Standing on a rooftop overlooking the site of the Philadelphia Union's future stadium, I
couldn't help but see the pieces being put into place for a club that should help revitalize soccer
on the East Coast.
As cranes lowered ten-ton cement blocks into place to piece together the Union's stadium, you
could stand inside the unfinished building and see the vision.
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Standing on a rooftop overlooking the site of the Philadelphia Union's future stadium, I
couldn't help but see the pieces being put into place for a club that should help revitalize soccer
on the East Coast.
As cranes lowered ten-ton cement blocks into place to piece together the Union's stadium, you
could stand inside the unfinished building and see the vision.
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Tomasz Kuszczak (left) is a reserve goalkeeper for Manchester United.
Recently he made all the headlines for calling the Old Trafford No. 1 'keeper Edwin van der Sar
(right) selfish, damn selfish. It's creating a bit of a controversy in England, and I'm pretty sure
it's because Kuszczak needed to try to find a way to become relevant.
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Cheer Up Alan Shearer's Top 10 TV Football Moments
1. Goooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllll
It would be fair to say that Kelvin Koogan's 'love it!' rant on Sky was our nailed on Number One
clip when we sat down to formulate this list. That was, however, until I was sent this cfootage.
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Seven Reasons Why Football (Soccer) and the United States do not really need each other.
1. Not enough Stats
American sport lovers, love stats, as do I. Football (Soccer) doesn't have enough. A game like
Cricket really should do far better stateside, that sport has more stats than just about any sport
known to man.
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Fatih Terim, the coach of the Turkish national football team, will put in his papers after his
side's final World Cup 2010 qualifying game against Armenia on Wednesday night. Terim will step
down as coach of the team he has managed for nearly the last four years, having taken over the
reigns from Ersun Yanal [.
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It is a big week in international football as the final set of World Cup qualifying matches are
being played in Europe and South America. The countdown to South Africa 2010 has well and truly
started and so we would like to know what has been your greatest World Cup moment? Maybe it was a
win for your country; a superb goal or a moment of madness?
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Being an Arsenal blog, and unable to review books like A Cultured Left Foot does so well due to
family and university commitments, there is not much in the way of reviewable media. That all
changed this week as Arsenal Station received a copy of "The Gooner Review" DVD. I had seen the
trailer and was really looking forward to seeing what the filmmakers had done.
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OK, so we are now on our official 48hour countdown to our first game on Thursday. Today we had a
decent practice, working on our midfielders and finishing.
We had to cancel tonight's practice due to the fires here in L.A. so we had a chalk and talk
session regarding attacking set plays.
Here are some useful facts about attacking set plays:
1.
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As the countdown to the 2010 Fifa World Cup draws ever closer, the Azzurri still have some work to
do in their final qualifying matches to be assured of reaching and most importantly defending their
coveted trophy once more. Whilst the final qualifying matches against Georgia, Bulgaria, Republic
of Ireland and .
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Javier Aguirre took a chance on Miguel Sabah. Former Coaches Sven Goran Eriksson, Ricardo
LaVolpe and Hugo Sanchez all hardly rated him lightly- it paid off big time today with a game
winning goal.
Charlie Davies early goal gave the US an un-expected lead, but after that the American shape
collapsed and defending was at times shambolic.
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Before the KICK-OFF
Spoke to some of the crowds at the stadium before the kick-off.
- "I first came to know this game from a China-based website and after verified it with local
sources, I gathered some of my classmates here to watch the game" said 19 year-old Hu Qiang, a NUS
student who was at the match with some of his classmates (above).
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No. 1 for England? You wouldn't start on my Sunday League team in L.A., mate
The countdown to the season is truly on now - just five days to go, and we got a taste of what's to
come yesterday as Chelsea took down Manchester United in the Community Shield on penalties. I
watched the match with pen and paper in hand - and here are some of my player specific reactions
and ratings - on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
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It's like a beginning of the countdown and all eyes set up, be it on the field or the television
sets. The fans are eagerly waiting to cheer up their favorites. The feeling is just so tempting and
to write on that, it is like a "Cake with an extra Icing."
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The countdown to Azteca officially begins today for me, as we're just over a week away from the
biggest game on the USMNT's 2009 World Cup qualification schedule. While I'm supremely excited for
the...
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Fantasy EPL 30 July @ 11:29 PM EST
Join me as I check in with what has been happening in and around the English Premier League over
the last week.
Elano seals Gala switch
Bojinov set for Parma move
Two less bodies to choose from.
Petrov fitness a worry for Villa
Aston Villa are sweating over the fitness of their Player Of The Year Stiliyan Petrov who
suffered a dislocated shoulder during the Peace Cup clash with Atlante.
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Arseblog 20 July @ 02:10 AM EST
Morning and welcome to a brand new pre-season filled week. At last the football has begun again
and the countdown to the new season is well and truly on.
After seeing Tomas Rosicky return in Saturday's game against Barnet Arsene Wenger admitted he
had serious fears for his Czech mate's future during his time out with injury.
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KICKETTE 08 July @ 01:29 PM EST
Update: Looks like Olalla had to be induced because, well, she was becoming the size of a
large building. Thus, the "planned" date of delivery, even though baby Nora had a natural
birth.
Fernando has yet to leave the hospital and is sleeping in the same room as his wife. Mmm day-old
Nando.
