I've stayed away from writing about the labor strife in Major League Soccer to this point for a
variety of reasons. Chief among them is that, in reality, I'm no different than you. Despite having
served as a reporter that covered a team in the league for a while, I don't have any inside
information about what proposals have been put forth, and which side such proposals would be more
beneficial for.
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David Beckham's World Cup is more than likely over as he has apparently torn his Achilles Tendon
in a Serie A match this weekend. Basically, the English are crying right now, but I think it's
time for the English side to get it together and make this into a rallying cry.
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Nobody told me they moved to Spain...
It's official Real Madrid is the New York Yankees of international Soccer. It didn't take long
after their loss in the Round of 16 in the Champion's League for "vote of confidence" to come out
and not much longer for the rumors about a new manager.
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The United States Soccer Federation held the functional equivalent of a shotgun wedding
yesterday, with Sunil Gulati playing the role of the backwoods daddy holding a Remington double
barrel 12 gauge.
And they say chivalry is dead.
When the confetti settled and the happy couple were finally headed down the road in the three-tone
87 Ford pickup, it was comfortimg to know that amongst all the hysterical blather of the past few
weeks there was at least one thing that the "The Sky is Falling" crowd got right:
Neither USL not NASL will be sanctioned.
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Success in American sports can have many different implications and meanings. For those faithful to
the New York Yankees, a season without bringing home another World Series ring is unacceptable.
Every single Detroit Red Wings supporter come... Read more
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I waited until Friday to write about the MLS Cup Final because I was sort of disappointed by the
way the game unfolded. Now, don't get me wrong, I have nothing but respect for Jason Kreis and his
squad and I must admit they were the better team last Sunday night. But, the game was very
unsatisfying for several reasons.
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kenn.com 23 November @ 02:04 PM EDT
The front pages of Salt Lake City's major newspapers this morning, hours after Real Salt Lake
became the second #8 seed in history to win MLS Cup:
Was it the greatest game ever? No. Finals rarely are. LA had the better of things early, but
Real hung in there again, and Cup MVP Nick Rimando came up huge in the penalty
kick shootout (more than you can say for league MVP Landon Donovan).
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Just a couple of quick hits today:
Kudos to RSL for arranging a $300 non-stop flight for RSL fans from Salt Lake City to Seattle
for the big game. The best part? The flight will be on the RSL branded plane. Other one-stop
flights are available at $99 per flight.
ESPN has announced its broadcast plans for the game and lead-up to to the match.
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As part of The Football World Series, the New York Red Bulls will host international teams at Red
Bull Arena this summer.
In recent years, the Football World Series has featured Liverpool, Porto, Arsenal, Ajax, A.C.
Milan, Manchester United, Boca Juniors, Lazio, Atletico Madrid and others.
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Segundo o DN, Mark Teixeira, luso-americano, jogador de basebol, Ă© o desportista de ascendĂŞncia
portuguesa mais caro de sempre ao ter assinado um contrato, em Janeiro, com os New York Yankees, no
valor de 120 milhões de euros. Mark é uma das figuras da equipa que venceu as "World Series" da
MLB pela 27ÂŞ vez.
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51 responses to Jeff Plush's letter to fans on the Rapids' blog as of 10am November 5. It shows
there are some passionate fans out there. Not that I ever had any doubt about that. What I do have
doubts over are the very future of this club and here's why.
I have never really understood why sports trophies are given to the owners of clubs when they win
championships.
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Fantasy EPL 05 November @ 05:12 PM EDT
My apologies to one and all for the lateness of the post. The combination of the deciding game of
the World Series last night (the bad guys won) and all-day meetings today have left me scrambling a
bit for this column. Now, by scrambling, I don't mean that I'm scrambling for things to write -
anyone who has been reading for any length of time will realize that I'm rarely at a loss for words
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JordanCornblog's predictions proved slightly inaccurate, perhaps because the biking didn't start
soon enough in the series. Or perhaps because she didn't wear her Utley shirt for those last two
games ... or the Phillies hat ... or maybe the barometric pressure was all wrong (that was the
problem the year the Eagles lost to the Pats in the Superbowl .
