Monthly Archives: December 2009

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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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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My Thoughts On The Hull City-Manchester United Game

I won’t go through a recap since I had a running commentary on the game here. The general run of the game was that Hull City could have made it a difficult game if they had not missed so many

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Boxing Day Diary Part 2

The second day of the Boxing Day fixtures are upon us. The first game I’ll be covering is Arsenal vs. Aston Villa. The second one will be Hull City hosting Manchester United. Aston Villa will be looking to complete the

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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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Morning News: Los Angeles gets 3 Brazilians on loan, Real Madrid considering Maicon

Los Angeles has signed three players on loan from Sao Paulo. Alex, 21 year old left-sided player, Juninho, a 20 year old central midfielder, and Leonardo, a 21 year old central defender will join the Galaxy for the upcoming season.

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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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