Did I not just report on this? Oh, yes. My apologies to West Bromwich Athletic.
"Carlo Ancelotti's team delivered a frightening statement about the faultline that runs so
starkly through the Premier League. On one side of it is Chelsea, as strong at the back as they are
potent at the front.
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The University of Denver men's soccer team fell 2-1 to Creighton in DU's exhibition opener at
CIBER Field on Saturday night.
Creighton held a two-goal lead with 5:30 left in the game, when freshman defender Theodor
Remman scored to cut the lead. After a Bluejays foul, junior midfielder Alex DeCosta fired a pass
inside the box, and Remman headed the ball past the Creighton keeper.
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Join Premiership Talk for play-by-play coverage of Blackpool's visit to the Emirates Stadium to
take on Arsenal.
While one would expect the Gunners to be heavily favored in this clash, it is quite interesting
that their newly promoted visitors sit above them in the league table after the opening round of
fixtures.
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Back in the days of the WFW Podcast, I always had Nils Lofgren in the back of my mind as a
potential guest. It was one of those things that made sense for a whole bunch of reasons. I just
wanted to wait until the time was right before making the contact. But then the E Street Band went
on tour in late 2007 and by the time they stopped, I stopped the podcast.
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Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp insists that yesterday's Champions League qualifying defeat
against Young Boys was a "great defeat." Tottenham went 3-0 down after less than 30 minutes of
play, but the Premier League side battled back to score two unanswered goals, one each side of
halftime.
"What did I say to the players at the end?
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I'll be chatting about the retirement of Clint Mathis, the upcoming Real Madrid-Galaxy game and
other topics at about 6:20 p.m. on the CBS digital radio station Chat About It.com, which airs a
show called "National Soccer Radio."
I'm told the show is streamed live on CBS Radio, AOL Radio, Yahoo Radio and Ustream and can be
heard on various mobile devices.
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Pep Guardiola surprised everyone today in a press conference on Barcelona's trip to Korea by
announcing that Messi will not be playing in the upcoming friendly.
He announced that Messi "will not play, in principle, because he is not in a condition to
compete.
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It's that time of year again...
We did it last season, and we're doing it again. Go to www.premierleague.com, either register or
sign-in in the box on the right-hand side of your screen, pick your team, then, after you select
and enter your team, click on the tab on the top of the next page which says "Create/Join League,"
then when it asks you to enter a code to join the league, enter the following code:
712148-163070
And you're all set.
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The Offside 03 August @ 03:30 PM EDT
Leo Messi can add "performing seal" to his resume, alongside Champions League winner and FIFA
World Player of the Year. In the build-up to tomorrow's K-League All Stars vs
Barcelona game in Seoul, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola had said that Messi would not
feature in the game because "One training session after a month of vacations is not sufficient.
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Anfield Talk 02 August @ 12:16 PM EDT
Roy Hodgson insisted Liverpool's flying visit to Moenchengladbach was beneficial despite the day
being ruined by some sloppy defending.
The Reds manager was satisfied with the efforts from a squad that was top heavy with young players
and, on another day, they might have secured a credible draw.
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Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has signed some donkeys in his time and now he's gone one
better by buying Anapka the donkey who was cruelly forced to parasail 150ft in the
air.
Anapka was forced to parasail 150ft in the air while Russian thug Vasily Gorobets dragged her
for 30 minutes in a speedboat over the Black Sea.
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EPL Talk 30 July @ 08:29 AM EDT
Rarely have I seen a player make such an impressive debut for a club than the one I saw
Wednesday night when Javier Hernandez came on as a second half substitute for Manchester United
against the MLS All Star team. I've seen him play for Mexico before, but all of his skills were
crystalized before my eyes in an incredible 30 minutes of action.
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Jay Spearing insists the prospect of catching Roy Hodgson's eye was a driving factor behind the
impressive performance of Liverpool's starlets in the friendly draw with Grasshoppers.
A youthful Reds side, with an average age of just 20, played out a goalless encounter with the
Swiss outfit in the new manager's first game on Wednesday following a week of intense training in
Bad Ragaz.
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This week's guest on the Jared Montz Soccer Podcast is Jesse Marsch. Jesse is an assistant
coach for the US Men's National Team. Prior to being named as an assistant in February 2010 Jesse
was the captain of Chivas USA. He played 14 seasons in MLS, won three MLS Cups and four US Open
Cups and was capped by the National Team twice.
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Philadelphia Union made it official today and signed Argentinian midfielder Eduardo Coudet.
The 35-year-old journeyman with the shock white/blonde hair will become eligible to play in the
Union's next regular season match on July 31 against New England. He has played in two
international friendlies so far, impressing in both.
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We're just 30 minutes out from the first of four placement matches in the U-15/16 age group.
Starting with a 1 p.m. (PT) matchup between CASL Chelsea FC Academy and D.C. United for 7th place,
we'll have a 5th place match at 3 p.m., the 3rd place match at 5 p.m. and the title game between
Cal Odyssey and the Chicago Fire at 7 p.
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You know those pseudo-intellectual, semi-respectable, journalistic (and probably pretentious!)
types of posts I often write here about the Union, their tactics and the future?
Yeah, well, this isn't one of them.
This is a look back at a night that was basically my ultimate WTF game, for so many reasons.