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(clears throat)
Two-thousand seven!
(clap-clap, clap-clap-clap)
Two-thousand seven!
(clap-clap, clap-clap-clap)
That's all I got to say right now. Deal with it, Simmons and Shaughnessy. You both lied to us by
not dying in peace like you said you would.
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I discovered last night that what I had been needing to do all along was ride the stationary
bike during these World Series games. Sorry for the omission I'll be on board for games 6 and 7,
guaranteed!
Oh, yeah and I'll try to pace myself so that I'm not on the couch for those late innings .
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With J Hutcherson -- For those of you that spent last night in the company of the World Series,
that was a pretty good lesson on the why for the best out of seven games. Aside from the extra
revenue courtesy of extended playoffs, baseball, hockey, and basketball set it up so it takes more
than just one dominant night or a fluke win.
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World Series? Hey, you pre-empt "Glee," you're dead to me.
AND NOW...THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER 2009 REGULAR SEASON - A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Well, that happened.
THIS HAS BEEN THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE 2009 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER REGULAR SEASON
AND NOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE 2009 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYOFFS PREVIEW
Dunno.
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... it's gonna be the Yankees that the Phillies have to put in their place to take the World
Series again. Be there, starting Wednesday night ... as two ex-Cleveland aces go up against each
other in their new(er) uniforms. That's CC vs. Cliff Lee. Let's go, Phillies, you can do it!
And I love hearing that George Will has gone after Dick for his "dithering" comment noting that
a little "dithering" by the Bushies might have been helpful before invading Iraq.
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Fantasy EPL 21 October @ 11:29 PM EDT
With all apologies to the footie-mad world, I have to say I'm a bit distracted by more provincial
sporting pursuits this week. As I write my hometown Philadelphia Phillies (that's Major League
Baseball if you aren't into the American sports scene) are in a best-of-seven series with the Los
Angeles Dodgers for the right to go to the World Series (to presumably face the New York Yankees).
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Oh man, do we have a barn burner on our hands tonight or what?!? It's going to be incendiary, a
real slobber knocker. People of Earth, it's the Dynamo versus Isidro Metapan!
Approximately 10 hours from now, just 10 short hours, we can relive the glory, the passion, the
edge-of-your-seat, non-stop heart-pounding action that once captivated the heavens above and the
world below.
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EPL Talk 14 October @ 03:27 PM EDT
"Who pays the players when they're on international duty?" asks Doug.
Here in the football wilderness that is the states, I find more and more of my friends,
neighbors and coworkers growing curious about the beautiful game. The "football-curious" we'll call
them. And since they know me as somebody who's fanatical about the sport, they inevitably come to
me when they have questions.
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Teddy Sheringham shows that footballers can do more than just play the game as he
pocketed a cool ÂŁ40,481 from the World Series of Poker Europe tournament in London last
weekend.
It's not been long since Sheringham retired from the game but he's shown here that he's already
found another job that pays well.
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Real Madrid spent the summer spending their money. Â REALLY spending
their money. Â After forking over 136 Million Euros on Ronaldo and Kaka' the boys in Madrid didn't
stop. Â They also acquired Karim Benzema in a move that could only compete with the New York
Yankees.
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MIKE JACOBS 09 September @ 04:10 PM EDT
ESPN's SportsNation has spoken in regards to what the average american sports fan thinks about
soccer, and it certainly seems like this past summer has increased the interest level of our
game-
Which is more likely in the next 10 years?
Cubs win the World Series - 40%
Danica wins the Indy 500 - 37%
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Brazil have qualified, despite their early drama. Argentina can end their drama tonight in
Ascunion. Chile and Paraguay are expected to qualify, though a close look at their remaining
fixtures suggests their drama may be about to begin. The other usual suspects, Colombia, Ecuador
and Uruguay are drifting, clinging to the hope the current with take them to Costa Rica.
