Premier League, Champions League, and MLS Tickets
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The ongoing anti-Glazer protests by a vocal minority of Manchester United fans seems to be having an effect as Manchester United have announced that they have failed to reach their target of season ticket sales this summer,
On not reaching their goal, Man United‘s chief executive David Gill tried to spin it like this:
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For the first time Premier League teams had to name a 25-man squad for the first half of the EPL season and there was a couple of surprises.
All 20 clubs had to submit a squad of up to 25 players containing no more than 17 players who do not qualify as homegrown. Homegrown players are classed as players who “irrespective of his nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to the Football Association or the Football Association of Wales for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons or 36 months prior to his 21st birthday”.
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Manchester United kicked off their Premiership campaign of 2010-2011 with a convincing victory over Newcastle United. The 3-0 scoreline was a fair reflection of the match although the harshest of critics, or the most virtuous judge, might have claimed that Newcastle were deserving of a goal and Manchester United themselves ought to have scored another. We learnt little new from the match. Dimitar Berbatov is still profligate in front of goal, Wayne Rooney is not yet in top form after a disappointing World Cup for England and the Old Trafford legends Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs are incredible.
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If there is one thing i like about Arsenal fans, it has to be their ‘religious fanaticism’ especially here in Nairobi. With the Gunners facing a very hard opening match against Liverpool tomorrow at Anfield, there is even more reason to celebrate as their long serving coach Arsene Wenger signed a contract extension yesterday that will see him stay with the London club for another 4 years.
You would have to Walk on the streets of downtown Nairobi on any given weekend to see what i mean. Every other jersey you see is literally an Arsenal jersey. Sure, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool do have ardent fans, however, the Arsenal faithful make them look totally insignificant.
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The MLS All-stars have never had a night like this.They had won five of their last six matchups against international competition, including a 1-0 win over Chelsea in 2006. And after seeing Man United struggle against the Philadelphia Union and Kansas City Wizards, there were quite a few people who expected Man U to lose for the second time on their U.S. tour.
Those thoughts ended within 25 seconds of the kickoff when Federico Macheda intercepted a weak pass by defender Kevin Alston and chipped a low shot past goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts.
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Major League Soccer has named it’s squad to play Manchester United in Houston on July 28th.
2010 MLS All-Star Game Roster
Goalkeepers (2): Donovan Ricketts (LA Galaxy), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
Defenders (7): Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Jamison Olave (Real Salt Lake), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Heath Pearce (FC Dallas), Wilman Conde (Chicago Fire), Kevin Alston (New England Revolution)
Midfielders (9): Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC), Marco Pappa (Chicago Fire), Javier Morales (Real Salt Lake), Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Columbus Crew), Sebastien Le Toux (Philadelphia Union), David Ferreira (FC Dallas), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution), Jeff Larentowicz (Colorado Rapids)
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Inter Milan and Italy international Mario Balotelli will no longer wear the Nerazzurri’s famous blue and black strip next season if talks between his agent Mino Raiola and either of Manchester based clubs city or United bear fruit.
Super Mario has long been linked with a move away from Inter with many expecting him to join their fierce rivals Milan-the club he has adored and supported ever since his childhood, however, interest from City and United is set to turn this transfer into a battle of financial prowess as Raiola has stated that whichever club meets or surpasses Balotelli’s 40 million Euros asking price, will inevitably land the 19 year old’s signature.
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The 2010-2011 Premier League schedule has been released and it throws up two very interesting games on the opening weekend. Liverpool start the post-Rafael Benitez era with a home match against Arsenal, while Tottenham and Manchester City meet at White Hart Lane.
Champions Chelsea get a very easy start in defense of their title as they open up at home against newly-promoted West Bromwich on August 14th. After that they travel to Wigan before playing Stoke at home on August 28.
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I am not a big fan of the Glazers. I don’t like all the debt that Man United is n0w loaded with and at some point that debt has to impact the ability of Fergie to attract new players to the club.
But it is also quite apparent that the Glazers are not in this to make a quick buck. They have had several opportunities to sell the club for hundreds of millions more than they paid for it, and to their credit they have turned these offers down. They are long-term investors and today Man United board issued this statement:
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Manchester United will play four games in the United States and Canada as part of a preseason North American tour.
The Red Devils will arrive in Chicago, home of new shirt sponsor Aon Corp., on July 12 for training and then meet Celtic on July 16 at Toronto’s Rogers Center. The 18-time English champions play the Philadelphia Union five days later at Lincoln Financial Field and meet the Kansas City Wizards on July 25 at Arrowhead Stadium.
Manchester United plays in the MLS All-Star game against the league’s top players on July 28 at Houston’s Reliant Stadium.
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