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EPL: Arsenal v Tottenham Highlights

2012-02-27T06:17:00.002-06:00

When you are up 2-0 in the first half, the last thing you expect is a 5-2 loss, but that's what happened.A 4th minute goal by Saha. A 34th minute pk by Ade. Then it all falls apart.Spurs give up 5 unanswered goals and the missing players prove Spurs undoing. Video: futboll.it

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EPL: Manchester United v Norwich City

2012-02-27T06:11:00.002-06:00

Giggs and Scholes. Scholes and Giggs. That's all it takes for Man U to win. Remember that in a few years when all you have holding this team up is Chicharito.Video: Fox Sports

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And I Say Good Day to You, Sir

2012-02-26T14:42:00.002-06:00

Sorry, been enjoying the lovely beaches and women here in the US Virgin Islands for the last few days, and posting will be spotty for a few more till I get back...There was talk of UEFA clubs being very upset with FIFA about 6 months ago. The crux was that players were being called up way too often for club liking and then, when injured, the clubs were not compensated well enough.Now, the

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He's Back...

2012-02-18T06:32:00.003-06:00

Eddie Johnson. Oh, how you are like a joke in the US Soccer community, yet somehow, you come back almost as often as Freddy Adu when the media claims you will "turn [a] team aound".In case you missed it, like I almost had, EJ had signed with Puebla last fall and was moving there to play, presumably because they were going to pay him more.Well, let the joke begin.'So, EJ walks into a Mexican club

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Greatest Comeback Story of the Year

2012-02-12T21:58:00.007-06:00

I can hardly believe it myself. After 120 scoreless minutes, Zambia defeated Ivory Coast 8-7 in a penalty kick shootout to capture Zambia's first ever African Nations Cup, in Libreville Gabon, the site of the 1993 plane crash that claimed the lives of nearly all of Zambia's national team.Early on, Zambia's starting defender Joseph Musonda injured his knee in just the 11th minute, and broke down

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EPL: West Brom v Wolves Highlights

2012-02-12T14:16:00.002-06:00

I don't know what they gave the Baggies at halftime, but I bet Mick McCarthy wishes they didn't. With the score tied 1-1 at half, WBA came out and crushed it. Like, 4 goals in a 24 minute span, crushed it. Mick, your Kit Kat bar is in the mail. Just so you can, you know, "get away"...Video: Fox Sports

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EPL: Fulham v Stoke Highlights

2012-02-12T14:13:00.002-06:00

Now, I'm not sure how the winning goal for Fulham is credited as an "own goal", because this sure looked like Dempsey all the way. Regardless, Fulham wins again thanks to a Dempsey goal.Video: Fox Sports

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EPL: Arsenal v Sunderland Highlights

2012-02-12T14:08:00.003-06:00

You have to feel sorry for Sunderland. They suck. They can't seem to buy a string of wins to save their lives. Well, at least we know there are some worse teams out there... Sunderland gets late in the game, leading 1-0 only to have a loss shoved down their throats with a late goal by Aaron Ramsey and a last second one by Henry. To quote Bill Paxton in Aliens, "Game over man... Game over."

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EPL: Chelsea v Everton Highlights

2012-02-12T14:05:00.003-06:00

Zoinks! Looks like Chelsea really don't want to play CL next year. How else would you explain the Brazilian like 60+% possession they held only to lose 2-0 to Everton? Let me repeat that... they. lost. to . Everton... Landycakes notches another assist (anyone else wondering why they just don't pony up the money and buy him from MLS?) and Pineaar puts one in as well in his return to Everton

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EPL: Liverpool v Manchester United Highlights

2012-02-12T14:03:00.002-06:00

I guess this is what happens when Suarez refuses to shake Evra's hand. Rooney comes out with a fire lit under him and nets 2 in 3 minutes to seal a much needed win for the Red Devils. Suarez, for his part, tries to keep the scoreline honest and puts one in late.Video: Fox Sports

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EPL: Newcastle v Tottenham Highlights

2012-02-12T13:58:00.003-06:00

It. Wasn't. Even. Close.Tottenham 65% possession - Newcastle 35%Tottenham 18(7) Shots- Newcastle 8(3)Tottenham 5 goals - Newcastle 0Saha, in what can only be said to be a dramatic debut, scores 2 before the 21st minute (Assou-Ekoto nets one too inside 5mins). Kranjcar puts Spurs up by 4 before the break and then Adebayor finishes the recently slumping Newcastle in dramatic form at White Hart

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Upset of the Year

2012-02-09T15:43:00.006-06:00

Above, you see Zambia's Emmanuel Mayuka celebrating after scoring the game's only goal against Ghana in the African Nations Cup semi-final yesterday. Asamoah Gyan had missed an 8th minute penalty kick for Ghana and was removed for a substitute late in the game.Asamoah Gyan was fouled in the box and took the penalty himself, but Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene made the save to keep the game

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EPL: Aston Villa v Newcastle Highlights

2012-02-06T09:36:00.002-06:00

What a strange season. Newcastle is winning... a lot, they have international teammates Cisse and Ba playing together up top and scoring with regularity (well, Cisse scored in his debut yesterday), and Aston Villa has to rely on ex-Spur Robbie "I'm too old for this sh.." Keane to put one on the board. What's next, Spurs play in CL action next year?Video: Fox Sports

