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MLS Cup Thoughts: Did I Really Get it Right or Just Get Lucky?
Before the season, I picked Real Salt Lake to win the Western Conference and play in MLS Cup. Along with DuNord’s Bruce McGuire and a few other bloggers who made this prediction, I looked worse and worse as the MLS Regular Season wore on. My projection of RSL to win the West was based on ...
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Take Me Out to the Playoffs – Final
The playoff numbers look like this… 5 year comparison Quarterfinals Totals(both legs) Avg +/- Teams 2005 13,273 NA CHI, COL, DAL, DCU, LA, NE, RBNY, SJ 2006 12,736 -4.05% CHI, COL, CHV, DAL, DCU, HOU, NE, RBNY  ...
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Beckham, Galaxy Outplayed – MLS Cup Goes to Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake may have had a middling season. They may have sneaked into the playoffs on the last day of the campaign. They may have a team of names that would never go on the MLS marquee. None of that matters very much right now. Real Salt Lake are deserved winners of the MLS Cup ...
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MLS Cup Poll
Who Wins MLS Cup? ( survey software ) Related posts: World Cup Power Poll Major League Soccer Talk’s Robert Jonas, and Kartik Krishnaiyer... Poll: Which Football Leagues Interest You? EPL Talk and MLS Talk are polling readers to help... MLS Power Poll 1. Kansas City (8)2. ...
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MLS Talk Podcast #121: USMNT Week in Review, USL/TOA Mess Continues
Kartik Krishnaiyer and Daniel Feuerstein break down a bad week for the USMNT and talk about the USL/TOA mess. On Monday, we will have an MLS Cup special wrap up show. Related posts: Major League Soccer Talk Podcast #65: Daniel Feuerstein MLS Talk Podcast # 65: Daniel Feuerstein ...
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World Cup Power Poll
Major League Soccer Talk’s Robert Jonas, and Kartik Krishnaiyer were among the voters in Set Piece Analysts World Cup Power Poll . The United States finished 24th in the survey of prominent soccer bloggers and tweeters in the United States. Mexico was 9th and Honduras, 28th.  ...
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TOA Grabs Two Pieces of NASL LEgacy
This morning, my personal site, the Kartik Report along with partner site Inside Minnesota Soccer was among those breaking the story that Crystal Palace Baltimore and Paul Daglish’s Tampa Bay Rowdies were joining the new TOA “breakaway” league . Later it was reported ...
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Random Thoughts on the MLS Cup
After that cesspool of a result in Paris on Wednesday, it is nice to turn our attention to a league where the sportsmen are pure, the referees are beyond reproach and the game is always played with a spirit of manly honor – the MLS. Or something like that. Sunday’s game will feature the ...
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What We’ve Learned From the USMNT European Adventure
The United States played two tough European opponents and were defeated in both matches. But we certainly learned something from both games, and thus this European Adventure has been useful for Bob Bradley. The US has its style: tactically Bob Bradley is modeling his team after what ...
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MLS Cup Final Preview Part Two: Coaching and Intangibles
In the first part of our 2009 MLS Cup Final preview , the Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy players were assessed and compared, with a slight advantage being measured for the Galaxy. In this continuation of our analysis, attention is paid to the coaches and intangibles for both clubs.  ...
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MLS Must Reject Henry
MLS Must Reject Henry
majorleaguesoccertalk.com — In my EPL Talk piece yesterday, I discussed all of the reasons that Ireland’s potential qualification was better for World Football than France’s would be . Much of this thought process centered on the importance of American market ... (more) MLS Must Reject Henry
CONCACAF Matchday
Welcome from Land Shark Stadium in Miami. Honduras, a World Cup qualifier from CONCACAF takes on Peru here. Down in Montevideo, Costa Rica is taking on Uruguay for the final spot in South Africa. Earlier today, a US side made up largely of reserves was beaten by a Danish side made up almost ...
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MLS Cup Final Preview: Which Team has the Advantage?
Before the playoffs began, the consensus was that the teams in the Western Conference were more prepared to the lift the MLS Cup in Seattle on November 22 nd . Little did we know then how prophetic that sentiment was, as we now have both entries in the Final representing the West. The Los ...
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US Faces Depleted Danish Side
It’s a tough situation Bob Bradley finds himself in. With very few friendly dates left before South Africa to test our best against quality opposition, today’s game against Denmark appears to be a dud. The US is without its two most recognizable field players, Landon Donovan and Clint ...
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USA World Cup 2010 Home Jersey: Leaked Photo
USA World Cup 2010 Home Jersey: Leaked Photo
majorleaguesoccertalk.com — Photographs of the USA’s home jersey for the 2010 World Cup have been leaked. Designed and manufactured by Nike, the new design features a white shirt with a prominent diagonal line across the front of the shirt, which is a tribute to the ... (more) USA World Cup 2010 Home Jersey: Leaked Photo
Is This The USA World Cup Jersey From Nike? Photo
Is This The USA World Cup Jersey From Nike? Photo
majorleaguesoccertalk.com — The above image is the rumored jersey that the United States team will be wearing in the 2010 World Cup. The red, white and blue shirt features a Nike logo and US soccer crest, but is it real or not? We’ll find out soon when Nike and the ... (more) Is This The USA World Cup Jersey From Nike? Photo
The Next Best Thing to Being a World Cup Seed
Every fan of the US team has been hoping that the stars could align, the flipped coin could land on its edge and that somehow the US could be seeded in the World Cup draw. Being among those top eight seeds would make a huge difference and the path to the final 16 would be much easier.  ...
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The Silverdome and Major League Soccer?
No, there isn’t thing officially saying that MLS is coming to Detroit, and I’m not insinuating that it is. Today the Pontiac Silverdome was sold for peanuts, really. $583,000 for an 80,000-seat stadium . The Silverdome certainly has aged, and it hasn’t aged well, but it ...
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Monday Musings
The Galaxy’s win over the Dynamo was dramatic but in many ways tainted. A strange call when against Houston, and the rolling power outages that swept Southern California seemed to unfortunately coincide with upsurges in Houston play. Chicago vs Real Salt Lake was a better ...
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Take Me Out to the Playoffs – Week 3
The playoff numbers look like this… 5 year comparison Conference Semifinals – 1st Leg Avg +/- Home Teams 2005 12,147 NA Chicago NY Colorado Los Angeles 2006 9,533 -21.52% Chicago NY Colorado Chivas ...
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