Rafa dreaming about buying Lucas…
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MLS Expansion… Now’s The Time To Push
Posted on July 22, 2010 by Max Bergmann
Many have questioned whether the World Cup would provide a boost to MLS. They have rightly pointed out that past big national team tournaments didn’t really have an impact on MLS attendance. But these writers are looking at the place. The World Cup for MLS was not about gaining fans, it was about gaining investors. [...]
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Merge Gold Cup and Copa America for genuine tournament of the Americas
Posted on July 17, 2010 by Ken Gude
This is the second post in a series of five recommendations for USSF President Sunil Gulati International tournaments are soccer’s Holy Grail. Club soccer has exploded around the world and changed the business of game, but it’s still the World Cup that grabs the attention of fans like no other competition. Europe’s continental championship is [...]
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Meat Pies and Orange Slices
Posted on July 16, 2010 by Max Bergmann
MLS to keep Donovan? So says Don Garber he says the league has no intention of selling Donovan who is vital to the league. Calm down folks. This is exactly what you say when you are trying to drive up someones price. We all assume Donovan is going to Europe for a reason – and [...]
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Transfer Rumors: Michael Bradley Is Not Going To Blackpool
Posted on July 16, 2010 by Max Bergmann
No way, no how does Michael Bradley go to Blackpool. Yes a rumor has floated through the British papers that Blackpool is interested. If I were a Blackpool fan this rumor would make me worried about the intelligence of the management. Michael Bradley is 22, he just stared at the World Cup, while the fact [...]
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Starting the Jurgen Klinsmann campaign for US national team coach
Posted on July 14, 2010 by Ken Gude
This post is the first in a series of five recommendations for USSF President Sunil Gulati Bob Bradley has had a successful run, but it’s time for him to move on to a new challenge and for US soccer to bring in a new coach to take soccer in America to the next level. There is [...]
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Assessing ESPN’s WC Coverage – A Major Step Forward For Soccer In America
Posted on July 13, 2010 by Max Bergmann
Overall it was an outstanding World Cup for ESPN and a tremendous improvement over four years ago. ESPN’s massive investment in the tournament gave the World Cup and Olympics like feel and signifies the massive progress the game is making in this country. The coverage was thorough and professional and the on-air personalities seemed to [...]
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Bob Ryan Captures What US World Cup Run Meant – It Made America Sad
Posted on July 13, 2010 by Max Bergmann
Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe is one of the classic American sports journalists. He is also a bit old school. He came of age before soccer was anything in this country and confesses to know little about the game. But Ryan unlike many of the sports writers of his generation, doesn’t approach soccer was [...]
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Howard Webb Was Not Good Enough
Posted on July 12, 2010 by Max Bergmann
Disclaimer: I hate Howard Webb. All Spurs fans do. When Webb officiates a Spurs game, often against one of the big four, the big calls always go against Tottenham. Harry Redknapp himself said “I never seem to get a decision out of Howard Webb.” Now it might be that Webb hates Spurs, but it also [...]
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Spain’s negative tactics and broing soccer killed the World Cup
Posted on July 11, 2010 by Ken Gude
That was miserable. It is remarkable what Vicente del Bosque has done to an awesome collection of skilled players. Spain’s most potent attacking play is a corner kick. Spain’s negativity is entirely elective – with that array of attacking skill they could overwhelm teams. But they choose to destroy the game by clogging the middle of the field and keep [...]
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