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/ 6203 days agoThoughts on Klinsmann and Carver
John Carver and Sir Bobby Robson/Getty Images Jurgen Klinsmann and John Carver left their respective jobs within a few short days of one another. While Klinsmann was sacked, and Carver left voluntarily both are bad signs for the current perception of American football in Europe. Klinsmann dubbed "California Klinny" by some in the German press […]
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/ 6204 days agoMLS, WPS, USL-1 Review
Another week of professional football in the US complete as this season begins to solidify itself. The biggest storyline of the week were the late comebacks by two of MLS' traditional best franchises, the Chicago Fire and DC United. The Fire stunned a national TV audience and a season high crowd at Crew Stadium with […]
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/ 6206 days agoA Bridge Too Far?
Don Garber's comments this week in a meeting with journalists indicated that the league will be aggressively working to improve the quality of its product. But at what cost to the development of the American player will this be achieved? Garber has stated the league is seriously considering adding another DP slot per team and […]
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/ 6207 days agoSteven Cohen Interview
World Soccer Daily and Fox Football Fone In co-host Steven Cohen joins MLS Talk host Kartik Krishnaiyer to discuss a variety of topic related to football in the United States. We discuss FOX acquisition of Champions League rights, Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore, Landon Donovan, the international calender, and the CONCACAF Champions League. We also receive […]
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/ 6207 days agoWeekend TV; April 24, 2009
All Times EST FRIDAY Miami-Montreal 8PM FSC San Luis-Nexaca 9:30 PM Galavision SATURDAY West Ham-Chelsea 10 AM FSC Bolton-West Ham 4:30 PM FSC Everton-Man City 6:45 pm Setanta Columbus-Chicago 7pm FSC Pachuca-Cruz Azul 8pm Telefutura SUNDAY Red Bulls- DC United 3pm Telefutura Gold Pride-Washington Freedom 6pm FSC MLS Direct Kick Saturday RSL- New England 9pm […]
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/ 6208 days agoDoes USL-1 Need a Salary Cap?
USL-1 made a statement in the CONCACAF Champions League. No one will question this, and those like myself who have long been proponents of the second flight of American football were pleased by the results which saw USL-1 emerge on the media map in a mainstream fashion for the first time. While the league as […]
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/ 6209 days agoNews and Notes
The US opened its quest for a birth to the U-17 World Cup with a 5-0 thrashing of Cuba. Jack McInerney has two goals and two assists. Charlie Davies scored the winning goal in Hammarby's 3-1 victory over Djurgarden on Monday. John Carver has been once again fined by MLS for public criticism of officials. […]
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/ 6210 days agoMLS Talk #73: Fernando Clavijo and Facundo Erpen
Fernando Clavijo winner of 61 caps as a player for the United States National Team, and former MLS and International manager joins us on the program. Listen to Clavijo's memories of his time with the National Team, the 1994 World Cup, managing in MLS and his thoughts about USL-1. Facundo Erpen was a 2006 MLS […]
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/ 6211 days agoMLS/WPS/USL Weekend Review
DC United's late heroics courtesy of Jaime Moreno and Benny Olsen salvaged a home point against an injury depleted Revs side saved a critical point. But the crowd once again was smallish by RFK standards, and DC's play uneven. Those in the local media who want United to take a hike seem to be getting […]
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/ 6211 days agoTimmy Terrific!: Everton in FA Cup Final
With all the talk about a Man United quintuple in the English media you would have thought this match was merely a formality. But Tim Howard, discarded as surplus to the requirements at United in 2006 came back to haunt his old side today with a fantastic match and two clutch PK shootout saves. Howard […]
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/ 6213 days agoBenny's Back
Ben Olsen has been over the past twelve seasons one of the best American footballers plying his trade in MLS. After several injury plagued seasons and speculation that he'd retire last year, Olsen scored a dramatic stoppage time tying goal tonight to give DC United a critical home draw with New England. Olsen slotted home […]
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/ 6214 days agoWeekend TV; April 17, 2009
All times EST Friday DC United- New England 7pm ESPN 2 Saturday Aston Villa- West Ham 9:30 am SETANTA Boro-Fulham 4:30 pm FSC Puerto Rico Islanders-Vancouver 7pm USL LIVE Carolina-Rochester 7pm USL LIVE RBNY- RSL 7:30 pm MLSDK Charleston-Montreal 8pm USL LIVE Moreila- Pachuca 8 pm ESPN Deportes Miami FC-Cleveland 8pm USL LIVE Chicago-KC Wiz […]
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/ 6214 days agoQuestions for Steven Cohen
As part of our continuing commitment to bring you the best interviews on the internet related to American footy, MLS Talk will be interviewing Steven Cohen of World Soccer Daily and Fox Football Fone In next week for release the following week. It goes without saying that the opinions of your host and that of […]
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/ 6214 days agoFIFA 100: World's Greatest Footballers on American Soil
In 2004 Pele named the FIFA 125 greatest living footballers as part of the celebration of FIFA's 100th Anniversary. If you were to believe everything you read in the European press about football in this corner of the globe you'd believe we'd never seen good football or world class footballers before David Beckham touched down […]
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/ 6215 days agoPodcast #72: USL-1 Preview
The United Soccer Leagues First Division made quite splash this past year sending two teams into the knock out stages of the CONCACAF Champions League. In this episode of the podcast Host Kartik Krishnaiyer is joined by Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer and the USL Week in Review to look ahead to the league […]