For the second episode of my international radio broadcast Eat Soccer!, I had the wonderful opportunity to introduce the listeners to one of the most courageous, motivated athletes I know. Brandon Culpepper is an American football player, and he took time out of his busy NFL schedule to give soccer players tips on how they can develop the courage to pursue their dreams to play soccer. Click to continue reading...

Finally, Chelsea found their "hand" and used it to great effect in their 1-0 win over Manchester United yesterday.� The match was a rough and tumble affair that featured very little in the way of scoring opportunities for either squad but did feature virtual girth of tension and upheaval at Stamford Bridge.

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Well this season has not had the strong start that Everton was hoping for.� Currently the squad is in thirteenth place, but they are at least beginning the slow climb up the board.� But despite Everton's recent push up the board it� has also been a season filled with many setbacks for the top five squad from last year.

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We could probably spend a day listing all the difference between our traditional North American sports leagues (MLB, NFL and NBA) with the way European soccer clubs are run, or in fact almost all leagues around the world are run, aside from MLS. For me, one of the key differences is roster construction. Click to continue reading...

When I'm away from the blog, I work night shifts in the office. Often times I share the desk with a huge Manchester United fan. He's big into online betting.
Whenever there is a game on TV we talk about the matchup, the betting line and where the money should go. A couple clicks later and the bet is in. Click to continue reading...

The Bucs and Browns are a combined 1-14 this season, while across the pond Manchester United stands second and Aston Villa stands eight in the Premier League standings. I know what some people are thinking, what is the connections between the four teams. The connections is simple The Browns and Aston Villa are owned by Randy Lerner, while the Bucs and Manchester United are owned by Malcolm Glazer (pictured right). Click to continue reading...

The NFL has their iconic logo, the NBA has Jerry West, but its easy to see why the top soccer league in Belgium has the best logo in the world. The Jupiler League logo (above) features a beer can playing the trumpet, can it get any better than that. Can you imagine the NFL logo featuring a Budweiser can playing an electric guitar, now that would be priceless. Click to continue reading...

No surprise there, then: in a tanking economy where even the nation's most popular league, the NFL, has had trouble selling tickets and Major League Baseball's attendance fell 6.9%, it's not a shock to learn that as Soccer America reports, MLS' attendance fell overall by 2.9% in the regular season just concluded, falling from 16,460 in 2008 to 16,037.

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I knew Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco was supposed to be a heckuva soccer player, but now he's claimed on Twitter that he could actually go join pal Ronaldinho at AC Milan if the NFL experiences a work stoppage.Is this possible? Has anyone seen him play at a charity event or something?Watch... if he goes, suddenly everyone will be making "if they played soccer" XI's of guys playing other Click to continue reading...

Not going to waste anybody's time on a preamble, as we ease back toward club season. Crazy day Thursday left me with little time to write. Let me just say, it would be nice for the Premier League to have some consistency in its scheduling. For example, why no noon-ish game on Saturday? Doesn't make sense. Click to continue reading...

Ya son tres años que la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol junto con otras asociaciones se han unido para apoyar a la mujer con respecto al cáncer de mama: todos tienen una mujer en su vida.

El fin de semana pasado, me llevé una grata sorpresa al ver los partidos de Fútbol Americano mejor conocido como N.

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Sure, the attendance numbers for MLS aren't that strong, down about 700 per game. But it is still the 4th best season for the league by any attendance measure. No it doesn't compare strongly to the NBA (slightly up) or NHL (also slightly up), but does to MLB (down 6%) and NFL (in danger of [...] Click to continue reading...

It's that time again.� Time to take notice and realize that the NHL and NBA seasons start way too soon.� It could also be that they end in June, way too late.� � Either way, they are burning the public out.� Their schedule is way too long.

Tonight is the NHL's opening night and it feels like, your kidding, right, didn't it just end like a month ago?

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New England represents so many of the problems with MLS 1.0. They are treated like step-brother by their NFL partners, a minor tenant in a stadium that should be beautiful. This game though will feature a team that on the pitch has scraped together through adversity and managed to teeter on the edge [. Click to continue reading...

I hate the word 'Soccer', it should be football and nothing else. As you know, the Americans have also adopted the Football name for another sport, American Football. You may not have the knowledge about it that you do about the hideously named 'Soccer' but you can get some quite brilliant sports betting odds.

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Here's what Kansas City's new stadium could look like.
The Philadelphia Union might be playing its first game at Lincoln Financial (home of the Eagles in the NFL). Also here's an update on the Liverpool stadium saga. Click to continue reading...

