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To echo our host's views on this, what took place between France and Ireland on Wednesday night really was a travesty. And lo and behold, here to rub salt in still-fresh wounds is soccer's top authority, FIFA. For those who don't know, FIFA is about as honest, fair-minded and interested in ...
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(Just in case the thousands of others weren't doing it for you). Thierry Henry's despicable handball in today's deciding World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland was probably the biggest soccer fraud since Diego Maradona's infamous "hand of God" act in 1986. The stakes, then as now, ...
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For ranking methodology and other information about the series, see the original post . To read the about the No. 6-rated stadium, the Estadio Bernabeu in Madrid, click here . To see all "soccer mecca" entries click here . No. 5 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Open since: 1903 Capacity: ...
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soccer-source.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
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Building the stadium that would eventually bear his
name was a central part of Bernabeu's plan. At
the time its size was seen as absurdly ambitious--only slightly less absurd than the concept of a dedicated training ground across the street, another idea developed by Bernabeu.
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Ranking the world's soccer meccas: No. 6 Estadio ...
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There was a lot of action in topflight soccer last week, with a full suite of Champions League, Europa League and domestic competition on tap. After the dust settled, however, the number one team is the same one it's been for three weeks running now. Not that anybody should be surprised by ...
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Liverpool's chances of advancing to the UEFA Champions League knockout stage are on life support after the team's 1-1 draw at Olympique Lyon earlier today. With the point from the draw, Lyon become the first team in the group to advance. Likely to join them are Fiorentina, who sit second on ...
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soccer-source.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
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Welcome to November. A week of domestic competition
is behind us. This week clubs go back to
work in the Champions- and Europa Leagues (as well as the Copa Sudamericana but those clubs do not figure in the Top 25 at this point). Here's where they stand ahead of a crucial week in those competitions:
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The world's top 25 soccer clubs, Nov. 2, 2009
soccer-source.blogspot.com - 23 days ago
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Yes, this again. Soccer hooliganism is coming to
the USA. Check that: it's already here. In fairness,
the "analysis" is a bit different this time. Whereas in the past hooliganism was all about things that were (supposedly) going on in Major League Soccer...
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Hooliganism in the USA, part III
If you've been anywhere near Major League Soccer this season you will have heard of the Seattle Sounders FC, the league's newest club. Not so much for what they've done on the field--this being MLS most clubs do pretty much the same thing--but for the attention they've attracted locally. The ...
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soccer-source.blogspot.com - 27 days ago
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It was a crazy week in European club
soccer with the top three clubs all losing key
matches. The fourth didn't do much better, drawing a Champions League encounter at home. So who was left to take over the top spot? Or would we forgive one of the top four's transgressions? Read on to find out.
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The world's top 25 soccer clubs, Oct. 26, 2009


