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Creating A Solution To The FIFA 2010 World Cup Calendar

Well Ladies and Gentleman. I have heard your cries, yells, screams and demands of what you would like to see from MLS as a change or at least showing respect of the International Calendar for the US National Team matches either in Friendly matches, or during World Cup Qualifiers on Saturdays. I wished I could […]

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/ 6223 days ago

La Liga Roundup – Week 31

Week 31 of La Liga was pretty much status quo with little movement at the top & bottom of the table. Barcelona got an 18th minute goal from Lionel Messi to beat Getafe 1-0 on the road. Real Madrid has Barca in sight with a 48th minute goal from Marcelo to win 1-0 on the […]

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Serie A Roundup – Week 32

All those that thought that the Serie A wasn't explosive need to look at Week 32 to see that it is. Let's begin with the Derby D'Italia. Juventus and Inter played to a 1-1 draw in Turin that saw the drama intensify in the 2nd half. Mario Balotelli scored to give Inter the lead in […]

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MLS Talk #73: Fernando Clavijo and Facundo Erpen

Fernando Clavijo winner of 61 caps as a player for the United States National Team, and former MLS and International manager joins us on the program. Listen to Clavijo's memories of his time with the National Team, the 1994 World Cup, managing in MLS and his thoughts about USL-1. Facundo Erpen was a 2006 MLS […]

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Welcome Back To The Premiership Wolves

So, 5 years after relegation, the famous Black and Gold strip of Wolverhampton Wanderers has made a belated return to the Premiership after Saturdays tense 1-0 win over Queens Park Rangers at Molineux. It's an impressive return from a complete turn around from the side relegated from the Premiership under Dave Jones back in 2003-2004 […]

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/ 6224 days ago

The "Power Of Scotland"

Reaching the FA Cup final was a long overdue reward for Everton manager David Moyes. As the Premierships’ third longest serving manager, Moyes has brought consistent performances for a low budget club. It is worth considering that at Everton he has been subject to budgetary constraints that perhaps much of his fellow managers at clubs […]

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/ 6224 days ago

Bolton Wanderers Push For Two Tier Premiership

Well interesting news has appeared this morning as Bolton chairman, Phil Gartside's has put forward a proposal to increase the Premiership to two leagues of 18 teams with 14 clubs from the Championship and Rangers and Celtic. The proposal is to be put before the Premier League at their meeting this Thursday and it raises some interesting points. Gartside […]

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Steven Cohen blames Liverpool fans for Hillsborough Disaster

Steven Cohen, co-host of the World Soccer Daily radio show, has been at it again. While the rest of the world last week was paying tribute to the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough Tragedy, Cohen was complaining on his U.S. radio show that Liverpool fans failed to take responsibility for Hillsborough as well as claiming […]

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MLS attendance report: April 20, 2009

Week 5 in the MLS was troubling from an attendance standpoint. This week's seven matches averaged just a bit over 12,000, a decline of nearly 5,000 from last year's week 5 matches. As optimistic as I like to be, it's hard to fathom the 8,508 at Giants stadium with fantastic weather against its conference final […]

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MLS/WPS/USL Weekend Review

DC United's late heroics courtesy of Jaime Moreno and Benny Olsen salvaged a home point against an injury depleted Revs side saved a critical point. But the crowd once again was smallish by RFK standards, and DC's play uneven. Those in the local media who want United to take a hike seem to be getting […]

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FA Cup Semi-Finals: Wake Me Up When They're Over

I'm not a fan of penalty kicks. Never have been. Last year, I was heavily criticized for describing the Champions League Final between Manchester United and Chelsea as being an example of the ugly side of English football. Sure, the penalty kicks themselves were exciting, but they quickly erased from our minds how boring the […]

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Timmy Terrific!: Everton in FA Cup Final

With all the talk about a Man United quintuple in the English media you would have thought this match was merely a formality. But Tim Howard, discarded as surplus to the requirements at United in 2006 came back to haunt his old side today with a fantastic match and two clutch PK shootout saves. Howard […]

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/ 6224 days ago

Alfredo Pacheco, New Dangerman For Red Bulls

Yes the Red Bulls scored two goals at home against Real Salt Lake, Yes they got their first win of the season and jumped the table in the east, but besides those two major woes that are now sighs of relief. The newest star on the back line is Salvadorian National Team defender Alfredo Pacheco. […]

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/ 6224 days ago

Live Chat – Dynamo v. Rapids

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/ 6225 days ago

Moreno's MLS Milestone – 100 G / 100 A

Last night at RFK Stadium, Jaime Moreno set an amazing MLS milestone. The Bolivian striker became the first player in MLS history to tally 100 goals and 100 assists. The feat came at a critical time for United. Moreno's beautiful curling free quick, met Ben Olsen's head just seconds into stoppage time and led to […]