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the barometer
 
LET OUT THE SLACK EDITION There’s so much soccer going on right now that I don’t know where to turn where to look where to work. The largest project in the history of this little blog is almost finished and will help usher in my favorite month of the year. The last two weeks in an un-August-like Manhattan have already begun to hint at the change. On top of what has been the busiest ...

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119 over 40
 
the beijing olympics offers a learning lesson for american soccer In the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, China came home with 59 medals (28 gold), good enough for 3rd place in the medal count behind Russia and the United States, the latter of which had 91 (36 gold) and dominated the games as has become the summer ritual every four years. In 2000, the Chinese took home exactly ...

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the south will rise
The Charleston Battery defeated the Seattle Sounders on penalty kicks Tuesday to advance to the Open Cup Finals against D.C. United, who beat the New England Revolution 2-1 in their half of the semi-finals. TIAS traveled to Battery’s Blackbaud ...
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getting in close
nbc is banking on olympic soccer — michael cohen is hedging that bet When we hear people talking about hiring staffs in American soccer, be it for front offices or broadcast booths, they talk about the need to hire soccer people. Well, you ...

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me myself and barcelona
 
Looking at Giants Stadium at less than even half capacity, well, just the idea that it can sell-out is a grand testament to American sports and marketing. Of course the 80,000-seat venue is but a drop in the tri-state population bucket and it routinely fills up. Just not for soccer. “I thought there would be more people here,” the usher said in my favorite mezzanine section, the ...

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 summer sessions
summer sessions
a local breath before the global exhale and the emulsifying late-summer light I love. A nightly program for New York City teenagers started by MLK coach Martin Jacobson in 1999, Summer of Soccer aims to give the city’s kids a place ...