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I tried to stay outside of the EPL, so for instance, Rooney, wasn't included.
Jefferson Farfán, PSV Eindhoven
The 22-year-old Peruvian striker Jefferson Farfán has quite an impressive goal-scoring record at
PSV Eindhoven with 70 goals in 126 total appearances and with the losses of Alex, Cocu, and Arouna
Koné, he's going to have to continue that form if defending champion PSV is going to contend in
the Eredivisie this year.
Eddy Hamel's life story is one of triumph that ultimately ended in tragedy. Born in New York in
1902, he moved to Holland at some point during his teenage years. Not much is known about him until
he emerged as a left winger for Ajax in 1922. Amazingly enough though, he was the first player of
Jewish descent to play for a club that was feverishly followed by the large, thriving Jewish
community of Amsterdam.
In an endearing piece in the Daily Mail today, summer acquisition and winger extraordinaire, Ryan
Babel, has revealed that he owes a great deal of gratitude to Rafa Benitez for his tremendous start
with the club.
Apparently when Babel was at Ajax, he would let outside interference (a.k.a the crowd) affect his
play, so much so that he would become 'depressed on the pitch'.
With Adu bidding adieu to Real Salt Lake and the MLS for Benfica and Sal Zizzo shunning Major
League Soccer all together and signing with Hannover 96 before he can get trapped in the MLS slave
trade, who will be the next US player to change continents?
Danny Szetela? The Columbus Crew midfielder may be gaining a world of knowledge by playing along
side Guillermo Barros Schelotto, but other than that, he's wasting his time and talents.
Wow, what a match. I rarely give keepers Man of the Match awards, but in this case, Slavia Praha's
Martin Vaniak deserves it, even edging out the brace from his teammate and captain Stanislav
Vlček. Vaniak was simply unbeatable and made a stop on Huntelaar that can only be described as
ridiculous.
In the 73rd minute, still at a 1-1 stalemate, Luis Suarez sent a cross to Huntelaar who headed with
all his might towards the bottom right corner of the goal.
