A few NSC programming notes: there will be no Who likes goals? today, there will be a U.S. v
Denmark LIVE post on Wednesday and I will name my own MLS Best XI at S365 later in the week. And
now, your Monday morning croissants, juice and papers...#1 - The World Cup finals field for South
Africa is now at 26, with Cameroon capping their glorious table comeback with a 2-0 closing day win
(as
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I've lifted the F-bomb ban on Cut of the Day because it's Friday and I wanna...#1 - In the
aftermath of last night's Real Salt Lake upset of the champs, James Edward pops the surprise cork
and Shawn Mitchell does the Crew autopsy.#2 - After another loss to Benfica at home last night,
Everton keeper Tim Howard knows his side is in a real scrap for the Europa League knockouts.
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Tonight on 30 Rock, Liz and jack visit Kenneth's hometown. Oh my, this should be good...#1 - Via
Columbus Dispatch all-star Shawn Mitchell, Crew defender Chad Marshall has been suddenly upgraded
all the way to probable. Meanwhile, Real Salt Lake have picked up a few small knocks here and
there.An upset course diverted?
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... that, when considering levels Under-20 and above, the U.S. Men's National Teams have
surrendered three penalty kick goals and seen eight men sent off in their last 19 FIFA cup
matches?That includes World Cup 2006, the 2007 Under-20 World Cup, the 2008 Summer Olympics,
Confederations Cup and the ongoing 2009 Under-20 World Cup.
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There's always so much discussion about whether this European league is better than those, or
whether teams from that league can hang with them - and that's before you even go into betting
lines on inter-league cup matches, which give us the best chance to iron out bragging rights.And
while the Champions League has almost exclusively become the playground of teams from the "big
four" (the Prem,
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I meant to put this up yesterday until I woke up as sick as a dog. Now semi-conscious, I present
NSC pal Chrös McDougall with the kickoff of yet another recurring post theme... As Everton was
knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Belgian "giants" Standard Liège last week, we can all
go back to that old question: what is the strongest league?
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