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Almost eleven months ago, during a sunny week in South Florida, you could tell the 2009 MLS
Draft Class had the potential to be special.
During the rough days of the MLS Combine, even as player struggled with fitness and playing with
their new teammates, there was a sense that this year's crop of talent had the potential to provide
MLS with a serious infusion of talent.
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Almost eleven months ago, during a sunny week in South Florida, you could tell the 2009 MLS
Draft Class had the potential to be special.
During the rough days of the MLS Combine, even as player struggled with fitness and playing with
their new teammates, there was a sense that this year's crop of talent had the potential to provide
MLS with a serious infusion of talent.
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Two of the U.S. Under-17 national team's top prospects are inching closer to European moves,
while a third is edging closer to an MLS deal.
Manchester City and Real Madrid have stepped up their bids for U.
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Two of the U.S. Under-17 national team's top prospects are inching closer to European moves,
while a third is edging closer to an MLS deal.
Manchester City and Real Madrid have stepped up their bids for U.
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Los Angeles Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez was named the winner of the 2009 Rookie of the Year
Award on Thursday, beating out Toronto FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei and D.C. United forward Chris
Pontius for the honors.
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Last January, Ike Opara sat in a college classroom with his laptop cracked open as he took a
peak at what could have been his future. He was supposed to be focusing on his Debate class, but
was instead tuned into the 2009 MLS Draft.
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Last January, Ike Opara sat in a college classroom with his laptop cracked open as he took a
peak at what could have been his future. He was supposed to be focusing on his Debate class, but
was instead tuned into the 2009 MLS Draft.
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Project 2010 07 November @ 03:10 PM EST
Soccer Insider reports that US U-20 starlet Dilly Duka has signed with MLS. Duka was exploring
options in Europe, but has opted to enter the MLS draft this winter. A product of the Red Bulls
academy, he has made it known that he hopes to end up in New Jersey. Seems likely, as Red Bull New
York Red Bulls have the second overall pick.
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WVHooligan 29 October @ 04:08 PM EST
Andre Akpan could be a beast on the next level. (Harvard photos)
Last week I threw out some names that you may have already heard in line for next year's MLS
SuperDraft and I am back today with a few more. I hope to start making this list at least a twice a
month deal up until the draft in January.
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The New York Red Bulls signed their first Academy Product on Friday, adding forward Giorgi
Chirgadze to the roster as a Homegrown Player signing.
Chirgadze has been a part of the Red Bulls Academy since 2005 as a member of the Under-15 team.
Now 18, Chirgadze was a key figure in the Red Bulls Under-20 team's win in the Super-20 National
Championship.
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The New York Red Bulls signed their first Academy Product on Friday, adding forward Giorgi
Chirgadze to the roster as a Homegrown Player signing.
Chirgadze has been a part of the Red Bulls Academy since 2005 as a member of the Under-15 team.
Now 18, Chirgadze was a key figure in the Red Bulls Under-20 team's win in the Super-20 National
Championship.
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American goalkeeper Dominic Cervi is set to make his club debut for Celtic FC tonight as the
Hoops take on Benfica in the CNE Cup, a friendly at BMO Field in Toronto.
Celtic will be without most of its top stars, which are away on international duty, including
starting goalkeeper and Polish international Artur Boruc.
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American goalkeeper Dominic Cervi is set to make his club debut for Celtic FC tonight as the
Hoops take on Benfica in the CNE Cup, a friendly at BMO Field in Toronto.
Celtic will be without most of its top stars, which are away on international duty, including
starting goalkeeper and Polish international Artur Boruc.
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After being out with a thigh injury for a month, former Mutiny defender, Frankie Hejduk [left in
action for the Crew] returned to training with the Columbus Crew on Monday. He could be in the
lineup as quickly as tomorrow in the Crew's Concacaf Champions league fixture against Cruz Azul of
Mexico.
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Jozy Altidore looks like he will be playing in England this upcoming season, just where remains
to be seen.
Altidore revealed his plans to head to England on Wednesday to finalize a move via Twitter,
stating "England early in the morning so im going to get some sleep."
So where is he headed?
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Jozy Altidore looks like he will be playing in England this upcoming European season, just where
remains to be seen.
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MIKE JACOBS 24 July @ 01:44 PM EST
Wake Forest forward Cody Arnoux is set to join the American revolution at Everton, as reported by
Ives Galarcep on ESPN.
The Premier League team was impressed by the American youngster during his trial at Everton in
March. Arnoux is set to sign a contract with the Liverpool-based club, making him the second
American player to join Everton this summer.
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Wake Forest striker Cody Arnoux is set to join the American revolution at Everton.
Arnoux, pictured above (right) during his trial at Everton in March, is set to sign a contract
with the Liverpool-based club today, making him the second American player to join Everton this
summer.
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Welcome to the latest installment of Your Questions Answered, where I field questions, take
weeks to answer them, and then crank out some intriguing responses to get you talking and thinking
that I'm either a soccer genius, or an idiot.
