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/ 6253 days agoUSL Review
Our good friend Brian Quarstad of Inside Minnesota Soccer will be putting together a weekly wrap up of USL-1. Here is this week's edition. Let me also mention I am hearing greater buzz about the potential of Pachuca setting up a sister club similar to Chivas USA by 2011 in either Phoenix or Orlando. The […]
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/ 6254 days agoRevisiting Once in a Lifetime
I wrote this review of the Once in a Lifetime film when it was released two and a half years ago in South Florida theaters for another website. After the review from 2006, I have updated my thoughts on the subject and film which have evolved over the past few years: ONCE IN A LIFETIME […]
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/ 6256 days agoMLS Talk #67: Dave Brett Wasser, NASL Alumni Association
Episode 67 of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast features an interview with Dave Brett Wasser, the President of the NASL Alumni Association. In the show we discuss the legacy of the league on youth soccer and both the US and Canadian National Teams. We also discuss the impact the New York Cosmos and other […]
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/ 6256 days agoMexican Misery Continues: Impact Collapse
I'm finally feeling well enough to write about the events of last night. From the backer of the game in North America it was just too painful to write about after the event. The Montreal Impact did everything right early. Absorbing pressure, keeping their shape at the back, hitting Santos on the counter. Two goals […]
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/ 6257 days agoNASL Related Podcast
Tomorrow I'll be recording Episode 67 of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast with Dave Brett Wasser who is President of the NASL Alumni Association. Anyone with questions or curiosities about the NASL please leave them in the comments section here. Thanks!
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/ 6258 days agoIslanders Advance
USL-1 has placed a team in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions League, just a day after the last MLS representative the Houston Dynamo were embarrassed in Cancun at the hands of Atlante. Yesterday we discussed tactics on this site: specifically how Colin Clarke, the second leading goal scorer in Northern Ireland National Team history […]
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/ 6258 days agoMLS Out of CONCACAF: Explaining USL's Success
The MLS' most presentable and competitive franchise bit the dust late last night in Cancun. The Dynamo who so valiantly fought two years ago in Hidalgo against Pachuca in a similar situation showed little fight or quality yesterday against an Atlante team which is pedestrian at best. The kicker is that Houston in 2007 played […]
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/ 6259 days agoMLS and Miami: A Look Back, A Look Ahead
The Miami/Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area will continue to be the most populated urban area in the US or Canada without an MLS franchise. Yesterday's announcement that Marcelo Claure and Barcelona are out of the running for a team confirms much of the speculation of the last few weeks. It also intensifies the feeling that persisted […]
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/ 6259 days agoThe Beckham Deal: MLS Loses
David Beckham is staying at the San Siro until June, according to the Los Angeles Times. He then will return the Galaxy when the MLS International Transfer Window opens. This will essentially be a loan deal for the final thirteen MLS Regular Season games, as Beckham then buys himself out of his LA/MLS contract in […]
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/ 6259 days agoThe US Goalkeeping Situation
Tim Howard is clearly established as the US number one for the forseeable future. But as we discussed with Jamie Trecker on the most recent episode of the Major League Soccer Talk podcast, the #2 shirt is up for grabs and the goalkeeping pool is shallower than any point in time since the US re-emerged […]
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/ 6260 days agoJonathan Spector: The Future is Now
While the United States defense has held up adequately thus far in CONCACAF, questions persist about the unit's ability to counter the heavyweights of the football world. While we'll get some answers this summer at the FIFA Confederations Cup, help could be on the way. It is well known that Bob Bradley rates West Ham […]
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/ 6261 days agoThe (Other) American Goalkeeping Tradition
Kasey Keller, Brad Friedel, Marcus Hahnemann and Tim Howard have become well know in the United States for their exploits playing football in England. The goalkeeping quartet has established the credentials of Americans in what many at home consider the top football league on the planet. (some at home consider it the only football league […]
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/ 6262 days agoMaund Approved For US by FIFA
Aaron Maund is a versatile player whose freshman season at Notre Dame was outstanding. The Massachusetts native represented Trinidad and Tobago in the U-17 World Cup in 2007, but has opted to switch his national team to the US, and his request was approved by FIFA. Maund is a versatile player who can play comfortably […]
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/ 6263 days agoMajor League Soccer Talk #66: Jamie Trecker
Direct Download:MLS Talk#66, Jamie Trecker Jamie Trecker the senior soccer writer for Fox Sports.com joins us on the podcast to discuss the US National Team, Mexico's difficulties of late, MLS Expansion and USL's success in the CONCACAF Champions League. We also discuss his book which our friend Lou Bruno reviewed for EPL Talk in 2007.
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/ 6263 days agoPuerto Rico 2:1 CD Marathon: Islanders Work off Rust in Big Second Half
Playing in a competitive match for the first time in months, the Puerto Rico Islanders looked disorganized and unsettled.This gave Honduran league leaders CD Marathon several first half opportunities due to a the Islanders losing their shape and not communicating well with one another. The Islanders had actually begun the game well behind Peter Villegas […]