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Here are some articles from the New York Times, one on Clint Mathis and his return to form with
Real Salt Lake, another on how Maurice Edu is finally getting an opportunity to play with Glasgow
Rangers, an interview with Kasey Keller on his return to the United States with the Seattle
Sounders in MLS, and finally one on Jeff Parke's return to soccer after a ban for a legal dietary
supplement.
The last time Don Garber sounded so satisfied in an interview, it was when the nation's sports
commissioners were hauled before Congress to mealymouth about steroids. Garber told anyone who
would listen how clean MLS was. (This was before Abel Xavier was signed, and before Conway and
Parke were caught.
Last year I put together a listing of the USL1 players that had appeared in MLS games. With the
lower number of roster spots available in MLS this season, I expected there to be quite a few more
MLS alums in USl1, but that's not the case - in fact there is one fewer.
This year's leaders -- the Carolina Railhawks and Puerto Rico Islanders with eight former MLS
players apiece.