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Major League Soccer: Gameweek 5 Preview

I gave my overview of the what I’ve noticed from the season so far earlier this week. I’m still not sure how good New England, San Jose, and Houston are, but the team that is still an unknown is Columbus

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CONCACAF Champions League: Cruz Azul-Pachuca 1st Leg Preview

The CONCACAF Champions League is down to the final two teams and it features a rematch of an old coach, Enrique Meza, who coached Pachuca, before returning to Cruz Azul. The game does still have an American appeal as Jose

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Major League Soccer: Observations From The Season

Four weeks of the MLS season are complete and I’m beginning to get a better sense of the teams. There are still a lot of teams in the middle of the table, but some elite teams are emerging while a

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The Battle Of The US Forwards Continues

The hot topic in American soccer for the past couple weeks has been the top performances of two American strikers: Edson Buddle (Los Angeles) and Herculez Gomez (Puebla). Both have kept the conversation going as they each scored two goals

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Some Random Thoughts And Gameweek 35 I Know The Score

This week has not had as much intrigue as recent weeks. It is likely because there were no European games in the midweek. However, there were some smaller things that I decided to take a brief look at: the PFA

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Major League Soccer Gameweek 4 Preview

Last week was an epic failure of my predictions as I managed a completely miss all 8 games during the weekend. I guess that is what happens in a league based on parity and with a lot of turnover of

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Oops, I Forgot About Herculez Gomez!

In my discussion of Edson Buddle’s national team chances, I made a horrible oversight by not including Herculez Gomez in the discussion. It was such a glaring oversight that I have to remedy it by starting the discussion again. Herculez

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Major League Soccer: Edson Buddle And His US National Team Hopes

It is still early in the MLS season, but the top performer so far has been Edson Buddle of the Los Angeles Galaxy. In three games, he has scored all five goals for the Galaxy and has put himself into

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Weekend Watch List: El Clasico And FA Cup Semifinals

There is no debate what the biggest game is this weekend as the match-up between Real Madrid and Barcelona could decide the fate of the title in Spain. There are also good games in Germany and the FA Cup semis

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Three Clasicos and Gameweek 34 I Know The Score

In the past week, I’ve been able to catch two Clasicos and with the biggest Clasico of them all this weekend, it seemed like a good opportunity to look at the Clasicos in the United Sates, Mexico, and Spain. The

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