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FA Cup: Does City’s FA Cup Win Mean They Have Arrived?

Manchester United may have clinched the title today, but their official celebration won’t happen until next weekend. The only silverware that was actually presented today was at Wembley where Manchester City defeated Stoke City 1-0 behind a second half goal

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FA Cup: Manchester City vs. Stoke City Preview

The FA Cup final is here. Manchester City come in as the clear favorites, but similar to Arsenal in the Carling Cup, they have all of the pressure as they try to turn around their history. Here is a quick

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Weekend Watch List: Silverware Is On The Line

The end of the season is nearing and that means there are some big games going on. There are two cup finals as well as battle for titles and Europa League spots. Here is a look at the top games

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Quick Reactions To Manchester City-Manchester United Semifinal

Manchester City are heading to the FA Cup final as they ended Manchester United’s dreams of a treble. They won with a goal in the 52nd minute from Yaya Toure as he capitalized by a turnover by Michael Carrick. United

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FA Cup Semifinal Preview

The tournament returns with the two semifinals at Wembley. The first game is a Manchester Derby while the game on Sunday has Bolton and Stoke squaring off for a spot in the Europa League. Here is a preview for both

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Weekend Watch List: El Clasico And More

The big game of the weekend is the start of the Real Madrid vs. Barcelona battles. However, there are a number of big games across Europe including Paris Saint-Germain squaring off with Lyon on Sunday, which didn’t quite make my

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Weekend Watch List: Valenica Derby And More

There are a couple of big games with the Valencia derby between Valencia and Villarreal being the headliner of the weekend. Here is a run down of the top 5 games from this weekend. Valencia vs. Villarreal (Sunday 3 pm,

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Wayne Rooney’s Strike Wins Manchester Derby

It was an exhilarating Manchester derby where a late wonder goal by Wayne Rooney decided the game. It’s all over the internet, but if you haven’t seen it, here is a link. City came out and attacked unlike their previous

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Weekend Watch List: Manchester Derby And Juventus vs. Internazionale

The weekend is full of games including the Manchester Derby as well as a West London derby on Monday. Here is a list of the top five games from the weekend. Manchester United vs. Manchester City (Saturday 7:45 am, FSC)

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Weekend Watch List: Interesting Match-Ups Around Europe

I have to admit, this is not the greatest weekend of football in terms of glamorous match-ups but it is often the least anticipated games that are the best. There is also the US-Chile game which I will have a

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