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MLS Playoff Round 1 Second Legs Preview

The second legs should be fairly interesting. None of the ties are decided from the first leg so all teams will have everything to play for. Again this time, I will try to focus on the matchups before making the

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MLS Playoff Round 1 First Legs Preview

After a fairly exciting weekend, the first round matchups are set and they should all be good. The first round will probably have upsets especially since the first round gives no advantage to the higher seeded teams. The most exciting

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 10 Preview

Heading into the final round of qualifying, Mexico (18 pts) and the United States (19 pts) have both qualified for the World Cup while El Salvador and Trinidad & Tobago have been eliminated. This leaves Costa Rica (15 pts) and

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 9 Preview

It is getting to get very serious in terms of the qualifiers. Heading into this weekend, there are 11 of the 32 spots locked up for the World Cup finals in South Africa. By the end of next week 15

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 8 Preview

The top 4 of Costa Rica, United States, Mexico and Honduras separated by a single point while Trinidad & Tobago and El Salvador have fallen behind and are 7 points out of 4th place. Honduras and United States are leading

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 7 Preview

Last round we saw the top 4 bunch up while Trinidad & Tobago and El Salvador have fallen behind the pack probably ending their chances of reaching the World Cup Finals in South Africa. Heading into this round Costa Rica

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CONCACAF Champions League Preview

The second year of the competition should be exciting and it finally starts this week. Darlings Puerto Rico Islanders and Montreal Impact made strong runs into the competition while MLS struggled mightily. This year MLS has 3 teams in the

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Premier League 2009/10 Preview Part 2

As promised I’m going to provide a list of the key player I see for each team in the premier league. I’ll mostly focus on newcomers or players that have new roles in the season.

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Premier League 2009/10 Preview Part 1

It’s time now onto for my second preview of the new European season. The English Premier League starts this weekend. This is by far the league I know the most about so I’ll follow it up with another post with

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CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Round 6 Preview

I’ll save the biggest clash for last in my preview of this round. Heading into this round Costa Rica is first with 12 pts followed by the United States with 10 pts. In the 3rd and final guaranteed qualifying spot

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