Sussman Will Never Be Mistaken For The Closer: It's Like, Major League Soccer, Only Overseas And Interesting

Published: August 12, 2007, 12:50 pm

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By popular demand: Recapping the first weekend of Premier League soccer action, without having a damn clue what I'm even writing, despite having Hirshey's EPL preview open in a separate window: Arsenal 2-1 Fulham -- One of the league favorites almost escaped instant British shame after Fulham took the lead 52 seconds in on a goalkeeper blunder. But the Gunners scored two goals in the final eight minutes of regulation. It's sort of like buying a video game for the first time. Even on "easy" difficulty, a bad team scores on you right away, then you learn that the left and right sticks move the goalie, and eventually at the end of the game you figure how to score tons of goals at once. Chelsea 3-2 Birmingham City -- That's now 64 straight wins at home for Chelsea without losing, some kind of record. Much like Arsenal's win, their opponent played tough in the first half. Birmingham took a 1-0 lead, and after two straight Chelsea goals, B'ham tied the game at 2-2 before halftime. But

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