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Fantasy EPL 14 August @ 08:01 PM EDT
So, as a native of the Philadelphia area here in the US I'm confronted with something of a dilemma.
Growing up in Philadelphia you are generally brought up with a healthy (and some would say
unhealthy) bit of mania for the local professional sports teams across all major American sports.
As a kid who played just about every sport available growing up and growing up in an era (late 70s
and early 80s) when all of the local teams were challenging for championships I formed life-long
attachments to my teams - the Phillies in baseball (that's the defending World Series champion
Phillies I might add); the 76ers in basketball; the Flyers in hockey; and the Eagles in football
(our version).
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The inaugural World Football Challenge begins tomorrow on American soil, in the Bay Area. Much
like the "World Series of Football" in 2005, this event conflicts directly with our region's
Continental Championship which also is contested on American soil. But unlike that tournament which
was promoted by SUM and involved MLS teams, this event shuts out the American club game as if it
does not exist.
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The Offside 11 July @ 03:00 PM EDT
Remember the "World Series of Football"? Oh, come on. Of course you do. It was a four-team
round-robin competition born in 1991, revived in 2005, where three international clubs would come
to the US in their off-season and play each other and an MLS team. Last seen on US shores [...]
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You win the SuperBowl and you go to Disney World. You win the World Series and you go to Disney
World. Now add La Liga, El Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League to that list. Yesterday,Â
Barcelona FC and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi was at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL taking
penalty shots against and [.
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1. USA are not the Undisputed Global Soccerball World Series Super Champions just yet. 2. Wearing
scarves needn't prevent you winning international tournaments. 3. Brazil never know when they are
supposed to be beaten. 4. OTP expects to see some unusual candidates in the semi-finals of next
year's World Cup.
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DCUMD 18 June @ 12:58 AM EDT
"What an advertisement this has been for Major League Soccer here tonight". I heard Glenn Davis
speak that line twice during the broadcast, once in the 68th minute on ESPN2, and once before the
game was being shown on television (thanks atdhe.net). At first I was thinking that that was a
terribly hypocritical thing to say.
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U.S. Soccer announced this morning that the U.S.-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier has moved to
ESPN2.
From the ESPN press release:
The broadcast will now include a 30 minute pregame show starting at 6:30 p.m. PT with
kickoff slated for 7:06 p.m. PT (8:06 p.m. local).
The game will still be televised live by Galavision.
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ESPN has confirmed that tonight's broadcast has moved from ESPN to ESPN2 and will include a 30
minute pre-game show from Bristol that gets underway at 9:30 p.m. ET. Kickoff is set for 10:06 p.m.
ET (8:06 p.m. local).
The change comes due to the Women's College (softball) World Series ending early (last night), and
will prevent conflicts with Wednesday Night Baseball on ESPN from running into the time slot of the
U.
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SoccerLens 02 June @ 11:40 AM EDT
Integrity, sportsmanship and pride. If there are three words that make up the foundation of the
sporting world, these three would most certainly be at the top of the list. All sports are built on
a drive to improve, the chance to compete against your peers, and the opportunity to build strong
bonds with others.
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When we think of World Cup Soccer you probably don't think of Akon, But it was officially
announced that Akon will record the official song of the biggest international soccer competition,
the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Akon To Create 2010 World Cup Anthem
The organizers of the 2010 World Cup are negotiating with the hip-hop artist to create a song to
go along with the event.
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This is DaddyCornblog back in 1980, rooting for the Ron Jaworski, Dick Vermeil, Wilbert Montgomery
version of the Eagles. We've got the photo by the TV, where Daddy C patiently waits for the
game to get underway. He was disappointed in 1980, sadly. He died on December 19, 1994 - the
day after the Giants knocked [.
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