4218: MLS Diary- Dispatches From Bra

by : Bill Urban Blag a way past the security guard : “Yes, of course I am on the approved press list. I’m here to watch the soccer game.” Neither is there a press list nor is there a scrimmage. But DC United do train this morning in unseasonably nippy Bradenton, alongside Kansas City, Chicago, a...

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4071: Becks, the Galaxy, and Super C

by : Bill Urban What exactly constitutes a Major League Soccer “Super Club?” Having Alexi Lalas, the red-headed, goateed for US international central defender who scored the second goal against England in that famous friendly defeat during the nadir of Graham Taylor’s reign, as your general manager...

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3796: MLS Play-offs: Conference Semi

by : Bill Urban "There was a feeling amongst the players that we were just going to play the season out." Anxious to ensure that the rest of the league programme didn't degenerate into a series of glorified friendlies, Cronin set the goal of finishing ahead of next to bottom Bray Wanderers. With th...

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3777: MLS Diary: The Play-Offs...

by : Bill Urban All that for this? Thirty-two regular season matches, a couple Open Cup ties, and the meaningless in every sense except the league’s bank account friendlies all lead up to eight of twelve teams participating in what should be the highlight of the Major League Soccer season. Eight ...

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3739: MLS Memorial: R.I.P. Mooch

by : Bill Urban The US Soccer community lost one today; not a football match, but something, or someone, rather, far more important. Glenn “Mooch” Myernick died in hospital Monday morning, four days after suffering a heart attack while jogging with a neighbor near his home in Colorado. At age 51,...

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3716: MLS Diary: Flirting with Beckh

by : Bill Urban Peter Crouch’s 11th goal in 14 England appearances ensure that it is two wins out of two for Steve McClaren’s men on the road to Euro 2008, but the former Yugoslav Republic arguably deserve more for their efforts. Crouch strikes just after half-time, but rather than press home their...

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3687: MLS Diary: Two New Stadiums

by : Bill Urban For a young league with a future still best characterised as uncertain, Major League Soccer has gotten a good deal of positive news from a permanency standpoint in recent weeks. The league office has adopted a business plan centered around getting as many of the league’s franchises...

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742: AMERICAN SOCCER: Much Adu abou

by : Ashley Michael If the name Freddy Adu means nothing to you then take it on board now. At the tender age of fourteen he is the great hope of American soccer, a wonderkid who was the best paid player in Major League Soccer even before he made his debut. He has already been described as the new P...

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