kenn.com 20 November @ 08:58 PM EST
Statement tonight from the United Soccer Leagues:
"In response to the Team Owner's Association (TOA) announcement that the Tampa Bay
Rowdies and Crystal Palace Baltimore will be joining a prospective new professional soccer league,
United Soccer Leagues (USL) has issued the following statement:
"Both the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Crystal Palace Baltimore have contractual commitments to USL to
play in the 2010 USL First Division (USL-1) season.
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USL News Release Friday, November 20, 2009
TAMPA. Florida – In response to the Team Owner's Association (TOA) announcement that the Tampa
Bay Rowdies and Crystal Palace Baltimore will be joining a prospective new professional soccer
league, United Soccer Leagues (USL) has issued the following statement:
"Both the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Crystal Palace Baltimore have contractual commitments to USL to
play in the 2010 USL First Division (USL-1) season.
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So, that's what a victory tastes like. After five games without a win and four without a goal
the Bialo Czerwoni finally managed to defeat their opponents, though we had to wait for a game
against the mighty Canada for them to do that. Mind you, what I find more important is that two 20
year olds, Maciej Rybus and Maciej Sadlok, showed some national team promise.
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Photo by ISIphotos.com
MLS Commissioner Don Garber gave his annual State of the League Address on Monday and covered a
wide range of topics, from expansion to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Designated
Player rule.
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Photo by ISIphotos.com
MLS Commissioner Don Garber gave his annual State of the League Address on Monday and covered a
wide range of topics, from expansion to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Designated
Player rule.
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Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber appears ready for a work stoppage,
should talks with the players' union not lead to a new deal by the Jan. 31 deadline. Speaking on a
conference call with reporters Nov. 16 as part of his annual State of the League address, Garber
said the league was not willing to yield on any of the principles that it felt had driven its
growth the past 14 years.
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There's been an interesting exchange on the Canadian soccer front, with Jason de Vos and Paul James
both writing articles about Canadian players who have chosen to play for other national teams, and
Duane Rollins responding in kind.
While this might get me into all sorts of trouble, my own view is that while I am sympathetic to
those who are angry at players like Begovic and Lensky for switching national allegiances at this
late stage, and for misleading Canada fans over their intended decision, I have trouble accepting
that they should play for Canada "no matter what," as in "no matter if the CSA actively supports
both them and the national program in a meaningful way or not.
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I've always said that one of the realistic options for the disaffected USL owners was to leave and
then just setup their own league away from the USL umbrella. Today, that appears to be what has
happened, with everyone bailing on Francisco Marcos and the USL. I have not been following this all
that closely, but where does this leave Portland, who has one more year to go before they join MLS.
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Six ownership groups that were previously part of the USL-First Division have joined forces with
St. Louis Soccer United to form a new professional soccer league that will begin play in 2010.
The Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina Railhawks, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact and
Vancouver Whitecaps have joined St.
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Serie A Weekly readers Puma Canada has been gracious enough to supply us with several team
jerseys...
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owngoalnetwork[at]live[dot]ca
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With a couple of upcoming Friendlies (Macedonia on Nov 14 & Poland on Nov 18), and with a break
in my Masters happening right now (oh, how convenient), I finally have chance to to write a proper
blog post that isn't a summary of my Twitter stories.
Yeah a lot has happened lately. First Begovic, then Jacob Lensky (and thank you, Stephen Hart,
for publicly expressing your disappointment).
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Perhaps not remembering what happened to Duane the last time someone wanted to move the Columbus
Crew, Jason Davis over at MatchFit USA decides he wants to take a crack at getting rid of the team
everyone loves to hate now that they win a lot.
Last night, only 10,109 could be bothered to watch the men in yellow go down to Real
Salt Lake.
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A quick note to our Canadian readers (and residents of other countries who are interested). EPL
Talk will be interviewing Canadian football legend Paul Peschisolido tomorrow, so if you have any
suggested questions about his international or club playing career, please post them at
http://www.
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Could you imagine Marvel Wynne or O'Brien White getting racially abused in the BMO parking lot by a
Toronto FC supporter? Not that I'm of the whole "there's no racism here, we live under Pierre
Trudeau's beautiful multicultural rainbow where nothing ever goes wrong" school of Canadian self
back-slappery, but let's just say if it happened, I suspect you would get headlines in every single
national daily, weeks of op-eds about how racism persists in Canada, and anti-racist tifos in the
south end that would make Dichio's tribute look like a bit of tissue paper.
