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/ 6493 days agoSuperliga Matchday Two: Chivas USA – Pachuca
Second Half: Pachuca begins to maintain possession well early the half creating a free kick opporunity just outside the box quickly and a few scoring chances. Lance Parker looks settled and makes two spectacular saves: one on Gabriel Cabballero, the symbol of the aging Pachuca from my mouth and another in the dying minutes. But […]
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/ 6493 days agoSuperliga Matchday Two: New England-Santos Laguna
Second Half After listening to Telefutura’s announcers spend the majority of the first half talking about Sven, the camera pans to him in the pressbox. Much like his time in England, the dreams and hopes of a football mad nation are on Mr. Eriksson. The last time he wasn’t quite up to the job. Has […]
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/ 6493 days agoSuperliga Matchday Two: New England-Santos Laguna
Second Half After listening to Telefutura's announcers spend the majority of the first half talking about Sven, the camera pans to him in the pressbox. Much like his time in England, the dreams and hopes of a football mad nation are on Mr. Eriksson. The last time he wasn't quite up to the job. Has […]
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/ 6494 days agoSuperliga Matchday One: Houston-Atlante
SECOND HALF: Really ho-hum especially after the outstanding goal by Brian Mullan that pushed the Houston lead to 4-0. Rico Clark looked comfortable sliding up into the central midfield role in the second half and Mullan and and Brad Davis showed some great understanding of each other as well, an understanding that comes from playing […]
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/ 6494 days agoSuperliga Matchday One: Houston-Atlante
SECOND HALF: Really ho-hum especially after the outstanding goal by Brian Mullan that pushed the Houston lead to 4-0. Rico Clark looked comfortable sliding up into the central midfield role in the second half and Mullan and and Brad Davis showed some great understanding of each other as well, an understanding that comes from playing […]
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/ 6494 days agoSuperliga Matchday One: DC United- Guadalajara Analysis
SECOND HALF: DC came out flying in the second half but couldn’t take advantage of numerous chances. Devon McTavish hit the post before the power outage stopped play for about twenty minutes. Tom Soehn’s tactical change to drop Jaime Moreno back into the midfield stimulated numerous DC United chances but the finishing as it was […]
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/ 6494 days agoSuperliga Matchday One: DC United- Guadalajara
SECOND HALF: DC came out flying in the second half but couldn't take advantage of numerous chances. Devon McTavish hit the post before the power outage stopped play for about twenty minutes. Tom Soehn's tactical change to drop Jaime Moreno back into the midfield stimulated numerous DC United chances but the finishing as it was […]
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/ 6494 days agoSuperliga Begins Amidst Controversy
The MLS Players Union has rained on the Superliga parade set to begin today. The union released the following statement which I reprint from Steve Goff's Washington Post story: "MLS is misleading its great fans. What has not been revealed by the league is that its New York office has unilaterally set its own bonus […]
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/ 6494 days agoThe Irony of Mexican Hypocrisy
For years Mexican football fans have attacked the United States success in the most negative way possible: accusing the Yanks of playing a cynical game that relied on rough play and counter attacking. Every loss to the United States was judged as a triumph of negative football over beautiful football. Well last night deep in […]
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/ 6495 days agoGamboa Headed to Chivas USA?
Grahame Jones of the LA Times reported earlier today that Jorge Vergara Chivas USA's part owner has arranged for a goalkeeper to join the Los Angeles based side from Saprissa, the CONCACAF Champions Cup runner ups which Vegara also owns. Keilor Navas Gamboa who is twenty one is the goalkeeper that Vergara was most likely […]
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/ 6495 days agoSuperliga Coverage
Beginning tomorrow, check back to Major League Soccer Talk after every Superliga match to get some comprehensive thoughts on each and every match in the richest North American club tournament.
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/ 6495 days agoSuperliga Coverage: July 11, 2008
Beginning tomorrow night and throughout Superliga we'll have instant match analysis on the main blog page here at CSRN's American Soccer Spot: at halftime and full-time of every game. The match reports will then be archived on our Superliga page which you can access from the tabs at the top of this website.
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/ 6495 days agoTransfer News
Darren Huckerby will be joining San Jose on July 15th. More on this story later in the day. Brian McBride's potential move to Chicago is on hold as Toronto who strangely holds McBride's MLS rights have balked at any combination of players or money that Chicago is willing to send to the Reds for the […]
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/ 6496 days agoThe Huckerby Saga
Darren Huckerby the former Coventry, Manchester City and Norwich man will be able to sign with San Jose after all. Huckerby originally traveled to North America two weeks ago to join up the club that had filed a discovery claim with MLS on him: Toronto FC. But the saga to get us to the […]
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/ 6496 days agoRapids Win Tecate Cup
The Colorado Rapids claimed the Tecate Cup in pks after a scoreless 90 minutes against UANL Tigres, the same club that won the "World Series of Football" last year that marked David Beckham's debut with the LA Galaxy. Colin Clark's game winning kick lifted the Rapids to a 7-6 victory and gave Colorado the first-ever […]