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i couldn’t sleep last night. i’d a rather too substantial afternoon nap, and wasn’t feeling ready for bed (though it was 2 am). so i turned on the television, and tuned in to my new favorite station, setanta sports. setanta is the yellow and black branded dream that broadcasts english premiership soccer, worldwide and rugby, [...]

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following up on my post quantifying the rough costs of world cup 2010, i thought i would offer a brief assessment of the costs of seeing club soccer in various places around the world.
we start with the home team, the new england revolution, who can be seen at home about every 10 days for $19 [...]

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hilarious ne revolution team photo i got from the ‘fan download’ section so i think its fair use. 
ne revolution 1 - atlante 0
it was a game i could’ve gone to. a game i wanted to go to. but fate had other plans, and so i peered through the snow and color distortion on the spanish [...]

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it is never too early to start planning for something you care about. in fact, i think i may already be late. why? because i am planning for the world cup, and i don’t think i need to qualify that with words like FIFA or soccer. it’s the world cup, and i want to [...]

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i just got back from lunch at three aces, my favorite pizza/sub joint in the entire boston area. they have a mrs. pacman machine, which still plays for a quarter, chicken finger subs (oh my god it’s so bad its good), alcohol (heineken thru sutton house) and, most importantly, soccer on tv.
a little over a [...]

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