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Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas Gets Barcelona Shirt Number Before A Place At Camp Nou

By Richard Farley, on July 28th, 2010

Arsenal’s given no indication that they’re willing to let Cesc Fabregas go anytime soon. Continuing their implicit, public courtship, Barcelona has set aside the number four for their former trainee.

With Rafa Marquez set to join New York Red Bulls (what, you didn’t know) the number is about to be vacated. Fabregas wears the [...]

Barcelona-Inter Milan: Preview and Minute-By-Minute

By Kevin McCauley, on April 28th, 2010

Sorry I didn’t get the preview up earlier, it just showed up in my feed. If you’re DVRing the game and watching later, it’s still very useful to you. You can find the match preview here and the minute by minute here, both from Set Piece Analysts.

Inter Milan 3:1 Barcelona: Inter Dominance Yields Commanding Champions League Lead

By Kevin McCauley, on April 21st, 2010

Internazionale dominated Barcelona like no team has since Frank Rijkaard patrolled the Blaugrana sidelines.

Thanks to goals from Wesley Sneijder, Maicon, and Diego Milito, Internazionale will go to Barcelona leading their Champions League semifinal 3-1, with Barça’s only goal opening the match in the nineteenth minute off the boot of Pedro.

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Inter's Turn to Take On Barcelona

By Kevin McCauley, on April 20th, 2010

Of course, Internazionale has had their chance before in this year’s Champions League, being drawn into the same group with the defending champions, taking one point over two matches against Barcelona. Inter was able to hold the holders in Italy before losing at the Nou Camp.

Continue reading at World Soccer Digest.

All Things Footy - Episode 3

By Kevin McCauley, on April 12th, 2010

On this edition of All Things Footy, Kevin and Richard Farley discuss the Super Clasico, the England and Spain national teams, and MLS. Oh, we also talk about the NHL and getting propositioned for sex at Barnes and Noble. We do a pretty light-hearted show here.

Listen over at All Things Footy.

Barcelona-Real Madrid Review, Europe Wrap, FA Cup and MLS – SPA Daily Podcast

By Kevin McCauley, on April 12th, 2010

The Monday edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast sees SPAs Kartik Krishnaiyer and Johnathan Starling stop by to talk Real Madrid-Barcelona, Italy, Germany, France, FA Cup and England, as well as Major League Soccer with Richard Farley.

Listen to the show at Set Piece Analysts.

Real Madrid 0:2 Barcelona: La Liga Swings in Favor of Barça

By Kevin McCauley, on April 10th, 2010

Xavi Hernandez took center stage in leading Barcelona clear in La Liga. (Photo: ZumaPress)

A commanding performance from Xavi Hernández created both Barcelona goals on Sunday, leading the defending champions clear in La Liga after a 2-0 win over Real Madrid.

A first half goal from Lionel Messi and a second half tally from [...]

All Things Footy - Episode 2

By Kevin McCauley, on April 9th, 2010

Richard appeared on today’s All Things Footy podcast as well, breaking down the Super Clasico in the final segment. But don’t just skip to Richard, give the rest of the show a listen too!

Listen to the podcast over at All Things Footy.

Europa Review, Champions League Talk, Weekend (Real Madrid-Barcelona) Preview – SPA Daily Podcast

By Kevin McCauley, on April 9th, 2010

The Friday edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast sees Richard Farley catch-up with SPA Kartik Krishnaiyer. The duo talk about Thursday’s Europa League results, the implications of the Champions League semifinal match-ups, and the weekend’s football action: specifically, Real Madrid versus Barcelona.

Listen to the show at Set [...]

All Things Footy - Episode 1

By Kevin McCauley, on April 7th, 2010

Today, Richard appeared on the revival of the All Things Footy podcast. Host Kevin McCauley was also joined by site contributors Ben Schneider and Ted Meyer to discuss the UEFA Champions League and Europa league with some quick tangents on Ligue 1, the English Premier League, the Bundesliga, and the CONCACAF Champions [...]

Richard (me) is a writer and broadcaster in San Diego, California who spends most of his time analyzing The Beautiful Game. This site, his "personal" blog, serves as a scratch pad and content aggregator for the other places he publishes (listed alphabetically):

You can also follow Richard through his iTunes stream or via Twitter ... and now, Facebook.

His (my) email address is richardfarley aht gmail doht com.

Just recorded a segment with National Soccer Radio show ( http://www.nationalsoccerradio.com/ ). Podcast version out soon. 7 hours ago
@Jrodius congrats all the same. 11 hours ago
James from Portland, if you get this, the return address on the email you sent me is bouncing. 11 hours ago
SBNhanced Power Rankings: Major League Soccer, Week 17 http://sbnation.com/e/1358694 15 hours ago
CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round: Seattle Takes Tenuous Lead From First Leg With Metapan http://sbnation.com/e/1358385 17 hours ago
@JustFootball Thanks for the heads up. Yeah ... we're going to enter a time where 4-2-3-1 is used too liberally, too. 2010/07/29
@7500_Kirsten ok. i'll stop. didn't really mean to, but yeah - i need to bow down, a bit. 2010/07/29
@7500_Kirsten hater 2010/07/29

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