There are plenty of stories being knocked out this week from Abu Dhabi - no doubt in attempt by
journos to justify the expense of jetting them out for the best part of the week, and The Guardian
carries one that, whilst not a new subject, is always interesting in how it lifts the lid on the
disharmony during the 2008/09 season.
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The Houston Dynamo announced their 2009 team awards Monday night at Dynamo Charities' Dynamo
Awards 09, presented by Audi, held at the House of Blues.
Newcomer of the Year: Cam Weaver
Goal of the Year: Brad Davis, September 19 vs. Real Salt Lake
Dynamo Academy Player of the Year: Sebastien Ibeagha
Dynamo Academy Players' Player of the Year: Reagan Haisler
Game of the Year: May 30, Dynamo 3, Toronto FC 0
Defender of the Year: Geoff Cameron
Fan of the Year: Jason "Sarge" Milner
Save of the Year: Pat Onstad, April 19 vs.
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Few Newcastle fans doubt that Newcastle United have a great fighting spirit in the team this
season. Chris Hughton has created great team spirit at Newcastle this season That has surprised a
number of fans this season, but it's also a major reason we've been able to fight for the points
this season, and the last two [.
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Soccer Pie 03 November @ 03:10 AM EST
Portsmouth were sitting at rock bottom after seven Premiership rounds and they
had always been expected to struggle after they could only reinforce the squad in the dying moments
of the transfer window due to the uncertainty surrounding the club. Nevertheless,
Paul Hart's team have shown a massive improvement in the last few weeks having taken no less than
seven points from last four games.
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It was another incredible weekend of English Premier League football. One single match was all it
took to lift the doom and gloom at Anfield. A stunning 2-0 win over arch-rivals Manchester United
was just the tonic that Rafa's men needed. An excellent all-round Liverpool performance got even
better when David Ngog glossed the scoreline with a goal that put the issue beyond doubt.
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Kevin Nolan is nothing if not a great team player who engenders tremendous team spirit in the
dressing room. Kevin Nolan - defends the big man today It was no coincidence that Sam Allardyce had
him as captain at Bolton when he was still in his early 20s, and the lad has been great for
Newcastle so [.
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Anfield Talk 22 October @ 02:42 PM EST
Four consecutive losses have left Liverpool seemingly at the risk of implosion. After defeat by
Lyons in the Champions League on Tuesday, their next opponents are Manchester United and Rafael
BenÃtez's side will take to the pitch at Anfield on Sunday in the knowledge that another loss
would all but end their Barclays Premier League title hopes with seven months of the campaign
remaining.
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They call him Mr. Chelsea, and Blues skipper John Terry certainly lived up to that billing when
he recently decided to take control of the financial aspect of the women's football team at
Stamford Bridge. The economy certainly hit the Chelsea ladies very hard as a significant portion
of their funding from previous years was slashed this season.
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Jose Enrique has said today that the Newcastle team are showing more team spirit than at any time
since he's been on Tyneside. Jose Enrique happy on Tyneside Jose Enrique has talked about the
team's togetherness this season: "The team seems more together this year," "We have an excellent
spirit, whether it is the English players or [.
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Kevin Nolan has quickly become a leader on Tyneside this season, and he is working closely with
manager Chris Hughton, as are other players, to ensure Newcastle have a tremendous team spirit this
season, which contrasts with last season, to be sure. Kevin Nolan - all teams want to beat us this
season Nolan is Newcastle's top [.
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Thierry Henry is a footballer who is not used to failure but France's place at the World Cup in
South Africa next summer is in no way guaranteed. Les Bleus trail group seven leaders Serbia by
four points with just two games remaining and it is starting to look increasingly likely they will
have to get through a play-off to secure their spot at the World Cup.
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Steve Harper has come out today and said again what a great atmosphere Newcastle have in the
dressing room this season, which is a far cry from last season, to be sure. Steve Harper dressing
room is very special Steve talked to the Newcastle Journal this morning about Newcastle's great
team spirit: "It does feel like [.
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Kevin Nolan is one of the leaders on Tyneside this season and his 6 goals so far have been
paramount in taking Newcastle to the top of the Championship. Kevin Nolan - great team spirit at
Newcastle now And while Kevin has talked about the complete lack of team spirit in the Newcastle
dressing room when [.
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EPL Talk 06 October @ 06:41 AM EST
As we enter into another International break, many Hammers fans will quietly be asking
themselves that exact same question. Inspired by Nick Frost's (Shaun of the Dead, Hot
Fuzz, Spaced) twitter feed over the weekend, I quickly realized what a passionate yet
disheartened bunch the Hammers supporters are this year.
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Gooner Talk 01 October @ 12:11 PM EST
Arsenal's greatest ever manager celebrated 13 years in charge of the club yesterday. The Gunners
have since evolved from a team built on the traditional English attributes of hard graft, defensive
craft and a team spirit forged in snooker halls and bars into a club synonymous with sophistication
and breathtaking attacking flair.
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Yesterday I asked for the team to show how good they can be, and they did. The 2-0 scoreline
does Olympiakos a favour, they were under the cosh for 99% of the game and the movement, speed and
creativity you get from Arsenal at their very best lit up Ashburton Grove last night. The 60 odd
thousand people in the stadium got a real glimpse of football at its most beautiful.
