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September 22, 2008

Premiership rules v5.0

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So that's what the top of the table feels like. On to the games...

Arsenal 3-1 Bolton -- Man the Gunners played some beautiful soccer on Saturday. 21 shots, 17 corners, 70% of possession. Turns out they were Jekyll this weekend and are now on top of the EPL standings. Kevin Cyril Davies (14') had the goal for Bolton, before three straight by Emmanuel Eboue (offside, 26'), Nicklas Bendtner (27') and Denilson (87'). Click to continue reading...

August 7, 2008

Olympics Football Matchday One: Premier League Stars

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Solomon Kalou of Chelsea celebrates the Ivory Coast's goal with a teammate / AP Photo Matchday one is in the books for 2008 Men's Olympic Football tournament with Argentina, Brazil, the United States and Italy all recording victories. However some performances were more impressive than others: Brazil for example were outplayed badly by Belgium for [. Click to continue reading...

July 31, 2008

Beijing 2008: EPL Players on Squads

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The squads for the Football Tournament at the Beijing Olympics was finalized today. The following EPL players are in the competition: Javier Mascerano/Liverpool/ Argentina Adam Leijer/Fulham/Australia Solomon Kalou/Chelsea/Ivory Coast Gianni Zuiverloon/West Brom/Holland Ryan Babel/Liverpool/Holland Brad Guzan/Aston Villa/USA (Pending work permit) Victor Anichebe/Everton/Nigeria Andreson/Manchester United/Brazil Lucas/Liverpool/Brazil Jo/Manchester City/Brazil Dong Fangzuho/ Manchester United/China Ryan Nelson/Blackburn/New Zealand Simon Elliot/Fulham/New Zealand Alexandre Song/Arsenal/Cameroon Franck Songo'o/Portsmouth/Cameroon Hendry Thomas/Wigan/Honduras The full  list of American/Canadian based players (MLS/USL/NCAA) in [. Click to continue reading...

July 30, 2008

US 0-0 Ivory Coast

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The United States failed to score a goal and were generally the poorer side in today's ING Cup match versus the Ivory Coast in Hong Kong. Solomon Kalou of Chelsea help create several good scoring chances for the Africans which... Click to continue reading...

US 0-0 Ivory Coast: Post Match Thoughts

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Let me first apologize for the delinquency of this post. I slept through this morning's match and then caught the match later on the internet. The match today showed some weakness for the US at the back early in the match playing a 4-4-2, but the team believe it or not caught lightning in a bottle of sorts when Benny Feilhaber entered the match at halftime and helped control the next 15 or 20 minutes of the match. Click to continue reading...

June 26, 2008

TH14 plays pick-up game in New York

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Apparently lotsa cool dudes were there: Baron Davis, Reyna, Jason Kidd, Solomon Kalou, Leandro Barbosa.

All the credit and much love goes to Adam over at TiAS for the photo and the coverage.

Now if only we can get Henry over to Seattle. Click to continue reading...

Nash/Reyna charity game: A Look Back

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Standing in the middle of an energized crowd, Jozy Altidore rattled off autographs and posed for picture after picture. Even after most of the other stars who played in the Steve Nash/Claudio Reyna charity match in Manhattan's Chinatown, Altidore stood on the turf at Nike Field and signed and posed for fans eager to meet American soccer's most exciting young star.

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July 15, 2007

Chelsea To Play 'Creatively' In The Coming Season

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I've just been informed that Mourinho is going to flout the critics this coming season by playing some creative football. The evidence to qualify his words? Check out this truthiness:




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Malouda notches a goal and an assist in his first match wearing blue. Click to continue reading...