The FAI (Ireland's ruling Soccer organization) has demanded a reply of their match in which they
lost to France yesterday. All of this comes over more bad calls/non-calls by officials and has
even been brought to light by a French player who was involved in the incident.Â
I want to make clear that I am writing with the question.
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The possibilities for for the Wizards 2010 home schedule are starting to come into view. Earlier
this week, the T-Bones came out with their schedule for the 2010 season, meaning we know what dates
the Wizards won't be at home due to baseball being played at CAB. We also know that the Wizards
won't be playing any games at all from June 10th through June 25th due to the announcement that the
league will take off during the group stages of the World Cup this coming summer.
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Of course, our biggest mistake was inviting Steven Gerrard.
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Fangorn as Part of a Misguided Attempt to Develop a Club-Themed Vintage Fiction Market
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"Hrum, hoom!" said Rooney. "Do not be hasty, that's my motto."
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We hear George is off to meet the Prince again, on his turf this time to discuss ‘NASCAR', sure
George. George thinks he's onto a winner, he has a club, but the club has debt. No worries though
as "The debt on this club is very sound," George is supposed to have stated. I read the
‘transcript' [.
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Anfield Talk 06 October @ 02:05 PM EST
The Kuwaiti royal family, long since linked with a move to buy an English soccer club, attended
Chelsea's match with Liverpool this weekend, which ended in a 2-0 victory for the London team.
Though Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is not believed to be seeking any investment in his team, the
same cannot be said of Liverpool's co-owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who have appointed Bank
of America Merrill Lynch and Rothschild to advise on possible investments.
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Anfield Talk 01 October @ 11:57 AM EST
Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah, a member of the ruling family of Saudi Arabia who claimed this
week that he was close to agreeing a deal to invest in English soccer club Liverpool, has now
spoken out about the ongoing tension between the club's American owners.
Liverpool and members of Fahd bin Abdullah's own company moved swiftly to distance themselves from
his claims this week, with the club's owners, George Gillett and Tom Hicks, admitting that they
have retained Bank of American Merrill Lynch and Rothschild to advise on possible investments but
saying that any talks are in preliminary stages.
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The Dynamo had a game last night? I was flipping between Kimbo Slice on The Ultimate Fighter and
Meatloaf on Ghost Hunters. I completely forgot about the Dynamo. I guess that's what happens when
you prefer watching things that are entertaining. Oh well.
The Dynamo lost to Pachuca 1-0 in CONCACRAP action.
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Anfield Talk 30 September @ 11:45 AM EST
Speculation continues about the possibility of Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Saud, a
member of the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, buying into Liverpool, after the English Premier
League club admitted that it had appointed advisors to look at new investment opportunities.
Fahd bin Abdullah's F6 company has signed an agreement with Liverpool and co-owner George Gillett's
Nascar franchise, Richard Petty MOtorsports, that will see two Liverpool-backed youth academies and
a number of motor racing tracks built in Saudi Arabia.
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You gotta love Google translation...they didn't even bother with translating Persisam Putra from
Thai to English! Well, you couldn't, could you?
Most excellent president, club security, "Sing Ehgatea" Port FC begin Thailand Auto news "from you"
prosperity from maiden to leave the team to play in the Indo-League.
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Anfield Talk 28 September @ 11:54 AM EST
Neither George Gillett Jr. nor Tom Hicks, the co-owners of Liverpool, is expecting imminent
investment in the club from Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Saud, a member of the Saudi
Royal Family, despite reports to the contrary over the weekend.
Hicks and Gillett are in ongoing talks with a number of potential third-party investors as they
seek first to reduce Liverpool's £250 million debt and second to bring in the kind of sizeable
cash injection needed to finance the club's move from Anfield to a long-planned new stadium on
nearby Stanley Park.
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Anfield Talk 28 September @ 11:53 AM EST
F6, the Saudi Arabian sports investment company, has confirmed that it has reached an agreement
with Liverpool to establish a number of football academies in the region.
The deal was signed with George Gillett Jr., the Liverpool co-owner, and will seek to set up two
exclusive academies in Saudi Arabia and two in North Africa while also extending the interests of
the American's NASCAR franchise, Richard Petty Motorsports.
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I recently read an article about ways to make the NHL more popular in America. Since MLS has its
own shortcomings in popularizing the sport in America, it served as inspiration for this
masterpiece. Here, I bestow upon you Seven Ways To Make Americans Care About MLS:
7. Free Beer – Do I really need to explain this?
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Anfield Talk 25 September @ 12:20 PM EST
Liverpool co-owner George Gillett plans to meet with members of a Gulf royal family to discuss
developing soccer academies in the Middle East and North Africa.
Gillett, a part-owner of Nascar's Richard Petty Motorsports, told Bloomberg News that the sides
will also talk at Saturday's Premier League match with Hull about building Nascar-style race tracks
in the Middle East.
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kenn.com 11 September @ 11:52 AM EST
Because he says what I'm thinking, only he says it more succinctly and he's funnier than I can
ever hope to be:
"This is the national team that can beat Spain and sweat bullets against Trinidad.
