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Saturday Summary, Feb. 9, 2008: The (Relative) Calm Before The Storm

natbaker posted 2/9/2008 from soccer-source.blogspot.com

Today's games can be viewed as the "opening act" for tomorrow's top-of-the-table crackers in England and Germany. Those games (the Manchester derby, Chelsea-Liverpool and Bayern-Werder) will be discussed at length later, but there was plenty to hold our attention until then...

The EPL May Want to Rethink Its International Game Strategy

Deadspin found this 2/9/2008 on unprofessionalfoul.blogspot.com

As previously reported , the EPL (suck it, Barclay's) hopes to embark on an international three-hour-tour with League games. The referees for these matches may want to have a world with the league if any games are scheduled in southeast Asia. In ...

Collegiate Corner: Collen Warner

soccercityfc posted 2/9/2008 from www.soccercityfc.com

The University of Portland men’s soccer team returned to the NCAA Tournament this season. A vital member of the team was midfielder Collen Warner. He also in the past has trained with Liverpool FC and trialed at Atalanta BC. He kindly spoke with SoccerCityFC about his time overseas, the 2007 season, and the road ahead.

Chelsea sights on Luka Modric as Avram Grant plans summer spree | Chelsea

Chelsea found this 2/9/2008 on www.timesonline.co.uk

Chelsea are planning a renewed effort to sign Luka Modric, the Croatia midfield player, in the summer as the centrepiece of Avram Grant s attempt to reshape the squad. It is understood that Chelsea made a late bid to sign Modric during the final days ...

Match Preview: ARSENAL v BLACKBURN

MVNsoccer posted 2/11/2008 from bleacherreport.com

February 11 --- Bleacher Report: Like every other Arsenal fan, I am very nervous about tonight's game. However, these are nerves of expectation rather than fear, as the game against Blackburn tonight represents an excellent opportunity to gain a serious advantage in the title race...