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By Ryan Fleming
Oh, how the mighty fall. After losing their first leg of the Champions League quarterfinal to fellow French rival, Lyon, Bordeaux now finds itself out of the pole position in Ligue 1 after suffering three-straight defeats.
Last weekend, the French giant slipped up against AS Nancy Lorraine, 2-1, despite controlling play throughout the match [...]
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Ligue 1 Top Spot Up For Grabs
April 5th, 2010 
Ryan Fleming 
Posted in Club Soccer, Ligue 1, The Champions League 
Tags: AJ Auxerre, Alou DiarraMontpellier, AS Nancy Lorraine, Bordeaux, Champions League, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Fernando Cavenaghi, Football, French Football, French Soccer, Issiar Dia, Ligue 1, Lille, Lisandro Lopez, Lyon, Marseille, Ryan Fleming, Sidney Govou, Soccer, The Soccer Guys, UEFA Champions League, Yoann Gourcuff 
View CommentsRevolution Get First Win in D.C.
April 4th, 2010 Kevin Koczwara By Kevin Koczwara
Kenny Mansally helped the New England Revolution (1-1-0, 3 pts.) notch their first win of the 2010 campaign with a 2-0 victory over D.C. United at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., Saturday night with a pair of goals less than a minute apart.
Mansally came on in the 68th minute for rookie Zack Schilawski, [...]
Revolution Missed Chances In LA
March 28th, 2010 Kevin Koczwara
By Kevin Koczwara
The Revolution barely had any time to get their feet on solid ground when the Los Angeles Galaxy pounced on them in the sixth minute with a demoralizing opening goal. Edison Buddle headed the ball into the upper part of the net after a beautiful set-piece cross from Landon Donovan, last year’s MLS [...]
Posted in MLS Tags: Football, LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Galaxy, Major League Soccer, MLS, NE Revolution, New England Revolution, Soccer View CommentsLosing Their Man
March 24th, 2010 Ryan Fleming By Ryan Fleming
As Celtic found themselves out of the race for the SPL title, the Glasgow side has many improvements to make, the first being solidifying their offense.
Irish international Robbie Keane is donning the Hoops jersey and scoring goals at a record pace. But lets not forget, in Celtic’s last match against their cross-town rival, [...]
Posted in Club Soccer, SPL Tags: Aidan McGeady, Celtic, Celtic F.C., Football, Rangers, Rangers F.C., Robbie Keane, Scottish Premier League, Soccer, SPL View CommentsTime to Put The Gloves Away
March 22nd, 2010 Ryan Fleming 
By Ryan Fleming
Now, I’ve read books like “Among the Thugs” and seen movies such as “Green Street Hooligans” and both confused me more than guided me in answering the question: what is soccer hooliganism?
I thought I was a fan – an avid supporter of my team, watched every game or at least made it paramount [...]
Champions League Quarterfinals Draw In Perspective
March 19th, 2010 Kevin Koczwara By Kevin Koczwara
The next stage in Champions League play has been set today. Teams have been told who will face in the next round, and who their potential opponents could be.
This year’s quarter-finals and semi-finals have potential to be great match-ups. These next rounds could also become major coming out parties to the smaller clubs [...]
Posted in Club Soccer, The Champions League Tags: Arseanl, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Cesc Fabregas, Champions League, CSKA Moscow, Football, Hugo Lloris, Inter Milan, Jose Mourinho, Kevin Koczwara, Lionel Messi, Lyon Bordeaux, Manchester United, Marouane Chamakh, Samuel Eto'o, Sir Alex Ferguson, Soccer, The Soccer Guys, Wayne Rooney, Wendel Yoann Gourcuff, Wesley Sneijder View CommentsMessi In Class of His Own
March 18th, 2010 Kevin Koczwara 
By Kevin Koczwara
After watching yesterday’s Champions League game between Barcelona and VfB Stuttgart, I got to thinking about what Lionel Messi has meant to that game of soccer, Barcelona, and soccer fans.
Then I decided to jump over to ESPN’s Soccernet and see what the writer’s over there were saying about the boy-wonder. I read a [...]
Revolution Making Strides Despite Season’s Rainy Forcast
March 15th, 2010 Kevin Koczwara The New England Revolution are making big moves in New England right now, despite a player strike on the horizon. Today, it was announced that the Revs have signed a season long agreement with media giant Comcast. The Revs will televise 27 of the 30 games on Comcast’s New England based channel, showing them in [...]
England’s Players Got A Bugging Problem
March 13th, 2010 Kevin Koczwara Courtesy Mike Towers, Editor of World Cup Bafana Bafana Blog
Since we are all still in the dark about the actual contents of these tapes I called on my underground sources Big Jim and Big Jim’s Scary Half-Brother to track them down.
My instructions were clear – get those tapes before the press splash them all over [...]
