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MLS News and Notes: Aug. 28, 2007

The Miami Herald reported Monday that the city of Miami is actively seeking an MLS franchise for a proposed new stadium that will replace the Orange Bowl. Last week, the University of Miami Football team announced they would vacate the stadium in favor of Dolphin Stadium. The Boston Globe reports that the Revolution are on […]

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Retires

Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has retired at age 34 after battling knee injuries for four years. He had announced earlier that his intention was to intends to see out his current contract with United, which runs until June 2008. His knee woes begain against Charlton in September 2003 and, despite playing and scoring […]

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MLS News, Notes and Rumors

The Miami Herald reported Monday that the city of Miami is actively seeking an MLS franchise for a proposed new stadium that will replace the Orange Bowl. Last week, the University of Miami Football team announced they would vacate the stadium in favor of Dolphin Stadium. The Boston Globe reports that the Revolution are on […]

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Book Review: Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough

By Lonnie Smetana With former protégés like Martin O'Neill, Roy Keane and Stuart Pearce managing at the top-levels of English football, Brian Clough's name continues to swirl around the game that he was a part of for the bulk of his life. Often the most mentioned aspect of Clough's career in football is that he […]

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Serie A Day One

Serie A Day One Well, it looks pretty sparse here, compared to our sister site La Liga Talk.com, so I might as well start blogging here. As much as we have liked the summer and the play of some Italian league players in Copa America or in the preseason friendlies, I'd say all of us […]

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Carragher and Gerrard out for Liverpool

Liverpool will be glad not to see Sunderland again for a while. They picked up a 2-0 win but at a hight cost. Centre-back Jamie Carragher suffered a broken rib and collapsed lung during Saturday's match at Sunderland. It is unknown how long Carragher will be out of action but its likely to be a […]

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Denilson Unveiled at Press Conference

FC Dallas today unveiled Denilson, a world cup winner and runner up with Brazil as its newest signing. The Hoops latin flavored attack is even more impressive with Denilson joining Juan Toja, Pablo Richetti and Arturo Alvarez in the midfield, and Carlos Ruiz in the attack. To make room on the roster for Denilson, FC […]

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FC Dallas Unveil Denilson

FC Dallas today unveiled Denilson, a world cup winner and runner up with Brazil as its newest signing. The Hoops latin flavored attack is even more impressive with Denilson joining Juan Toja, Pablo Richetti and Arturo Alvarez in the midfield, and Carlos Ruiz in the attack. To make room on the roster for Denilson, FC […]

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Sevilla's Stylish Start

As The Gaffer already mentioned Sevilla kicked off their season on Saturday with a 4-1 win over Getafe. While I had been looking forward to the Madrid derby, I decided to watch the Sevilla-Getafe match and was not disappoined at all. The game had plenty of excitement, flair and talking points. In the first half […]

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The Weekend that was for Yanks in Europe

Clint Dempsey scored a goal for Fulham while Kasey Keller made his first start less than 48 hours after signing with the London club as Fulham were beaten in the last minute at Villa Park by Aston Villa. Nonetheless, this has to be considered an impressive performance for Fulham. As usual, Carlos Bocanegra made countless […]

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Ronaldinho Not a Fit for Chelsea or Premier League

The Daily Telegraph has the scoop that Ronaldinho's agent is in talks with Chelsea about a possible move to England for the world's most popular Brazilian. While he undoubtedly is one of the most skillful players on the planet, the chances of him flourishing in the Premier League are slim. We've seen time and time […]

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US Advances. Will Face Germany in Round of 16

Despite losing its first two matches, fortuitous results elsewhere sent the US U-17 team to the second round with a second place finish in the group with a 2-0 win over Belgium. Kirk Urso and Maykell Baytes scored goals in the 2nd half to lead the US to the victory.

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No Barcelona or Real Madrid for GolTV Viewers

Due to "The Television Wars" in Spain, Sunday's match between Racing Santander and Barcelona was another casualty of the fight between Audiovisual Sport and Mediapro causing the big game to be blacked out around the world. Closer to home, the match wasn't shown on GolTV either. Neither was the Saturday game between Real Madrid and […]

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The Blanco Effect

For all the hype around the arrival of David Beckham stateside, no mid-season signing has had the affect on its team than that of Cuauhtemoc Blanco for Chicago. Blanco's signing was far from a sure thing: After all Mexican Internationals have come to MLS and flopped previously, the most notable being Luis Hernandez who spent […]

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Cuauhtemoc Blanco effect at Chicago

For all the hype around the arrival of David Beckham stateside, no mid-season signing has had the affect on its team than that of Cuauhtemoc Blanco for Chicago. Blanco's signing was far from a sure thing: After all Mexican Internationals have come to MLS and flopped previously, the most notable being Luis Hernandez who spent […]