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/ 6149 days agoMitchell And Webb Tackle Plastic Football Fans
Tip of the hat to Two Footed Tackle for uncovering the video.
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/ 6149 days agoMLS, CONCACAF botch doubleheader option
Once again, MLS executives prove they are not in tune with their product. The Gold Cup provided the perfect opportunity for MLS to expand their fan base. Collaboration with CONCACAF representatives could have brought doubleheaders featuring one MLS game and one Gold Cup game from the first game through to the final (This year's format does provide doubleheaders, […]
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/ 6150 days agoMLS and the Summer of Soccer Continued
Summer of Soccer Continues The 14 matches that were played during the first week of the 'Summer of Soccer' drew 168,687. All games were part of entities owned or marketed by Soccer United Marketing(SUM). The Gold Cup kicked off this week. By Sunday, three of the nine doubleheaders that constitute the group phase were played. […]
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/ 6150 days agoLegends Of English Football: #1 Sir Stanley Matthews
Well if you're going to start a series like this, there is only one person to start with in my opinion, Sir Stanley Matthews, the wizard of dribble. Matthews is a name that will always be mentioned as one of the greatest footballers of all time, never mind a legend of the English game. He was […]
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/ 6150 days agoMajor League Soccer Talk Podcast #96: Tiyi Shipalane, Harrisburg City Islanders
Last Tuesday Harrisburg pulled off the upset of this year's US Open Cup with a win in Foxborough against the New England Revolution. Tiyi Shipalane, one of the clubs star players joins us to preview Tuesday's quarterfinal versus DC United, look back at last weeks upset, discuss his native South Africa and converse about his […]
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/ 6150 days agoLegends Of English Football
Over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to be focusing on 11 of the legendary players of English football to perhaps give some of you an insight to some names that you may not be aware of. In the modern footballing climate, we can sometimes forget the players and names that used to play football more […]
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/ 6150 days agoBarclays Premier League Review Show Returning To FSN
The Barclays Premier League Review Show will be returning to the Fox Sports Regional Networks for the 2009-2010 season after a break of several years, according to an inside source. Many followers of English football on U.S. television may remember the early incarnations of the Review Show, which was shown on Fox regional affiliates throughout […]
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/ 6150 days agoStay Fit, Keep Xabi, Masch: Liverpool Can Win... part 1
Gutted: n. 1) A feeling of intense desolation, akin to the feeling of having one's insides ripped out. 2) A sweet colloquialism that should be adopted into American parlance along with the words "wanker", "bullocks" and "knackered". Example: Ethan Armstrong will be gutted if Liverpool FC sell Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid. Here it is: […]
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/ 6150 days agoGold Cup Matchday One Review (MLS/USL Perspective)
The big story of the first weekend of Gold Cup action was probably the injury to Mexico's Carlos Vela (pictured above from CONCACAF.com). If Vela is out long term, El Tri's hopes to recapture the Gold Cup trophy could be seriously dented. Nicaragua playing their first ever major tournament match gave a good account of […]
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/ 6150 days agoThe Best EPL Strike Partnerships
Michael Owen’s shock transfer to Manchester United gives him the chance to be re-united with Wayne Rooney, a strike partnership that proved so fruitful with the England national side. A successful pairing up front is often at the heart of a side’s success and if they develop a mutual understanding can prove greater than the […]
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/ 6150 days agoWhich Football Clubs Do You Support?
It's now possible for football supporters to watch most of the major foreign and domestic leagues either on television or on the Internet. As a result, the number of clubs that a supporter follows has presumably grown from one to many. So, what clubs do you support from the different leagues around the world, why, […]
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/ 6150 days agoIs John Terry Really Going To Join Manchester City?
The rumours first started in January that Manchester City were interested in landing John Terry, but nothing seemed too concrete and I, perhaps along with a lot of people, just dismissed it as paper talk. Why on earth would Terry leave the Blues to take a risk on Manchester City. Now though, its official, City […]
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/ 6151 days agoMLS and the Gold Cup: Scheduling Conflicts Continue
With Major League Soccer's self proclaimed "Summer of Soccer" continuing it's worth noting that MLS has promised before the season to schedule smarter during internationals. I have previously stated that, while I would like the league to consistently break during FIFA blackout dates, I realize it is not necessarily practical and does not jive completely […]
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/ 6151 days agoKansas City 0 – 1 Houston Dynamo: Post Match Video Reaction
On Saturday, July 4th, the Kansas City Wizards hosted the Houston Dynamo at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in front of a sell out crowd of 10,385. The Dynamo were coming off a lackluster loss to Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday and a lucky draw against Real Salt Lake the previous weekend, and Kansas City was seeking their […]