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A look back at the 2015 MLS SuperDraft and Cristian Roldan
The MLS SuperDraft is always a crazy day with a lot of craziness happening. For one, the draft usually features less “standout players” than most other American sports and the top prospects often turn out to have the most success. Every now and again you get the Chris Wondolowski’s of the world who turn out…
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The Magician Miralem Pjanić
Bosnian Miralem Pjanić is one of the most decorated midfielders in the world. He is a playmaker on the pitch, with the control of the game at his feet. He has the freedom to make the game his own, and that’s exactly why he is the artist of Juventus. There hasn’t been such a versatile…
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Four Key Reasons Behind Getafe’s Remarkable Rise This Campaign
Jose Bordalas and his squad are currently enjoying the rollercoaster of a season they have had up until now, as they sit in eight place at the moment, just three points off the Europa League spots. Following the recent win at home to Malaga, the atmosphere and feeling around the Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Perez has…
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The Bernardeschi Dream
It was no surprise that Juventus fans were more than overjoyed with the signing of Federico Bernardeschi last summer. The 23-year-old is the absolute foreseeable future of Juventus. He has already proven an incredible amount in his career thus far. Federico had 11 goals last season for Fiorentina, playing as their main man. He had…
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Bruno Soriano: The Heart and Soul of Villarreal
If you had to ask any Villarreal CF supporter to name one player that represents the club and city of Vila-real, 99% of the fans would name their captain, Bruno Soriano, as the one to represent them. Coincidentally, Bruno’s life story directly mirrors the rise of Villarreal CF, both unlikely and hard working. Based in the…
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Who Should Replace Coutinho?
What Liverpool fans were dreading for the entirety of last summer came to fruition this past weekend. Coutinho traded in his Merseyside-red shirt for the most famous kit in Catalonia. Barcelona have paid a king’s ransom of £142 million total for the attacking midfielder known as “the Little Magician”. That number makes him, at the…
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Virgil Van Dijk: Liverpool’s most important signing in recent years?
On Wednesday, it was finally announced. The news that all Liverpool fans were waiting for during the entire summer transfer window. Both Liverpool and Southampton had finally agreed a deal to sign defender Virgil Van Dijk – after manager Jurgen Klopp fought hard all summer to secure the Dutchman’s services to Anfield. After the Anfield…
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Breaking The Lines: One Year On
I launched Breaking The Lines as a young, confused kid coming off his first semester of college. I came into first semester thinking I was ready for the real world; it turns out I wasn’t even ready for secondary school. I dreaded every single option around me, from the mountain of student loan debt I’d…
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On Emre Can
With the January transfer window almost upon us, it’s time for speculation to take centre stage again. ITK accounts on Twitter, the customary meltdown on social media and the false dawns of premature excitement is almost upon us yet again for the first time in five months. Will Philippe Coutinho get his dream move to…
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Mourinho, Guardiola and… The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
“Language is the foundation of civilization. It is the glue that holds the people together. It is the first weapon drawn in a conflict.” There’s a tribe in Namibia that doesn’t have a single word for the color “blue,” but they have a plethora of words for the color “green.” If you put a color…
