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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Aston Villa Game

Manchester United missed a great opportunity to tie Chelsea on top of the Premier League, while Aston Villa gave their campaign for a top four spot a great boost especially as Tottenham and Manchester City dropped points. Manchester United started

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Landon Donovan and Gameweek 16 I Know The Score

The big news of the week is that Landon Donovan looks set to join Everton on loan in January. The Los Angeles Galaxy have released a statement that denies the deal is done and says that there are multiple teams

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My Thoughts On The West Ham-Manchester United Game

United struggled a bit in the first half with some of West Ham’s pace up front but in the end they demolished West Ham comfortably. West Ham were missing Matthew Upson in defense as well as Carlton Cole up front.

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World Cup Draw and I Know The Score

The World Cup Draw will be this Friday and I’ve already done a mock draw. A lot of people have covered what the good and bad draws are for the United States. The United States clearly want South Africa from

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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Tottenham Game

Initially, this matchup seemed it would be a battle of the reserves. However, Tottenham fielded a nearly full strength squad while United added to their youngsters with Dimitar Berbatov, Wes Brown, Gary Neville and Nemanja Vidic. The last three were

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My Thoughts On The Arsenal-Chelsea Game

This was the first Big 4 matchup in the Premier League that the away team has got any points. Arsenal started off very well creating chances but it became clear that Chelsea were dangerous on the attack especially through Nicolas

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My Thoughts On The Portsmouth-Manchester United Game

Manchester United were looking to rebound after losing in the Champions League. The team was completely different from the squad that faced Besiktas and featured a more experienced group. United started off strong but did not create any clear chances.

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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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My Thoughts About The Manchester United-Everton Game

This was a pretty easy game for United. Everton came out looking to sit back and really never offered a real scoring threat in the first half. They did frustrate United but were finally beaten on a fantastic goal by

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MLS Cup Preview and I Know The Score

The final game of the MLS season is finally here. The league did not have the dream match up of Chicago vs. Los Angeles but they feature probably the hottest team in the league Real Salt Lake against the team

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