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My Thoughts On The West Ham-Manchester United Game

United struggled a bit in the first half with some of West Ham’s pace up front but in the end they demolished West Ham comfortably. West Ham were missing Matthew Upson in defense as well as Carlton Cole up front.

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World Cup Draw and I Know The Score

The World Cup Draw will be this Friday and I’ve already done a mock draw. A lot of people have covered what the good and bad draws are for the United States. The United States clearly want South Africa from

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My Thoughts On The Arsenal-Chelsea Game

This was the first Big 4 matchup in the Premier League that the away team has got any points. Arsenal started off very well creating chances but it became clear that Chelsea were dangerous on the attack especially through Nicolas

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My Thoughts On The Portsmouth-Manchester United Game

Manchester United were looking to rebound after losing in the Champions League. The team was completely different from the squad that faced Besiktas and featured a more experienced group. United started off strong but did not create any clear chances.

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MLS, Barcelona-Real Madrid Preview, And I Know The Score

While I find it hard to really root against any team in MLS, I do take a little joy that Los Angeles was not able to win the MLS Cup. As a past fan of the original San Jose franchise,

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My Thoughts About The Manchester United-Everton Game

This was a pretty easy game for United. Everton came out looking to sit back and really never offered a real scoring threat in the first half. They did frustrate United but were finally beaten on a fantastic goal by

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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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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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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Blackburn Game

Manchester United soundly defeated Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford. Blackburn sat back and tried to defend and really did very little attacking. United took a while to really set in but absolutely dominated in possession and the last 15 minutes

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My Thoughts On Liverpool-Manchester United Game

I kind of figured Liverpool would be up for this game, but the United team were pretty poor. The first half was pretty back and forth with Liverpool having the better of play and were able to produce dangerous free

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