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/ 6244 days agoMLS Western Conference Preview: 2009 season
Predicted Order of Finish 1- Real Salt Lake Jason Kreis made few changes to an a squad full of accomplished veterans and promising youngsters. Nick Rimando continues to be a solid keeper while last season's late additions of Robbie Russell, Clint Mathis and Will Johnson will really pay dividends this year. Javi Morales will continue […]
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/ 6244 days agoGaudette Keeps Clean Sheet: Islanders Win in CONCACAF
Tuesday Night's CONCACAF Champions League semifinal match was easy on the eye especially if you have the luxury of watching in HD as I did on Telefutura for much of the match. Bill Gaudette had another spectacular match in goal for the Islanders making several point blank saves and organizing his defense exceptionally well on […]
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/ 6245 days agoCONCACAF Champions League: Islanders vs Cruz Azul Preview
The big day has finally arrived. The first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League semifinal will feature the Puerto Rico Islanders of our USL versus Cruz Azul of the dominant FMF. Puerto Rico was able to handle Santos Laguna at home during the group stages in a game which ended with typically unsporting play and […]
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/ 6246 days agoMajor League Soccer Talk #68: Peter Wilt
Peter Wilt, the President/CEO/Part owner of the Chicago Red Stars of WPS joins us to talk about the new team as well as the history of the Chicago Fire, an organization he ran from its inception until a few seasons ago. A can't miss podcast for any fan of the game from the Chicago-land area […]
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/ 6246 days agoThis Week on Major League Soccer Talk
Podcast Interview with Peter Wilt regarding the Chicago Red Stars and the history of the Chicago Fire: LATE MONDAY Preview of Puerto Rico's CONCACAF semi-final clash with Cruz Azul: TUESDAY MLS Western Conference Preview: WEDNESDAY MLS Eastern Conference Preview: THURSDAY A Look Around CONCACAF: FRIDAY Thank you for your continued patronage of Major League Soccer […]
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/ 6246 days agoFIFA At It Again: Blatter Insults American Game
Sepp Blatter doesn't know when to shut up. The Anglophobic President of FIFA has now extended his war against English speaking peoples across the pond in attacking Major League Soccer. Blatter believes MLS should move to what he refers to as a "traditional calender." What exactly is the traditional calender? Is it the calender that […]
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/ 6247 days agoUSL Week in Review
Brian Quarstad from Inside Minnesota Soccer has his weekly look around the net at news related to USL.
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/ 6248 days agoMLS and USL Both Adrift as New Seasons Begin
This may seem like a stark statement but in these tough economic times this is exactly what investors and football lovers must confront this reality. We've discussed in recent weeks the poor television ratings MLS has been receiving and the general lack of interest even among the football supporting public in the United States. The […]
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/ 6249 days agoMLS 2009: Bargain Buys
MLS has an odd salary structure. Nobody who is objective can claim otherwise. While some players are fairly compensated most quite frankly are not. The following list provides us with a player per team that is likely to contribute more to the league this season than their salary would indicate. This list is a hodgepodge […]
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/ 6250 days agoIs Gold Cup 2009 an audition for World Cup 2018?
Obviously the United States has hosted the Gold Cup regularly but never have more than six venues in the nation hosted Gold Cup matches in the same tournament. For 2009 however, the US will have 13 different venues hosting matches in the championship of the CONCACAF region. Jack Warner, the ethically challenged President of CONCACAF […]
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/ 6251 days agoUS Advances to U-20 World Cup; Mexico Eliminated
(Brek Shea photo from MLSNET.com) The United States U-20 National Team secured passage to its twelfth U-20 World Cup by winning its group at the CONCACAF U-20 Championships. The US has advanced out of the group stage of the last six U-20 World Cups, but has not reached the semifinals even once in that stretch […]
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/ 6251 days agoMLS 2009: Good Buy/Bad Buy Part II
GOOD BUY SHALRIE JOSEPH New England $450,000 Joseph along with the underpaid and under appreciated Steve Ralston has been the heart and soul of the Revs for many years. A skillful and yet hard nosed footballer, Joseph has shown not all […]
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/ 6252 days agoMLS 2009: Good Buy, Bad Buy
The 2009 MLS Salary list has been released thanks to the MLS Players Union and as always some players stand out as bargains and others as terrible buys. Here is our list of the best and worst of MLS salaries for 2009. DESIGNATED PLAYERS The DP rule was at least ostensibly approved to make MLS […]
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/ 6252 days agoUSL Has Earned a Permanent Spot in CONCACAF CL
For years the ugly stepchild of the US Soccer scene, USL-1 has earned a permanent spot in the region's biggest club football event: The CONCACAF Champions League. Puerto Rico and Montreal represented the league with incredible class and demonstrated the quality of the second flight of North American football. At the same time MLS clubs […]
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/ 6253 days agoHighlights: 1979 Tampa Bay vs NY Cosmos from ABC
As we discussed in our recent podcast with Dave Brett Wasser, two NASL teams that seemed to stand out from the rest were Tampa Bay and New York. While Seattle, Minnesota and Vancouver all had competitive and well supported squads and Fort Lauderdale later developed a colorful tradition, from 1975 through 1980, the Cosmos-Rowdies rivalry […]