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/ 6568 days agoMLS Thoughts from the Weekend
Amado Guevara’s signing has turned Toronto FC from a laughing stockinto one of the top teams in the league right now. That’s what a Latin flavored #10 can do when surrounded by legitimate European talent that has survived in tougher leagues than MLS. Moreover, the success of TFC shows that despite boasts of MLS’ improvement, […]
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/ 6568 days agoAnother Look at the MLS Table
Beginning this week and re-appearing periodically throughout the MLS season we'll begin a new exercise looking at the MLS table in a different way. Assuming clubs should get an optimum of three points at home, and aren't expected to achieve results away from home we will see who is performing the best right now. This […]
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/ 6569 days agoMLS Power Rankings Week 5
1- New England From my vantage point this is clearly the best team in the league with the best shot of winning MLS Cup. Shalrie Joseph showed his quality once again this time in more of an advanced role given then absence of both Mauricio Castro and Steve Ralston. 2- Toronto FC Amado Guevara is […]
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/ 6570 days agoSunday Morning MLS Review; April 27, 2008
Amado Guevara's signing has turned Toronto FC from a laughing stockinto one of the top teams in the league right now. That's what a Latin flavored #10 can do when surrounded by legitimate European talent that has survived in tougher leagues than MLS. Moreover, the success of TFC shows that despite boasts of MLS' improvement, […]
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/ 6570 days agoNobody Does it Better: April 26, 2008
Last month's friendly in Krakow against Poland, was exactly that: a friendly which should not be considered some sort of great conquering victory of the US National Team. Sure you’d rather win than lose these sorts of matches, but realistically I still saw some of the same issues that have worried me about the United […]
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/ 6573 days agoAmerican Soccer Spot First Month MLS Best XI
The Major League Soccer season is a month old, and it's time to roll out the MLS Best XI for the first month of the season. GK Dario Sala, FC Dallas D Bakary Soumare, Chicago D Jack Jewsbury, Kansas City D Jay Heaps, New England M Arturo Alvarez, FC Dallas M Terry Cooke, […]
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/ 6573 days agoYanks Abroad Update
Starting this week, every week I'll be giving Yanks Abroad updates over at the Orlando Sentinel's Soccer Blog. Check it out. Every week we'll feature the best performances of the weekend. Here is this week's installment Germany Steve Cherundolo played 90 minutes for Hannover 96 in a 3-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund. Heath Pearce played […]
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/ 6574 days agoMLS Updates Daily
I am now contributing to the Orlando Sentinel's Other Football website run by our friend Brant Parsons. Check that site for daily new updates by Brant about the Premier League and MLS, and from me about MLS, Mexican Football and the Bundesliga. That site is for news only and my commentary will continue to appear […]
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/ 6575 days agoMLS Week Four Review
Columbus performance Thursday night at RFK Stadium was outstanding all around, and showed a fighting spirit the Crew often times lacked on the road (accept strangely at Foxboro against the Revs) the past few seasons. The most impressive performance of the night from the Crew was once again from Robbie Rogers. The winger showed his […]
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/ 6575 days agoMLS Power Rankings: Week Four
1- New England Yeah, yeah they are struggling. But what team is more likely to be in the MLS Cup right now? Besides, salvaging a point a man down at Giants Stadium was huge. A sign of a team's character is how they play when the chips are down and injuries abound. Sure they were […]
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/ 6577 days agoSunday Morning MLS Review: April 20, 2008
Columbus performance Thursday night at RFK Stadium was outstanding all around, and showed a fighting spirit the Crew often times lacked on the road (accept strangely at Foxboro against the Revs) the past few seasons. The most impressive performance of the night from the Crew was once again from Robbie Rogers. The winger showed his […]
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/ 6579 days agoCollege Soccer Opening Opportunities for Foreign Players
Today I stumbled upon a rare gem about US Soccer on the front page of the normally American phobic Soccernet.com. (You have to click on the US Soccer tab to access the excellent columns by Jen Chang, Frank Del Apa, Steve Davis and others). Jason Dasey has written probably the best piece I have ever […]
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/ 6582 days agoMLS Power Rankings Week 3
Injuries to DeRo's mates have Houston near the bottom of the rankings for the time being/SI.com photos 1- Chicago A struggle versus San Jose but three points on the road makes it tough to argue. 2- Colorado Who are these guys? Seriously, my TASS co-host Dave Denholm had it right. When Conor Casey, Jovan Kirovski, […]
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/ 6582 days agoMLS Weekend Review: April 14, 2008
Ah another weekend of MLS action is in the books and interest already seems to be at midseason form: that is to say people are losing interest as evidenced by the attendance. Perhaps it was DC’s midweek loss that rendered the best in MLS for another year inferior to an upper mid table Mexican side? […]
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/ 6583 days agoCONCACAF Club Rankings: April
The superclassico is over and Guadalajara are the victors. No surprise there and they claim the top spot this month: no surprise there either. A look back at last month’s inaugural rankings here. 1. Guadalajara (Mexico) Last month: 2nd Cruising in the league and a super classico victory. Does it get any better than that? […]