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So Many Balls
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Covering the beautiful game from Audax Italiano to Zenit St. Petersburg.
Recent Posts
Landycakes in the EPL?
As everyone has undoubtedly heard by now, Landon Donovan has made noise about leaving the small pond that is MLS for a foreign destination, with the English Premier League being the presumed destination.Donovan does this occasionally -- discussing hi...
My Article on the 3. Liga
Check out this article I wrote for Pitchinvasion.net on the 3. Liga, the reformed German third division.Play starts this Friday, so get your p's and q's straight before the balls start rolling....
Tuesday's Reading
Here are the odds and ends that have kept me entertained this Tuesday morning:1). Freddy Adu will join Carlos Bocanegra in France as he is heading to Monaco on a season-long loan.2). Ridge Mahoney and Luis Bueno discuss MLS, Mexico and the SuperLiga....
UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round Review
The 2008/09 UEFA Champions League has begun.The big boys will get the ball rolling in September, but in the heat of the summer the first qualifying round has begun. Ten matches took place last night, with another four scheduled for tonight.For many,...
USA Player Development: The Debate Continues, Part 10
MLS keeps talking up the academy system and how it will save American soccer from itself, and rightfully so (though the system has its flaws, too, of course).As Ivan Gazidis, MLS deputy commissioner has said: "The youth system in the United States is...
Remember This Name: Ibee Ibrahim
Sixteen-year-old Abdus "Ibee" Ibrahim, a US U-20 international, has seen his stock rise (both north and south of the U.S.-Canadian border) in recent weeks after a string of strong performances with Toronto FC.Selected in the second round of the 2007 ...

