Two years ago, Amber Duick started getting emails from a 25-year-old English soccer fan named Sebastian Bowler.
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If you're a soccer fan, you'll probably recognize the voices of John Motson, Chris Waddle, Gary Lineker and Andy Gray.
In 2009, Adenuga, an avowed soccer fan, cemented a strategic partnership between his telecoms outfit, Globacom and Manchester United.
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Certainly if you are a soccer fan, and more generally, for sports consumers who simply appreciate a superior sports consumption experience.
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The site took off when a Brazilian soccer fan posted a notice inviting kindred spirits to mill around and talk about the sport.
The best spot in the new campaign is the one with the kid, who, as an soccer fan would know, is the Brazilian star, Ronaldinho.
The North American soccer fan now understands the game and more than that they embrace their role as part of the theatre and the spectacle.
The park itself is a new haven for the Midwestern soccer fan, but it also may be the blueprint for stadiums in all sports going forward.
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Being a less-serious soccer fan myself, I offer a comprehensive, exhaustively researched review of the team names in the 2006 Cup, from Albicelestes (Argentina) to Zbirna (Ukraine).
"New York is a legendary sports town, as well as a thriving global city with a rapidly expanding soccer fan-base, " Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano said in a statement.
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As a soccer fan, one of the things I love about the English Premier League and some of the other top European soccer leagues is the promotion and relegation system.
Upon entering the room the waiter, a soccer fan, was met with the scene of thousands of pounds strewn across a bed that also framed the half naked former Miss World.
Nothing much, that is, unless you're a soccer fan.
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It is difficult to explain to any soccer fan under the age of 35 (perhaps even 40) how difficult it used to be to travel or to move to another country and to keep tabs on your favorite team.
IR As an American soccer-fan (admittedly a rare breed), I am accustomed to hearing idiotic comparisons of sports by foreign non-participants.
It was not until the election of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a soccer mad Corinthians fan, that the political will existed to reform the country's national obsession -- legislation followed in 2003 with mandatory relegation being introduced for the first time.
"Jerusalem in the last couple of weeks became a place in which being a supporter or a fan of good old soccer became an embarrassing reality, " he told the BBC outside a recent home game where he was part of a concerted campaign to show that most Beitar fans want to change the club's image, albeit belatedly.
So I played soccer in sixth grade, and followed it like a typical American sports fan up until my oldest son got really into Premier League soccer.
By hiring somebody who worked at the highest levels in Europe, U.S. Soccer is hoping to jumpstart the American fan base, and hopefully put more American fans in the stadiums.
Kobe Bryant took on soccer star Leo Messi to gain the attention of a young fan in a late 2012 Turkish Airlines commercial.
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Sure, this demonstrated something more dedicated fans of soccer already knew, but it is highly explanatory to the more casual fan represented by the average ESPN viewer.
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Player and fan comfort in extreme heat conditions will be constant battles faced by Qatar soccer officials.
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As Major League Soccer grows in strength and stature, franchise owners want to build and promote their own fan base.
As MLS and Opta move forward together, they are continuing to seek out and understand the needs of their online soccer fans, and tailor their work to delivering the best possible experience for their youthful fan base.
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Holland too has suffered at the hands of soccer yobs and in Italy mounting trouble came to a head in 1995 when a 24-year-old Genoa fan was stabbed to death by an AC Milan supporter.
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