Monthly Archives: May 2010

Major League Soccer: Gameweek 9 Preview

The games are still continuing even though quite a few of the stars are now at the US training camp. Los Angeles, Columbus, and Chivas USA are each losing two players, while Houston, FC Dallas, and Real Salt Lake are

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Looking At My Pre-Season Predictions, Part II

Spain and Italy finished their leagues this past weekend and therefore, it was time to take a look at my preseason predictions for these two leagues.

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United States 30-Man Squad: Midfielders And Forwards

Here is the second part of my look at the 30-Man US roster looking at the midfield players as well as the wide open race for the forward spots. One of the big questions in this group will be whether

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United States 30-Man Squad: Goalkeepers And Defenders

The United States training camp opens up today on May 17th as many players make their final cases before the final 23 man squad for the World Cup is announced. Most of the starting positions have been decided but there

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Inter And Barcelona Win Domestic Leagues

The European soccer calendar is nearly complete as the Spanish and Italian leagues finished today. Internazionale beat Siena 1-0 to win the title over Roma who defeated Chievo Verona 2-0. The winning goal was scored by Diego Milito in the

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Domestic Cup Finals: Chelsea And Bayern Munich Win Cups

Portsmouth made Chelsea work for it, but Chelsea won the double by defeating Portsmouth 1-0 at Wembley Stadium to capture the FA Cup. In the first half Chelsea hit the woodwork 5 times and it seemed that perhaps it was

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Weekend Watch List: Spain And Italy Finish And Cup Finals in Germany And England

This will be my final Weekend Watch List until the European leagues return in the fall. This week should be good with the English and German Cups as well as the end of the Italian and Spanish Leagues. Here are

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Looking Back At My Pre-Season Predictions, Part I

With both Germany and England finishing off their leagues, it is time to look at those pre-season predictions I made back in August. If you are interested (here they are for Germany and England). For the most part the predictions

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Major League Soccer Gameweek 8 Preview

There were some blowouts last weekend with Seattle and New York on the wrong end of 4-0 drubbings to California teams. Los Angeles continue to be the class of the league picking up impressive wins. Last week they defeated Colorado

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Premier League Season Recap, Part IV

Here is the final part of my Premier League season recap. In this part, I will look at Sunderland, Tottenham, West Ham, Wigan, and Wolverhampton. Sunderland (13th, 44 pts) Looking Back: Sunderland would have hoped for a better finish based

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