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		<title>G&#8217;bye Kids!</title>
		<link>http://thegroundsman.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/gbye-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my 101st post, and it&#8217;s just to say &#8220;Good bye!&#8221; 
I started this blog to keep track of my articles and reviews for ESPN.com&#8217;s Soccernet, eventually expanding to mild analysis and poor punditry, all while making connections and forming online and &#8220;real life&#8221; friendships with some very amazing bloggers and journos around the world. 
I&#8217;m happy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Germany v. Spain- &#8220;May the better looking team win!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thegroundsman.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/germany-v-spain-may-the-better-looking-team-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;m currently watching the final at work, and I&#8217;ve instructed all of the women I work with to watch the match with interest.  After several minutes of silence, only broken by my own girlish screams when Spain scored, one woman said, &#8220;Hm, Spain&#8217;s players are a lot better looking than Germany&#8217;s.  I&#8217;m going for them.&#8221;
Sometimes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grounds&#8217; Clippings: The Guvnor at Blackburn</title>
		<link>http://thegroundsman.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/grounds-clippings-the-guvnor-at-blackburn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Sunday.  I&#8217;m at work.  Italy and Spain are strolling around a pitch in Vienna looking as if this were a friendly rather than a quarter final match in the European Championships.  If they&#8217;re not going to be bothered today, I may not as well.  To be honest, I&#8217;m still a bit gutted about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euro2008 Marches On-Desailly shouting the whole way</title>
		<link>http://thegroundsman.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/euro2008-marches-on-desailly-shouting-the-whole-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shed&#8217;s Note: Apologies for taking a few days off from my duties of diligently recording my idle observations on sport, but alas- the tainted tomatoes here in the U.S. got me, and I was confined to bed with food poisoning for a few days with nothing but an uncaring cat and even less sympathetic friends and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grounds&#8217; Clippings: Abramovich Takes Over Colorado Territory</title>
		<link>http://thegroundsman.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/grounds-clippings-abramovich-takes-over-colorado-territory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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-After an unfortunate 0-1 loss to Spain earlier this month, and the excruiatingly dull 2-0 loss to England I witnessed at Wembley, the United States men&#8217;s national team got an exercise in ego boosting with an 8-0 trouncing of Barbados in a World Cup qualifying match on Sunday.  The scoreline looks pretty awesome, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffon&#8217;s Black Cravat and Turkish Delight</title>
		<link>http://thegroundsman.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/buffons-black-cravat-and-turkish-delight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After today&#8217;s absolute cracker of a match between Turkey and The Czech Republic, I&#8217;m left breathless.  ESPN was so enamored that they replayed the match from the beginning straight away- an excellent programming choice, as it was the absolute perfect match for a neutral.   Drama, heart, an incredible comeback, an insane last minute ending&#8230; I won&#8217;t go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Euro 2008 Pundit&#8217;s League</title>
		<link>http://thegroundsman.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/the-euro-2008-pundits-league/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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As a football-loving American, I&#8217;ve often gone to great lengths to see broadcasts of live matches.  Justin.tv, Sopcast, various dodgy looking sites from China- I&#8217;ve scoured them all for English-speaking footy commentary at one time or another.   Though the Euro2008 matches are shown on ESPN, I would rather listen to vigorous elephant-on-pig action than hear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luiz Felipe Scolari- A Man in the Pub&#8217;s Profile</title>
		<link>http://thegroundsman.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/luiz-felipe-scolari-a-man-in-the-pubs-profile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to those of you who commented on the previous entry concerning your thoughts on Big Phil Scolari&#8217;s appointment as Chel$ki manager on Wednesday.   Those of you who don&#8217;t know much about the international manager may be able to flesh out some sort of a picture of the kind of club manager he&#8217;ll be with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Take: Scolari Moves to Chelsea</title>
		<link>http://thegroundsman.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/scolari-is-moving-to-chelsea-your-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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The current and soon to be former Portugese national team coach, Luiz Filipe Scolari, is going to Stamford Bridge starting July 1st.
 
Your thoughts?
I&#8217;ll post the most coherent responses later tonight.
[Photo: AP/Yahoo!]
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		<title>Everyone&#8217;s a little Oranje with Envy</title>
		<link>http://thegroundsman.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/everyones-a-little-oranje-with-envy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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A cracker of a performance from the Holland team tonight in their match against Italy.   I was being forced to do some actual work during the match, but even I could recognize the level of play was a welcome change from the uninspired dirge that was the France-Romania match earlier today.  
Over on BBC, I&#8217;m guessing [...]]]></description>
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