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/ 4643 days ago4 Reasons Why Tonight is an Historic Night For Soccer Fans In the US #DempseyWatch
You could argue that tonight will be one of the most significant nights for club soccer teams on American soil in years, for four different reasons: One. Clint Dempsey is set to be unveiled as a Seattle Sounders player at 10:15pm ET in front of a sell-out crowd at CenturyLink Field. World Soccer Talk will be […]
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/ 4644 days agoTampa Bay Rowdies documentary: 'Trophies and Tradition'
Today marks the release of Tampa Bay Rowdies: Trophies and Tradition, a mini-documentary that focuses on one of the great soccer legacies in North America. Directed by Kartik Krishnaiyer and Joshua Tomlinson for World Soccer Talk, the 25-minute documentary takes a look at the history and current success of the Rowdies, and features interviews with […]
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/ 4646 days agoAlexi Lalas Strikes Again In Argument About MLS Inferiority Complex
In Roger Bennett's latest offering on ESPNFC.com, Alexi Lalas has once again said some incendiary things about soccer in the United States. In some cases Lalas is on the mark, but as is his custom, he overreaches and defeats his argument by going too far. For starters, this article was written with the USA's Gold […]
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/ 4648 days agoDespite Excellent Gold Cup, Landon Donovan Has Not Earned Automatic Selection
All of the headlines and analysis over the course of the last three weeks has been about how Landon Donovan has forced his way back into the United States starting XI with his performances against lesser competition and the Costa Rican “B” side (or in Honduras’ case almost a “C” side) in the Gold Cup. […]
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/ 4650 days agoLeeds United Finally Liberated From Ken Bates After 9 Frustrating Years
Leeds United have finally been liberated from the clutches of Ken Bates. The former Chelsea owner, whose stewardship of Leeds since 2005 was characterized by a lack of transparency, continuing financial shell games, high ticket prices and ultimately failure on the pitch, has been run out of the club by the owners, Bahrani based GFH […]
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/ 4651 days agoNASL Adds Oklahoma City and Jacksonville Teams Thanks To Buzz About NY Cosmos
The announcement by the North American Soccer League of two new teams yesterday increased the scope of the region’s second division in the United States. Jacksonville and Oklahoma City will begin play in 2015. With the New York Cosmos about to kick off action in the NASL on August 3rd, this is a high-profile time for […]
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/ 4656 days agoUS Soccer Pioneer Phil Woosnam Dies Aged 80
One of the pioneers of the sport in North America, Phil Woosnam passed away this week in Marrieta, Georgia after a long illness. He was 80 years old. Along with Clive Toye, Woosnam was the driving force behind the foundation and eventual success of the North American Soccer League (NASL). The Welshman came to Atlanta […]
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/ 4658 days agoBert Trautmann: Farewell Manchester City Legend
When goalkeeper Bert Trautmann signed for Manchester City in 1949, 20,000 people demonstrated against the signing of a former German paratrooper. When Trautmann would retire in 1964 after 545 appearances for the Blues, his name was sung along with Bill Meredith, Erik Brook, Roy Paul, Roy Clarke and Bobby Johnstone as one of the greatest […]
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/ 4658 days agoTampa Bay Rowdies Legend Mike Connell to be Honored with Jersey Retirement
The Tampa Bay Rowdies, whose tradition and history will be the subject of a forthcoming World Soccer Talk video documentary, announced this week they would retire the kit number of legendary defender Mike Connell who played ten seasons with the club in the original North American Soccer League (NASL). "Mike was with the Rowdies for […]
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/ 4659 days agoManchester City's South Africa Tour Exposes Why Club Upgraded Its Attack This Week
You can't read too much into preseason matches especially this early in training. But Manchester City's two loses in South Africa this week were more alarming for the lack of cutting edge in attack and industry from attacking players than the results themselves. Edin Dzeko, the club's leading scorer last season, looked well off the […]
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/ 4664 days agoWill American Owners Eventually Rip The Soul Out Of English Football?
While I find David Conn's alarmist piece in today's Guardian excessively xenophobic and reactionary, the continued buying of English football clubs by American owners does pose larger questions long term. Having bought teams that had this most previous season just avoided relegation, Randy Lerner (Aston Villa) and Ellis Short (Sunderland) have seen their sides continue […]
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/ 4675 days agoConfederations Cup Shows How Media Overreacts Rather Than Follows International Soccer
The media narrative constantly changes when it comes to international soccer. Previously, we’ve been subjected to massive over-reaction to every Spanish triumph, but now as we sit two days removed from Spanish defeat at Maracana, we are hearing about how Spain was never that dominant and how a European country cannot win in South America. […]
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/ 4677 days agoTottenham’s Brad Friedel Has the Vision For How to Make the USA a World Soccer Power
Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Brad Friedel has the vision of how the United States can become a world power in soccer and create an abundance of creative American soccer players that the national team system is lacking. Friedel was in Baltimore recently as part of Tottenham's Global Coaching Program, helping develop grassroots soccer across the world […]
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/ 4680 days agoUSA Crashes Out of U-20 World Cup: Can the MLS-USL PRO Partnership Help Fix the Continued Decline of US Youth Development?
This was supposed to be a different type of United States U-20 team. Managed by US Soccer legend Tab Ramos, the team has more professional players than its predecessors and is in the process of integrating a universal style advocated by Jürgen Klinsmann. The US crashed out of the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup with […]
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/ 4680 days agoKlinsmann's Experimental US Squad For Gold Cup Will Reveal True Depth
Mexico has won the last two Continental Championships in CONCACAF defeating the United States in the final on both occasions. Prior to that, the United States had won three of the previous CONCACAF Gold Cups, and had exerted a level of dominance over El Tri that perhaps led to a sense of complacency among American […]