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Sounders Lose Ground In Supporters’ Shield Race While Columbus And San Jose...

It was another week of MLS action with a number of important results.  A few teams who had to win at home to keep their flagging playoff hopes alive didn’t– Chicago, New England, Vancouver, Dallas –...

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MLS Supporters’ Shield Race Tightens As Playoff Picture Solidifies

Last weekend’s results left much to be settled in the Supporters’ Shield race, but they did further solidify things in the conference playoff races.  Seattle’s 5-1 loss to Colorado may have served...

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MLS Playoff Picture: Timbers Take Slight Lead In Supporters’ Shield Race,...

An already wild MLS season that saw the league’s worst team win the hundredth incarnation of the US Open Cup just keeps getting wilder.  The results of the last week have seen a team that will likely...

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Arsenal Leads EPL Table Forecasts While Manchester United Fall From Preseason...

Another international break has ended, which means it is time for domestic league play to resume.  The Premier Leauge restarts play with Arsenal at the top of the table with Liverpool tied on points,...

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Sounders’ Too Few Shots And Poor Defensive Efficiency Spell Trouble For Their...

The Seattle Sounders’ fifth regular season of MLS play came to a fitting end Sunday night against the Galaxy.  Early frustrations in front of goal appeared they might give way to another loss or draw,...

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MLS’s Parity And Fewer Matches Means The Table Is A 50/50 Split Between Luck...

Last week Alex Olshansky had a great article at The Shin Guardian that quantified how much parity existed within MLS, and how that parity compared to similar statistics for leagues around the world....

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Why Arsenal Are Now The Premier League Title Favorites

With wins over Liverpool and last seasons’ Champions League runner-up Borussia Dortmund in the last week, Arsenal’s phenomenal start to the 2013-14 campaign has continued for the time being.  They now...

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Mexican National Team Ends Forgettable 2013 With Berth In 2014 World Cup

This year’s Hex was to be a continuation of a growing series of successes for the Mexican men’s national team reaching back to the last World Cup.  They won the Gold Cup and U-17 World Cup in 2011,...

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Updated Premier League Title, Top Four, And Relegation Likelihoods

The final international break of 2013 is now over, and the Premier League is just past the quarter season mark.  Everyone has a better idea of who might be relegation fodder (Crystal Palace), and who...

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How Group Play Would Add Excitement And Reward Top Seeds In The MLS Playoffs

The MLS Cup final is now set.  Sporting Kansas City will host Real Salt Lake in a week’s time to crown the 2013 MLS champion.  While this season’s playoff tournament may have turned out for the better...

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