Monthly Archives: November 2010

My Projection Of The MLS Expansion Draft

The MLS Expansion Draft is tomorrow as Vancouver and Portland will be building up some of their teams. Often times, there is not much talent in the expansion draft, but this draft does feature a number of big name players

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UEFA Champions League: Arsenal And Bayern Munich Fall

Two of the giants fell today as Bayern and Arsenal fell. Bayern Muncih were already through so the loss is not too damaging while Arsenal have lost their second straight game in the Champions League and could be in trouble

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UEFA Champions League: Group Stage Round 5 Preview

The groups are beginning to take shape as the group stage nears its end. The top games from this round are Bayern Munich’s trip to Rome as well as Ajax hosting Real Madrid. Here is a look at the round’s

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MLS Expansion Draftees Announced

With two MLS joining, there will be another expansion draft, but this time teams will be able to lose two players instead of the usual one player where there was only one team in the expansion draft. The list of

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My Reaction To MLS Competitive Changes For 2011

During this past week leading up to the MLS Cup, the commissioner Don Garber made a number of intriguing announcements about the upcoming season. Here are some of the big points he made as well as my reaction to them.

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Colorado 2, FC Dallas 1: Colorado Win First MLS Title

Colorado fought back from a 1-0 halftime deficit to win the MLS Cup 2-1 in extra time. FC Dallas fell behind in the first half when David Ferriera connected with a cross from Marvin Chavez. Colorado fought back well in

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European Leagues Round-Up

Here is a round-up of the games from the weekend. England: Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham Birmingham 1-0 Chelsea Blackpool 2-1 Wolverhampton Bolton 5-1 Newcastle Manchester United 2-0 Wigan West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Stoke City Liverpool 3-0 West Ham Blackburn 2-0 Aston

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Major League Soccer: MLS Cup Final Preview

It has all come down to this. FC Dallas and Colorado will square off in Toronto tonight for the MLS Cup. The game kicks off at 8:30 pm EST and will be shown on ESPN2 ESPN. There are no big

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Tottenham 3, Arsenal 2: Spurs Launch Second Half Comeback

The North London derby seemed to be headed for another Arsenal victory after they took the lead with first half goals from Samir Nasri and Marouane Chamakh. However, Tottenham made a big comeback getting goals from Gareth Bale, Rafael van

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Manchester United 2, Wigan 0: Two Red Cards End Wigan’s Threat

Manchester United have struggled this season, but with this win, they now find themselves tied for top of the Premier League. They got 2-0 victory with goals from Patrice Evra and Javier Hernandez. Evra’s goal came right before halftime which

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