Monthly Archives: November 2009

MLS Cup Preview and I Know The Score

The final game of the MLS season is finally here. The league did not have the dream match up of Chicago vs. Los Angeles but they feature probably the hottest team in the league Real Salt Lake against the team

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My Thoughts On The Denmark-United States Game

There was very little to take away from the game. The United States performance was pretty poor in all facets of the game. Despite this poor performance, the United States took the lead through a Jeff Cunningham goal in the

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My Thoughts On The Slovakia-United States Game

The United States played decently against Slovakia. They controlled possession for pretty much the entire game but they were unable to break them down. Their chances were limited to some long distance shots that rarely troubled the keeper. They gave

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My Thoughts On The Los Angeles-Houston Game

The Western Conference final definitely lived up to its billing. It was a back and forth game as well as two blackouts which is to be expected of a game on Friday the 13th. Houston started off as the more

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MLS Playoff Conference Finals Preview

The conference finals are set and based on what we saw last week weekend, the atmosphere at both games should be amazing. The first round was mostly as expected except for the upset of the Columbus Crew by Real Salt

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My Thoughts On Houston Dynamo-Seattle Sounders FC Game

As a Houston fan, I was very happy with the result today. However, the game was very close and it was the only a great finish that was the difference in the game. Houston as a whole was able to

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Thoughts On Chelsea-Manchester United Game

This was another interesting game among the big four. The game was fairly open and was back and forth. The first half was mostly a collection of decent build up play but most of the attacks only created half chances

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MLS Playoff Round 1 Second Legs Preview

The second legs should be fairly interesting. None of the ties are decided from the first leg so all teams will have everything to play for. Again this time, I will try to focus on the matchups before making the

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A Look At The US Youth Teams

The United States Under-17 team was eliminated from their World Cup losing to Italy in the Round of 16. This comes on the heels of the a poor Under-20 performance where they failed to advance out of the group. Although

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My Thoughts On Manchester United-CSKA Moscow Game

In a game that many people thought would be a bit boring, there was a lot of excitement. United started off getting the upper hand in the game with Michael Owen getting some very good chances. Despite the dominance, CSKA

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