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EPL: Chelsea v Manchester United Highlights

2012-02-06T09:32:00.003-06:00

Who's the winner when no one wants to win? Chelsea went up 3-0, thanks in part to an own goal by Evans, then quick goals from Mata and Luiz. Switching to cruise control, Chelsea forgot to realize that none of their wheels were on well and it all just came apart.They gave up two penalties in 11 minutes and then a final equalizer by Chicharito dooms Chelsea to forever be looking up at another team

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African Nations Cup Final Four

2012-02-05T23:29:00.014-06:00

Yes, I admit that I enjoyed American Football today, Super Bowl Sunday, but in the rest of the world, Association Football was played as usual. Especially in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, co-hosts of the 2012 African Nations Cup.Yesterday, powerful co-favorites Ivory Coast defeated co-host Equatorial Guinea 3-0. The game was lopsided, but the score didn't show it in the first half. Despite a

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EPL: Arsenal v Blackburn Highlights

2012-02-05T07:27:00.002-06:00

Ever have one of those days where you wish you hadn't gotten out of bed? Steve Kean is having one of those seasons. Arsenal, came into the game without a win in 2012. Blackburn came in sucking. It was bound to get ugly and it did. Quickly.Oh, where to begin... Van Persie with a goal in the 2nd minute to start out his hat-trick. Oxlade-Chamberlain netted a brace. Arteta scored. Henry scored

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EPL: Everton v Wigan Highights

2012-02-05T07:24:00.003-06:00

A lot less thrilling than it sounded. A scoreless first half, an own goal by Phil Neville then a late last gasp goal by Anichebe preserves a tie, and both teams walk away with 1pt.Video: Fox Sports

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EPL: Fulham v Manchester City Highlights

2012-02-05T07:17:00.002-06:00

Aguero gets a penalty, Dzeko scores and Fulham decides to just gift City a goal when Baird redirects a cross into his own goal. City gets some breathing room up top, 3-0.Video: Fox Sports

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73 dead, 1000's injured in Port Said

2012-02-01T18:48:00.005-06:00

A few hours ago, following a 3-1 home win over top ranked Al-Ahly, fans of Al-Masry stormed the field and attacked fans of rival Al-Ahly. According to Al Jazeera news, the Muslim Brotherhood claims that the attacks were instigated by anti-Islamic supporters of toppled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. However, Al Jazeera news also states that the Al-Ahly fans were verbally abusive toward the

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Winning

2012-01-30T14:07:00.003-06:00

After sweeping through the qualifying for the Olympics 2012 in London like Charlie Sheen on Tiger Blood, the USWNT decided to put their emphatic stamp on the tourney and ensure a top seed. Wambach nets two to move her to 2nd all time in FIFA's top women goal scorers (131) and the US rolls to a 4-0 win that wasn't as close as the scoreline indicates.So what does this mean for the US? Not too

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Africa Cup of Nations: Gabon v Morocco Highlights

2012-01-28T04:43:00.003-06:00

Didn't catch the game live, but after watching the highlights, I wish I had. In the 5th minute of stoppage time, Gabon's Bruno-Zita Mbanangoye hit a spectacular free kick (probably a goal of the tourney) that earned the co-hosts a berth in the quaterfinals, knocking out one of the favorites to win it all.Video: golofanhd

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USWNT v Costa Rica Highlights

2012-01-27T21:11:00.000-06:00

The US and Canada are moving on to the 2012 London Olympics. Behind another strong shutout performance by the US. Heath, Lloyd and Morgan all score for the US against Costa Rica. The US carry a 34 goals for, 0 goals against into the final Sunday night in Vancouver.Video: Universal Sports

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Sporting KC 1, Panama 0

2012-01-26T15:19:00.008-06:00

Last night, I was at work and I missed the USA at Panama match on Galavision from Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City. Too bad, it would have been my first look at lots of young USMNT prospects making their debut with the senior NT. The starting lineup was Nick Rimando in goal, AJ De La Garza, Michael Parkhurst, Geoff Cameron, and Zach Loyd in the back, Ricardo Clark and Jermaine Jones in the

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Sweep

2012-01-25T16:34:00.004-06:00

The USWNT is pissed. Seriously.How else would you explain the fact that they went 3-0 in the group stages of Olympic Qualifying with a +31 goal differential and no goals against?The latest installment saw the US beat Mexico by a score of only 4-0. I say only because with 14-0 and 13-0 scorelines in the previous two matches, 4-0 seems kind of anticlimatic. That said, 4-0 over a team that upset

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Damn Girl

2012-01-23T08:42:00.005-06:00

As if going 14-0 in a single match during qualifying wasn't enough, you had to go out and drop 13 on Guatemala? Somewhere, MC Hammer is screaming about copyright infringment.LeRoux got a natural hat-trick (3 goals in the same half, all uninterrupted)... actually, she got four before someone else found the net. Not to be outdone, Abby Wambach scored her 128th and 129th goals to pass Prinz to

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