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Player Ratings: Germany 1, United States 0

The US played a very tentative game and were helped by the Portuguese as they advanced to the second round. There were about 20 minutes in the second half where it felt nervy as Ghana was a goal away from

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Bundesliga: 2013-14 Preview

The Big European leagues are getting started up this weekend and Germany is one of the first. In general the transfer season has moved fairly slowly, but there has been a lot of news surrounding Bayern Munich and their hiring

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United States 4, Germany 3: Player Ratings

It was a tremendous victory by the United States celebrating 100 years of existence as they defeated Germany 4-3 in Washington DC. There were lots of positives to take away from the performance, especially in attack, while the defense made

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Bundesliga: 2012-13 End Of Season Awards

This has been a season of redemption for Bayern Munich as they have claimed the titles they had lost over the past couple of seasons. They were rampant from start to finish and strolled to the title. In picking a

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2012-13 Bundesliga Preview

The Bundesliga season returns and it should be another great battle between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Dortmund have suffered some losses like Shinji Kagawa, but they have reloaded with the addition for Marco Reus. As always, there will be

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Euro 2012: Semifinal Recap

The final is set as the first game of Group C will be played again as Spain squares off with Italy. However, before moving onto the final, here is a look at the two semifinalists who played their opponents closely

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Euro 2012: Semifinals Preview

The semifinals are here and they are match-ups of teams that have recently dominated European football. Looking back at these teams recent histories, they have a history of knocking each other out. At Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010, the

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Euro 2012: Thoughts on Round 2

The second round of games are complete and the final set of games should be interesting as only two teams have been eliminated in the competition: Ireland and Sweden. Here are my look at all 16 teams summing them up

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Euro 2012: Group B Preview

Group B has some top teams in the group of death in the tournament with all four teams in the top 10. This is the best group that has even been drawn since FIFA has been keeping rankings. It should

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Predictions For The Upcoming Weekend

Here is the second week of using a new model. December 16: Bayern Munich vs. FC Cologne (Home Win: 72.6%, Draw: 21.4%, Away Win: 6.0%, Score: 2.30-0.68) Benfica vs. Rio Ave (83.6%, 11.5%, 4.9%, 2.40-0.54)

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