The Metro Reverse Curse lives.

What is the Reverse Curse? It is a temporary suspension of all footballing ability while wearing a Metro Bull kit that is magically cured once a player switches kits to another club. There are so many examples of this, but sticking to recent memory (and not in any order of importance at all); Hunter Freeman leaves Red Bull and has become a regular starter in Norway, Gabriel Cichero leaves Red Bull and becomes a valuable piece of their National teams youth movement, Mike Magee has proven to be a key offensive cog in the Galaxy's overall make up leading the team in assists, Diego Jimenez continues to excel in Mexico, and notched two goals upon arriving back to his country after his RB departure.

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Terry deals with his demons as Chelsea get lucky. Things you should have noticed from Sunday's big encounter:

Ain't that just the way that life goes down down down

Well, it was bound to happen. As sure as eggs is eggs, the sky is blue and that Mrs. Marlon King will be enjoying a nice relaxing few months, John Terry was bound to score the winner against Man Utd sooner or later.

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by TRAVIS CLARK

The Big East happens to be an earlier starter when it comes to the postseason tournament. The first round took place midweek, and while it's too early to pronounce some of the results as upsets, DePaul managing to squeak into the quarterfinals comes as a slight surprise -- the Demons drew 2-2 at Georgetown before winning on penalties.

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by TRAVIS CLARK

The Big East happens to be an earlier starter when it comes to the postseason tournament. The first round took place midweek, and while it's too early to pronounce some of the results as upsets, DePaul managing to squeak into the quarterfinals comes as a slight surprise -- the Demons drew 2-2 at Georgetown before winning on penalties.

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Guido Erhard tried to write a book. The working title, he said, was: "Truth Be Told - A Life on the Brink". He said the book would "give other people hope and courage". He didn't say it was also a way of coming to grips with his own demons, but he didn't have to.
"Truth Be Told" was never published, because on a cold, dark and snowy Thursday in February 2002, Erhard hurled himself in front of an incoming high-speed train at Offenbach main station. Click to continue reading...

The thirteen year-old boy in me is beyond geeked for this film. I swear to God it's like James Cameron has taken it upon himself to exorcise the demons of Endor on behalf of all of us. So curse you and your ewoks George Lucas, this is how you do "outer space military ops on a lush, jungle planet inhabited by perceived primitives who will kick that human ass in the end". Click to continue reading...

Being a mortal of simple pleasures, for me, the win against Burnley on Saturday was the most enjoyable of the season thus far; surpassing even the trouncing of Liverpool in week one. Regardless of the quality of opposition, this result had everything. Even the most miserly of scrooges couldn't wake up on Sunday morning with at least a dozen things to be pleased about.

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Dimitar Berbatov scored two goals in three games against his former club last season, including the goal that knocked Tottenham Hotspur out of the FA Cup.

Ahead of another game against them, Berbatov claims the fans were good to him but there was no way he could turn United down, despite his exorcist uncle telling him not to.

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For the first time since January 1998 against Ipswich in the League Cup, Chelsea won a penalty shootout, defeating Manchester United in the Community Shield. This snaps a streak of five straight shootout losses, including that horror show in the Champions League final two years ago and gives the club their fourth Community Shield victory.

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USOpenCup.com Quarterfinal recap
MLS regains control as Rochester is lone USL club remaining in Semifinals

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Quarterfinals

Rochester (USL-1) 2:1 Wilmington (USL-2)

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While it's indeed absolutely righteous that the ol' Stars n' Stripes conquered whatever demons they had been wrestling against the Egyptians (and thanks, Brazil!) and offered themselves the opportunity to toreador against the running of the silky and insurmountable Spanish bulls, the fact remains that the country's domestic league has been rendered a forgotten soldier, blanched and drowned out by the androgynous moan of the vuvuzela. Click to continue reading...

It has been a mighty battle with the computer demons and I have emerged victorious to live another day...#1 - I have a sickness: I must link to any Jimmy Conrad interview... especially when he pimps the upcoming Arrested Development movie.By the way, if they can't get the original actor for some reason, I think Jimmy would make for a fantastic Franklin Delano Bluth. Click to continue reading...

