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Major League Soccer: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Los Angeles Preview

The last playoff match-up gets started tonight where the Supporter’s Shield winners Los Angeles travel to Seattle. Seattle have been one of the hottest teams in the league in the past couple months. Los Angeles struggled, but they obviously have

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Major League Soccer: San Jose vs. New York Red Bulls Preview

This should be a good game. New York may have the big names, but San Jose has the star of the league in Chris Wondolowski who just won the Golden Boot. New York has been up and down since the

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Major League Soccer: FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake Preview

The second playoff series that gets started is FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake. These teams played just two weeks ago and were some of the hottest teams during the season. FC Dallas had a 19 game unbeaten run that

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Colorado 1, Columbus 0: Colorado Dominate First Leg

The MLS playoffs got off to an exciting start as Colorado won 1-0 at home against the Columbus crew behind a first half goal from Pablo Mastroeni. Colorado started the game in its traditional 4-4-2 with Mastroeni playing the more

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Major League Soccer: Colorado vs. Columbus Preview

The MLS playoffs get started today as Colorado hosts Columbus tonight at Dick Sporting Goods Park. Colorado came into the playoffs on a hot streak, but did blow a two goal lead to rival Real Salt Lake in their final

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Major League Soccer: A Look Back At My Predictions

With the regular season all over, it is time to look back at my predictions. The MLS Best XI has not been named yet, so I cannot see how close I was on that (but I doubt I am going

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Major League Soccer: End Of Season Awards

The MLS regular season is over so now it is time to hand out some end of the season awards. The Golden Boot has gone to Chris Wondolowski as he scored 18 goals including 4 in the final week as

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Major League Soccer: …And Then There Were 8

The regular season finished up yesterday. Los Angeles took the top spot in league as they collected the Supporter’s Shield. By having top spot in the league, they are guaranteed a spot in the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions

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European Leagues And MLS Round-Up

It was a good weekend of football across Europe with big games in pretty much every country. Here is a round up of the scores and some of my thoughts on the results. England: Tottenham 1-1 Everton Birmingham 2-0 Blackpool

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Houston 2, Seattle Sounders FC 1: Houston’s Season Ends On Good Note

As a Houston fan, it has been a long season. They have had moments, but defensive mistakes and poor finishing cost them many games that they played as well if not better than their opponents. This game was not necessarily

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