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Why the New Format Will Save the US Open Cup

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Robert Hay

The U.S. Soccer Federation yesterday announced an expanded Open Cup format and schedule, one that will incorporate all MLS and lower division teams in a newly and hopefully more condensed way. In essence, the changes allow the Lamar Hunt U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in Major League Soccer Talk Posts, US Open Cup | Tagged Colorado Rapids, Copa del Rey, DC United, FA Cup, Lamar Hunt, MLS, NASL, Seattle Sounders, tournament, US Open Cup, USL PRO | 19 Comments

African Cup Of Nations Round Up: Days 1-4

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Paul Bestall

Well we all know how the competition started but the tournament kicked off in earnest on Sunday evening with the host nation Angola entertaining Mali. Hopes were high after all the political wrangling that engulfed the weekend, football could return … Continue reading →

Posted in EPL Talk, General | Tagged Africa, African, Ahmed Hassan, Alain Giresse, Algeria, Algerian, Angola, barcelona, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, competition, couldn, Cup, Daniel Cousin, earnest, Egypt, evening, football, forefront, France, Freddie Kanoute, Gabon, game, Goal, Group, head, home, host, Hull City, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Marseille, minute, Mozambique, nation, nigeria, Paul Le, performance, result, round, Russel Mwafulirwa, Samuel Eto, score, series, Sunday, time, tournament, Tunisia, weekend, win, World, wrangling, Zambia | 7 Comments

Chaos and Tragedy Strike The African Cup Of Nations

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Paul Bestall

The news started coming through early on Saturday morning and as the information became clearer, it was soon apparent that the whole African Cup Of Nations would now be tainted. When the dust had settled, 3 members of the Togo … Continue reading →

Posted in EPL Talk, General | Tagged African, Angola, bus, Cabinda, competition, Cup, decision, Emanuel Adebayor, Emmanuel Adebayor, enclave, football, game, government, Italy, Kolo Toure, Lome, Mali, Manchester City, Mark, miracle, Norway, party, rebel, Security, south africa, team, Togo, Togolese, tournament, Tragedy, wisdom | 11 Comments

West Auckland F.C., The First World Champions!

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Paul Bestall

As it’s World Cup draw week, I thought I’d share one of my favourite football stories with you, about the first ever World Cup, though it was only for domestic sides at the time.I heard this story for the first … Continue reading →

Posted in EPL Talk, General | Tagged Auckland, club, Cup, Durham, England, English, F.A, F.C. Winterthur, F.C. Zurich, football, Italy, Juventus, London, Northern League, side, Sir Thomas Lipton, team, tournament, trophy, Turin, West, West Auckland F.C., West Auckland Town AFC, World, World Cup | 4 Comments

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Tag Archives: tournament

Why the New Format Will Save the US Open Cup

African Cup Of Nations Round Up: Days 1-4

Chaos and Tragedy Strike The African Cup Of Nations

West Auckland F.C., The First World Champions!

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