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chicagosports.chicagotribune.com — Tempestuous Fire star accused of throwing a punch, gouging an eye, turning on D.C. official By Luis Arroyave | Tribune reporter 10:45 PM CDT, July 9, 2008 The Cuauhtemoc Blanco era of good feelings appears to be nearing an end. After remaining level-headed, for the most part, since joining the Fire in July of last season, the Mexican soccer star has been showing his infamous temper recently. ...

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Gripping Too Tight News
du Nord — ... News CHICAGO FIRE There is a lot of reviewing and behind the scenes talking going on about the incident in Maryland on Tuesday night where Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Marc Burch got Red Cards for a physical altercation. There have been many other accusations made about even more violence taking place than what we have seen on video (see yesterdays du Nord). Here is more of what we are reading: -Luis Arroyave of the Chicago Tribune with an article on the fracas, and a response from the Fire. -Craig Stouffer of the Washington Examiner on ...

The latest on the Blanco-D.C. mess
Soccer By Ives — ... If you are wondering what's new with the Cuauhtemoc Blanco situation, the Chicago Tribune's Luis Arroyave does a good job getting the Chicago take on the events of last Tuesday. He also put to rest ...

PR, You're Doing it Wrong
The DCenters — ... When asked why he thinks D.C. United is sending footage of the Cuauhtemoc Blanco incident to MLS and U.S. Soccer, Denis Hamlett said he wasn't sure. "We never sent the league footage of Christian Gomez spitting in C.J. [Brown's] face," Hamlett said. Hamlett also said United was supposed to send the Fire the footage but has yet to do so. ...

Are MLS and the Fans Overreacting Over Cuauhtemoc Blanco’s ‘Pitch Rage?’
Soccerlens.com — ... The other side of the story, as told by the Fire, is that Blanco’s actions were misinterpreted. Fire spokesman Gregg Elkin told Chicago Sports that Blanco wanted to get the ball back in play. The game was in overtime, the Fire was down a goal, and Blanco thought Simms was stalling. Blanco also denied gouging Simms’ eye. As for the alleged head butt, Elkin stated that Blanco was not trying to disobey the red card requirements. As reported by Chicago Sports, “[Blanco] stopped by the bench to pick up his gear,” said Elkin. “He wasn’t stalling or yelling at the official. The ...

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www.mls-rumors.net 7/9/2008 — First there was a fight between he and team mate Wilman Conde, now this. According to multiple reports, Chicago Fire midfielder, Cuauhtemoc Blanco may finally have gone off the deep end in what many describe as an assualt on a stadium employee after ...
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www.theoffside.com 7/12/2008 — A couple of days ago I posted this video that shows Chicago Fire Designated Player Cuauhtemoc Blanco punching DC United player Clyde Simms in the gut in a US Open Cup game. Blanco received a red card for the incident, then allegedly headbutted a DC ...
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Punching, gouging among accusations against Fire's Blanco — chicagotribune.com - Sports
Tempestuous Fire star accused of throwing a punch, gouging an eye, turning on D.C. official > The Cuauhtemoc Blanco era of good feelings appears to be ...