Tottenham’s next two EPL games (Man U at home, Chelsea away) will go along way in determining whether Spurs are for real this year. Spurs came into this year with everyone raving about how deep their bench is. And it certainly is when everyone is healthy – but that certainly is not the case now. [...]
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Yes, Man U won, but they look poor. The two goals were gifts and Arsenal looked by far the better side. I said this after the thrashing of Wigan (a game in which Wigan had more possession) – but the loss of Ronaldo and Tevez puts a lot more pressure not just on Rooney but [...]
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Kartik Krishnaiyer has an important piece over at MLS Talk on MLS’ poor tv ratings. Krishnaiyer points out that while attendance is up, tv ratings in MLS were actually higher 10 years ago. As a result ESPN has dumped MLS games from its Thursday prime time spot. What is worrisome is that ESPN actually did [...]
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Jeff Carlisle has an important corrective against the argument that the U.S. needs to get its best athletes to play soccer. Sure it would be great if Chad Johnson, Kobe Bryant, and Barry Sanders (just imagine him with a ball at his feet) played soccer. But a lack of athleticism is not holding us back. [...]
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Jozy’s debut was something special and the manner in which he was greeted was unique for an American player and is another indicator of how much international recognition American soccer has grown recently. I was perhaps just as excited about Dempsey’s debut for Fulham in January 2007 (as were many Americans), but Dempsey was an [...]
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The distractor was away this weekend so all I did was watch EPL this weekend. 1.Hull City v. Bolton. I know I am biased but I have never seen a substitution so change a game. Bolton were dominating and Altidore comes on and all of sudden Bolton’s defense which had nothing to do all day [...]
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Goff has a rundown of all the action on TV. Here are the games I am probably going to check out. Saturday -Arsenal v. Portsmouth (10am on Setanta) or Man U v. Wigan (10am on the deuce)- hopefully one of the two underdogs will make a game of it. I am definitely excited to check [...]
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Ives links to a French football site that says Donovan is set to join PSG on loan in the winter. My initial take is this seems really speculative. While Donovan no doubt is receiving offers and is clearly open to them I think this will all be in flux until we get closer to the [...]
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The good news is that he slept on the flight, which is not always easy. I know I got no sleep on my last flight to London and arrived a wreck. Well perhaps that was because I was in the stuck in a middle seat in coach – somehow I don’t think Jozy had the [...]
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Spurs are top of the table. Yes it’s only two games but Spurs are looking like a top 4 side and there are reasons to believe that this could be a champions league year. Beating Liverpool at home was a great result but it was not that surprising. In the last few years Spurs played [...]
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