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Foreign fans rejoice! The 2009 leg of the Bucks for Becks World Tourâ„¢ is on. Having already run
through Australia, Asia and Canada in off-seasons past, the Galaxy are spending this Thanksgiving
in Europe...kind of like that rich kid you went to school with who always rocked Lacoste and had
cool parents who would let him have wine at dinner.
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Unbeatable England
20 Countries That Have Never Won A Football Match Against England
1. Albania (4 attempts)
2. Bulgaria (8 attempts)
3. Cameroon (4 attempts)
4. Canada (1 attempt)
5. China (1 attempt)
6. Colombia (5 attempts)
7. Ecuador (2 attempts)
8.
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The weekend of November 20th 22nd, Major League Soccer fans and specifically, Supporters Groups of
MLS clubs from across the U.S. and Canada will converge in the city of Seattle for the MLS Cup
Finals. This is Our Passion, these are Our Clubs and this is Our League. We will all be celebrating
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The Footie 30 September @ 01:23 PM EST
The traditional after match soccer handshake will be banned in minor league soccer games
throughout Canada for fear of spreading the H1N1 virus. The move was decided by league members who
have said that everyone needs to do more to stop the spread of the swine flu virus. The flu is
spread from infected people to others through handshakes, fluids or air.
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A More Splendid Life, a football blog out of Canada, is looking for stories from footie fans that
have experience with MLS. Read the author's appeal below and shoot him an email with your favorite
MLS/soccer stories!
I would love it if you could send me (amoresplendidlife[at]gmail.com) a unique story or experience
with your time in Major League Soccer, even if it's only a few sentences, or even one sentence.
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Remember a few years ago when "How Soccer Explains the World" came out and everyone thought
Franklin Foer was the next Simon Kuper? For 8 minutes and 9 seconds you can relive those heady
times once again courtesy of the CBC. Thanks Canada!
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With J Hutcherson -- The United States National Team's involvement in the Under-20 World Cup kicks
off on Saturday in Suez, Egypt (10am - ESPN Classic/Galavision) minus the associated hype we saw
last time around in Canada. Blame it on relative proximity and a lineup not dominated by players on
the short list to be the next big thing in Major League Soccer.
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WVHooligan 23 September @ 06:41 PM EST
With this winter quickly approaching now that we are in the fall season it seems only fitting to
really start the discussion on what will certainly be the number one topic all off season in Major
League Soccer, the CBA negotiations. The big one comes down to the great wage debate.
I bring it up today because of a link I found late last night over on one of my favorite sites,
Pitch Invasion.
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the yorkies 22 September @ 05:21 PM EST
First came Toronto FC, then Vancouver Whitecaps got an expansion team and now Montreal L' Beckhams
are trying to join MLS. Throw in further interest from Ottawa and Major League Soccer has a sudden
influx of Canadiana! Don't tell our friends to the south that a whole list of possible expansion
clubs are lining up as we speak.
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With J Hutcherson -- For all the knocks he's taken for the frequency of moves Toronto has made in a
relatively short time, manager - but not coach - Mo Johnston doesn't seem overly bothered. How else
to explain spending designated player money on a primarily defensive midfielder? Julian de Guzman
suiting up for Toronto is a very big deal.
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A potentially significant moment in Charlton's history took place on Tuesday night - I nearly
missed it, eyelids drooping due to jetlag (thanks to Stuart for holding the fort while I swanned
around the US and Canada), but it definitely happened. The Charlton Athletic Supporters Trust has
been given fans' backing.
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Major League Soccer announced a balanced schedule for the 2010 season, with each team playing the
other twice. The League also announced that no League games will be played during the World Cup
group stage, semifinals, or final. "The decision to stop League play during the group phase of the
2010 FIFA World Cup is part of MLS' commitment to deepen its connection with the millions of soccer
fans in the United States and Canada,".
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WVHooligan 16 September @ 02:57 PM EST
News that may finally get some folks off the MLS front office executive's backs for a little
bit. Today the league announced that next year's schedule would include a two week break during the
World Cup in South Africa.
The two week break will be during the group phase of the World Cup starting June 11 through the
June 25.
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