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Tomorrow, Lyon will be taking on Hungarian side Debreceni VSC in their quest to qualify for the
knockout rounds. They are already off to a good start, having taken three points from Fiorentina,
but there are still five games to go, and anything can happen. It's important that Lyon get three
points tomorrow because they have a double-header with Liverpool (who, incidentally, have suddenly
regained an impressive amount of form in the last two weeks), as well as an away game at
Fiorentina.
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Lyon will seek to add to their 1-0 win at Fiorentina when they head to Hungary to play last
year's champions, Debrecen.
Lyon will be missing key players Lisandro Lopez and Michel Bastos but despite this Lyon manager
Claude Puel believes his team is strong even without those players.
"The squad has a real strength and team spirit.
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Arsenal striker Robin van Persie explained what it was like at the age of 20 to join the
Gunners, the help from Kolo Toure in order to settle down and what now means to find himself as the
one to provide help and advise to the young ones at the Club.
Speaking to the club's official website, the Dutchman said:
When I first came to Arsenal, I was 20.
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Arsenal striker Robin van Persie explained what it was like at the age of 20 to join the
Gunners, the help from Kolo Toure in order to settle down and what now means to find himself as the
one to provide help and advise to the young ones at the Club.
Speaking to the club's official website, the Dutchman said:
When I first came to Arsenal, I was 20.
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Our latest contributor to COS, Mr Rant, can get a little carried away so if
there are any small children reading this, we apologise.
I'm sure they just hate English football.
They're talking about bringing in the 6-5 rule. They blame the amount of
foreigners in the English game on the national teams poor showing at recent
international competitions.
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By TRAVIS CLARK
The stakes were still high for Saturday's D.
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By TRAVIS CLARK
The stakes were still high for Saturday's D.C. United-Seattle matchup despite no trophy on the
line. With the playoff race tightening each week, both side needed three points in the worst
way.
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Morning Insiders so at last normal football returns today with the Arsenal traveling up north to
Manchester City. Eldo71's on his way for Arsenalinsider so your stuck with me this morning for the
news roundup:
The Daily Mail: Adebayor says " Arsenal fans' hate scarred me for life"
Emmanuel Adebayor claims that Arsenal fans have scarred him for life after he became a hate figure
at the Emirates.
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Some thought provoking pictures to illustrate the beauty of team spirit. Some oldies but
goldies.
These pictures demonstrate how close and attached team mates, both international and domestic
players can become as they strive and compete towards a common winning cause.
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Lazio coach Davide Ballardini has called on his players to show they are worthy of their lofty
league position when they play Juventus on Saturday.
Two consecutive victories have placed the Roman side as joint Serie A leaders with the
Bianconeri, Sampdoria and Genoa.
But this weekend's encounter in Rome should prove if Lazio have what it takes to remain in the
higher echelons of the top flight having so far come up against Atalanta and Chievo, who did not
really test Ballardini's men.
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Andy Carroll has finally returned from injury and hopefully will be in the starting line-up a week
on Sunday at Cardiff. Andy Carroll great team spirit Even though Newcastle were one of the
pre-season favorites for promotion this season, a lot of fans had no idea how they would perform in
the second division, and it's [.
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Shola Ameobi has lifted the lid on events behind the scenes at Newcastle. Shola Ameobi - chaos as
players haven't a clue what's going on Yet that huge uncertainty over the last couple of months has
created a team spirit and we may yet be able to make an immediate return to the Premier League.
Ameobi said: "I was unsure [.
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Anfield Talk 29 August @ 02:42 PM EST
New Liverpool defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos says he has title-winning experience to boost the Anfield
club's already flagging Premier League challenge.
The 30-year-old, signed last week from AEK Athens for £2m, has won titles with Rangers and
Panathinaikos and could make his Liverpool debut at Bolton tomorrow.
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Anfield Talk 28 August @ 11:24 AM EST
New Liverpool defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos believes he has title-winning experience to boost the
Anfield club's already flagging Premier League challenge.
The 30-year-old, signed last week from AEK Athens for £2million, has won titles with Rangers and
Panathinaikos and could make his Liverpool debut at Bolton tomorrow.
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As I haven't blogged in a while on here, I thought it was time to do so and the most
fitting topic seemed to be discussing Arsenal's start and my thoughts for the rest of their
season.
It seems that before the season had begun, everyone had written off Arsenal. They were slated
for losing two of their most experienced players to Man City (Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor) and
for not replacing them.
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by CARL ELDRIDGE Arsene Wenger has gone all spendy on Bendy, if you are to believe this
morning's papers. The Sun reports that super Nic Bendtner has agreed a new
£2.5million-a-year contract at the glorious Gunners
The redtop claims the deal is an "incredible turnaround" for the Danish striker, 21, whose
Emirates career, it reports, had been blighted by bust-ups with former team-mate Emmanuel
Adebayor.
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Arseblog 20 August @ 02:11 AM EST
It appears I have some kind of hangover. Which is something of a surprise as I didn't have one
when I went to bed.
We might as well be Nirvanblog this morning as all the talk is of teen team spirit. Actually,
scrap that. That would mean me blowing my head off to get away from Courtney Love and given the
delicate state of my brain this morning that's the only way I can think of dealing with her if she
comes crashing through my door.
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Morning Insiders Carl's in Scotland today ahead of the Celtic Arsenal clsh this evening. Just to
let you know we will be having live text updates of the match this evening, more details later.
Todays paper round up talks alot about a new European Super League:
The Sun Arsenal United!
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