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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: Group C Previews And Predictions

We are on to the third installment of my preview of the Africa Cup of Nations. This group like Group B has two clear heavyweights in Nigeria and Egypt with two teams considered weaker in Mozambique and Benin. Don’t sleep

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Morning News: Viera getting Man City medical, Glen Johnson out until March, Gary Neville set to retire, US U-20 on loan in Portugal

Former Arsenal and current Inter player Patrick Viera is set to seal an 18 month contract with Manchester City after he passes a medical. Inter manager Jose Mourinho had confirmed yesterday that Viera would be leaving the Serie A leaders

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: Group B Previews And Predictions

This is the second of my previews for the Africa Cup Of Nations. Group B features two of the strongest teams in Africa with Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. Here is my preview of Group B. Cote d’Ivoire (FIFA Rank: 27)

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: Group A Preview and Predictions

The Africa Cup of Nations start next week, so I decided I would start with some previews as I am hoping to catch a decent amount of these games. I’ll be going through each groups this week going through each

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2009, The Year In Soccer: Best Goals

This is my second end of the year list of the best goals. Similar to the matches list, these are goals that I saw not games I saw in highlights. I decided to do this because it was often the

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2009, The Year In Soccer: Best Games

The year is coming to a close and of course that means it is time for those end of the year lists. The first list I’ll have will be of the best games I saw this year. The requirements for

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United States call in 30 players for January Camp

The call ups for the January camp have been announced. I’ve included them below but here is a complete list. Just as a reminder, only MLS and players in the Scandinavian leagues that do not play in the winter are

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Landon Donovan named USSF Male Athlete of the Year, Hope Solo wins Female Athlete of the Year

Landon Donovan won his third Male Athlete of the Year award having previously won in 2003 and 2004. He joins Kasey Keller as the second 3 time winner of the award. Earlier this year, Donovan won the his sixth Honda

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Lionel Messi wins FIFA World Player Of The Year

Lionel Messi completed his sweep of the awards this year by being named the FIFA World Player Of The Year. He beat out Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, and Kaka for the award. The Argentinian scored the a goal in

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The Rise Of Beasley

One of the most disappointing developments during the summer at the Confederations Cup for the United States was that DaMarcus Beasley had regressed so badly that he no longer warranted a spot on the US squad let alone a spot

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