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World Cup Preview: Top 5 Games Of The Group Stage

There are a lot of good games in the group stage of the World Cup. It is hard to tell which games may have the most drama to them in terms of the results, but here is my list of

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World Cup Preview: England

Today, I will be previewing Group C. The first team is England. England breezed through qualifying under Fabio Capello, but the team has some turmoil as well as some injury concerns heading into the tournament. Here is my preview of

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World Cup 2010: Top Midfielders

This is the fourth and final part of my preview of the top players at the World Cup. This part will focus on the midfielders.

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World Cup 2010: Top Forwards

This is the third part of my preview of the top players at the World Cup. In this part, I will look at the top forwards. There were a lot of good forwards that were excluded including the Champions League

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World Cup 2010: Top Defenders

This is the second part of my look at the top players at the World Cup. This part will take a closer look at the top defenders.

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Adopting A Second World Cup Team

As a fan of a team that is not a favorite to win the World Cup, I have to face the reality that my favorite team could be headed for an early exit. Furthermore, in a tournament that comes around

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International Friendlies Galore

With the Champions League officially over, there are a plethora of games in the next two or three weeks leading up to the World Cup. Here is a closer look at the top 5 friendlies (excluding the US games which

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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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