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If you are one of those American soccer fans who, in the post-MLS Cup lull of the last few
weeks, watched the NCAA Division I men's and women's ‘College Cups,' I'm sorry. I fear that the
games were the types of rough defensive affairs that won't deter soccer aficionados that look at
the American college game with disdain (though I personally enjoyed watching).
As we head into the festive season, English fans are wrapping the present they give themselves
before every World Cup – the gift of unbridled confidence in their national football team. And
yet, as they have for the past 40+ years, those English fans are likely to stick their thumb in the
Christmas pudding and pull out something far less enjoyable than the plum.
With J Hutcherson -- My big picture contender for yesterday's number one thing I expected to happen
over the last ten years that didn't? The English Premier League remains a 20-team league playing 38
games. In the era of the never-ending season in North American sports, I thought there would be a
push back across the Atlantic.
Rafa Benitez has revealed that playing a part in helping to reduce Liverpool's debt burden was one
of the most important issues he had to manage over the summer.
Liverpool's financial situation has been cited as a reason for the team's lacklustre first half to
this season, with Benitez not given the funds to strengthen his squad.
