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The Weekend Watch List: Milan Derby and US Friendly

This is something that I probably will do from now on to let you know the highlights of the upcoming weekend for me. It is FA Cup weekend in England and there are some intriguing matches but this weekend I’m

Posted in Africa Cup Of Nations, European Soccer, International Soccer, Italy, La Liga, Serie A, Spain, United States Men's National Team Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,

The Day In Soccer: Atletico Storm Back to Advance In Copa Del Rey and MLS Superdraft

This may be a little bit based on my affinity for Atletico Madrid but they stormed back to win 5-1 over Recreativo Huelva. The win gave Atletico a 5-4 win on aggregate. For me this game embodied what being an

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Morning News: Premier League Fixtures Postponed, Viera completes Man city move, Dossean leaves Anfield, Thiago joins Atletico and Vidic out for 10 days

The weather is wreaking havoc in Britain as this weekend’s fixtures have been postponed due to weather making travel conditions to the stadium to hazardous. Fulham-Portsmouth, Burnley-Stoke, and Bolton-Sunderland have all been postponed and Liverpool are requesting that their fixture

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Morning News: Los Angeles gets 3 Brazilians on loan, Real Madrid considering Maicon

Los Angeles has signed three players on loan from Sao Paulo. Alex, 21 year old left-sided player, Juninho, a 20 year old central midfielder, and Leonardo, a 21 year old central defender will join the Galaxy for the upcoming season.

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My Thoughts On Atletcio Madrid-Villarreal Game

This game featured a matchup between two teams that were underachieving this season. At the start of the season, both teams would have pictured themselves as contenders for Champions League spots but instead both are sitting dangerously close to the

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My Thoughts On The Barcelona-Real Madrid Game

The El Classico was certainly a tense match but it was not the big show that everyone was expecting. Initially, it seemed Barcelona was superior but it quickly became clear that Real Madrid were dangerous on the counter. Kaka and

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MLS, Barcelona-Real Madrid Preview, And I Know The Score

While I find it hard to really root against any team in MLS, I do take a little joy that Los Angeles was not able to win the MLS Cup. As a past fan of the original San Jose franchise,

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Thoughts On Atletico Madrid-Real Zaragoza Game

Atletico Madrid had been struggling all season and still has not gotten their first win 5 games into their La Liga campaign. Real Zaragoza has been having a good start to their return to La Liga already having 7 points

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La Liga 2009/10 Predictions

This is my final league prediction for the start of the European season. La Liga will be very intriguing as there will be the defending European champions Barcelona and the free spending Real Madrid who have added Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema

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European Soccer Wrap Up

It has been quite a while since I last posted anything and quite a bit has changed. Champions League has returned. Manchester United added another trophy, Spain and Italy races tighten up a bit while the Premier League is looking

Posted in Bundesliga, England, European Soccer, Germany, Italy, La Liga, Premier League, Serie A, Spain Tagged with: , , ,

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