So, a two hour press conference was held by Thanopoulos today. Reporters said it was very sincere, "straight from the heart" kind of stuff. Clearly not saying what he is being told to say but rather what is true.

So, progress should be made soon with regards to Kozonis. A paper should be signed this weekend stating both sides are intending to go through with the deal (or something along those lines) and if all goes well (no arguments or hidden debts suddenly showing up) the transition will occur December 31st.

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Jamie Wright GK Mankato West
Lauren Reed M East Ridge Woodbury
Jessica Bianchi M Rogers
Jaclyn Scanlon F East Grand Forks
Jena Kadlec F La Crescent
Autumn Hayes M La Crescent
Katie Pappas M Cloquet
Jessie Ryan M Cloquet
Korleki Akiti M Blake
Natalie Sill F Blake
Lydia Sutton M Blake
Sophie Babo F Orono
Macie Babo D- Orono
Haley Erickson M Orono
Kerrie Dingmann M Orono
Grete Miller GK Orono

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Jamie Wright GK Mankato West
Lauren Reed M East Ridge Woodbury
Jessica Bianchi M Rogers
Jaclyn Scanlon F East Grand Forks
Jena Kadlec F La Crescent
Autumn Hayes M La Crescent
Katie Pappas M Cloquet
Jessie Ryan M Cloquet
Korleki Akiti M Blake
Natalie Sill F Blake
Lydia Sutton M Blake
Sophie Babo F Orono
Macie Babo D- Orono
Haley Erickson M Orono
Kerrie Dingmann M Orono
Grete Miller GK Orono

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The squad the Nikos Kostenoglou will be taking with him is rather similar to the usual. Lyberopoulos, Rivaldo, Edinho, Kone, Macho, Lagos, Kafes, Morretto, Arruabarena, Blanco, Geraldo Alves, Pavlis, Toszer, Pappas, Julio Cesar, Bourbos, Kallon, Pliatsikas, Dellas, Ensaliwa, Edson Silva Ramos. I am pleased to also see Kapetanos included in the squad for the game tonight. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday's game was actually two games. There was the first half, where we completely dominated and played some decent, if not spectacular, football, and there was the second half, where we perhaps sensing the importance of maintaining our 0-1 lead and going home with all three points hunkered down on defense, played some [. Click to continue reading...

We drew with Getafe, but our equalizer came four minutes into added time, mere seconds from the final whistle. This was a close call and does not bode well for the return fixture in Madrid later this month. We shouldn't be surprised. Something has been wrong with AEK since the beginning of the year. Click to continue reading...

We play Larissa F.C. tomorrow, Saturday, February 9th, at 9:45 am East Coast Time. I am very nervous about this match, for the following reasons. First, Larissa are no push-overs. They won the Greek Cup last year and had a okay run in this year's UEFA Cup, defeating Blackburn of the EPL in the first round before losing [. Click to continue reading...

We dropped three more points, this time against Panionios. Â First, let's get the discussion of the refereeing out of the way. Â Was the referee crap? Â You betcha. Â Was he paid off? Â He must have been. Â In the first half, Rivaldo was unmistakenly fouled inisde the box. Â In teh second half, Lyberopoulos was clearly tripped right [. Click to continue reading...

Last time we played we beat Atromitos 2-0. That was at home and we were at full strength. Now we play them away and without Blanco, Dellas and probably Papastathopoulos. Ferrer has not been consistent with his line-ups when missing key players, so I can't predict how he will line up. Instead, I will give [. Click to continue reading...

It proves nothing; you know that, right? Veria F.C. was crap. We played well, but not well enough to draw any major conclusions. Still, there were a few surprises that make me truly hopeful about the second half of the season. The first is that Pappas had his first start of the Greek League with AEK. Click to continue reading...