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An exciting week of "what's coming up soon," continues. First, it was the opening up of the
official Fantasy Premier League game and now, it's our 2 week countdown to Chelsea vs Inter Milan
in Los Angeles. I feel like a "Next on 60 Minutes" trailer, but how can you not be excited for
Zlatan and Lampard invading America in just 14 days time.
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MLS Daily 05 July @ 02:40 PM EST
Americans Abroad / USMNT
Four Players Make Scoresheet In Comfortable US Win - Prost Amerika
USMNT Down Grenada 4-0 In 2009 Gold Cup - US Soccer
He Has Cards; Will He Shuffle Deck? - Los Angeles Times
US Overpowers Grenada 4-0 In Gold Cup Opener - Seattle Times
Grenada 0 - 4 USA: July Fourth Masterpiece - MLS Talk
US Routs Grenada In Gold Cup Opener - MLSnet
Generation Next: American Right Midfielders - Soccer Academics
Rogers The Star As US Cruises - Associated Press
Studio 90: Game Day From Seattle - The MNT Blog
CONCACAF Gold Cup: Players To Watch - MLS Talk
Chicago Fire
Fire 2, Colorado Rapids 1 - SlideTackles.
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Soccerblog 01 June @ 08:02 AM EST
Who will manage him next season?
Clarin has the countdown (In Spanish). Carlos Ischia leaves after the Clausura ends. Eleven
candidates have been shortlisted to replace him. The money is on Alfio Basile since Carlos Bianchi
has a clause that says that he will never succeed Ischia.
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LIVE STREAMING MATCH UPDATE on "SgBEAT"
- (You bound to see non-relevant posting during the countdown to this match.)
- (Sign up a "SgBeat" account now in order to participate the live update by giving comments
during the match.)
LIVE STREAMING UPDATE WILL BEGIN AT APPROX.
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When the potential quadruple champions had to settle for a ho-hum double, it couldn't mean good
things in keeping Ronaldo at United.
Of course, that was probably the first question to the Portuguese winger after the big game
yesterday.
When asked after United's 2-0 loss to Barcelona in the Champions League final whether
he would be at Old Trafford next season, the reigning world player of the year said: "I don't
know.
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Check back often as we update the global coverage on the match:
- Head over heart for Champs final - Greg Lalas via SI.com
- Champions League - Sky Sports Coverage Center
- Xavi Confident Ahead Of Barcelona's Manchester United Date - Goal.com
- Eto'o Unconcerned By Poor Form Ahead Of Barcelona's CL Final - Goal.
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PREVIEW
Home United's fate in the AFC Cup will be determined by the outcome of this fixture after their
away defeat to Vietnamese club Binh Duong.
However, Mr PN Sivaji's men should take some comfort for the fact they had not lost their last two
games since that lost in Vietnam, but there's no room for complacency as the club jolly well know
that further participation in this continental tournament means a victory at all costs against this
Thai side.
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We're getting ever closer! The Daily Mail, who else, has been compiling a countdown list of the 50
worst signings in Premier League history and today they unveiled numbers 20-11! (it's like an
advent calendar, without the chocolate and the religion) 20 Harry Kewell (Leeds to Liverpool, £5m
- 2003) 19 Corrado Grabbi .
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Yep...The Daily Mail again. So now they have taken us from 40-31 in their countdown and they have
surprised me with some of their selections i can tell you! 40 Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham to
Manchester United, £30.75m - 2008) 39 Gilles de Bilde (PSV Eindhoven to Sheffield Wednesday, £3m
- 1999) 38 Winston Bogarde .
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Philadelphia release new emblem and official name. Philadelphia Union was officially unveiled
today as the name of Major League Soccer 16th franchise by Mayor Michael Nutter, with City Hall
serving as an appropriately historic backdrop for the momentous announcement. The region's newest
professional sports team simultaneously revealed its logo and colours as the countdown to First
Kick continues.
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Arseblog 28 April @ 01:18 AM EST
Right, well the countdown is well and truly on for tomorrow night and the game against United is
unquestionably the biggest game of the season so far.
A Champions League semi-final first leg at Old Trafford against the holders. Blimey, and such.
The manager is very much aware of how important an away goal is and has promised to be 'audacious'
tomorrow night.
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Another week has passed and the top of the rankings are a little clearer. One reason that the view
at the top is so clear is the Super Bonus Points awarded to the four clubs that have reached the
semifinals of the UEFA Champions League. (Super Bonus Points also were awarded to CONCACAF
Champions League semifinalists, but those still weren't enough to put any of those clubs into the
rankings.
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Any football fan who also has Sky TV will no doubt be aware of Jeff Stelling, host of an immensely
popular and entertaining show dedicated to broadcasting a running commentary of all football-league
action on Saturdays - a program unsuprisingly named Soccer Saturday. Stelling has become a bit of a
legend, but today it has been [.
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I warned everybody last week that all hell was going to break loose in the WCR
Top 25 and I didn't lie. This week we have eight new clubs in the WCR Top 25, including five
teams debuting in the Top Ten, including Lazio, Valencia and Bayer Leverkusen. The reason for
this is that last season's results were removed from the statistics used to determine the countdown
and the numbers got jumbled in England, Germany, Italy and Spain.
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