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By Geoff Reid Saturday 5th Newcastle United vs Everton from St. James’ Park, Newcastle Credit must be given to Alan Pardew and his back room staff at Newcastle United for the tremendous season they’re having. Quietly gone about their business, the magpies currently sit third after their win at Stoke on Monday night. Who would…[continue reading]

So I went three for four in the semifinals with my picks. Real Salt Lake knocked out Seattle in what was a very entertaining series. The other three were good as well, but the conference finals should be very good to watch. We’re down to three more games this season – the Conference finals on…[continue reading]

Entering the 2011 season, I felt the Philadelphia Union were a team that could surprise a few folks and be a dark horse pick to make the playoffs. Turns out they made the playoffs but couldn’t get any further than the semifinal round after their loss to the Houston Dynamo last night. Philly has plenty…[continue reading]

I don’t think many folks expected to see this list so soon. With the Seattle Sounders exiting the playoffs last night after there 3-2 (on aggregate) loss to Real Salt Lake, the list had to be made. Boy, Montreal has to make the most of this too as the Sounders stand to lose one quality…[continue reading]

Juergen Klinsmann picked 22 players for the U.S. men’s national team friendlies at France on Nov. 11 (3 p.m. ET, ESPN2, Univision, ESPN3.com) and Slovenia on Nov. 15 (noon ET, ESPN2, Galavision, ESPN3.com). A few surprises but mostly what you would expect from Klinsmann at this point. It seems as though Orozco Fiscal has replaced Jonathan…[continue reading]

Another bit of news I wanted but couldn’t touch on yesterday. DC United has been making news this week at a possible move to Baltimore. United’s unhappiness with RFK Stadium is well documented over the last few years and only continues to get worse for the Black-and-Red. United is laying the groundwork for a possible…[continue reading]

A little programming note to kick things off today. Sorry for the radio silence yesterday (except for Geoff’s Champion’s League previews), I was hardly even able to look at soccer stuff until late in the evening when the two MLS playoff games were on. By then, I wasn’t even in the mood to write, it…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid Group A Bayern Munich vs Napoli from the Allianz Arena, Munich The Bavarian giants have been in such great form as of late, their manager Juup Heynckes believes that today’s visitors from Italy should set up to counter attack them, and that’s a fair point. Bayern have won 13 out of their…[continue reading]

It has been a couple weeks since I revisited my 2011 positional rankings. I got caught up in the 2011 Expansion Draft lists – something I will likely continue on today. Today, we’re looking back at the midfielder rankings. To recap I’ve already done the defense and keepers. Again these rankings are all about the…[continue reading]

By Geoff Reid Group E Valencia vs Bayer Leverkusen from the Mestalla, Valenica The home side are in a tough position with only two points taken from three games so far in the group and currently sit in third place four points behind their opponents who sit in second place. However, manager Unai Emery believes…[continue reading]