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How Sweet It Is To Hate The USMNT Manager
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Billy Haisley
June 4, 2021
Soccer
Timo Werner Can’t Stop Missing But Won’t Stop Trying
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Billy Haisley
June 1, 2021
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Soccer
Real Madrid’s Past Killed Zinedine Zidane’s Future
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Billy Haisley
May 27, 2021
Soccer
Luis Suárez Saves The Day
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Billy Haisley
May 18, 2021
Soccer
Chelsea Let Real Madrid Off The Hook
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Billy Haisley
April 28, 2021
Soccer
Absolute Scenes As Rowdy British Lads Have Tossed The Super League Into The Rubbish Bin
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Billy Haisley
April 20, 2021
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Why The European Super League Is Evil
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Billy Haisley
April 19, 2021
Soccer
Real Madrid Will Not Be Denied
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Billy Haisley
April 16, 2021
Soccer
Jesse Lingard Is Right Where He Belongs
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Billy Haisley
April 12, 2021
Soccer
No One In The World Can Do It Like Adama Traoré
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Billy Haisley
April 6, 2021
Soccer
The Stage Is Set For The Summer Of Haaland
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Billy Haisley
April 2, 2021
Soccer
Ousmane Dembélé Is Finally Back On Track
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Billy Haisley
March 28, 2021
Soccer
Martin Odegaard Pulls All The Strings
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Billy Haisley
March 23, 2021
Soccer
Kelechi Iheanacho Is Breaking Out At Just The Right Time
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Billy Haisley
March 15, 2021
Soccer
Manchester United Has Crawled Out Of The Meme Zone
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Billy Haisley
March 8, 2021
Soccer
The Handball Rule Is Now A Little Less Dogshit
30
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Billy Haisley
March 5, 2021
Soccer
The Handball Rule Is Dogshit
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Billy Haisley
March 4, 2021
Soccer
Tottenham Has Finally Gotten Its Gareth Bale Back
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Billy Haisley
March 1, 2021
Soccer
Olivier Giroud Scores Fittingly Drab Golazo
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Billy Haisley
February 23, 2021
Soccer
Resistance Is Futile Against Manchester City
48
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Billy Haisley
February 23, 2021
Soccer
Erling Haaland Is Scary
51
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Billy Haisley
February 18, 2021
Soccer
Pedri Makes Barcelona’s Bad Season Worth It
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Billy Haisley
February 14, 2021
Soccer
It’s Happening To Neymar Again
113
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Billy Haisley
February 12, 2021
Soccer
When A Goal Is A Work Of Art
118
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Billy Haisley
February 9, 2021
Soccer
Luis Suárez Is As Regular As An Old Man Eating Bran
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Billy Haisley
February 1, 2021
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