Happy Thanksgiving From ESS!

ESS is wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving. There are many things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving as a soccer fan. It’s been a great year for soccer including the World Cup in 2010 and it has been a wild

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Manchester United 1, Rangers 0: Rangers Defend Well But Concede Late Penalty

Manchester United qualified for the knockout round with a 1-0 victory at the Ibrox stadium against Rangers. It was a nice victory for Manchester United as they drew a late penalty when Steven Naismith fouled Fabio. Wayne Rooney then stepped

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UEFA Champions League: Inter and Man Utd Scrape, Valencia and Barcelona Roll

Barcelona and Valencia both rolled to easy victories while Manchester United and Internazionale won but only by slim 1-0 margins. Hapoel Tel Aviv got a surprise victory over Benfica which hurts the Portuguese’s chances of making the round of 16.

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MLS Expansion Draft

Portland and Vancouver made their selections in the expansion draft. Neither team went for the big name players likely due to their high salaries as the teams looked to stock on younger and cheaper talent. Here are the draftees. Portland:

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Braga 2, Arsenal 0: Braga Steal It Late

Arsenal’s qualification for the knockout round was put into some doubt yesterday as they fell 2-0 to Braga. Arsenal dominated most of the game but two late goals from Matheus gave Braga the surprise win that leaves the two teams

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My Projection Of The MLS Expansion Draft

The MLS Expansion Draft is tomorrow as Vancouver and Portland will be building up some of their teams. Often times, there is not much talent in the expansion draft, but this draft does feature a number of big name players

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UEFA Champions League: Arsenal And Bayern Munich Fall

Two of the giants fell today as Bayern and Arsenal fell. Bayern Muncih were already through so the loss is not too damaging while Arsenal have lost their second straight game in the Champions League and could be in trouble

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UEFA Champions League: Group Stage Round 5 Preview

The groups are beginning to take shape as the group stage nears its end. The top games from this round are Bayern Munich’s trip to Rome as well as Ajax hosting Real Madrid. Here is a look at the round’s

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MLS Expansion Draftees Announced

With two MLS joining, there will be another expansion draft, but this time teams will be able to lose two players instead of the usual one player where there was only one team in the expansion draft. The list of

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My Reaction To MLS Competitive Changes For 2011

During this past week leading up to the MLS Cup, the commissioner Don Garber made a number of intriguing announcements about the upcoming season. Here are some of the big points he made as well as my reaction to them.

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