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Maura Gladys returns with Part I of II on the USWNT moving forward It’s tough to derive meaning from last week’s U.S. Women’s Soccer Celebration Series in an on-field context. With nothing at stake, and with the purpose of the two game series against Canada clearly stated as a celebration, the squad was under no [...]

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Over the past few weeks and months, TSG has served you a steady diet of MLS MVP data snacks….but we’ve left the bright orange cellophane on for you to unwrap yourself. Our candidate here at TSG is Brad Davis who has created 40 more “chances” this season (data excluding this past weekend) then the next [...]

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For the entire MLS, EPL & more preview, that’s right here. Game day starts now. Marquee in the EPL: Chelsea looking to get healthy against Swansea City.

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We had such a radical time with last week’s Point Break-style weekend preview that we’re back for more. This time, we drop science with Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed,” an appropriate-themed movie as the MLS season turns to Fall and teams start tumbling out off the playoff ladder and into the offseason. Truth be told, we [...]

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Woot! Woot! All aboard the Perlaza MEGABUS! Three matches–all with playoff implication. FC Vollkswagen vs. FC Corona as Charlie Davies, DeRo and friends (minus Pontius) hope that games-in-hand are a blessing not a curse down the stretch. If United don’t take care of business against visiting Chivas tonight, they don’t belong. The next is the [...]

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This is Jared Dubois‘s second feature for The Shin Guardian. You can catch Jared on the soon-to-launch Best Soccer Show. Thanks for the walk down memory lane, Jared. Every boy has a Winnie Cooper. You know the girl… The one that you cherished and pined over as the one girl that had it all. One [...]

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