1. Philadelphia Union, known as Zolos, were founded in 2008. Their nickname came about at a “Meet-the-Owners” event held two days before the expansion press conference, they wore nametags with handwritten numbers intended to read “2010.” The number was mistakenly interpreted as “ZOLO” by an ownership group member.
2. They play at 18,500 capacity stadium...
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Never mind the World Cup final, the real season kicked off at East End Park yesterday, where Hibs comfortably disposed of Dunfermline 4-0 in a repeat of last year’s pre-season friendly. The Easter Road outfit, who took the field in their new mint gre...
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Three second-half goals saw a dominant Dundee United win the Scottish Cup with a convincing victory over Ross County.
The first half was a fraught affair with no clear-cut chances until David Goodwillie set the SPL side on their way to victory with an incredible 30-metre lobbed shot to open the scoring in the...
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SPARTANS secured their second trophy of the season last night with a convincing victory over Gretna in the final of the SFA South Regions Challenge Cup.
The Central Taxi’s East of Scotland Premier Division Champions fielded an experienced team in their first ever fixture against a young Gretna side, before a sizeable crowd at a...
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OF THE 31 different teams to have appeared in a Scottish Cup final, Dundee United have ended the day as losing finalists on seven occasions, a record bettered only by Celtic and Rangers (obviously), Hibs (9) and Aberdeen (8).
United’s first Cup final appearance came in 1974, when a team managed by a 36-year-old...
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AS befitting a team that only joined the senior league setup in 1994, Ross County don’t have much of a Scottish Cup pedigree, making their achievement in getting to Hampden all the more special, even before you consider they spanked Celtic 2-0 in Glasgow in the semi-final.
Ross County, aka the Staggies where three times...
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We said the other week that the Scottish football season is over, but that would be doing a disservice to four teams for whom there is still everything to play for.
In the first of two games, Brechin and Cowdenbeath will do battle for the right to join Stirling Albion in next years First Division,...
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"VIDEO: Fletcher, Giggs and Park Goals Against Stoke" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.
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The day before the end of the season and we’re greeted with an unfamiliar feeling. For the past three years, it has been in our hands. Last season we needed just a point from our last two games and our 0-0 against Arsenal was enough to see us lift the trophy at Old Trafford,...
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KILMARNOCK held on to the bitter end – despite late pressure from Falkirk and a rejected penalty claim – to get the single point they needed to secure their SPL survival, and quite possibly their own survival with it.
In a game with few chances (Killie managed only two shots on target, while Falkirk...
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AND so we reach the end of the road.
Seven months and thirty-eight games later, it all boils down to this – the final weekend of the 2009/10 SPL season. Six more games to go, and we can put away the scarves and the rosettes along with our hopes for our teams season.
There are only...
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LET’s be honest. Not many fans would stick around for too long if they found their team down 2-4 at halftime, but those who did last night at Fir Park where rewarded for their loyalty as Motherwell clawed back a 2-6 deficit to earn a valuable point in a thrilling 6-6 draw againt Hibs.
It’s...
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"VIDEO: Nani’s Goal Against Sunderland" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.
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On the day United beat City in the last minute and Spurs beat Chelsea, I just tried to soak up the feeling as much as possible. Whilst our chances of winning the league had improved, we all knew that United had to claim maximum points in the remaining games and Chelsea still needed to...
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Ahead of kick-off, I had hoped the feelings the lads must have endured in the dressing room following the Blackburn draw would be enough to wake them up to what was at stake on Saturday.
It worked. It’s been a long season, so feel free to shout out if I’ve got it wrong, but I...
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Rafael da Silva was subbed off on 79 minutes on Saturday to make way for Federico Macheda. Sir Alex Ferguson’s attacking substitution paid off two minutes later when Kiko played in Nani to put us 2-1 up.
Rafael then proceeded to celebrate like a fan, going absolutely mental when the ball hit the back...
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"Giggs: I Was Practicing Penalties Yesterday" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.
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Two penalties from Ryan Giggs, as well as a great goal from Nani, earned United a vital three points to take us top of the table.
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This season was supposed to be all about the ‘power shift in Manchester’. We had sold The Best Player in the World (TM) and ‘lost’ Carlos Tevez to Manchester City. The likes of Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville were past it, the manager was surely past his sell-by-date and United’s ‘time for...
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"VIDEO: Scholes Winner Against City" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.
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