Yes, it once again took me a month to get to the Q&A, but given how busy the last month has been
for the national team you might understand my issue.
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Welcome to the latest installment of Your Questions Answered, where I field questions, take
weeks to answer them, and then crank out some intriguing responses to get you talking and thinking
that I'm either a soccer genius, or an idiot.
Yes, it once again took me a month to get to the Q&A, but given how busy the last month has been
for the national team you might understand my issue.
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If you followed SBI's pre-draft coverage as well as the 2009 MLS Draft, you knew that this
year's rookie class had the chance to be a special one.
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As the Colorado Rapids prepare to face FC Dallas in a Major League Soccer fixture for the second
time in less than three weeks, The Tuesday List looks at the Dallas Burn's draft class of 1996.
The team had one pick in each of 16 rounds of the inaugural MLS draft. The players selected have
some interesting coaching accomplishments, quite a bit of international experience and some
Colorado ties.
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The San Jose Earthquakes continued their roster reconstruction by sending veteran defender Nick
Garcia and the discovery rights to Canadian national team striker Ali Gerba to Toronto FC for a
third-round pick in the 2010 MLS Draft.
Why did the Earthquakes just trade the veteran leader of their defense?
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From the Houston Chronicle:
The Dynamo have sent Chris Wondolowski to the San Jose Earthquakes in exchange for Cam "The
Dream" Weaver, the team revealed this morning.
San Jose is also getting a conditional pick in next year's MLS draft as part of the
forward-for-forward trade.
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Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear continues to tweak the roster, his latest move coming this morning.
The team is set to officially announce it has sent Chris Wondolowski and a conditional pick in next
year's MLS draft to the San Jose...
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Come join the Minnesota Thunder in the teams first 2009 US Open Cup game.
The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is the oldest standing sports tournament in the United States. It's
similar to other countries domestic tournaments, like England's FA Cup, where an amateur team could
end up playing a top tier team.
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Come join the Minnesota Thunder in the teams first 2009 US Open Cup game.
The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is the oldest standing sports tournament in the United States. It's
similar to other countries domestic tournaments, like England's FA Cup, where an amateur team could
end up playing a top tier team.
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MLS Rumors 05 June @ 01:47 PM EST
Dave Clark over at Sounder at Heart, seems to have gotten the low down on a player the Sounders are
set to sign next week: Harvard attacking midfielder Mike Fucito.
Here is an excerpt:
Fucito, if he performs as well as his coach feels he should, would slot into a role backing up the
withdrawn forward, left or right wing/mid and the attacking mid.
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It was announced today by US Soccer that the Minnesota Thunder will play the
Nebraska team that has no name but only goes by the name,
"Nebraska".
Just last week IMS learned that the star of the Nebraska team that whooped the Minnesota Hawks
several weeks ago 10-1 in a game played at the National Sports Center, features a common name to
Thunder fans as well as fans of MLS.
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It was announced today by US Soccer that the Minnesota Thunder will play the
Nebraska team that has no name but only goes by the name,
"Nebraska".
Just last week IMS learned that the star of the Nebraska team that whooped the Minnesota Hawks
several weeks ago 10-1 in a game played at the National Sports Center, features a common name to
Thunder fans as well as fans of MLS.
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The New York Red Bulls acquired Dominic Oduro from FC Dallas with the hope of finding a speedy
goal-scoring complement to Juan Pablo Angel.
That didn't quite work out.
The Red Bulls traded Oduro to Houston on Wednesday, sending the Ghanaian striker to the Dynamo
for a first-round pick in 2010 and second-round pick in 2011.
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Dominic Cervi has gone more than a year waiting for his professional soccer dreams to come true,
and now the American goalkeeper is set to finally become a pro as he is set to sign a deal with
Scottish club Celtic after receiving his Italian passport last week.
Selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2008 MLS Draft by the Chicago Fire, Cervi passed on a
minimum-salary offer from the Fire and eventually made his way to Scotland, where he impressed
Celtic after a lengthy trial last September.
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Dominic Cervi has gone more than a year waiting for his professional soccer dreams to come true,
and now the American goalkeeper is set to finally become a pro as he is set to sign a deal with
Scottish club Celtic after receiving his Italian passport last week.
Selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2008 MLS Draft by the Chicago Fire, Cervi passed on a
minimum-salary offer from the Fire and eventually made his way to Scotland, where he impressed
Celtic after a lengthy trial last September.
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Good afternoon all. It was another exciting week of soccer action, both in MLS and abroad, and
there are plenty of topics to discuss, so here are a few I wanted to touch on:
As we head stand almost a third of the way through the MLS season, these are the playoff
match-ups if the season ended today:
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Good afternoon all. It was another exciting week of soccer action, both in MLS and abroad, and
there are plenty of topics to discuss, so here are a few I wanted to touch on:
As we head stand almost a third of the way through the MLS season, these are the playoff
match-ups if the season ended today:
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