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/ 6118 days agoFIFA 10 Trailer in HD
The FIFA 10 Trailer has been released for the upcoming video game by EA Sports. This one is viewable in HD and features actual footage from the game, which is scheduled for release on October 2, 2009. Here's the official trailer: Some of the new or enhanced features in FIFA 10 will include: The transfer […]
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/ 6118 days agoAmericanizing Soccer for the U.S. Sports Fan pt. 6
Pro Soccer’s greatest obstacle in the busy American sports calendar is figuring out how not to get lost in the shuffle. With the other pro team sports so entrenched in the American sports fan’s consciousness, pro Soccer, even in the height of its season, receives little or no time being in the mainstream spotlight. Soccer […]
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/ 6118 days agoCONCACAF Champions League: RBNY's Fantastic Road Draw, To A Disasterous Home Loss
Such a silly picture for a club that just can't pull their act together, but right now it looks good on them at the moment. This was suppose to be their tournament to save this pathetic season that they are apart of. Eliminated in US Open Cup Qualifying, an early elimination of the MLS playoffs & the […]
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/ 6118 days agoTransfer Updates
With the transfer market in full swing, I wanted to bring our readers up to speed on all the outgoing transfers involving American clubs thus far this window. (This does not include trades within MLS or USL since those are NOT transfers in the traditional sense. This list also does not include loan deals such […]
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/ 6118 days agoAltidore to Join Hull City on One-Year Loan
American striker Jozy Altidore has confirmed that he will be playing for Hull City this season, and that a press conference to announce the deal will take place on Thursday afternoon. ESPN is reporting that move is not a transfer, but rather a one-year loan designed to get Altidore more playing time against top competition. […]
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/ 6119 days agoReplacing Xabi Alonso
If Steven Gerrard is the heart of Liverpool then Xabi Alonso was one of the lungs. So Liverpool just lost a lung. It's lung-wrenching. I know they have a potential organ donor lined up (AS Roma) and that a new lung (Alberto Aquilani) could be on the way already, but what if the operation doesn't take? They […]
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/ 6119 days agoPortsmouth Supporters: May You Live in Interesting Times
It’s not just a Chinese saying. It’s really a curse, and Pompey supporters are agonizing over it. Last season ended, mercifully, with retaining our Premiership status and a new, supposedly billionaire Arab owner showing interest. He was supposed to be a doctor, a UN ambassador for children, fronting a group of billionaire investors, worth billions […]
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/ 6119 days agoManchester City: Blue Moon Supernova
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/ 6119 days agoSunderland On Verge Of Bent Signing
Darren Bent finally looks set to seal his Premier League transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Sunderland after the clubs agreed a fee for the 25 year old. The deal is believed to be worth £14million and will bring to an end a lengthy and eventful pursuit from Sunderland boss Steve Bruce. Bent finished as Tottenham's […]
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/ 6119 days agoCONCACAF Champions League: The Triumph of American Football
It was a great night for Americans in the CONCACAF Champions League. Two teams from American leagues, that play in the United States or associated territories triumphed in Continental play. DC United’s penalty shootout victory over Firpo demonstrated the resilience of the American player- new Red and Black signing; Danny Szetela played a key role […]
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/ 6119 days agoAltidore: "England Early in the Morning"
Jozy Altidore seems to be handling this Twitter thing a little better than Darren Bent. While Bent tossed his toys out of the pram in 140 characters or less, the teenage American striker calmly tweeted to his followers: England early in the morning so im going to get some sleep ill tweet all day tomorrow […]
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/ 6119 days agoPortsmouth On The Brink Again?
What the hell is going on at Portsmouth? Despite Sulaiman Al Fayed passing the fit and proper persons test that the Premier League subjected him to, he's still not completed the takeover at Fratton Park. The fans of Pompey deserve better than this, it's not fair and it's getting beyond a joke. The club has […]
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/ 6119 days agoKenny Cooper Sr: Speaking the Truth
Kenny Cooper Sr., a player I watched when growing up in the NASL has always been blunt. Cooper spoke about his son’s recent transfer to Brent Latham, one of the top football correspondents that cover the American game. Here were some of Cooper’s comments from the Yanks Abroad story and my reaction: "The value of […]
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/ 6119 days agoFootball Writing Today
I am a football writer, but I am football reader too. I demand fresh information. I want it now. I want it in abundance. Coming up to a match, I scour the net for preview. Is player X still injured? Did player Y travel with the team? Did player Z's red card get overturned? An hour before kick-off, I'm "handcuffed" to my laptop hitting […]
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/ 6119 days agoMLS Talk Podcast #103: Canadian Soccer, Football Pub and Match Reports
A busy MLS Talk Podcast as Laurence McKenna who filmed the Canadian National Team's Gold Cup experience along with cohort Max Bell joins us. Following that we get a look at the new Football Pub show with Brian Hough as well as some of his thoughts on the US National Team. Finally, we get our […]