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2010, My Top Goals Of The Year

In the second recap of the season, I take a look at the top goals of the year. There are plenty of other top goals, but these are from the ones that I saw in the games not just highlights.

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World Cup 2010: Top Forwards

This is the third part of my preview of the top players at the World Cup. In this part, I will look at the top forwards. There were a lot of good forwards that were excluded including the Champions League

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Champions League Recap: Best XI And Player Of The Season

Internazionale completed the treble by defeating Bayern Munich 2-0 on Saturday which completes the Champions League for another season. Looking back, there were tremendous performances and here is a look at the best players of the season with a Best

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Barcelona 2, Real Madrid 0: Xavi’s Brilliance Makes The Difference

What can I say about Barcelona? They were brilliant as they eased past Real Madrid 2-0 with goals from Lionel Messi and Pedro. Real Madrid weren’t terrible but other than some dangerous runs by Cristiano Ronaldo and exquisite passing by

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World Class Players And Gameweek 31 I Know The Score

One of the words that is thrown about far too much in soccer is “world class.” I think it is almost hard to find a player who has not been described as world class. Announcers use this term almost every

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Lyon 1, Real Madrid 1: What Happened To Madrid?

For 30 minutes, it seemed like it would be just a matter of time before Real Madrid would find the second goal to advance to the quarterfinals after getting a break through in the 6th minute through Cristiano Ronaldo. However,

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A Look At La Liga: Tie At The Top After Two Comebacks By The Leaders

All across Europe most of the title chases are tight in the top leagues with the 4 point separation in Italy being the largest among the top five leagues (England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France). However, one of the most

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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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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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