No Short Corners

This is both self-explanatory and hard as hell to get right.There's so much extrapolation required here, I'd feel like a real winner just for getting four from the list in the World Cup 2014 finals field and maybe a couple reaching the knockouts.Honora...
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I confirmed that eons ago, first thing this morning, but have yet to get the full details. Here is the gist, but check back for updates or perhaps some comments.Meanwhile, I'm going to go file a missing persons report on the Sion press officer.Elsewher...
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I will have another Top 5'er later, but for now all eyes here are on Anderlecht's Champions League third round qualifying opener at Welsh side The New Saints. As far as I can tell, there is no TV for this anywhere, but you can follow...
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This was a tough list to rank. There's so many variables in defining who picked up more transfer buzz than who after South Africa.I mean, is it the guy who had no buzz going in and now has a decent amount of interest? Or is the known star who is now wa...
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Some reflections after the end of the big show:South Africa was criminally safe -Siting a World Cup in winter in a land known for its crime and huge traveling distances was a mistake, so in 2014 we can relax in the knowledge that.....Anyway, crime fe...
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I don't get to do this very often at NSC, but here goes: I can report that Chivas USA defender Jonathan Bornstein has signed a four-year pre-deal to join Tigres at the end of the MLS season.Whew! I've had to sit on that for nearly a week! I wasn't supp...
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The Red Bulls will be streaming the entire New York Football Challenge, which will likely include the American debut of Thierry Henry, on Veetle*.* = You will need to download the Veetle plug-in to watch.- Greg Seltzer
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Not long after Clarence Goodson had bagged the lone goal (from a Hunter Freeman assist, no less) for a 1-0 IK Start win over Aalesund FK, Stabæk's Mikkel Diskerud opened the scoring in what would be a 2-2 draw at Brann. - Greg Seltzer
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Recently, the Guardian published a workup of the English players ranked by their manager's namesake "Capello Index". Apparently, the top-3 USMNT players fared better than any of their English counterparts.Before it gets taken down, here are the averages (unfortunately, not given on the index site, and necessarily calculated by hand/calculator) for any American players...
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It was supposed to be with Video Friday. Poor, poor Thierry Henry... he had no idea what he was in for walking onto the set of Morning Joe's Nuthouse. It is kinda cool to see the cast being so excited about soccer now, though.Visit msnbc.com for breaki...
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One more really good, really long (for me) night of sleep and I should be good to go. I'll be back on NSC duty tomorrow and still have a couple of World Cup Top 5's stored up.Of course, the truth is, I really don't get full breaks and I have still been very busy...
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An ad in today's NYT. Lookin' good, Titi.- Greg Seltzer
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Here's my take on the best performances over the course of these 2010 finals. Don't be bashful, let me know what you think.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Steke...
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If a bad workman blames his tools then does a bad team blame the referee?The end of a gruelling match like this World Cup Final is not the best time to give a measured opinion, but after cheering for Holland amid Dutch friends, I have heard it all abou...
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I'm gonna take a couple days for an NSC breather. And not just because I hate the world right now - which I thoroughly do, with feeling - but mainly because I'm worn out to the bone.I'll still be chasing scoops for MLSS and I'll have my tourney eleven ...
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Practically everybody and their mother is picking Spain; the entire Sports Illustrated staff, that stupid octupus everyone suddenly believes has some sort of magical powers - even Johan Cruyff, for crying out loud. Fools, all fools...Let's kick off wit...
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So here we are at our game's No.1 date, which will rewrite the history books forever - Holland or Spain's first World Cup win approaches. While not quite as Dutchaphile as Greg, who chose to live there, I have been hopping happily across the Channel fo...
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Why isn't that Clarence Goodson's nickname? And why am I not paid to create nicknames?So anyway... "The Goods" scored a ladder climber to turn IK Start onto the 2-1 rally path against Sandefjord. See for yourself...- Greg Seltzer
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This morning, we turn the page over to former American Soccer Daily co-hort Aaron Gidding, who has come to discuss the ugly business of national politics pushed on, in and around the beautiful game...Both in the run up to and during the 2010 installmen...
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