Robbie Keane might have been struggling for form since arriving back from Liverpool but I'm confident he'll be back to his best next season. He didn't play much football whilst there and coming straight back into the Spurs side playing every week has probably been more difficult for him to adjust to than we all thought it would.

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You'll need to forgive my tardiness, I've spent hours wrestling with my computer's demons...Let's start off with Spartak Moscow ace Alex, who channels a little pillow-soft Cruijff spirit for this one.Next, Mallorca's Kleber Santana says "Anything you can do with the left, I can do better with the right - and I'll use mine to beat Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...

If hitting the topical nail on the head via the form of a sketch was an Olympic sport then the guys at Studs Up would be the Michael Phelps of the sport. Ledley King must have some demons to exorcise. Maybe it's his damn knees! Maybe it's his inability to say ... Click to continue reading...

Refs are human beings - which means on one hand players, coaches, and fans should treat us like one; on the other it means that if you don't, we will do what we need to do. That may mean tossing you, and it may go as far as making fun of you, or even gloating when your behavior finally catches up to you. Click to continue reading...

Spring-heeled Walcott points way for Arsenal
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For 12 long months, Arsenal have nursed a sense of injustice. We have heard it voiced from time to time, usually by the manager Arsène Wenger. His team, he has maintained, did not deserve to lose the second-leg of the Champions League quarter-final at Liverpool, after producing arguably their finest performance of last season.

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It's been an emotional couple of weeks of Adelaide's Robbie Cornthwaite.
The club's foundation defender has not only found himself unwittingly dragged into a spitting storm but he's also been the target of abuse from his own supporters for scoring a horror own goal in the away leg of the AFC Champions League quarter-final against Kashima Antlers
But on Wednesday night in Adelaide, Cornthwaite banished all those demons with a tie-winning headed goal which secured a 2-1 aggregate win over the 10-time Japanese champions and a passage into the final four. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool believe they have exorcised their Manchester United demons and proved that they can be genuine title candidates.
One win does not turn under-achievers into world-beaters overnight. But when that win is a 2-1 success over the champions of Europe and England, Liverpool can be forgiven for feeling on top of the world as they head into their Champions League group opener in Marseille on Tuesday. Click to continue reading...

3 games, 3 goals, 9 points. If you are a New York soccer fan you've got to love the resurrection of Mike Magee. Five years ago he was a hot young prospect out of the Bradenton Academy, the future of the franchise. Yet only a year ago he was the injury-plagued ghost of Metro past. Not that my amateur analysis amounts to anything more than a barstool appraisal, but if the kid's hot streak retains it's momentum he may simultaneously fulfill the prophecy, exorcise a few demons and make himself a candidate for Comeback Player of the Year. Click to continue reading...

Any woman can tell you that the quickest way to exorcise demons is to get new clothes. That is apparently the France strategy as well. They've unveiled this new maillot for the Sweden game.

Because that old new jersey? The one they wore in Euros? I don't think anybody's in any hurry to see that one again.

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Aufweidersen, Adieu. Adios. Since I've been out golfing today, I hadn't read about Abel Xavier's farewell tour of spite on Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit in particular and the Galaxy in general.
Here's a sampling of it.
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That was fun!!!

After 44 years of disappointment, failure and bemusement, Spain finally conquered their demons, defeating Germany 1-0 in the Euro 2008 final.

Finally, Spain can exhale.

Finally, the best team who never won a Cup (save 1964's Euro title) has a championship.

And look at the way they did it, playing a free-flowing, attacking style.

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'Those Italians are not giants but windmills' - the Spanish press couldn't be more excited now that the national team have finally exorcised their demons. Click to continue reading...

Good morning class. My name is Shawn Francis and I will be your substitute for today as it seems that your regular teacher, Mr. Galarcep is away for a teachers in service day???whatever that means. You can just call me SF because I like to keep it loose. Now I know that I do not have the same qualifications as Mr.

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For two MLS clubs, a trophy and actual bliss is in sight for once. Both New England and Dallas actually took the US Open Cup serious this season unlike the rest of the MLS clubs that struggled to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament. If you ask me this cup is still important, even with [...] Click to continue reading...