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		<title>Messi Gets A Boot To The Face</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Martinez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leagues]]></category>
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Fernando Amorebieta would make Hulk Hogan get all misty eyed with this performance.  But where is the follow up leg drop? 
(I hope some of you watched wrestling as kids . . . if not?  That reference just flew straight over your head)
Now somebody get Messi an ice pack!
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		<title>When Roy Keane Attacks:  Five Survival Strategies</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/when-roy-keane-attacks-five-survival-strategies.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managers behaving badly]]></category>
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First, a confession:  I kind of love Ipswich Town manager and former Ireland captain Roy Keane.  (Even though he terrifies me.)  But I was glad it wasn&#8217;t my cell phone going off in the middle of a press conference this week.  Because let&#8217;s face it:  the man is a bit&#8230;oh, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Footy Fans to Stop Smoking:  The Prizes Britain SHOULD be Offering</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Premier League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Football]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Best quote from this article on the National Health Service&#8217;s plan to use footy fans&#8217; love of their sport to get them to quit smoking:  
[M]ore than half of Liverpool fans say they would give up smoking if their team won the League and FA Cup double &#8211; more than for any other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Offside Rewind: All Apologies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Cup of Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rewind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thierry Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vuvuzela]]></category>

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Seven non-Titi related posts you may have missed during the last seven days&#8230;

Japan sound the horn. For silencing the horn.
Tell us who your biggest international rival is.
What they&#8217;ll all be wearing in Philadelphia next year.
Who deserves the golden trashcan?
Nothing like an international break to recharge the old batteries
New Zealand headed to South Africa thanks to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Dose: November 20th, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-november-20th-2009.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-november-20th-2009.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Dose]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Something to read while you watch the madness at the Maracana&#8230;


Israel halts construction of Palestinian stadium (BBC.co.uk)
This FIFA conspiracy goes deeper than we though (Studs Up)
Five football injustices (Shortlist)
What happens when you fart in a referee&#8217;s face? (Sports Rubbish)
A lot of Top 10s for 2010 (Pies)
Goal-line referees for World Cup 2010?* (Guardian)
Get your C-Ron Caganer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just How Corrupt is European Football?</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/just-how-corrupt-is-european-football.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption bribery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thierry Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UEFA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s difficult to answer that question with any precision. But seems the answer is &#8220;a lot more corrupt than we realized&#8221;. Because German prosecutors think it&#8217;s corrupt enough that 200 games of European football need to be investigating. Including 12 in the Europa League and at least three in the Champions League. Yes, that Champions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Reasons Why Everyone &#8211; Even Euro-Snobs &#8211; Should Watch MLS Cup 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/10-reasons-why-everyone-even-euro-snobs-should-watch-mls-cup-2009.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/10-reasons-why-everyone-even-euro-snobs-should-watch-mls-cup-2009.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MLS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Beckham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LA Galaxy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landon Donovan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLS Cup 2009]]></category>
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I asked for a Beckham vs Blanco, LA Galaxy vs Chicago Fire MLS Cup 2009. But my request was denied when Real Salt Lake beat Fire on spot kicks in the Eastern Conference Final.
Still, as MLS-based attention grabbing events go, an LA Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake MLS Cup 2009 is up there. I&#8217;ll definitely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Dose: November 19th, 2009.</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-november-19th-2009.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-november-19th-2009.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Dose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denmark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[france]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thierry Henry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Germans become comic book heroes before our very eyes.


Looking back at Russian disappointment. (Russian Football Now)
Hands were flying in Brazil yesterday too. (See The Cup)
The US World Cup uniform leaks. (Football Fashion)
The pitch invader from Sweden-Denmark gets a huge fine. (BBC)
Take the stadium aerial challenge and waste loads of time at work. (Avoiding The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Dose: November 17th, 2009.</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-november-17th-2009.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-november-17th-2009.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Dose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameroon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chelsea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FIFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Lampard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Enke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samuel Etoo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is what an allergy to water would look like, I presume.


This is how years of therapy start. (Water Cooler Offside)
The mathematics of a statistic. (Uli Hesse)
The truthiness behind Lampard&#8217;s plane injury. (Studs Up)
Samuel Eto&#8217;o dishes out some expensive watches for his Cameroonian teammates. (The Spoiler)
FIFA wages war against Iraq. (Avoiding The Drop)
The oldest clubs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLS: A League in Need of Better Strikers?</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/mls-a-league-in-need-of-better-strikers.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/mls-a-league-in-need-of-better-strikers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MLS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fredy Montero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaime Moreno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jozy Altifore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juan Pablo Angel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MLS Best XI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronaldo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Twellman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thierry Henry]]></category>

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Major League Soccer announced the league&#8217;s Best XI yesterday, as voted for by media, players, coaches and GMs. Here&#8217;s what they came up with:
GOALKEEPER (1): Zach Thornton (Chivas USA) 
DEFENDERS (3): Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Wilman Conde (Chicago Fire), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew) 
MIDFIELDERS (5): Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), [...]]]></description>
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