Los Angeles struggled for a point against the 10-man Fire while Columbus, Real Salt Lake and
Dallas continued their pushes to the top of the league. On this edition of the Major League Soccer
Talk podcast, myself and Christopher Riordan look back on the weekend that was while addressing
Segares, Beckham, McBride and more.
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The Labor Day weekend featured the Fire at Toyota Park on Saturday afternoon September 3, 2010
for a match up against Western Conference leaders LA Galaxy. In what was an excellent showcase for
the "MLS 2.0" edition (post World Cup and new signings) the teams battled into extra time and drew
one all.
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The Week 23 numbers look like this...
5 year comparison Week 23 177 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006
11,814 10 15,158 15,139 153 2007 17,413 47.39% 7
16,522 9.00% 16,019 5.
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This was going to be a double whammy for the Red Bulls in their match against Real Salt Lake. If
it wasn't trying to a victory at Rio Tinto Stadium, it would be doing the feat without four of
their top players who were called into international duty with their respective national teams.
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It's with great sadness to report that Eric Altshule, a blogger for both MLS Talk and EPL Talk,
has passed away at the young age of 44. Eric died of a massive heart attack in Los Angeles
Wednesday night. He leaves behind a wife and two beautiful young daughters.
Eric's brother said that "Eric was a passionate soccer fan, and loved more than anything
contributing to [MLS Talk and EPL Talk].
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There's a full slate of MLS action this weekend, but we begin the weekend preview with a
farewell to Brian McBride.
McBride, former Fulham captain and U.S. international, announced that this season would be his
last for the Fire on Friday.
It's the end of a long and successful career for the target man, who was a faithful servant to
every shirt he pulled on.
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With my sincerest apologies for the long World Cup absence, this edition of the Major League
Soccer Talk Podcast looks towards this weekend's action, with Real Salt Lake and New York taking
center stage. But before we do, we talk Bob Bradley, Champions League and U.S. Open Cup with the
show's new permanent co-host, Christopher Riordan.
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All you ever wanted was two strong semi-final matches that were going to lead into an
interesting and intriguing big championship final that had the pomp and circumstance. Well who
would've thought that one man would play a role in US Soccer's version of England's FA Cup? But
here it is folks, Sigi Schmid, who lead the Columbus Crew to the 2008 MLS Cup Championship and won
the US Open Cup at our Nation's Capital last year for the Seattle Sounders, will play each other on
Tuesday, October 5th at Qwest Field.
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Every World Cup cycle we are always ready for our US Men's National Team to improve with new
players and challenge the best or what is considered the best teams within the Confederation of
CONCACAF. That also includes the trip to Estadio Azteca and of course our rivals coming to the
freezer at Columbus Crew Stadium during the final round of qualifying of every World Cup.
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Reports have come out this evening confirming that Bob Bradley will stay as coach of the US Mens
National Team for another four years. Just as speculation was growing that Bradley would be out,
Jurgen Klinsmann would be in, and US Soccer was going to make some significant changes before the
next World Cup, it seems that everyone has chosen stability over transformation.
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Major League Soccer and adidas have extended their partnership agreement through 2018, according
to a press release Monday.
The two have been partners since the first season of MLS back in 1996.
"The United States is a breeding ground for athletic talent and we need to ensure our homegrown
athletes have viable opportunities to play soccer at the highest level," said Patrik Nilsson,
president of adidas America, in the release.
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The Week 22 numbers look like this...
5 year comparison Week 22 170 GP YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- Avg +/- GP 2006
13,932 6 15,082 15,361 143 2007 16,209 16.34% 6
16,311 8.15% 16,005 4.
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Tuesday, August 31st 8:00PM EDT — 5:00PM PDT
Guests: Blake Compton Returns To Discuss Officiating Debacle of CONCACAF Champions League
Group Match Between Santos Laguna & Columbus Crew
More discussion of officiating problems in CONCACAF Champions League
Andrew Bucholtz: Vancouver Soccer Blogger Discusses MLS in 2011
Mike Buytus: Charleston Battery Supporter discusses USL-2nd Championship & New D2 Standards
Re-Capping Red Bulls Victory Against San Jose Earthquakes
Thursday, September 2nd 8:00PM EDT — 5:00PM PDT
Lamar Hunt US Open Cup
Semi-Finals Re-Cap Show
DC United Vs Columbus Crew
Seattle Sounders Vs CD Chivas-USA
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This was going to be a big test for the New York Red Bulls as they were coming off a 4–1
thrashing on the road against Toronto FC. Their next match at home was against the San Jose
Earthquakes who were coming off back to back one goal victories at Buck Shaw Stadium against the
Wizards and the league leading Los Angeles Galaxy.
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When MLS created the Designated Player rule several seasons ago, many fans were both excited and
nervous. The benefits were obvious – it was an opportunity to retain great American players and
attract great foreign players by allowing teams to offer a few salaries commensurate with the great
leagues of Europe.
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