Archive for February, 2011

Video: Possession….Instructive, Not Instinctual at Barca

Sometimes things just have to be sorted on the pitch.

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Alexi On Alexi….And Serie A

Editor’s Note: We’ve had a few pieces lately that involved , specifically, Alexi Lalas and his time overseas in Serie A with Padova. This piece by Eric Beard which acknowledges Alexi’s time at Padova and the focus in training. And this piece, Eric Giardini, which discusses the challenges for Americans playing in Serie A. Thus we [...]

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Wednesday Action: Champ’s League & Cannons

A gaggle of good games on the program today. Go: • The Great Cesc Coaster…. Stoke head to the Emirates in today’s appetizer match. Arsenal? Volatile. A premium performance against Barcelona followed up by “dropping” a draw to Leyton on some wonderment near stoppage time. Stoke for their part are much stronger at home, but [...]

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Brazil 2014: “Stadium Budgets That Border On Complete Fiction”

This column is part of a continuing special report by Professor Christopher Gaffney. Previous entries in the series: I, II While the clock is counting down to the 2014 World Cup, Brazil hurries to get the necessary infrastructure in place to host the tournament. A recent report by the Tribunal das Contas da Uinão (TCU, [...]

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Champ’s League: Real Madrid Lyonized?

UEFA Champion’s League Tuesday….begin: • Real Madrid Hope To Be Lyonized in France Ronaldo. Your turn my man to step up. For the past two Champion’s League seasons your team has not attained the crown and you’ve squarely placed the blame on your manager or, in the case last year, blamed your manager after guaranteeing [...]

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Alejandro Bedoya To Train At Birmingham City

Prelude to a move? Via Soccer by Ives and the Orebro Web site, the TSG crowned Ambassador to Brazil, Alejandro Bedoya will train with Birmingham City. City could certainly use the wingers–cough, Alexander Hleb–and Bedoya’s got the body, the crossing power and headers for the EPL….does he have a complete game. Only a one week [...]

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