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With the Champions League group stages now complete, a look down the list of the 16 clubs that qualified for the first knock out stage reveals a group of usual suspects. As had been expected, Europe’s elite populate the narrowed field as usual. But surprisingly, few of the tournament’s most familiar faces didn’t manage to […]

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Based on the above “Pic of the Week”, I could forgive you for wondering if WSOTP is considering a switch in subject matter to blogging about military techniques, paintball or homeless veterans living in the forest. Rest assured, it’s not. In fact, this week’s selection is very much a soccer picture, even if it doesn’t […]

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It’s Friday and nearly four days since my last post on the site, so I’m feeling a little panicked. I have four pieces in the works, but all aren’t quite ready for the big time for one reason or another: one needs more research, another needs editing, the next one is still a rough draft […]

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Ever since the rumors of his imminent retirement in the early portion of the week, I’ve toiled in vain to write the perfect opus for Sir Alex’s career. Yet with all that is being penned on the great Scotsman in the time since, it’s been hard to find not only a unique angle… but also […]

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From this American fan’s perspective, the long holiday weekend that’s just passed us by was quite a good one. Saturday’s fixtures were chock full of goals, averaging just over three and half per match. Then on  #EpicSunday2 (© Fox Soccer Channel) with an entertaining Gunners loss to Chelsea and a gutsy, come-from-behind draw for Spurs […]

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Sometimes it’s awfully hard to make a victim out of one that so many hold in contempt. Take for instance AC Milan’s Kevin-Prince Boateng. Much maligned during an underachieving two-year stint at Spurs, Prince also didn’t make any friends in his native Germany when he decided early on in his career that he should instead play for […]

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Thus far, 2013 has been a whirlwind. As with most years, there’s been the expected absurdity that accompanies the holiday season to keep me busy: the annual cornucopia of fixtures, plus the ensuing avalanche of (faux-)headlines that is the January transfer window. But, unlike previous years, things have been especially crazy around the imaginary WSOTP […]

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No matter what your beliefs, as the oft-played song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”. But while most might label it as such because of the presents, the family gatherings or the excessive amount of eating and drinking that often accompanies the holiday season, my reasoning is a little different: football, football […]

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January: the month where a million writers, bloggers, newspapers and websites get more eyeballs on their works than any other. Thanks to its winter transfer window, and the plethora of the rumors of potential player moves that come with it, January is a writer’s best friend. Pick up the scent of a rumor without a […]

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Though I’m admittedly still on a bit of an adrenaline high just over two hours after the United States’ “historic” win in the Azteca — I won’t elaborate further on it, as tonight’s win has spawned another full-length post where I’ll delve into the topic in greater detail. But it still feels good to beat […]