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Not too long after the World Cup final was over, I sat around a table with two of my Total
Football Soccer Show co-hosts to record our reactions. I should preface this podcast by saying that
some of it is maybe a bit knee-jerk. Listening back (as I did when editing) I think we're probably
a little harsh on the Netherlands, so please bear in mind that we're not impartial journalists,
just three football fans sitting around and talking after watching the World Cup final.
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The moment that we have all been waiting for since four years ago has finally arrived. Another
World Cup final will be in the books by the time today comes to a close. Premiership Talk will be
amidst all the action, providing LIVE play-by-play coverage of the mouth-watering clash between
Holland and European champions Spain.
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So in true FIFA fashion it took about 30 minutes to read out ten names that were for some reason
placed on laminated cards and held aloft as though this was actually a lottery rather than a
selection of the best talents at this World Cup.
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When Ghana lost on penalties today to Uruguay, my eyes welled up with tears. Over the course of
the 120 minutes, my heart went out to Ghana. This was an African side which personified everything
that is beautiful about the World Cup. Underdogs, pure athleticism, incredible skill and, last but
not least, devastatingly wonderful goals.
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uefa.com Prandelli ready to pick up the pieces: Cesare Prandelli says he has "plenty of positives"
to draw on after being unveiled as the new coach of Italy on the back of the Azzurri's
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It's alarming to even consider, but for the next two days there will be no World Cup matches.
After gorging ourselves on football of varying quality for the past weeks, we suddenly have to
think of others things to do. Read a book? Take a walk? But to what end and purpose, when all we
have known for weeks is the spectacle of the fates of nations unfolding before our eyes?
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Komano hitting the barFor the first time, Paraguay have made it to the quarter finals of the World
Cup, a historic occasion for the South American team. In fact, all of the South American teams have
really shined this World Cup, and even though some won't be in the quarter-finals, the tournament
is still being dominated by them.
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Spain forward David Villa has launched a staunch defence of Fernando Torres and insists he is
"totally convinced" his strike partner will regain his scoring touch.
Vicente Del Bosque's side meet Iberian rivals Portugal in tonight's World Cup last-16 clash in Cape
Town with Villa having scored three goals from as many matches.
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It was a tough night for U.S. soccer. The chance to get to a World Cup semi-finals is not
something that comes along every four years and I, like most U.S. fans, feel that the U.S. blew a
great opportunity to achieve that today.
In an interview after the game Landon Donovan said the U.
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Devastated
Bob Bradley might have sealed the United States' fate by starting Ricardo Clark in the midfield.
Clark was beaten against England early by Steven Gerrard and then beaten just as badly by
Kevin-Prince Boateng early against Ghana.
After a yellow card, and more poor play, Clark was generously substituted 30 minutes in for
Maurice Edu.
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This wasn't quite the snore draw we were predicting. The Mexico players clearly weren't enthused
about accepting a draw, finishing second and playing likely Group B winners Argentina in the Round
of 16, and so decided to give Uruguay a run for their money.
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Switzerland were down to 10 men after 30 minutes, but very nearly held out against Chile. Only
nearly though, as Chile won 1-0 with a 75th minute goal from Mark Gonzalez.
Here's what Swiss right back Valon Behrami was sent off for in the 31st minute:
You can see Behrami was tussling with Chile #8 Artruo Vidal, and was attempting to use his arms to
break free.
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Soccerblog 19 June @ 08:01 AM EDT
30+ minutes and there has been very little by the way of excitement in the Japan vs Netherlands
match. Lots of possession as expected by the Dutch but no real threat where it matters, in front of
goal.
Looks like they are trying to wear down a very tough, stubborn Japan
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England WCB Liveblogs are award winning* and world renound**, so come join me, Ethan, and Chris
from the main page for the Algeria-England game. You can access the libeblog from the main page, or
right here. We will show up around 30 minutes before the game, at 8:00 PM South Africa time. Be
sure to stick around afterwards, as Ethan and I will be having a chat down, and I'm sure you'll
need to purge your emotions on kindly listening ears.
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See The Cup 16 June @ 11:45 AM EDT
A bit late on this one but here we are. It turns out, South Africa is not very internet ready
like the US (I am spoiled, I know) so we have been having a hard time connecting.
Christina arrived yesterday after a 6-hour flight from New York to London, a 10-hour layover in
Heathrow and an 11-hour flight London-Johannesburg.
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So, no time for standing still, but it is worth reflecting a little on one of the more striking
elements of England's 1-1 draw with the USA the fact that the previously invincible looking Fabio
Capello looks a bit more fallable than he previously did.
There were creeping doubts in the friendlies to be fair, in which we were unconvincing, but I
think most of assumed that when it came to crunch, we'd find our qualifier form all over again.
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"England starting to get a little lackadaisical?" This is, no joke, a line from my match notes,
right before Robert Greene's gaffe gifted the U.S. Men's National Team the equalizer at
Rustenburg's Royal Bafokeng Stadium. There would be no more goals on the night. The 1-1 score held
up as final. On a chilly night in South Africa's North West province, 38,646 spectators (5,354
short of a sellout, which explains why this guy was able to procure a ticket at half of face value
30 minutes before kick off) witnessed a thrilling match that certainly held up to expectations.
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Since there's only 30 minutes left as I type this, I'm really press for time before the first
kick-off. So, there will be no detailed reasoning or preview of the game coming up. Slovenia plays
passing game with a very strong midfield. Algeria are not that strong but have a continent-ground
advantage, though this has [.
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