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Fox Soccer Channel Has Treat For Premier League Fans

Supporters of Premier League clubs in the United States have plenty to look forward to in the next several days and weeks starting with two special new shows from Fox Soccer Channel. Here's more information: Fox Soccer Channel will broadcast two special programs on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. The first, at 8pm ET, is a […]

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Stoke City Supporters Named Worst In Premier League

If we took a quick poll to find out who you think has been the best and most boisterous supporters during the 2008-2009 Premier League season, Stoke City would win the vote hands-down. The incredible amount of noise and hysteria generated by Stoke City fans at the Britannia Stadium has been wonderful to listen to […]

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Special1 TV: Best Of Season

Special1 TV has combined some of the best moments in this Best Of video which includes the Save Berba Appeal, the interview with Robbie Keane, the news about the probe into Arshavin and much more. While the season had its ups and downs for Special1 TV — with some episodes being weak, while others were […]

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MLS attendance report: May 31, 2009

This week's nine matches averaged just over 16,000. After 84 matches, the league is drawing 1,278 fewer per game than the first 84 games last year, a 7.9% decrease. The weekly average was down from last year but can be understood as last years numbers included a special soccer doubleheader with FCD at the Revs […]

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Least Valuable Premier League XI

This is not the worst team in the Premier League. It is the least valuable. This team would incite the masses with talent, with name recognition and with expense. They would then fail pathetically. This team could be composed entirely of Newcastle players, but we thought we'd include a few others to keep things interesting. […]

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Champions League Final Ratings Up 30%

Well look at what happens when the American football loving public isn't subjected to an all English final with the team missing from last year full of petulant whining children like their former coach. Wednesday's final provided ESPN 300,000 more US viewers and a 30% spike in ratings. Over 1.4 million households watched the Champions […]

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Busy Summer Months For English Football Fans

Some of you may be thinking that the English football season is over until August. In some ways it is, but many of you may realize it's far from over. The summer months always serve up a lot of transfer activity and stories, so it's important to stay plugged in to sites like EPL Talk […]

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Estadio Saprissa: CONCACAF Dungeon

Estadio Saprissa has been an unwelcome sight for many a CONCACAF visitor through the years. On the club level it has become nearly impossible for Mexican or American sides to go down to San Jose and expect a result. But on the international level it is even more of home advantage as no CONCACAF nation […]

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Makelele Blames Terry for Mourinho Exit

Claude Makelele's grit in Chelsea's midfield and ability to play a quick pass made him the fitting example of the 'Claude Makelele' role, whatever that means. It's even been said that he's managed to define the holding midfield position as much as Franz Beckenbauer the sweeper role. And he's now cashing in on the footballer […]

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FA Cup Final Live Blog: Everton v Chelsea

The last dance of the season, of every season, the FA Cup Final is the jewel in the English Football Crown. Last year's final between Cardiff and Portsmouth was arguably the exception, but this year's certainly isn't: Underdogs Everton come into the final for the first time in 14 years, since Joe Royle's infamous 'dogs of war' […]

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The FA Cup: Everton Can Win

I was completely seduced by last year's FA Cup. Barnsley and Cardiff City charged toward the final in a gripping giant-killing warpath. They toppled Liverpool, Chelsea and Middlesbrough in their wake. (Boro were still a mid-table Premier League side, so their undoing was still a feat.) While only Cardiff made it to the end before […]

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Evaluating Wolfsburg's title triumph

The profile of Germany’s champions cannot be more different from that of the winners of the other major European leagues. Few eyebrows were raised by Manchester United, Barcelona and Inter Milan winning their respective league titles, but the Wolves’ triumph was hard to predict. A fifth place finish in 2007/08 under the stewardship of Felix […]

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FA Cup Final Preview

With the Premier League race done and dusted and the Champions League trophy spending the summer in Catalonia, there's only one more piece of silverware on offer in the 2008-2009 season, and either Everton or Chelsea will lay claim to it tomorrow at Wembley. Who's in and who's out – Frank Lampard, Alex and […]

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Congratulations David Moyes

No no I am not jumping the gun about the result of FA Cup Final. But even if Everton lose on Saturday David Moyes can have the consolation of collecting a personal piece of silverware this season – The LMA Manager Of The Year Award. It is the first time a manager has won the […]

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Hejduk's Injury Hurts (UPDATED)

Frankie Hejduk's injury suffered on Wednesday night before an MLS match was disastrous as the US enters the most important stretch of matches since 2006. It was Hejduk who was the best US player at World Cup 1998, and filled the most critical and problematic role left back in 2002. In 2006, Hejduk's injury in […]