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Liverpool Unveils New Home Shirt For 2010-12 Seasons

Liverpool has officially unveiled their new home soccer shirt for the 2010-12 seasons, which is now available for pre-order. Designed and manufactured by Adidas, the new Liverpool home shirt features a "jacquard fabric, laser cut woven club crest execution, and rich metallic gold piping detail that helps to create a jersey steeped in history, with […]

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The Agony Of Losing On The Away Goals Rule

I've never been a big fan of the away goals rule because it seems like an odd rule that exists only as a cruel and unusual punishment to knock a losing team out of a cup tournament. But the match between Manchester United and Bayern Munich was a perfect example of how well it can […]

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A Little Perspective for Manchester United Supporters

Manchester United were eliminated from the most coveted Cup competition in the world on Wednesday night in heartbreaking fashion. Having won their home leg 3-2 and finishing off the tie with a level aggregate score of 4-4, United were put to the sword by the dreaded away goals rule. Such are the laws of the […]

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Inter to Face Barca in Champions League

Serie A's lone representative in the Champions League advanced to the semi-finals with a 2-0 aggregate win over a feisty CSKA Moscow club. Their reward: facing probably the best team in the world, a Barcelona club that obliterated Arsenal yesterday at Camp Nou. Inter did what it needed to do to advance in the tournament – […]

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Brian Ching to Miss Four to Six Weeks

Houston Dynamo and U.S. national team striker Brian Ching will miss four to six weeks with a hamstring strain, according to reports. The early end of that prognosis has him back on the field for a few days before national team coach Bob Bradley names a pool for the team's final World Cup camp in mid-May. […]

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FoxSoccer.tv Subscribers Miss First Half Of Barca v Arsenal

Since it's relaunch on March 1, the track record for FoxSoccer.tv — Fox's broadband product that features live and recorded games — has been frustratingly poor. First there were the problems that plagued the Manchester United against Liverpool match shown live on Sunday, March 20. And Tuesday, the FoxSoccer.tv website was down for the entire […]

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Why the Champions League Trophy Is Out Of Reach For Arsenal

After the Tuesday night defeat in the Champions League at the hands of Lionel Messi and a sublime performance from Barcelona, Arsenal supporters are at a crossroads and have an important decision to make. Do they want beautiful football or do they want to win trophies? It's as simple as that. If they want to […]

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Man United v Chelsea TV Audience Breaks EPL Record In US

Last weekend's Manchester United against Chelsea match televised live on ESPN2 scored the largest viewing audience number ever for a Premier League game on US television. By U.S. standards, an incredible 526,000 viewers in 420,000 households watched the broadcast which kicked off at 7:30am ET on Saturday, April 3, 2010. ESPN's previous record for the […]

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Bobby McMahon Interview: April 6, 2010

During the last round of Champions League action, Fox Soccer Channel's Bobby McMahon joined me to break down Chelsea's pivotal match at Stamford Bridge against Internazionale. Today, the analyst was kind enough to join us again to engage in the same detailed discussion of Manchester United's second leg of their quarterfinal match-up with Bayern Munich.

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Why Being Offended is Part of Football – Chants, Banter and Root Vegetables

In England football is a game played and watched predominantly by men. Whilst the number of women playing, watching and following the sport is rising, few can argue that the derivative culture of English Football is male orientated. Whilst I am not going to lecture or romanticise on the male working class routes of the […]

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Will Manchester United Beat Bayern Munich Without Wayne Rooney?

Manchester United host Bayern Munich knowing a 1-0 home victory would suffice to advance to the semi-finals. Manchester are well aware of Bayern's ability to score given the plethora of talent on the German side. The Bavarians arrive in England carrying a slender 2-1 lead but will be pleased to know they can count on […]

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What’s The Chances of Two All English European finals?

This mid-week is European week, which means Arsenal, Manchester United, Fulham and Liverpool will be playing for semi final spots in The Champions and Europa Leagues. Always an eternal optimist – no sooner when the draws were announced I was thinking of the possibility of two all English finals. Now I am not betting man, […]

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Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United: Drawing

Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United. Drawn by Nicholas Buchel, using a Sharpie for the red lines and a fancier pen for the yellow.

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Why Soccer Fans Should Use Foursquare, Gowalla and Miso

One of the hottest trends on the Internet right now is location-based social networking services such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Google Latitude and others. They allow you to "check in" whenever you visit a public place such as a coffee shop, restaurant or anywhere else, and your friends can see where you are. It sounds simple. […]

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Berbatov Critics Proven Right

Last week in the build-up to the English Premier League's most anticipated match of the season, there were many in the press and blogosphere that openly questioned Dimitar Berbatov's ability to replace Wayne Rooney as an effective lone striker. I, myself, wrote an article arguing that Rooney's ankle injury made the EPL Chelsea's title to […]