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    One More Special Message To Go

    David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer. Well, until today, anyway.

    It was only a matter of time before the Special One descended from the lofty peaks of soccer's Olympus to once again strut and preen among us. He had been waiting eight months for his suitors to fall to their knees, genuflect before his genius, and tip over wheelbarrows full of gold. More »

    12:35 PM on Wed Jun 4 2008
    By Hirshey
    11,996 views, 73 comments

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    Weep Not For John Terry

    David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer.

    Wide right. Are there two more magical words in the English language aside from perhaps open bar? But for a New York Giants fan and Chelsea-hater, wide right is a thing of poetic beauty. First Scott Norwood misses from 47 yards against the Big Blue in the '91 Super Bowl and now John Terry misses from 12 yards against ManU in yesterday's Champions League final. More »

    12:15 PM on Thu May 22 2008
    By Hirshey
    10,654 views, 64 comments

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    The EPL Season Ends ... And Look Who Called It!

    David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer.

    I told you so. That's right, way back on August 6, 2007, five days before the start of this interminable but historic season, I correctly predicted the order of finish at the top of the league: ManU, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. If only the Lords of the EPL had listened to me then and awarded the title to United, think of all the pain and misery we could have saved ourselves, to say nothing of my liver. More »

    11:10 AM on Mon May 12 2008
    By Leitch
    5,724 views, 40 comments

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    Congrats, Sigh, To Uncle Avram

    David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer.

    I'm the last to admit when I'm wrong. Like all the other Avram Grant cynics, I never believed for a minute right up until the 120th minute of yesterday's epic Champions League semifinal between Chelsea and Liverpool that Uncle Avram could lead the Blues to the Promised Land — better known as Moscow. More »

    3:40 PM on Thu May 1 2008
    By Leitch
    4,138 views, 38 comments

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    Chelsea Might Really Pull This Thing Off


    David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer.

    Even I had a lump in my throat when I saw Chelsea take the field on Saturday in black armbands, honoring the recent death of Frank Lampard's mother. Turns out that my lump was just some undigested French Toast, but still you have to admire the Oprah-like sensitivity this bunch of preening, squabbling egomaniac multimillionaires showed for a brief, shining moment. More »

    3:00 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
    By Hirshey
    4,284 views, 38 comments

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    The Zen-Like Qualities Of An Own Goal

    David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer.

    Say this for John Arne Riise. As diving headers go, it was textbook, a classic, one for the year-end highlight reel. The Liverpool defender launched himself at the ball with fearless abandon and rocketed it into the top of the net. The keeper never had a chance. More »

    1:35 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
    By Leitch
    5,920 views, 83 comments

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    Becks: Shalom, Brother

    David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer.

    I'm kvelling, and not just because I'm going to be eating matzo all next week. No, the reason I'm feeling so good is that David Beckham is sending his son Cruz to a Jewish nursery school in Los Angeles. More »

    4:00 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
    By Hirshey
    3,883 views, 35 comments

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    Man U Rubs It In

    David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer.

    Go ahead, bow down. Heel before Manchester United like you would a certain overdressed German guy with a pointy hat who's playing to a sold out Yankee Stadium this week. They deserve it. They stand on the cusp of pulling off an astonishing double championship, and they have done it with style and panache. So why am I not ready to genuflect? More »

    3:00 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
    By Hirshey
    4,469 views, 31 comments

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    The Real Reason Arsenal Crapped Out


    David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer.

    I blame myself. I fucked with my own mojo this week, and, in doing so, cursed Arsenal. More »

    1:35 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
    By Leitch
    5,977 views, 85 comments

    Latest by Arsenalgirl: "- the second goal resulting from an Maradona-esque 80-yard run by Walcott through four Liverpool defenders in the 83rd minute more »

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    David Beckham Is Allegedly Back In The MLS

    David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer.

    It's not often that I plan my Saturday night around watching a MLS game, especially when it kicks off right when my man Tyler Hansbrough is in the midst of giving little Ricky Pitino a facial for the ages. But this was not just any MLS game, it was the showcase match of the league's opening weekend, and it involved a certain English underwear model who plays for the LA Galaxy and, who from all accounts, was finally healthy and ready to justify his "$250 million" hype as the latest Messiah of American Soccer. More »

    4:30 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
    By Hirshey
    4,611 views, 38 comments