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/ 6489 days agoThoughts About the Olympic Selection
Peter Nowak's selections for the 2008 US Men's Olympic Team where fairly straight forward. However I was somewhat surprised by a few decisions. However none of these decisions can be filed away as shockers. With only 15 available U-23 spots from the legitimate pool of 40 plus possible players I mentioned earlier this week all […]
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/ 6490 days agoSuperliga Matchday Four: Chivas USA – Santos Laguna
Second Half Santos failure to finish even one of their numerous chances has encouraged Preki to bring Jesse Marsch and Ante Razov both on at halftime. Chivas USA is no doubt now chasing 3 points! Still for Chivas it seems it will take something special to Oswaldo Sanchez while Santos seems to have used all […]
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/ 6490 days agoSuperliga Matchday Four: Chivas USA- Santos Laguna
I want to proudly announce that Edgar Castillio will be on the 2Gs show tomorrow. Castillio the left footed defender/midfielder for Santos Laguna was raised in New Mexico but opted to play at the international level for Mexico. He scored a goal against Guatemala in the Olympic qualifying tournament, however Mexico lost that match and […]
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/ 6490 days agoSuperliga Matchday Four: New England – Pachuca
This was the best game of the tournament from a pure technical standpoint. No it did not feature the goals or open play of other matches but two teams with so much quality. Don’t be surprised if these teams meet in the final where Pachuca like last year having lost to the Galaxy in group […]
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/ 6490 days agoSuperliga Matchday Four: New England – Pachuca
This was the best game of the tournament from a pure technical standpoint. No it did not feature the goals or open play of other matches but two teams with so much quality. Don't be surprised if these teams meet in the final where Pachuca like last year having lost to the Galaxy in group […]
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/ 6490 days agoManchester City and North America: The Strong Connection
George Weah in City colors/ All Sport UK Photo The connections between Major League Soccer and my favorite international football club, Manchester City continue to grow with time. Monday, San Jose announced the signing of Darren Huckerby and Paul Dickov is about to sign with Toronto FC according to published reports. Manchester City has contributed […]
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/ 6490 days agoManchester City and North America: The Strong Connection
The connections between Major League Soccer and my favorite international football club, Manchester City continue to grow with time. Monday, San Jose announced the signing of Darren Huckerby and Paul Dickov is about to sign with Toronto FC according to published reports. Manchester City has contributed more former players recently to the soccer setup in […]
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/ 6491 days agoSuperliga Matchday Three: Houston – Guadalajara
Guadalajara holds off a pesky Houston team made up largely of reserves 1-0.Second Half The frantic pace continues with great attacking intent staring down two very structured and organized defensive sides. Cory Ashe continues his energetic play and the chances continue to pile up for both teams. Franco Carracio who has been a horror in […]
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/ 6491 days agoSuperliga Matchday Three: Houston – Guadalajara
Guadalajara holds off a pesky Houston team made up largely of reserves 1-0. Second Half The frantic pace continues with great attacking intent staring down two very structured and organized defensive sides. Cory Ashe continues his energetic play and the chances continue to pile up for both teams. Franco Carracio who has been a horror […]
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/ 6491 days agoSuperliga Matchday Three: DC United- Atlante
To call DC’s performance tonight a disappointment is major understatement. From my personal perspective as I discussed on the 2Gs show with Graham and Peter on April 10th I have a certain expectation from DC in these sorts of competitions and no expectations from other teams in MLS. (in the case of that match we […]
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/ 6491 days agoSuperliga Matchday Three: DC United – Atlante
To call DC's performance tonight a disappointment is major understatement. From my personal perspective as I discussed on the 2Gs show with Graham and Peter on April 10th I have a certain expectation from DC in these sorts of competitions and no expectations from other teams in MLS. (in the case of that match we […]
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/ 6491 days agoQ&A: Major League Soccer Talk
I apologize to our readers sincerely for the delay in re-starting Q&A. I'll answer the most recent questions as well as answer some old ones thus Friday. Please leave any questions or comments in this thread.
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/ 6491 days agoHouston Reacquires Jaqua
Nate Jaqua has returned to Houston after a half season in the Austrian Bundesliga that saw him score six goals and increase his profile. Jaqua even earned a call up to the US National Team after an almost three year absence for the match against England at Wembley. I've seen some other publications hail the […]
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/ 6492 days agoOlympic Team Thoughts
Charlie Davies Hat Trick vs Gais Can Davies produce this again?/You Tube Video US U-23 Manager Peter Nowak will choose the squad for this Summer's Olympic games on Thursday. Here are the possible U-23 players to be selected: Players I consider locks are bolded (club releases assumed) GK: Chris Seitz, Dom Cervi, Brian Perk, Josh […]
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/ 6493 days agoSuperliga Matchday Two: Chivas USA-Pachuca
Second Half: Fewer references to Sven from this Telefutura crew. Maybe that's because Pachuca is a largely South American team and Sven is spending his time on the east coast it seems in this tournament. Sven did look comfy in the press box in Foxborough. I assume he'll be back there for another Superliga match. […]