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NBC Sports snags Major League Soccer

The deal covers 45 games. The majority of the games will be on cable, but NBC will broadcast two regular-season games and two playoff games as well as appearances by the U.S. men’s national team. via latimes.com I’m not sure if todays announcement by NBC adds credence to the growth of soccer in the States or [...]

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Mexico eats USA in Gold Cup Final

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The US Men’s National Team suffered a sobering 4-2 defeat to Mexico in the Gold Cup Final on Saturday night. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA was host to over 90k soccer fans. The Good the first 20 minutes freddy adu national awareness of soccer The Bad clunky, predicatable playing style tim howard defensive line [...]

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FIFA World Cup announcement mystifies and intrigues

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The FIFA World Cup committee announced this week that Russia will be host to 2018 World Cup and Qatar will be host to the 2022 World Cup. With the the vast cultural and economic implications of hosting the world’s largest sporting event came responses both as varied as they were emotionally intense. England delegates the [...]

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EPL Matchday – Dec. 3, 2010 – Everton vs Chelsea

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Chelsea start strong then sputter Chelsea’s draw at home against a robust Everton squad brings their haul from the last six matches to a measly five points. Hardly the form you’d expect from last years Premier League winner and certainly not the form that will win the league again this year. There were moments in [...]

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Stevie G is staying at Liverpool. And breathe.

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Joe Cole signs for Liverpool on a free transfer This week, the wait for Liverpool transfer news abruptly ended. First it was announced that Joe Cole had signed with the club on free transfer. Apparently, it was the influence of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher during England’s World Cup run that convinced Cole, a longtime [...]

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