All posts tagged "England"

  • Are MLS referees really any worse than Premier League officials?

    It was a hot summers’ day at Avaya Stadium in early June of last summer and slightly more humid than was typical for the Bay Area. FC Dallas were visiting San Jose to face the Earthquakes in...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
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  • MOTD: Chelsea 0-1 Bournemouth

    Perhaps all the lambasting, criticism and condemnation from the football community has indeed taken a toll on Jose Mourinho as Chelsea succumbed to a dreadful 1-0 loss to Bournemouth, their eighth defeat of the season. In his...

    • Posted December 5, 2015
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  • MOTD: Southampton 1-6 Liverpool

    Daniel Sturridge returned to Liverpool’s starting lineup in their Capital One Cup quarterfinal with Southampton, his first start since Brendan Rodgers’ final game in charge. The Englishman found the back of the net with his first shot...

    • Posted December 2, 2015
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  • MOTD: Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Chelsea

    Even when Chelsea earned a solid point away against an in-form Tottenham Hotspur, Jose Mourinho created a narrative of strife and controversy for Chelsea as he resumed his clash of egos with Diego Costa.  The pair had...

    • Posted November 29, 2015
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  • MOTD: Leicester City 1-1 Manchester United

    One picture tells a thousand words; or in today’s case, Oli Scarff’s shot illustrated the story of Leicester City’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United, which took The Observer 834 words to recount. On the left side of...

    • Posted November 28, 2015
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  • MOTD: Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 West Ham United

    Harry Kane bagged a brace in Tottenham Hotspur’s dominant 4-1 win over West Ham United, making it eight goals in his past five matches in all competitions. So much for a goal drought. After scoring just once...

    • Posted November 22, 2015
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-4 Liverpoool

    Manuel Pellegrini sat on the sidelines; Jurgen Klopp stood from the kickoff of Liverpool’s match at Manchester City. Pellegrini infrequently ventured into his technical area, motionless, hands stuffed deep into his pockets, while Klopp paced up and...

    • Posted November 21, 2015
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  • Tides changing in Raheem Sterling saga as Manchester City face Liverpool

    It was the second Sunday in July and Raheem Sterling had missed two Liverpool training sessions over the past week. Sterling’s very public transfer saga over the prior few months had blown up the back pages, but...

    • Posted November 20, 2015
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  • Rooney struggles to find home in Van Gaal’s system at Manchester United

    There was once a boy; a sixteen-year-old boy from Everton described as “the best young player has seen in the past 30 years” by a man quite adept at finding just those sort of players. This...

    • Posted November 14, 2015
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  • The Football League’s rebrand to stabilize the lower leagues’ image

    It takes but a quick walk across central London, eight minutes by the count of Google Maps, to tell the story of the Football Association and Football League’s foundation.  The day was April 28th of this year...

    • Posted November 12, 2015
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