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I never realized there was an AP poll for "global soccer" until Bayern Munich ended up at the top of it. I thought that the AP was only something I had to be aware of for college basketball and football. And while quantifying football teams that play...

Forget those who sit in warm, comfortable studios in front of giant television screens mounted on walls; disregard the column inches and opinion polls. Those who know Luis Suarez best have spoken. Discourse positive and negative will always rest a...

Later this year, Libya will hold parliamentary elections. It will not be the country's first taste of democracy since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi but it will be the most significant one. Unlike the polls to elect the transitional government last year...

The Division 1 state champions, the Needham Rockets, take over the No. 1 spot in the final ESPN Boston MIAA boys' soccer Top 20 poll for 2012. Needham was described by each opposing coach as the best team that they had faced this season and with a 1-...

There can be little question over the top two teams in the final 2012 girls' soccer Top 20 poll. The Division 1 and 2 state champions, Franklin and Medfield, proved their worth over the course of undefeated seasons capped by victories over Top 5 t...

On the back of Everton's blistering start to the season, the media appear to have reopened the 'When will Marouane Fellaini leave' polls with the Belgian linked to any club with a sizable bank balance. Despite Fellaini and David Moyes discussing ...

Albert Larcada analyzes the recent AP rankings of the world's best soccer players and teams. Given the rankings' controversial outcome, he creates a ranking system based on a mock European "Super League" to determine the continent's best teams.

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If we're only discussing pure talent, it would be very difficult to describe Didier Drogba as the greatest player in Chelsea's history - as the club's official magazine have just done after a public poll. - Drogba voted Chelsea's best Take the ...

For the first time in more than a calendar year, there's a new team atop our MIAA girls' soccer Top 20 poll this week. Franklin takes over the top spot in the poll after extending its perfect start to the season to 15 games. Peabody drops a single...

Peabody remains No. 1 both nationally and in our latest MIAA girls' soccer Top 20 poll. The Franklin Panthers perfect season continue and has moved them up two spots to No. 3. Medfield and Whitman-Hanson have done little wrong, but the dominant pl...

Peabody continued its hold on the No. 1 spot in the land in the latest NSCAA national girls' high school soccer Top 20 poll. The poll's other MIAA entrant Franklin also held steady at No. 19 this week. Meanwhile, Exeter (N.H.) continued inching cl...

(Video highlights courtesy of the Needham Channel) NEEDHAM, Mass, -- The Needham Rockets caused what should be another shake-up at the top of the ESPN Boston boys' soccer poll and a certain shift in the Bay State Conference standings with a 1-0 wi...

So who exactly is the No. 1 team in MIAA boys' soccer? That question became increasingly harder to answer this week, as we tapped Weymouth as our No. 1 squad in the latest ESPN Boston Top 20 poll. However, hours after taking the No. 1 spot in t...

The ESPN Boston girls' soccer Top 20 poll for Week 5 has been updated. Peabody remains No. 1 in the state as well as the nation. Central power Nashoba dropped several places after a string of ties and Oliver Ames moves down six spots after a disap...

There were a few significant changes to the MIAA boys' soccer Top 20 poll this week. Concord-Carlisle falls to No. 5 this after suffering their first loss of the season to Bedford 2-nil. Taking the No. 2 spot is Acton-Boxborough, which has won thr...