Monthly Archives: March 2010

Weekly Watch List: Liverpool-United

The biggest match this weekend is the Manchester United-Liverpool game. However, there are some good battles in Italy and Germany as well. The games are especially important in the title race in Germany which is a good three horse race

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World Class Players And Gameweek 31 I Know The Score

One of the words that is thrown about far too much in soccer is “world class.” I think it is almost hard to find a player who has not been described as world class. Announcers use this term almost every

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Champions And Europa League Draws: My Initial Reaction

The draw for the rest of the Champions and Europa League tournaments were performed this morning and the big stories are the rematch of Champions League finals as Arsenal face Barcelona, the 2006 final, and Bayern Munich face Manchester United

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Europa League: Great Fulham Comeback And Goals Galore

What can you say about Dempsey’s goal? It was simply an amazing finish. Not only was the finish amazing but it was the goal that sent Fulham into the quarterfinals of the Europa League. His performance for me ends the

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Europa League: Round Of 16 2nd Leg Predictions

Only eight teams will be left at the end of today in the Europa League and some big names are at risk of going out of the tournament. Liverpool are the team that are in the most peril having fallen

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Toluca 3, Columbus 2: Close But Not Quite There

The Columbus Crew were so close to advancing to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions League, but in the end they came up short against Toluca who had an inspired performance by Zinha. Toluca had the better of play throughout

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Champions League Recap: Barcelona Routs Stuttgart, Bordeaux Eases Past Olympiacos

There was not much to the Barcelona game. Barcelona and Lionel Messi tore Stuttgart apart in a 4-0 rout. Messi had two incredible goals and had a key pass on another goal that helped put the game out of reach

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Champions League Recap: Favorites Fall As Chelsea And Sevilla Are Knocked Out

Mourinho got his revenge on his return to Stamford Bridge as Internazionale were deserved winners in a 1-0 win over Chelsea. The win sends Internazionale into the quarterfinals for the first time in three years. It also is a big

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CONCACAF Champions League: Quarterfinals 2nd Leg Predictions

Most of the Mexican teams were able to get results that set them in a good position to advance. However, I was expecting more dominating performances by the Mexican teams in these games. The only exception is UNAM who were

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UEFA Champions League: Round Of 16 2nd Leg Predictions

Last week, four teams made it into the quarterfinals, and the other quartet will be known by the Wednesday evening. The top match-up is Chelsea vs. Internazionale as Jose Mourinho returns to Stamford Bridge after the Italians won the first

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