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Weekend Watch List: Title Chases Across Europe

The European club seasons are winding down as the German and English leagues come to an end this weekend. Italy and Spain enter their second to last rounds so the title chases are definitely heating up especially in Spain. Here

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 7 Preview Part 1

This weekend was marked by a solid performance by the Western Conference and 5 red cards in the group of games. Los Angeles and New York Red Bulls continued to be the class in each conference as both picked up

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Major League Soccer: An Early Look At The Dynamo

The MLS season is almost a quarter complete and one of the teams that had a lot of questions heading into the season was the Houston Dynamo. They have played six games so far this season getting 3 wins and

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 6 Preview

The MLS season is beginning to take shape as the teams are beginning to settle. Kansas City continues to impress as they were the first team to take points away from a meeting with Los Angeles, who seem to be

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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 5 Preview

I gave my overview of the what I’ve noticed from the season so far earlier this week. I’m still not sure how good New England, San Jose, and Houston are, but the team that is still an unknown is Columbus

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Major League Soccer: Observations From The Season

Four weeks of the MLS season are complete and I’m beginning to get a better sense of the teams. There are still a lot of teams in the middle of the table, but some elite teams are emerging while a

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The Battle Of The US Forwards Continues

The hot topic in American soccer for the past couple weeks has been the top performances of two American strikers: Edson Buddle (Los Angeles) and Herculez Gomez (Puebla). Both have kept the conversation going as they each scored two goals

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Some Random Thoughts And Gameweek 35 I Know The Score

This week has not had as much intrigue as recent weeks. It is likely because there were no European games in the midweek. However, there were some smaller things that I decided to take a brief look at: the PFA

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Major League Soccer Gameweek 4 Preview

Last week was an epic failure of my predictions as I managed a completely miss all 8 games during the weekend. I guess that is what happens in a league based on parity and with a lot of turnover of

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Major League Soccer: Edson Buddle And His US National Team Hopes

It is still early in the MLS season, but the top performer so far has been Edson Buddle of the Los Angeles Galaxy. In three games, he has scored all five goals for the Galaxy and has put himself into

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