Ben Raynak joined June 2008

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Ben Raynak

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Life-Long Real Madrid fan who has had multiple appointments, classes, working hours and relationships fall victim to his love for the truly beautiful game. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has lived all over the United States, including California, New Hampshire and Vermont. He is currently a student at Clark University in Massachusetts.

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Raul Gonzalez Blanco, Zinedine Zidane, Fernando Hierro, Iker Casillas, Roberto Carlos

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Real Madrid, New England Revolution

  • Favorite Coaches

    Vicente del Bosque and Jose Mourinho

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Zidane's side volley goal in the 2002 Champion's League Final

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

  • Ruth or Mays?

  • Unitas or Montana?

  • Jordan or Russell?

  • Gretzky or Orr?

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Nadal and Agassi

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

  • Schumacher or Senna?

  • Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

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Jersey Al Bracco said...

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Here's my first shot at a "soccer" article: Would love to hear your comments:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/146452-us-mens-soccer-is-landon-donovan-really-the-best-we-can-do

244 days ago

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Callum D'Souza said...

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Who would you pick Patrice Evara or Gael Clichy
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/93207-who-would-you-pickgael-clichy-or-patrice-evra

347 days ago

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Dakota Rubin said...

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So I keep on seeing all of these previews of the EPL and I wanted to do something to preview La Liga and I was wondering if you were interested in being involved. I was thinking something along the lines of like 5 questions that we all respond to or something?

Let me know what you think

Dakota

469 days ago

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Dakota Rubin said...

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Hey Ben,

Check out this article about Sneijder's injury and the signing of van der Vaart. Comment if you would like:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/43979-wesley-sneijders-injury-how-will-real-madrid-cope

Thanks

Dakota

480 days ago

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Dakota Rubin said...

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Hey Man,

Did you hear about the next Dutch star joining Madrid? Check out my article: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/36536-report-real-signs-van-der-vaart

Later,
Dakota

505 days ago

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Peter Wright said...

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Hiya lad,

Welcome to BR. Great writing so far, especially your piece on Man United fans. You put into words what City fans have been thinking for a LONG LONG time about that (cough, cough) club.

511 days ago

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Salaar Shamsi said...

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Hey Mate,

First off,have a look at this article on the Euro 2008 Awards! and kindly leave a comment.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/33641-world-football-my-euro-2008-awards

Secondly,the 5th Round Table will be published soon.Anyway,after a collection of votes it appears the topic "What would be your all time World XI and why" has got the most votes.

This is the topic for the next round table..Kindly ensure your format is as follows we don't want you to create a formation..It should be like this :
(THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE)
My Formation 4-4-2

Manager-Scolari : because....
GK-Casillas : because he is very consistent.
RB-Garincha: because.....

So create your all time World X1 and email it to worldfootball@post.com,latest by 3rd July (Thursday)
Kindly email it from your permanent email address so you can be given future round tables discussions as well..

Cheers,
SS

515 days ago

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Dakota Rubin said...

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Hey Ben, what did you think about those Spaniards yesterday? Just incredible.
Where did you go to high school in VT? I have one more year out there and really like UVM.

If you have any comments or questions about Bleacher Report, please feel free to let me know.

Keep representing para España.

Dakota

518 days ago

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Dakota Rubin said...

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Hey Ben, Welcome to Bleacher Report. It is great to have another Madrid fan join. Really enjoyed your article on Casillas and could not agree more that he is the best in the world.
I made a few small edits to the article. Take a look and feel free to change anything you dont agree with.
If you have any questions dont hesitate to ask.

I look forward to reading more of your work in the future.

Dakota

521 days ago

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Ben's Achievements & Awards (2) »

  • Great Debate [article title]

    Great Debate: Bronze Medal

    Manchester United Fans: Stop Crying Ove…

    Received 25 comments • July 03, 2008

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    Hot Read: Bronze Medal

    Iker Casillas Proves His Point on Penal…

    Received 1,000 Reads • June 23, 2008

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