The Philadelphia Union will become the 16th MLS club at the start of next season and will play in the new Chester Stadium. But news came out this morning that their first game could be in another venue.

Philadelphia's front office are keeping their options open as to the site of the first kick in 2010.

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Word is soccer stars across the pond are so fearful for their security that they're getting their car windows made bulletproof.
It makes sense.
The EPL there is kind of like the NFL here, where party-hearty stars often become targets. No amount of planning ahead is enough for my money. Click to continue reading...

While Emmanuel Adebayor's infamous lack of sportsmanship this past weekend has overshadowed Manchester City's emphatic 4-2 victory over his former club Arsenal, it is impossible to overlook the strong impact he has made at the Eastlands already.

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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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Los Seattle Sounders han ganado la copa US, pero la nota de este juego fue la expulsion del portero Josh Wicks quien con lujo de violencia despues de recibir el gol en su puerta le propina tremendo pisoton al delantero Fredy Montero .
Otro de esos seudo futbolistas que no se pueden controlar de ninguna manera y que para acabarla de amolar no reconocen su error y reclaman su expulsión. Click to continue reading...

Another week of Premiership action is now in the books, and Thursday means one thing: it's time for the Thursday Throwdown from A to Z. Here we go...

A� is for Anelka. Chelsea fans should be counting their lucky stars that both Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba are in spectacular form.

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Another week is past, and you know what that means: yet another A to Z breakdown of this week in Premier League action. Here we go...

A is for Abou Diaby. The underrated Arsenal midfielder grabbed a brace on Saturday as he led Arsenal to yet another early season romp.

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It was a great experience to go to another MLS stadium last weekend, not least because we were hosted by the Fire Supporters Club who looked after us grandly. I wanted to share a few observations picked up over the weekend because I think they are of interest to all soccer fans. Maybe we could even learn some things from them. Click to continue reading...

I saw this over at SSE. What do ya think?
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As the STO Commish once noted, tying is Un-American and should be avoided when possible. We Yanks� like clearly defined winners and losers, so tying in the NFL (aka "the Not� Football League")� is highly� improbable. Heck, tying in baseball and� basketball is impossible (except in a MLB� All-Star Game when Selig got sleepy).

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Interesting post on Serie A Tickets about some recent comments from Italian Premier and AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi about why football needs a salary cap.

"Footballers' salaries are outside reality. It is necessary to introduce a salary cap," Berlusconi was quoted as saying by Italian media on Tuesday.

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More top stuff from Adam Spangler in Mexico.� That's our friend Bruce in the header, incidentally.

Adam gets brownie points for this:

Azteca was a let down. It's a big dirty stadium without charm. Walking around the seats is like rock climbing–it is so steep; there is so little room I wanted a harness.

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Back, in what's sadly and slowly becoming a long time ago in college, I wrote a column about the dreaded triple whammy. This occurred during NFL Sundays when all of the following happened: your favorite team lost, your fantasy team lost and finally you came up empty on your gambling picks.As I type this in late Wednesday evening, I'm in the mist of a triple whammy. Click to continue reading...

With J Hutcherson -- Later today, where running a Clemente Lisi article on the influence of the National Football League on the Summer of Soccer. Staying on topic, one of the issues for Major League Soccer is how much impact the mentality of the NFL is allowed to have on this sport. Simply put, the NFL is an operation that doesn't value players in the same way as other leagues. Click to continue reading...

What is the proper way to honor a legend?
Is it to retire his jersey, have a special day for them, or build a statue in their honor. That is what we do in the United State, but in England they do it a different way. Take a look around at the classic stadiums in England and many of them have stands that are named after long time club heroes. Click to continue reading...

"There is a lot of politics at Tottenham, but that's Tottenham as a club," added Bent.

With Daniel Levy, every day is one more day spent in politics, one day less on football. I have no idea why this man wants to be chairman of a club. He should contest elections for the Tories.

Anyway, Bent's Twitter rant apparently helped seal the most expensive signing in Black Cats history.

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MLS apparently has a fancy new plan for the playoffs:
Quote: Yes, MLS fans' dreams might be about to come true: Pitch Invasion has learned that the MLS Board of Governors are seriously considering a complete overhaul of the MLS playoff structure, that would both enliven the playoffs and ensure the regular season beomes a meaningful contest for first place with serious advantages gained for the post-season. Click to continue reading...