UEFA Cup’s Delusions of Grandeur

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 UEFA Cup’s Delusions of Grandeur
In an attempt to get out of the shadow of their much smarter, more handsome and successful older brother, the Champions League, the UEFA Cup will overgo a minor appearance change to get some goddamn attention. So they’re going to emulate the older brother and adopt the Champions League’s group stage of 4 teams, each [...] [link]

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The Daily Sweeper (July 16)
Published 7/16/2008 by Tom Dunmore at Pitch Invasion
... more for his earlier career than his disastrous final sojourn with Red Bull New York. Ann Ramzy with her valuable USL weekly update — we need more of this. American Soccer News with a good article on American soccer academies Europe Ah, the Intertoto cup is back. Such joy. And renaming the UEFA Cup the UEFA Europa League won’t give it any more prestige, both the Fanhouse and The Offside concur. So Many Balls reviews the first round of action in Champions ...

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