MLS Next Year
One thing I like about the MLS Superdraft is that it is the type of draft where a first round player can make an almost immediate impact. Some sports try to hype their drafts, but at the end of the day the draftees will languish in the minors for a few years hoping to eventually […]