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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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Morning News: Adu to Aris is Official, Birmingham bids for Babel, Veron rejects Manchester City Bid, and Keller and Donovan talk about MLS CBA

There is some more transfer news as Adu completed a deal for an 18-month loan at Aris. This ends the speculation that he would be heading to Hull City. Liverpool attacker Ryan Babel has been the subject of a bid

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News Of The Day: Transfers Rumors and Setanta USA

The transfer window is open and the rumors are beginning to fly. I’ll start with some Liverpool rumors where Andrea Dossena is on his way to Napioli. With Dossena on his way out, it seems Maxi Rodriguez is on his

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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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My Thoughts On The Aston Villa-Liverpool Game

This game might be the result that turns it around for Liverpool. Fernando Torres scored a late goal in the 93rd minute to give Liverpool the 1-0 game after being outplayed by Aston Villa. It was not resounding domination by

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Premier League Midseason Recap and Predictions

This past weekend completed the halfway point for most teams in the Premier League. I figured it was time to put up a recap of the season so far. I would focus on the surprising/disappointing teams as well as my

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My Thoughts On The Liverpool-Wolverhampton Game

The recap of this game was in my running commentary from the weekend. Wolverhampton tried but really did not create much danger. Liverpool were pretty slow but eventually got the job done against 10-man Wolverhampton. As a note for Liverpool,

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Boxing Day Diary Part 1

I will be covering three games today on Boxing Day starting with Fulham-Tottenham, Sunderland-Everton and finally Liverpool-Wolverhampton. I will be keeping a running diary which will be sort of a live commentary as well as just my own thoughts about

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Premier League Naughty and Nice List and Holiday I Know The Score

It’s the holiday season and while most leagues go on break, the teams in Britain rev up the schedule. Every year I always look forward to Boxing Day, which is a bit of a downer this year since it falls

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Morning News: Udinese replaces coach, Rafa Benitez will have to sell to buy

Udinese have removed their coach Pasquale Marino and replaced him with Gianni De Biasi. Marino had received the dreaded vote of confidence last week, but the move makes sense with the Serie A in its winter break. Udinese sit in

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