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Manchester United 2009/2010 Season Review
Chelsea are the champions. Congrats to them… now piss off, this is a Manchester United review, no more shit about Chelsea. I still remember the unease I felt after the opening day unconvincing win over Birmingham thanks to a solitary strike from Wayne Rooney. My doubts werent found baseless as United slumped to defeat just…
Soccerlens Review: The 09/10 Season
The 2009/2010 football season has been a rollercoaster ride of thrills, spills and tragi-comic falls as it builds up to the summer’s main event, the World Cup. The memory of Blackpool’s monumental triumph is still fresh, and the sight of Jose Mourinho gracefully accepting the adulation of the traveling Inter fans on Saturday night was…
Review: World Cup 2010 Indispensable Geopolitics
Buy: “World Cup 2010: The Indispensable Guide to Soccer and Geopolitics” by Steven D. Stark and Harrison Stark ISBN: 978-0-9819289-4-4 “It’s been said that Americans learn about world affairs and geography through wars; the rest of the world learns through soccer.” Co-author Steven Stark as quoted in the Introduction. That sentence aptly summed up a…
Review: ‘Soccer Dribbling and Feinting’ & ‘Soccer Passing and Ball Control’
Buy: “Soccer Dribbling and Feinting” and “Soccer Passing and Ball Control” by Thomas Dooley and Christian Titz ISBN: 978-184126-301-4 and 978-184126-300-7 Ruud Gullit during his brief management spell at the Los Angeles Galaxy made the following comment in an interview with the Times of London on April 27, 2008: “In the United States they play…
09/10 La Liga Review: Barcelona conquers, Galacticos denied glory & the rest of Spain left helplessly behind
As 08/09 ended, Barcelona were roundly recognized as the world’s greatest team. They had dominated in La Liga, claimed the Spanish Cup, and comfortably beaten Manchester United in a much-hyped but ultimately bathetic Champions League Final. Following on from Spain’s triumph at Euro 2008, it led to the Hispanic media celebrating what they called a…
Review: Food Guide for Soccer
Buy: “Food Guide for Soccer: Tips & Recipes from the Pros” by Gloria Averbuch and Nancy Clark, MS, RD ISBN: 978-1-84126-288-8 “You are about to embark on one of the most wonderful aspects of your, or your child’s, soccer career. Understanding the principles of good sports nutrition (which is good nutrition for life), it is…
Football World Champ
Football World Champ on Facebook is a football game integrated with Facebook to enhance the social gaming experience. The game enables all Facebook users to participate in the biggest sporting event of 2010. Every user can choose the country he/she wants to play for. Even if your country’s team didn’t make it to the real…
How to win the World Cup by Graham McColl
“As Fabio Capello ponders long and hard his England squad for the summer of 2010 in South Africa, he will be also devoting much thinking time to all of the other factors that determine success or failure on the world stage – the variety of means used to win the World Cup incorporate the bizarre,…
FIFA World Cup 2010: What to look forward to!
The 2010 World Cup South Africa is just a few months from now and the same goes for the latest installment for EA Sports’ FIFA series. It was in 1997 when EA obtained the license to make the official games for FIFA every year. In 1998, EA released their first World Cup game and it…
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