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Highlighting Emerging International Stars (FIFA)

While looking up information on Zenit St. Petersburg, this came up in one of my feeds.

FIFA has a piece this morning highlighting some new faces that a.) played roles in last weeks friendlies, and/or b.) look to play roles as competitive matches (i.e., Euro 2012 qualifying) loom.  Soom of the players featured:

Neymar, Brazil, part of [...]

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The Dutch: Too Nice, Not Ruud Enough

For the majority of his career, he has been a wanted man. 

When PSV Eindhoven paid 6.3 million euros for his services, it was a Dutch-league record for a transfer fee.  Then came his move to Manchester United in 2001, where he broke several records and was named the 2002 PFA Players’ Player of the Year.  In 2006, [...]

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Inside the Six, Ep. #45: They Say Two Rants Don't Make It Right

The 45th episode of Inside the Six sees me come out of my presenter’s shell to rant about Robert Warzycha and Dutch football fanboys. What do the two have in common? Only timing, as they concern this episode. With the Columbus Crew being surprisingly eliminated from the MLS playoffs and a few [...]

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Beware of False International Footy Idols - My First Twitter Rant

Posted here just because I want to commemorate it. I’ve felt this ever since Euro 2008 but have been deferential. I think the only way I can go on being so (into the future) is to get it out of my system. If it’s not posted somewhere that has some permanency, I [...]

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World Top Eight (National Sides) at WSR

In hindsight, I’m not sure why I would write something with which 96% of my readers will disagree. I couldn’t resist, and it was an article I’ve been wanting to write for a week, so after an appropriate amount of thought and perspective, I wrote an article listing who I see as the top [...]

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Sneijder Moves to Internazionale

Wesley Sneijder has completed his move from Real Madrid to Internazionale. Various Italian outlets started reporting the story early morning Pacific time. Here’s one example, and here is an English-language account.

The impact for Real Madrid is minimal. Although this would have changed as the season wore on, they were committed to not [...]

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