Closing This Blog Down

by admin on January 19, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this for some time now, so thought I’d get round to it tonight.
On the 12th of August 2010 this blog will expire (and I may even pull the site before then). Soccer is my passion, but there simply isn’t enough time to write and maintain a blog about soccer when [...]

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Support the Homeless World Cup

September 21, 2009

It is said the soccer is the world’s beautiful game. We think of soccer as something we take our families to, we have lush playing fields where we coach or play, and have our wide screen TV’s that we watch the game on.
Unfortunately, there are those in a much worse off situation that love soccer [...]

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Sir Bobby Robson Passes Away

August 1, 2009

This blog would be remiss if it didn’t say anything about the untimely passing of one of the best soccer coaches England has ever seen. Being the most successful England coach since Sir Alf Ramsey, Robson was known throughout the world as genuine, courageous, and a man who had an enormous passion for soccer.
Many words [...]

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Soccer Transfer News: City Fail in Bid for Eto’o

July 10, 2009

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Manchester City’s efforts to add quality signings to the already growing squad at the Eastland’s took a backwards step today as the club are set to pull out of signing Samuel Eto’o from F.C Barcelona. As one of the players earmarked by Mark Hughes as a critical component in the next step toward [...]

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Soccer Transfer News: Oguchi Onyewu to AC Milan

July 8, 2009

Last week we blogged about Michael Owen’s transfer to Manchester United. A lot of people were taken by surprise by this move as Owen is hardly a household name anymore and didn’t do himself any favors at Newcastle United. However, an arguably more surprising transfer, is that of A.C Milan signing Oguchi Onyewu.
“Gooch” who is [...]

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Soccer Transfer News: Barclays Premier League

July 3, 2009

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When Real Madrid broke two world records after their signing of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo last week, what do one of their European counterparts do? Manchester United go out and sign Michael Owen on a free transfer from Newcastle United.
The way I see it, this could turn out one of two ways. Owen [...]

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Coerver Coaching: Passing and Receiving

July 1, 2009

People who follow me on Twitter and regular readers of this site will know that I am a big supporter of Coerver coaching. I believe that the Coerver methods are one of the best coaching methodologies for youth soccer players today. I run two weekly training sessions and one full sessions is devoted to Coerver [...]

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Training Ladders for Soccer Players

June 26, 2009

No soccer player likes pre-season training and youth players are no different. However, the work you do in the pre-season can be the difference to a successful year and a one that fades into obscurity.
A lot of soccer coaches make the mistake of focusing too much on the physical side of the game and less [...]

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