Some Soccer News for Feb 12, 2016

It's Day 43 of 2016.


4 MLS teams are headed to the CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals to face 4 Liga MX teams beginning Feb 23 with new faces on incomplete rosters, injuries, and preseason form. But those are just excuses. This is a real test. By Paul Kennedy of Soccer America.

• LA v Santos, Seattle v America, DC v Queretaro, and Salt Lake v Tigres.

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Three big games this weekend:
-Sat Feb 13
Juventus v Napoli - #2 v #1 with 2 pt gap - 1:45pm CT
-Sun Feb 14
Arsenal v Leicester - #3 v #1 with 5 pt gap - 6:00am CT
Man City v Tottenham - #4 v #2 with 1 pt gap - 10:15am CT

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Omar Gonzalez is thriving at Pachuca and tells us all about it. By Brian Sciaretta of American Soccer Now.

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Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend. From the Guardian.

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UEFA Champions League - Round of 16 - begins next Tuesday, Feb 16. Get ready.

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New album from Head Wound City coming our way!

2/16/16 #headwoundcity pic.twitter.com/F0CyspMMP9

— Head Wound City (@headwoundcity) February 11, 2016

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Bill Walton: Village Idiot or National Treasure. You decide.
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One of the greasiest weasels in all of soccer, Jerome Valcke, has been given a 12 year ban from the sport. He was Sepp Blatter's bag man. Another scum bag goes down. Very in-depth story from AP.

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The FIFA presidential candidates spoke at a CONCACAF gathering in Miami on Thursday night. By Simon Evans of Rueters.



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