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Clay Berling & Soccer America -- his inspired invention
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, October 9, 2017
The death of Clay Berling stirs up memories of my first days ...
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From goalkeepers, from referees ... the sound of a scandalous silence
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Friday, September 29, 2017
The appalling story came from Germany, just 14 days ago. It was ...
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Rugby, not soccer, pursues promising concussion test
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Thursday, August 31, 2017
I am being reluctantly forced to the opinion that official soccer's attitude ...
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Exposed! The shabbiness of the English anti-diving campaign
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Sunday, August 6, 2017
It was totally right and proper that the farce of the English ...
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VAR: Howard Webb's skewed videos
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Friday, July 28, 2017
In no time at all we shall be getting, in MLS, the ...
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Chuck Blazer 1945-2017: The Fatally Flawed Friend
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Sunday, July 16, 2017
The tragedy that was Chuck Blazer is now over. And tragedy it ...
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New medical study shows FIFA protocol is being ignored
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, July 3, 2017
To laugh ... or to cry? There is no middle course here, ...
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The Gnat's Eyebrow and other VAR stupidities
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, June 26, 2017
The trial of video-assistance for referees currently under way at the Confederations ...
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That Goal
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Wednesday, June 21, 2017
It was Pele who started the "soccer is beauty" theme. He titled ...
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Tab Ramos paints a rosy American future in the changing U-20 World Cup -- but a U-18 World Cup would make more sense
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, June 12, 2017
Tab Ramos has been talking in glowing terms of his team and ...
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What's this? A goalkeeper penalized for rough play?
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Friday, June 2, 2017
Meet Sorin Stoica. Maybe you've seen him in action during MLS games. ...
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Scots wha hae! Thoughts on the sad and ominous decline of Scottish soccer
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Saturday, May 27, 2017
I note, with considerable exasperation tempered by sadness, that Scottish soccer is ...
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Celebrity coaches -- who needs them?
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Thursday, May 18, 2017
I am still finding it difficult to come to terms with the ...
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Wenger must stay -- even the stats agree
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Arsene Wenger should stay. That's what I think. And I think that ...
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Violent Goalkeeping (Part 2): FIFA must radically rethink the goalkeeper's role
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Thursday, April 20, 2017
Last time, I asked: "What action has soccer taken to at least ...
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Violent Goalkeeping (Part 1): Players at risk as soccer ignores its own rules
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Thursday, April 20, 2017
Goalkeepers, we are told, need protection. No doubt we all agree. Up ...
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The triumphant return of Bruce Arena
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Sunday, March 26, 2017
Well, take that Jurgen Klinsmann. Never at any time during his five ...
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MLS games compare well with EPL but referees in both leagues reluctant to call PKs
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Tuesday, March 21, 2017
During this past weekend, I watched -- on television, of course -- ...
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Of tattoos and voodoo and science ... and soccer
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Wednesday, March 1, 2017
My calendar says March 1. But, quite possibly, global warming has advanced ...
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Suddenly, the sport itself rebels against low-scoring Scrooge soccer
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Thursday, February 23, 2017
We haven't seen anything like this for quite a while. In fact ...
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Pep snubs Kun -- modern soccer at its worst
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, February 6, 2017
Back in 2005 the word from Argentina was that maybe -- of ...
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Where soccer fails, the NFL gets it right
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Thursday, February 2, 2017
An impertinent book, this. The title and subtitle tell you succinctly what ...
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More urgent than Van Basten's rule changes: soccer needs a total reversal of referees' negative mindset
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Tuesday, January 24, 2017
The problem is this. To praise Marco van Basten for speaking out ...
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Clearance: an ugly play, a useless stat
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Friday, January 13, 2017
For some time now I have been wondering about the soccer term ...
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Roberto Cabanas & the Beautiful Game
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Thursday, January 12, 2017
From the happiest of thoughts and memories about Roberto Cabanas to total ...
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Soccer & Concussion (Part 2): What needs to be done -- before the lawyers move in
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Tuesday, January 10, 2017
The suspect nature of the enforcement of protocols is by no means ...
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Soccer & Concussion (Part 1): A Disgraceful Lack of Action -- Protocols are not enough
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Sunday, January 8, 2017
There is, it seems to me, one thing above all others that ...
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MLS Goal Award: A Modest Suggestion (again)
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Monday, December 12, 2016
I've been looking at the Goal of the Year winner. A wonderful ...
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Toronto 0 Seattle 0 -- Another Forgettable Final
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Sunday, December 11, 2016
Another decidedly non-memorable final. Maybe we get the finals we deserve. Scrappy, ...
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Will fear of goalscoring affect MLS Cup 2016?
SoccerTalk with Paul Gardner, Paul Gardner - Sunday, December 4, 2016
Back in the 1970s I recall watching a soccer panel on English ...
