Monthly Archives: November 2010

Premier League: Gameweek 15 I Know The Score

El Clasico may be the most anticipated match of the weekend, but the Premier League has plenty of good games as well highlighted by Liverpool’s trip to Tottenham. Here is a look at the games from the weekend.

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Weekend Watch List: El Classico And More

The El Classico is on Monday, but there are a lot of big games across Europe. There are also the second legs to the Mexican Apertura playoffs on Sunday evening. Here is a look at the top five games from

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Marseille 3, Spartak Moscow 0: Timely Finishing Propel Marseille To Win

Marseille clinched a spot in the knockout round of the Champions League with a 3-0 victory over Spartak Moscow. Despite the large margin of victory, the game was fairly close, but Marseille got a first half goal from Mathieu Valbuena

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Mexicaan Apertura 2010: Semifinal Preview

The semifinals both get underway tonight. All of the Americans have been knocked out as Pachuca fell in a thrilling two leg battle with Monterrey while San Luis lost out to America. The top seed in Cruz Azul was eliminated

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FIFA Announces List For World XI

Along with the Ballon D’Or award, FIFA will name a World XI in January and they announced their list for the World XI which is included below. Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy, Juventus FC), Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid C.F.), Petr

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Happy Thanksgiving From ESS!

ESS is wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving. There are many things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving as a soccer fan. It’s been a great year for soccer including the World Cup in 2010 and it has been a wild

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Manchester United 1, Rangers 0: Rangers Defend Well But Concede Late Penalty

Manchester United qualified for the knockout round with a 1-0 victory at the Ibrox stadium against Rangers. It was a nice victory for Manchester United as they drew a late penalty when Steven Naismith fouled Fabio. Wayne Rooney then stepped

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UEFA Champions League: Inter and Man Utd Scrape, Valencia and Barcelona Roll

Barcelona and Valencia both rolled to easy victories while Manchester United and Internazionale won but only by slim 1-0 margins. Hapoel Tel Aviv got a surprise victory over Benfica which hurts the Portuguese’s chances of making the round of 16.

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MLS Expansion Draft

Portland and Vancouver made their selections in the expansion draft. Neither team went for the big name players likely due to their high salaries as the teams looked to stock on younger and cheaper talent. Here are the draftees. Portland:

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Braga 2, Arsenal 0: Braga Steal It Late

Arsenal’s qualification for the knockout round was put into some doubt yesterday as they fell 2-0 to Braga. Arsenal dominated most of the game but two late goals from Matheus gave Braga the surprise win that leaves the two teams

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