That's life as an American soccer fan, and it's actually way better than it was.
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MIKE JACOBS 09 September @ 03:10 PM EST
ESPN's SportsNation has spoken in regards to what the average american sports fan thinks about
soccer, and it certainly seems like this past summer has increased the interest level of our
game-
Which is more likely in the next 10 years?
Cubs win the World Series - 40%
Danica wins the Indy 500 - 37%
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The eternal question of football/soccer and its survival in the United States is: Why won't the
sport be huge and break into the Big 4 of US Professional Sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR)?
Well we have 5 answers to that question that will make you think and hopefully bring out some
emotion in favor or against these arguments.
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The eternal question of football/soccer and its survival in the United States is: Why won't the
sport be huge and break into the Big 4 of US Professional Sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR)?
Well we here at MAF have 5 answers to that question that will make you think and hopefully bring
out some emotion in favor or against these arguments.
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It started in nhl and I started wandering would this be same with soccer? The question came about
because the NBA, beginning next season, will let teams sell ads on their practice jerseys and is
exploring allowing them on game jerseys.
I understand the economy stinks and leagues are looking for any way to give teams a financial
boost.
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For those of you who are concerned about the Rowdies kit design (and potential sponsors), cruise
over to Kenn's Blog and behold the abomination that is featured there. At least we won't have
something as ridiculous as that.
It is nice to see that NASCAR is influencing the Swedes.
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What we all came to see
Though 'Other Sports' is by far the least popular series in AMSL's history, I'm obliged to forge on
if only to remind myself why my ten month addiction to one sport is in fact, healthy, and to be
encouraged among young people and the infirm.
So with that I go to the car racing games, Indy, NASCAR, Formulas 1 through 10.
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Soccerblog 20 June @ 07:46 AM EST
SportsPro magazine has published the world's first value ranking of sports properties in its July
issue, out now. They have listed 200 properties. Here are the top ten.
1. National Football League (NFL) - $4.5 billion
2. Major League Baseball (MLB) - $3.9 billion
3. National Basketball Association (NBA) - $3.
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See The Cup 18 June @ 02:49 AM EST
At this point, you've probably seen the "Ronaldo effect" on Corinthians jersey. There are so
many sponsors that it looks like a Nascar uniform. All because the club needs to pay the high
salaries of the number 9.
However, take a look again at the picture above. No, the sponsor under his armpit is not a
coincidence.
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Sorry for disappearing! The end of the season is always crazy hectic. I've been dealing with a
ton of makeups due to all the rain, end of season tournaments (Going to Wilmington NC this weekend
- fun!), helping organize tryouts, setting up registration for the Fall, and more. Hope to get back
onto the blog and Twitter in a week or two.
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Here in America, ESPN is truly the "Worldwide Leader In Sports." Millions of people wake up with
Sportscenter in the morning, and go to bed with it on in the evening. Anyone in America that
follows sports seemingly gets their information from ESPN.
The only problem? ESPN has literally no respect for soccer.
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So Jack Bell got Jovan Kirovski to make some Champions League predictions based on the fact the
only American player to win a European Champions League winner's medal, when he played for Borussia
Dortmund in 1997.
Considering how much time he spent on the field throughout his European adventure, he's qualified
to predict Champions League matches like I am qualified to race in NASCAR.
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DuNord did it as a convenience for you, the reader. I do it as a convenience for me, the me. When
I'm running short of topics, sure, sometimes the USSF does something agonizingly insulting to give
me a topic, but mostly I just bogart other people's topics. Works like a freaking charm.
By the way, I dunno if DuNord is officially back, but it's worth checking out his latest entry.
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IRL drivers Dan Wheldon (2005 Indy 500 champion and champion at Kansas Speedway in 2007 and 2008)
and Mario Moraes (20-year-old from Brazil) will join us at CommunityAmerica Ballpark for our next
home match on Thursday, April 23 at 7 p.m. CT. Wheldon and Moraes will be in the stadium with their
cars, signing autographs from 5:30 p.
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Thad over at The Back Post is reporting that the Wizards have a new beat writer to replace Bob
Luder whose name has come up in the Star's recent layoffs. According to Thad, the new writer is
Randy Covitz, who is currently with the Star. From a quick search of the Star's website, it looks
like recently, Covitz has been mainly covering NASCAR and racing for the Star.
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The Offside 24 September @ 03:00 AM EST
If you're a football fan, I'm pretty sure this Sony ad for the US market - featuring Peyton Manning
and Dale Earnhardt Jr. - will piss you off. I thought we were past this sort of soccer-bashing in
the USA, but apparently not. I spotted it over at EPL Talk, where the "Soccer Fans: Boycott
Sony [...]
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I'll be honest, Luis and I are both crappy golfers. We didn't even have clubs, so Lance and Keith
had to share theirs. They were very nice about it, though. We might have golfed a little better,
though, if we'd resisted the free margaritas along the course. That doesn't exactly help one's
coordination.
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