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Beckham 70 yard goal against Kansas City Wizards
in 05/24/2008. HQ available (because this video is not
stolen and repost it). PS. Since I post it this video...
July 8 --- US Open Cup .com: Of
special interest is the match up between a third-tier
pro team (USL's Crystal Palace) versus the defending U.S. Open Cup Champion New England Revolution. --- Also: Chicago Fire v DC United, Charlston Battery v FC Dallas, Kansas City Wizards v Seattle Sounders. --- All four matches are previewed well here, with audio/video broadcast info and additional links...
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July 8 --- MVN Soccer: Charleston Battery, a
USL-1 team, defeated FC Dallas; because they will meet
Seattle Sounders in their semifinal, this guarantees a non-MLS team in the U.S. Open Cup Final for the first time since 1999. --- The Sounders defeated Kansas City in a PK shootout; same was required to send on defending champs NE Revolution, who will meet DC United in their semi (both August 12).
(4:47) Official highlights: The game was wide open
from the opening whistle, with Kansas City committing numbers
forward and Los Angeles looking for opportunities to counter. --- Goals - first by KC's Claudio Lopez, then the rest by Galaxy: Landon Donovan (his 9th), then both Edson Buddle and David Beckham each scoring their 4th goals of the season (3-1 win gives Galaxy 14 points, 1st in West).
(1:16) Official highlights: Late into stoppage time (94'),
and in dramatic fashion, the superstar gave LA their
third and final goal of the night. --- With KC's Kevin Hartman out of his goal after an ill-executed corner kick, Becks spotted his target from way before midfield and fired a brilliant shot that sealed the deal. --- This was his fourth Galaxy goal of the season. --- Beckham is Money.
May 28 --- MVN Soccer: As an ardent
fan of The Beautiful Game, I am very excited
to see what the so-called “Beckham-effect” is now having on soccer newbies and non-fans… These groups, as well as those who are still resisting the chance to ‘get into the game’ are now at least seeing and beginning to understand why David Beckham gets a guaranteed salary of $6.5 million per year ...
May 24 --- MLSNet.com: Landon Donovan and David
Beckham both returned to the scoring column and Edson
Buddle continued his goal scoring form and the Los Angeles Galaxy defeated the Kansas City Wizards 3-1 Saturday night at The Home Depot Center.
2008 N +/- 1. Chicago 2 1 1
0 5 1 4 4 1-0-0 0-1-0 2. Columbus
1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 1-0-0 0-0-0 3. Kansas City 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 1-0-0 0-0-0 4. New England 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3 1-0-0 0-0-1 5. New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 6. Toronto FC 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 ...
All 5 nominees for Sierra Mist Goal of
the Week for round 17. --- In order shown
here: LA's Carlos Ruiz - RBNY's Juan Pablo Angel - Rapids' Conor Casey - Crew's Guillermo Barros Schelotto - KC's Roger Espinoza --- Voting ends Wednesday, so if you'd like to vote, go to http://web.mlsnet.com/sights/goal_of_the_week/
The Galaxy had another banner night at the
Home Depot Center, with a 3-1 win over the
visiting Kansas City Wizards… from MLSNet, “Landon Donovan and David Beckham both returned to the scoring column and Edson Buddle continued his goal scoring form and the Los Angeles Galaxy defeated the Kansas City Wizards 3-1 Saturday night at The Home Depot Center.” Read the ...
February 7 --- MLSNet.com: The regular season schedule
for the 13th season of Major League Soccer, unveiled
on Thursday. Includes not only basic data, but also U.S. national TV network options available to viewers for every match (including ESPN2 and ABC, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Español, HDNet and TeleFutura)...
April 22 --- Looking at the league's undervalued
defenders and more --- by Dave and Jimmy Bowers
for MLSnet.com: What a crazy week in MLS Fantasy Challenge! Six of the seven home teams were NOT victorious. What? San Jose scores their first goal! Kansas City wins in Chicago for only the second time in 16 tries! Toronto wins two games in a row! How did this all happen?...
(shown here, 2007 Champions NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION) ---
Join us on Tuesday night for the third round
of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. There are plenty of intriguing matchups, and we’ll have live updates of every one right here. --- Seven of the eight games of this round now have confirmed live broadcasts. See information and links for the video/audio in the table ...
December 13 --- The developer, Lane4 Property Group,
wants to build an 18,500-seat soccer stadium for the
Kansas City Wizards; a 12-field tournament soccer complex; a 250-room hotel; up to 1.1 million square feet of retail; and up to 1.7 million square feet of office space. Voting yes makes real a field of dreams — soccer dreams,” said Councilwoman Cathy Jolly, who also represents the area...
(3:05) Official highlights: Before Wednesday night, Kansas City
had not given up or scored a first-half goal
or failed to score after the half... --- (via MLSnet.com)
(from MLSNet.com) Major League Soccer TV spot from
their new ad campaign for the 2008 season. Very
effective, and without narration. --- Text: "The language of MLS is...in the SOUL of our clubs...in the SONGS of our fans..in the HEARTS of our players...in the WILL of a champion...in the WORDS that unite...Football. Futbol. Soccer. MLS"
Gametime: Q+A --- The Jimmy Leg ---
By John Bolster --- Jimmy Conrad makes an ideal
ambassador for Major League Soccer on multiple levels: He’s funny, he’s media savvy, and he’s been with the league for all but three of its 13 years. Beyond that, Conrad is emblematic of MLS – like the league, he started out underappreciated and ...
April 28: It was a weekend of stellar
performances -- Landon Donovan's hat trick lighting up the
SuperClasico, Amado Guevara propelling Toronto FC into history, Will Hesmer backstopping the Columbus Crew to the top of the league -- highlighting Week 5 of the 2008 season.
From their league history section updated for this
month's MLS CUP Final; I thought this specific page
would be of interest to many readers. --- MLS has one of the most stable 'stables' of any pro league. Only 2 teams have folded in the 12 year-history, and one moved. Some teams have had less success with keeping the logos, and a few have also changed their names. View some MLS timeline here.
While the Wizards are waiting to see if
star forward Eddie Johnson is headed to play in
England, one player is definitely on the move. Defender Nick Garcia was traded Tuesday to the expansion San Jose Earthquakes for the No. 1 overall pick in ...
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- CJOnline Blogs - KC Wizards are on goal
- Video: FIRST KICK 2008 Jimmy Conrad preview
- Match Recap: RAPIDS v WIZARDS
- Video: FIRST KICK 2008 Chance Myers preview
- The Weekend XI - MLS Edition: March 29 & 30
- MLS Monday — The Very Best of Week Two
- MLS Fantasy Tips: Week Seven
- Video - Khano Smith's horrible free kick v Kansas City - YouTube
- 2008 MLS SuperDraft coverage: Looking back at the studs -- and duds -- of past SuperDrafts
- Video: MLSNet.com's "Extra Time" Valentine's Week Episode
- MLS Recap: After Week Two, WIZARDS stand alone...
- The Weekend XI: MLS Edition - April 19th & 20th
- Video - MLS 2008 - Week 6 Goals
- Videos: Former SDSU Aztec Jimmy Conrad gets some love...from Kansas City area media and advertisers
- Video - MLS GOAL OF THE WEEK round 9 --- all 5 finalists
- Pics: GALAXY v WIZARDS --- (Gallery)
- Galaxy Game Moved to Arrowhead
- The Final Stretch
- MLS Playoffs Schedule Chart
- Bruce Arena, Bob Gansler highlight 2008 National Soccer Hall of Fame Builders ballot
















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