Seasons of Discontent

As the rest of the world (and about 21% of America) knows – the 2010 World Cup draw occurred earlier today.  Defying the pessimistic expectations of many, the U.S. actually recieved a decent draw as their group includes England, Algeria, and Slovenia.  As I – Scott Howard – am the foremost expert on international soccer [...]

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Going into my EPL experiment one of the main issues was whether Aston Villa would be able to keep my interest as both the football and basketball seasons got started.  To this end, I knew that a key for me would be for Villa to be televised a lot and pick up a signature win [...]

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I promise I’ll make this quick but with the World Cup on the horizon a few international soccer stories caught my eye: Gerrard out of Belarus clash after missing training -Although the Brits qualified for the World Cup last month they are still playing qualifying matches.  Certainly anytime Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard misses a match [...]

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As noted by reader Tommy yesterday, I’ve not posted about Aston Villa in a while.  Well let it be said that I am a man of the people – I bring the posts that people want.  There have been three matches since my last post – a road tilt with Blackburn, Carling Cup opener against [...]

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Today I realized that I had not posted about Aston Villa for a while and thought to myself that such a circumstance most certainly would not stand – thus with that here comes another edition of Becoming a Villan. Though my last post came in the wake of  Villa upsetting Liverpool at Anfield I can [...]

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After a rough opener to the EPL season and a 1-0 loss to Rapid Vienna in the first leg of their Europa League opener I felt like being a Villan supporter was going to be a bit more trying than I had thought.  Yet as a fan of more than a few long suffering teams [...]

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It’s been a wild 4 days since my earth shattering decision to follow the EPL and throw the weight of my support behind Aston Villa.  In a short period I’ve taken in a heap of information from various sources (with a big assist from @astonvilla) in order to make sure that if I do this [...]

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I’ve never really fashioned myself as a soccer fan.  I never played the game, never really understood the game, and generally thought it was too slow and boring.  Yet for whatever reason during the World Cup (each year since 1994) I sit up and pay attention the entire tournament – even going as far as [...]

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How about a threesome baby? You, me and gravy. Former three time FIFA World Player of the Year just got his Joan Rivers on. While having surgery to to repair a broken wrist suffered while playing professional soccer Ronaldo told the doc’s to go ahead and take a little off of his his mid-section while [...]

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In a new book detailing David Beckham’s time in the MLS, U.S. forward Landon Donovan took an opportunity to do what he does best — whine about things.  Donovan chastisted Beckham for his lack of commitment to the Galaxy, among other things.  Make no mistake, Beckham is now a largely overrated player.   But, Landon Donovan [...]

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