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/ 6812 days agoBeckham Out Sunday
Sunday's game between the floundering LA Galaxy and the Colorado Rapids in Denver has been sold out for months, but the main attraction will be missing. Thanks to some very poor decisions by England Manager Steve McClaren and the entire Galaxy front office, Beckham is now on the shelf once again. Let's hope he can […]
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/ 6813 days agoPodcast Episode 14
Episode 14 of the Major League Soccer Podcast is now availible for direct downlaod or via Itunes. The episode features an interview with the Sons of Ben supporters group who are attempting to bring an MLS Club to the Philadephia area. Check out of the Sons of Ben website at http://www.sonsofben.net/Home/Home.html
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/ 6813 days agoKeller Starts for Fulham.
Kasey Keller started his first match for Fulham (aka Team America) just two days after signing with the club. Fulham went ahead 1-0 over Aston Villa on an early Clint Dempsey goal.
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/ 6813 days agoBeckham Will Miss Colorado Game
Sunday's game between the floundering LA Galaxy and the Colorado Rapids in Denver has been sold out for months, but the main attraction will be missing. Thanks to some very poor decisions by England Manager Steve McClaren and the entire Galaxy front office, Beckham is now on the shelf once again. Let's hope he can […]
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/ 6814 days agoWhat Would An MLS Single Table Have Looked Like in Historic Terms
I put together this chart to determine what a single table, no playoff MLS would have looked like each season since 1996. I re-figured the rankings for the 1999-1999 period without shootouts and for 2000 without overtime victories, so the rankings I have do not correspond directly with the official final standings. This is still […]
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/ 6814 days agoTwo Hot Rumors
The Times of London is reporting that Sunil Gulati and Bob Bradley met with Fabio Capello, the ex-Real Madrid and Juventus Manager in London. The fact that Bradley was at the meeting so clearly his job is not under threat. It must be assumed that the Federation is either talking to Capello about being a […]
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/ 6814 days agoDenilson Signing Lays the Marker for Other MLS Clubs
In what has to be seen as a huge move, FC Dallas one of the best teams in MLS has signed 2002 World Cup winner Denilson. The 29 year old Brazilian midfielder was for my money the best player for his country in France 1998 where Brazil reached the finals and also contributed to Brazil's […]
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/ 6814 days agoBeckham Being Mishandled by the Galaxy and England
David Beckham is the ultimate football ambassador and the ultimate competitor. But the reliance of his country and his club on him has led the not fully fit superstar to a breaking point which was obvious in the dying minutes of the Galaxy's 3-0 LA derby loss to Chivas USA last night. David Beckham's globe […]
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/ 6814 days agoFC Dallas Sign Brazilian star Denilson
In what has to be seen as a huge move, FC Dallas one of the best teams in MLS has signed 2002 World Cup winner Denilson. The 29 year old Brazilian midfielder was for my money the best player for his country in France 1998 where Brazil reached the finals and also contributed to Brazil's […]
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/ 6814 days agoFC Dallas Sign Denilson
Denilson, a starter on Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning team signed with FC Dallas as a "Beckham Rule" player Thursday.
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/ 6815 days agoKeller Signs With Fulham
Well Fulham seems to have a quota of Americans. when one (Brian McBride) goes down, they sign another. (Kasey Keller).
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/ 6815 days agoMoreno Breaks Record
Well Jaime Moreno finally did it. He is now officially the all time leading scorer in the history of Major League Soccer with 109 goals. The Bolivian International who captains DC United scored on a penalty kick in the second half of United's 3-1 win over Red Bull NY.
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/ 6816 days agoFutility Continues on European Soil
Beasley was tremendous today/Fox Sports You can't fault the US National Team for effort, but once again our national team looked terribly outclassed by a European side on European soil. The U.S. backline was once again burnt repeatedly on the counter attack, and if it were not for some outstanding goalkeeping by Tim Howard, the […]
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/ 6816 days agoChing Fails Fitness Test
Brian Ching failed a fitness test for today's US match versus Sweden. Landon Donovan will likely have to play forward now for the US side.
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/ 6816 days agoMLS News and Notes
Josh Gros suffered yet another concussion Saturday night for DC United against Columbus. The Washington Post reports that Gros could be out for the season, and the club is sending him to see a neurologist. The Dallas Morning News reports FC Dallas is prepared to part company with Trinidad and Tobago World Cup keeper Shaka […]