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This Weekend's Soccer on TV
The match millions of soccer fans around the world have spent months waiting for is finally here. Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, otherwise known as 'El Clasico', is finally here and two of the best and most expensive collections of soccer talent in the world are set to do battle. In one ...
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NCAA Tournament: Round of 16 Preview
by TRAVIS CLARK Upsets ran rampant through the second round of the NCAA Tournament, and the third round gets underway with half of the top seeds knocked out. Last weekend's biggest upset saw No. 4 Ohio State knocked out by underdogs Drake. That was one of the bigger surprises, while ...
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Americans Abroad: A Look Ahead
By FRANCO PANIZO Tim Howard and Everton are struggling, having won only once in their last seven games, but the anguish of a disappointing season can be eased considerably with a victory in the Merseyside Derby. Everton plays host to arch-rival Liverpool on Sunday, and they will need a ...
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Your October Questions Answered (Part Five)
Photo by ISIphotos.com Good evening folks. Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving festivities. We took it easy on the posting front today as we enjoyed the holiday with our families and friends, but I couldn't let the day go by without at least some reading material. The most recent ...
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Happy Thanksgiving from SBI
Hello all. It is Thanksgiving Day, one of those rare days during the year when soccer goes on the backburner and there are no major games to watch (Well, unless you count the handful of Coppa Italia matches being played today). American soccer fans have plenty to be thankful for this ...
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Americans Abroad: Wednesday Rewind
by FRANCO PANIZO Clint Dempsey just cannot stop scoring. After scoring three goals in his last four league games, Dempsey added another two en route to helping Fulham bury Blackburn on Wednesday. Dempsey netted both goals in the second half of the 3-0 win, making a well-timed run for ...
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A closer look at Philadelphia's expansion draft
Photo by ISIphotos.com There were no superstars taken, no former league MVPs. No players with U.S. national team caps, or players with multiple all-star appearances, or even players with ties to the Philadelphia area. When the final list of players chosen by the Philadelphia Union was ...
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Moreno, LeToux among players chosen by Philadelphia Union in MLS Expansion Draft
Columbus Crew forward Alejandro Moreno, Seattle Sounders forward Sebastian LeToux and Chivas USA defender Shavar Thomas were among two of the ten players chosen by the Philadelphia Union in Wednesday's MLS Expansion Draft. Here is the list: Brad Knighton, David Myrie, Shavar Thomas, ...
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UEFA Champions League: Your Running Commentary
Match Day Five of the UEFA Champions League group stage concludes today with at least two more places in the Round of 16 set to be filled. AC Milan takes on Marseille in the day's most high-profile and important match, with Milan being able to secure a second-round place with a win. ...
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Finalists for U.S. Athletes of the Year announced
Photo by ISIphotos.com Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey are among the five finalists for the U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year Award. U.S. Soccer announced all the finalists for its four player awards. Michael Bradley and Oguchi Onyewu join Donovan, Howard and Dempsey ...
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MLS Expansion Draft Thoughts
The Philadelphia Union is just hours away from having its first set of players and Philly fans will soon have names to put on the jerseys they are ordering in bunches. We ran our SBI Mock Expansion Draft on Tuesday, but several readers have asked which ten players I would take if I were ...
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Fire's latest coaching departure a bad sign for Chicago's future
What do you get when you take an overbearing and meddling owner and a stubborn head coach? You get a marriage that was never going to work. Such is the case in Chicago, where the Fire is looking for its third coach in three years after parting ways with head coach Denis Hamlett, who never ...
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Liverpool ousted, Barca rolls in UEFA Champions League
Liverpool's nightmare season got a bit worse on Tuesday after Fiorentina's 1-0 win over Lyon knocked the EPL club out of the UEFA Champions League. Liverpool did its part, beating Debrecen, 1-0, but a penalty kick by Peruvian defender Juan Vargas gave Fiorentina the goal it needed to ...
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Chicago Fire parts ways with Denis Hamlett
In a move that won't come as a surprise to SBI readers, the Chicago Fire has parted ways with head coach Denis Hamlett and has chosen not to re-sign him as head coach. Hamlett's contract expires at the end of the calendar year. In two seasons as head coach, Hamlett posted a 24-17-19 regular ...
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Ben Olsen officially retires
Photo by ISIphotos.com One of the longest tenured MLS players called it a career today, as D.C. United midfielder Ben Olsen officially announced his retirement from professional soccer at a press conference at RFK Stadium. The 32-year-old played through pain in his surgically ...
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Ben Olsen officially retires from professional soccer
One of the longest tenured MLS players called it a career today, as D.C. United midfielder Ben Olsen officially announced his retirement from professional soccer at a press conference at RFK Stadium. The 32-year-old played through pain in his surgically repaired ankles in 2009, relying on ...
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UEFA Champions League: Your Running Commentary
Matchday Five of the UEFA Champions League group stage kicks off today with several crucial match-ups featuring some of the world's biggest and best clubs. Few match-ups are more enticing than FC Barcelona-Inter Milan, which headlines today's schedule of matches. Both teams need a win ...
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SBI's Mock 2009 MLS Expansion Draft
Photo by ISIphotos.com The Philadelphia Union will select its first set of players on Wednesday in the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft and while there is no guarantee that the ten players chosen will make Peter Nowak's team, it is a safe bet that several members of the group will make up a ...
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UEFA Champions League: A Look Ahead
When the groups were drawn for the UEFA Champions League in late summer, Inter Milan and FC Barcelona were penciled in as the top two teams in their group. Nobody told Russian champions Rubin Kazan, who have turned Group F into a real Group of Death by taking points off of both European ...
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CONCACAF throws support behind USA bid to host World Cup
The United States bid to host a World Cup in either 2018 or 2022 received a major boost from home region CONCACAF, with confederation board members voting unanimously to back the U.S. bid to host one of the next two World Cups up for bid. "The United States can count on the full support ...
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