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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.

Ben's Recent Articles

El Clasico: The Derby to End All Others

Published 11 months ago
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Manchester United Fans: Stop Crying Over Spilt Milk

Published about 1 year ago
910 reads 29 comments

Do the Right Thing: Why Raymond Domenech Deserves the Boot

Published about 1 year ago
400 reads 6 comments

Flops and Plops: My Worst XI of Euro 2008

Published about 1 year ago
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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
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

Nadal and Agassi

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by Jersey Al
7 months ago

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
by Callum
10 months ago

Who would you pick Patrice Evara or Gael Clichy
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/93207-who-would-you-pickgael-clichy-or-patrice-evra
by Dakota
about 1 year ago

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
by Dakota
about 1 year ago

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
by Dakota
about 1 year ago

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
by Peter
about 1 year ago

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.
by Salaar
about 1 year ago

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
by Dakota
about 1 year ago

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
by Dakota
about 1 year ago

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

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Flops and Plops: My Worst XI of Euro 2008

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