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Man U Gets Big Win to Keep Pressure on Leaders (Week 10 in the Prem)

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Manchester United gets some needed points… ASTROHEADERs 30-second recap of round 10 in the English Premier League; Manchester United beat Tottenham 2-0 to keep the pressure on the top Manchester City started to borrow some of Liverpools crappy play in a 2-1 lost to Wolverhampton Dempsey scored twice to give Fulham the 2-0 win against [...]

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Liverpool Wins!…Still in Relegation Zone (Week 9 in the Prem)

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Liverpool sucks just a bit less… ASTROHEADERs 30-second recap of round 9 in the English Premier League; Liverpool got a win to work there way to the top of the regulated zone by beating Blackburn 2-1 Tottenham continued to struggle against mediocre teams with the 1-1 draw against Everton Sunderland took an own goal to [...]

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Man U Sucks – and that was before Rooney wanted out (Week 8 in the Prem)

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Manchester United blows it again and Rooney says F-it… ASTROHEADERs 30-second recap of round 8 in the English Premier League; Manchester United jumped to a 2-0 lead against West Brom, then gave up 2 goals in a 5 minute span. The game ended in a 2-2 draw. Rooney also said F-United and wants out…ouch Tottenham [...]

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FIFA Members Selling WC 2018 & 2022 Votes?

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FIFA Members Selling WC 2018 & 2022 Votes?

FIFA needs more controversy. After spending the World Cup year proving they have no idea how to tell if a goal actually counts, FIFA is now considering postponing the December 2 vote to determine the host counties for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups due to members selling their votes. Reports from the Sunday Times in [...]

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Astroheader is Not a Youth Soccer Club or Academy

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In August, Tyler weighed in on an extensive analysis of the Ajax youth program by Michael Sokolove. Since then, we have inexplicably received a number of… communications from young players detailing their hopes of joining our “FOOTBALL CLUB/YOUTH FOOTBALL ACADEMY TEAM” (caps faithfully reproduced). It was amusing at first, but it’s time to get serious; [...]

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Eric Lichaj Picks USA over Poland

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Eric Lichaj Picks USA over Poland

Eric Lichaj, a 21 year old defender for Aston Villa, has decided to represent the US Men’s National Team over the Polish National Team. Lichaj was born in Downers Grove, Illinois and was part of the IMG Soccer Academy and played a year at the University of North Carolina. Aston Villa signed Eric in 2007, [...]

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Liverpool Reaches a New Low (Week 7 in the Prem)

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Liverpool Sucks… ASTROHEADERs 30-second recap of round 7 in the English Premier League; Best game of the week? Arsenal vs. Chelsea?… No No, Liverpool vs. Blackpool. The battle of the…pools. Newcomers Blackpool beat Liverpool 2-1, at Anflield. Liverpool were booed off the field at HALFTIME as they were down 2-0. Liverpool is falling apart from the [...]

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Bradley Names USMNT for October Matches

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US Men’s National Team coach Bob Bradley has named the 20-man roster for the October friendlies against Poland (October 9th) and Colombia (October 12th). Bradley stuck with mainly a European based team because he did not want to disrupt the MLS teams that are challenging for playoff spots (what a nice gesture, rolls eyes). What [...]

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Man City Tries to Save Prem, Others Fail to Capitalize (Week 6 in the Prem)

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Week 6 and how Prem clubs fail to take advantage of gifts. ASTROHEADERs 30-second recap of round 6 in the English Premier League; In a great and physical game, Man City beat Chelsea 1-0. Tevez took the ball from half field and scored through the legs of Ashley Cole that waited waaaay to long to step up [...]

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Premier League 30-second Recap – Week 5

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ASTROHEADERs 30-second recap of round 5 in the English Premier League; Tottenham went down early but came back to win a game that should have never been in doubt… 3-1 Arsenal had some good and bad luck against Sunderland. Fabregas deflected a ball 40 yards out that went in. Arsenal then missed a penalty and Bent [...]

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