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[12 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
World Cup Roundup - Day 2

South Korea 2 – 0 Greece
Argentina 1 – 0 Nigeria
England 1 – 1 USA

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[12 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
World Cup Roundup - Day 1

South Africa 1 - 1 Mexico
Uruguay 0 - 0 France

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[10 Jun 2010 | One Comment | ]
The Big Match

I was 10 years old when I got to see Ipswich play on TV for the first time. It was in the FA Cup Final. At that time, I figured the whole world stopped so everyone could watch the match and it was an even bigger deal cuz my team was actually playing this time.

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[29 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
I hope this wasn’t my only fifteen minutes of fame

The other day I received a Facebook message asking if I’d be interested in being interviewed on BBC Radio Suffolk’s Rock n Goal Years show. As always, I had to give a response explaining how I’ve got a great face for radio.

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[18 May 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Wind ‘em up and see what happens

I’ve been having a lot of fun–maybe too much–winding up my English friends ever since the World Cup draw in December. To be honest, the best thing about playing England in the first round of the next month is listening to their over-confidence and giving them grief on how little they really know about the sport of soccer in the US.

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[18 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
MLS:  Fair & Balanced?

When the season started, there was a lot of talk about how this season would provide the first ‘balanced’ schedule and the closest we’ll get to a true Supporters Shield winner. Champions of the ‘we need to be like Europe’ philosophy jumped all over this opportunity.

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[17 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
Monday Ramblings

Gooch offers to works for free, Landon makes an innocent comment which the English Tabloids jump on and MLS action during the World Cup

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[11 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
And then there were 30

Bob Bradley’s 4-year cycle as head coach for the US National Soccer team is reaching it’s pinnacle. Today, he named his provisional 30 man squad. So, what do we have?

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[10 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
We suck, so here’s your money back

I don’t know that this is the right precedent to set, but what do I know? To be honest, I’ve only seen the highlights and hope to watch the entire match tonight. However, giving the fans a credit on their account (to be applied to their season ticket renewal I assume) isn’t going to help the team much….but it may be an incentive for ticket buyers to renew. Ok, it is an incentive for ticket buyers to renew.

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[2 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
It’s a dirty job but

I’ve always thought it would be cool to coach a national soccer team. Yeah, it would take a lot of work, and success to find yourself in that position. But to make some good money traveling around to games to see the countries top players. Always have a great seat made available to you….